SportsWednesday, November 4
The Valley Channel will air its final "Game of the Week" Friday after 39 years
The Logan Morning News team
If you've watched your school on TV, this is the last call. The Valley Channel will air its final "Game of the Week" on Friday: the Ridgeline-Highland 4A state football playoff game. The run started Nov. 20, 1987.
The Game of the Week covered nearly 1,000 high school events
- 39 years
- of "The Game of the Week" on The Valley Channel
- Nearly 1,000
- high school sporting events covered
- More than 100
- collegiate sporting events produced
Source: Cache Valley Daily
Station owner Earl Rouse says it was never about money: "I'm not doing it for money, I'm doing it for the kids." The Valley Channel isn't going anywhere, though. Rouse says his focus now is "showcasing Cache Valley."
- Where to watch: Xfinity Channel 17
- Play-by-play since 2004: Eric Olsen, with analyst Leigh Vaughn
- Also aired: USU football, basketball, hockey, volleyball and gymnastics
The Game of the Week runs from 1987 to Friday's finale
- Nov. 1987First broadcast: the Mountain Crest-Sky View 3A state football championship.
- 2004Eric Olsen takes over play-by-play duties.
- Nov. 6Final broadcast: the Ridgeline-Highland 4A state football playoff game.
Sources: Cache Valley Daily, The Herald Journal
Sources: Cache Valley Daily, The Herald Journal