Playoff Game to be Televised on MYTX 18
12/1/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 1, 2009
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks' second-round playoff game at top-seeded Montana will be televised on MYTX 18 (local cable channel 8/Lufkin cable channel 6) announced station officials Tuesday afternoon.
The game, which is slated for a noon kickoff (1 p.m. Nacogdoches time) from Washington-Grizzly Stadium, will pit the Southland Conference Champions against the winners of the Big Sky Conference. The Lumberjacks enter the game with a 10-2 overall record and are ranked 12th in the nation, while Montana (12-0) is the top-seeded team in the bracket.
SFA advanced to the second round by way of a 44-33 victory over No. 13 Eastern Washington in Nacogdoches this past Saturday, while the Grizzlies defeated South Dakota State, 61-48 in Missoula. The Griz outscored the SDSU, 40-0 in the final 20:25 of the game to record the victory.
Saturday's contest will be the third time this season that an SFA game has been televised. The Lumberjacks knocked off top-10 opponents in consecutive weeks on the Southland Television Network when they defeated McNeese State and Central Arkansas earlier this season.
MYTX 18 serves the Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches Designated Market Area (DMA), and is affiliated with local CBS affiliate KYTX (Ch. 19). MYTX 18 is carried on cable systems in more than 50 communities in the region. Also, Direct TV subscribers in the area can see the station's programming on channel 18.
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