New Jersey State Boys, Girls High School Lacrosse Tournament of Champions to Air on Verizon's FiOS1, Exclusively for New Jersey Customers

Replays of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State High School Boys and Girls Lacrosse Tournament of Champions semifinals and finals will air exclusively on FiOS1, Channel 1, on Verizon FiOS TV.

The high school boys semifinal games, to be played on Wednesday (June 6) at Bridgewater/Raritan High School, will air on Saturday (June 9) at 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.  The high school girls semifinal games, to be played Tuesday (June 5) at Monmouth University, will air on Sunday (June 10) at noon and 2 p.m. 

The boys and girls finals will be played on Saturday at Kean University.  FiOS1 will replay the girls final on June 13 at 7:30 p.m. and replay the boys final on June 14 at 7:30 p.m.  Both the semifinals and finals will be available from Verizon's FiOS TV video-on-demand service in the FiOS1 Local Zone folder.

All FiOS1 viewers in central and northern New Jersey will have access to the exclusive coverage, made possible through a partnership between Verizon's FiOS1 and NJ.com/Star-Ledger.

"The Lacrosse Tournament of Champions features some of the best high school lacrosse players in the state competing for the state title, and fans can catch all the action on Verizon's FiOS1," said Orlando Martinez, FiOS1's director of local sports programming.  "Bringing our FiOS TV customers exclusive high school sports programming like this on FiOS1 is a good example of why our customers continue to enjoy a broad range of programming choices and the outstanding picture quality they can get from a provider like Verizon."

FiOS1 is part of FiOS TV's broad collection of programming featuring more than 540 all-digital channels including more than 140 high-definition channels and 35,000 monthly video-on-demand titles.  FiOS TV also provides next-generation interactive services including an advanced interactive media guide; social network, news and entertainment widgets; remote DVR management via broadband or mobile phones, Flex View; and more.

FiOS TV is delivered over Verizon's all-fiber-optic network, which brings the power and capacity of fiber optics directly into homes and business and has industry-leading quality and reliability.  The all-fiber network also offers FiOS Internet service, which delivers downstream speeds of up to 150 megabits per second (Mbps) and upstream speeds of up to 35 Mbps, as well as high-quality voice services.

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