HomeTown Television

Semi-State Football Friday

2009-11-16T18:57:00.003-05:00

HomeTown Sports and Operation Football will bring the Center Grove vs. Warren Central Football game to 13.3 and channel 81 Friday at 7pm. Check our schedule for replays and look for the game on Comcast VOD.

HomeTown Wins Award

2009-11-15T06:23:00.001-05:00

Small Business or Start-up of the Year - HomeTown Television

Other finalists include Culver's of Noblesville and Peterson Architecture.

HomeTown Television's Roy Johnson said the station began as a necessity to better inform the community of its events and sports.

"In 2002 the daily newspaper had gone down to two days a week. There was no local television station, no radio station, no way to distinguish Noblesville and Hamilton County from anywhere else that was just a suburb of Indianapolis," he said. "So we started talking about doing something that was community service oriented. It gave us a chance to kinda look at the heart and soul of the area in which we live and appreciate all the things about this community."

The business is involved within the community in a lot of ways - from covering council meetings to parades and the annual Street Dance - but HomeTown Television is most known for its coverage of Hamilton County high school sporting events.

"We started off with local high school sports - it expanded into doing all the state championships for the IHSAA," said Johnson. "The NCAA, we're doing a lot of things for them now - a lot of the local colleges."

HomeTown Television covers the University of Indianapolis, Wabash College, Marian University and Franklin College with its HomeTown Sports Indiana channel.

"HomeTown Sports Indiana has really evolved into a sports mega station for the state of Indiana," said Johnson. "We not only do all the local high school - football, soccer, basketball, softball, baseball - we've also done things like the NCAA Division I championships in golf at Purdue.

HomeTown Television does a live high school football game on Friday nights, a tape delayed game on Friday night, and covers two college football games on Saturdays.

"To put on these kinds of productions we do, especially the sporting events, it's not just grab a camera and go out there and start filming," said Johnson. "Rick Vanderwielen, the guy who started the company, is the genius behind it all of that because he built it all from scratch, he knows what we need and is constantly improving on what we are putting on there."

On Comcast, HomeTown Television can be found on channel 19. HomeTown Sports Indiana can be found on channel 81.

HomeTown Sports Football Sectional Schedule

2009-10-18T08:49:00.003-04:00

HomeTown Sports will be airing:

Lawrence Central at Lawrence North. Live at 7pm, replayed Saturday morning at 9am.

Columbus East at Columbus North. Live on ihsaasport.org, replayed at 12 Noon on Saturday.

Bloomington South at Center Grove. Airs on Saturday at 3pm.

Other replays will be shown. Check our schedule for more times.

Big Explosion Ends Football Game

2009-10-14T21:33:00.001-04:00

Wednesday Night is Mustseeracing Night on 81

2009-08-26T21:13:00.003-04:00

Race Fans, HomeTown Sports Indiana and Mustseeracing.com are partnering to bring you 5 consecutive weeks of exciting racing. It all starts on Wednesday, September 9th at 8pm with the Payless Little 500 from the Anderson Speedway, the "Worlds Fastest High Banked Quarter Mile Oval". We'll have races from Salem, Winchester and more Anderson Races. Visit www.mustseeracing.com for more information about the schedule of this year's events...Wednesday nights at 8pm on HomeTown Sports Indiana, Comcast 81.

Football Schedule

2009-08-23T17:48:00.002-04:00

Our Hometown/WTHR game schedule is as follows:
8/28 HSE vs Fishers
9/4 Roncalli vs Chatard
9/11 Perry Meridian vs Southport
9/18 Zionsville vs Westfield
9/25 TBA
10/2 Ben Davis vs Center Grove
10/9 Plainfield vs Mooresville
10/16 Carmel vs Ben Davis

Noblesville Parade Coverage Canceled

2009-07-04T14:28:00.001-04:00

HomeTown will not be covering the July 4th Parade in Noblesville due to the rain.

All Star Game Times UPDATE

2009-06-10T11:50:00.000-04:00

The Indiana Jr. Sr. All Star air times on HomeTown 19 have changed. The 1st Boys game will air Wednesday at 1:30, 5:30 and 9:30pm. The 1st Girls game will air Thursday at 12p, 4p and 8pm. The second games, will air Saturday beginning at 10am with the girls game followed at 12p with the boys...then repeating the sequence every 4 hours.

Jr. Sr. All Star Basketball Games

2009-06-03T08:09:00.001-04:00

HomeTown Sports and WTHR, Channel 13.3 are partnering to air the
Indianapolis Star's Junior-Senior All Star Basketball Series. Game 1
of the series will be at Benton Central High School on June 9th. Game
2 is at New Albany High School on June 11th. Air times on WTHR,
Channel 13.3 are:

Wed, 6/10 7-9p Girls Game 1
Wed, 6/10 9-11p Boys Game 1
Fri, 6/12 7-9p Girls Game 2
Fri, 6/12 9-11p Boys Game 3

Replayed
Sun, 6/14 7-9p Girls Game 1
Sun, 6/14 9-11p Boys Game 1
Mon, 6/15 7-9p Girls Game 2
Mon, 6/15 9-11p Boys Game 2

The senior team's two-game exhibition series against the Kentucky
Senior All-Stars will be played on June 13th at 3pm at Conseco and in
Kentucky on June 14th.

HomeTown Producing D2 NCAA Baseball

2009-05-17T08:24:00.003-04:00

HomeTown Sports will produce and webcast the Division II, NCAA baseball championships from Cary, North Carolina. Game dates are 5/23 thru 5/30 and are viewable free at www.ncaa.com. HomeTown Sports, a division of HomeTown Television produces 150+ sporting events yearly for TV and the web. For more information contact Greg Rakestraw, VP of content and programming, greg@hometownsportsindiana.com

The Proms are Coming to 19 !

2009-04-08T13:56:00.003-04:00

The wildly popular High School Proms are coming to Channel 19. Here's are the air dates, all beginning at 8pm:

Tipton - April 17th
HSE - April 18th
Noblesville - April 24th
Hamilton Heights - April 25th
Westfield - May 2nd
Fishers - May 9

We'll give away $1000's of dollars every night including a high definition HDTV courtesy of M&I Bank.

Noblesville vs Cincinnati Moeller airs Monday

2009-04-05T20:25:00.002-04:00

Catch the Miller baseball team battling Cincinnati Moeller at 12n, 4p and 8p on Monday on Channel 19.

Steve Hurst Honored

2009-03-27T18:27:00.001-04:00

NOBLESVILLE, IN March 27, 2009 -- The Miller Backer organization, Noblesville High School’s athletic booster organization, recognized Steve Hurst, the NHS Boys Athletic Director for 25 years of service to Noblesville High School, athletics and support of the Miller Backer organization. At a recent event, Daryl Petry, president of the Miller Backers announced, "One of our ten 2009 Miller Backer athletic scholarships in the amount of $1250.00 will be so designated the Steve Hurst Athletic Scholarship in honor of the Steve's contribution to this community." Hurst announced he will retire at the end of the school year. More information about the Miller Backer organization is available at http://www.millerbackers.org

Royals win Boys Basketball Sectional

2009-03-08T10:14:00.001-04:00

The Royals are on a roll thumping Carmel 60-46 in the Noblesville Class 9, 4A sectional championship game. Big Jan and Brad Silbert called the action on HomeTown Saturday Night. After trailing early, the Royals stepped up the defense and shut down the offensive that Carmel had used effectively this year. HSE faces Lawrence North at Hinkle Saturday at 10am in the Regional.

HomeTown Sports Produces Girls Finals

2009-03-08T10:08:00.001-04:00

HomeTown & Emmis (1070, the Fan) partnered to produce the 2009 Girls IHSAA Basketball State Championship. What a day! Blake Ress, Commissioner of the IHSAA stated, "This was our finest day".

Sectional Semi-Final LIVE FRIDAY

2009-03-04T16:12:00.002-05:00

Join Big Jan and Brad Silbert as they call the action from Noblesville in Boys Sectional action Friday. First, Fishers vs Carmel at 6pm, followed by Noblesville vs HSE at 7:30pm. As Jan would say, "A fresh bun, a juicy dog and I'm in heaven on a Friday night!"

Sports This Week

2009-03-02T07:52:00.001-05:00

Boys Basketball Tuesday:
6:00 pm Carmel vs Westfield - Airs live on IHSAAsports.org. Replay on HomeTown 19 on Wednesday at 12, 4 and 8pm
7:30 pm Zionsville vs Noblesville - Airs live on IHSAAsports.org. Replay at 10:30pm that night with replays on Wednesday.

Girls Basketball Saturday:
All air live on IHSAAsports.org
Class A State Championship – 10:30 am ET Fort Wayne Canterbury (22-4) vs. Vincennes Rivet (23-1).
Class 2A State Championship – follows Class A game. Oak Hill (27-1) vs. Heritage Christian (25-1).
Class 3A State Championship – 6 pm ET. Fort Wayne Elmhurst (24-2) vs. Owen Valley (24-2).
Class 4A State Championship – follows Class 3A game. South Bend Washington (26-0) vs. Ben Davis (29-0).

HSE at Jeff - LIVE audio on Thursday

2009-02-25T07:50:00.002-05:00

HomeTown's incredibly huge and gifted, Big Jan Boser, calls the action from Crawley Athletic Complex as the Royals visit Lafayette Jeff in boys basketball action Thursday at 7pm. Tune in from Fishers and listen!

Fishers at Noblesville Friday at 10:30pm

2009-02-16T14:08:00.004-05:00

The Tigers and Millers face off in boys basketball tonight! Game time is 7:30pm, and we'll have the replay at 10:30pm Friday. Go Team!

Friday Night Girls Games Posted

2009-02-13T23:05:00.001-05:00

Live audio of the Westfield vs Carmel Game
Live audio of the Fishers vs HSE game

Live Sectional Tonight

2009-02-13T15:19:00.001-05:00

6:00pm - Westfield vs Carmel
7:30pm - HSE vs Fishers

Both are LIVE AUDIO presentations.

Tuesdays Girls Games Posted

2009-02-11T08:50:00.003-05:00

Fishers vs. Zionsville Live Audio
Carmel vs. Noblesville Live Audio
Big Jan Boser and the voice of the Royals, Brad Silbert call the action from Tuesday Night. They'll be back Friday night at 5:30pm for the semifinals of the girls sectional from Zionsville.

Westfield vs. Heights ON DEMAND

2009-02-08T08:11:00.002-05:00

LIVE AUDIO of the Westfield at Heights basketball game is posted here.

HSE Wins 'Best Hot Dog' Award

2009-02-04T08:12:00.002-05:00

Hamilton Southeastern High School is this year's winner for 'Best Hot Dog' as judged by HomeTown Sports' incredibly huge Big Jan Boser. "When you combine plump, juicy, a fresh bun and toss in easily accessible condiments, you got a winner", said Jan. Folks at the HSE concession stand lobbied hard this year after placing second to Carmel in 2008. When asked if Jan prefers pork or beef dogs, he replied, "Parts is parts...I don't care as long as it ain't a turkey dog". Honorable mention this year goes to Fishers and Carmel High Schools. Failing from the top 5 was Noblesville, who failed to open their stand until tip off of one of the varsity games. On the bottom: Muncie Central. "Those things were left over from football season", comments Big Jan. A plaque from Noblesville Trophies is being sent to HSE. Jan will receive a complimentary coronary scan and discounts on a heart stent courtesy of Riverview Hospital.

Girls Sectional Schedule - LIVE AUDIO

2009-02-04T08:01:00.002-05:00

All Sectional 9, class 4A girls sectional games will be covered via live audio on HomeTown Television:

Tue Feb 10 Sectional 6:00 PM at Zionsville - Game 1 - Noblesville vs Carmel; Game 2 - Zionsville vs Fishers

Fri Feb 13 Sectional 6:00 PM at Zionsville - Westfield vs Winner Game 1; HSE vs winner Game 2.

Sat Feb 14 Sectional Final 7:30 PM at Zionsville

Also viewable via www.hometowntelevision.com