Cox Announces Broadcast ScheduleFor High School Basketball, Wrestling

Cox Communications will televise more than a dozen nights of high school basketball games featuring teams from the Omaha metropolitan area.

All contests will be taped for rebroadcast Sunday nights on Cox Channel 2 at 6 p.m. The broadcasts will also be archived and available through Cox's "On Demand" service (Cox Channel 998).

On Jan. 15, Cox will air the finals of the Metro Conference wrestling tournament at 6 p.m. (also on Cox Channel 2).

This year's broadcast team consists of Nick Handley (play-by-play, color, sideline reporter), Jimmy Motz (color commentator, sideline reporter), Mark Kraynak (play-by-play, color, sideline reporter) and Damon Benning (color commentator, sideline reporter).

Handley has served as a sideline reporter and color analyst for Cox's high school sports productions the past two seasons. He is the play-by-play announcer for the Omaha Beef and also serves as the public address announcer for the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and the Creighton women's basketball team.

Motz is a former Creighton basketball player (2001-2006) who starred at Lincoln Northeast.

Kraynak has previously served as the announcer for Cox's high school football coverage the past two seasons while Benning is a former Nebraska football player (1991-1996) who begins his second year as part of Cox's high school sports announcing team.

Cox's complete broadcast schedule:
Dec. 3, 6 p.m. - Benson at Millard South (girls and boys)
Dec. 10, 6 p.m. - Central at North (girls and boys)
Dec. 17, 6 p.m. - Elkhorn at Gretna (girls and boys)
Jan. 7, 6 p.m. - Westside Invitational (teams TBA, girls and boys)
Jan. 14, 6 p.m. - Bellevue East at Papillion-La Vista (girls and boys)
Jan. 15, 6 p.m. - Wrestling: Finals, Metro Conference Tournament
Jan. 21, 6 p.m. - Central at Bellevue West (girls and boys)
Jan. 28, 6 p.m. - Northwest at South (girls and boys)
Feb. 4, 6 p.m. - Burke at Millard North (girls and boys)
Feb. 11, 6 p.m. - Bellevue West at Bryan (girls and boys)
Feb. 18, 6 p.m. - Marian/Creighton Prep at Millard West (girls and boys)
Feb. 25, 6 p.m. - Girls District Final (single game)
March 1, 6 p.m. - Boys District Final (single game)