The Metro Sports Report has accepted an invitation from the KFXA television station in Cedar Rapids to talk about high school basketball on its Wednesday night telecasts during the rest of the 2012-13 season.

Metro Sports Report president Jim Ecker or vice president Mike Koolbeck will appear on the FOX-28 News at Nine broadcasts, either live or by tape, beginning this Wednesday night.

The "News at Nine" broadcast on KFXA starts each night at 9 p.m. and runs for an entire hour. The sports report usually begins at 9:40 p.m., and the segment with a guest from the Metro Sports Report will last two or three minutes each Wednesday.

Ecker and Koolbeck will talk about the boys and girls basketball teams at the eight high schools in the Metro area. That includes Jefferson, Kennedy, Washington, Prairie, Xavier, Linn-Mar, Marion and Cedar Valley Christian.

"Teaming up with you guys is a great way to expand our high school coverage," FOX-28 sports director This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it told the Metro Sports Report. "It will help our coverage get better."

Aarons normally hosts the "News at Nine" sportscast and will lead the conversation about Metro basketball, reviewing recent games and looking to the future.

Aarons noted that the Metro Sports Report has a "hyper focus" on the Metro high schools, whereas KFXA-TV and FOX-28 take a more diversified approach to high school, college and pro sports.

KFXA devotes more time to sports on its nightly shows than any of the other local television stations.

The Metro Sports Report was launched on Jan. 3, 2011 and has received nearly 2 million pageviews in two years. The website can be found at www.MetroSportsReport.com.