#SocialStudies V 2.1

September 13, 2012

By Andi Osters
Second Half social media guru

Welcome back, video mongers! A new school year has begun, and with it #SocialStudies 2.0.

Ready for your weekly dose of clips to peep? I hope so. 

A quick refresher on #SocialStudies – I give you a selection of video clips I spotted in my never-ending quest to find the end of the Internet (which I’m convinced involves a cat video of some sort). These videos will typically highlight the amazing, dazzling, funny or weird side of sports – some high school, some college, some pro… and some which defy categorization.

And sometimes, we’ll simply show you a clip that is interesting and/or unique enough to be worth sharing.

We welcome your submissions and ideas for this weekly feature, so feel free to email us a link or raw footage. Seriously: we love videos. That said, let’s get to the meat & potatoes.

1. Give him a hand (he needs only one)

Here’s a high school football player from South Carolina who apparently was born with mattress springs attached to his legs instead of feet.  The slo-mo replay of this interception (courtesy of PlayOn! Sports) is simply jaw-dropping.


2. Oh, Buddy ...

If Blake Griffin was at a gymnasium and I also happened to be in that very same gymnasium, I would absolutely tell my dignity to have a seat and allow that monster NBA dunk-master slam one over my head.  I’d probably react to the experience just like this guy did, too.


3. Swing, swing a song

And now, for something completely un-sporty. Well, almost. There’s definitely activity happening in this brief short about an art installation in Montreal. I’m always fascinated by the intersection of musical creation and physical motion. Enjoy this giant human-powered instrument.


4. Summer School

And file this last one under In-Case-You-Missed-It-Over-The-Summer – here’s a recap of our Student Advisory Council’s 2nd Annual camp retreat to Mystic Lake in June.  The 16-member council enjoyed time on the high ropes course, team building activities, bonfires and strategizing an action plan for the 2012-13 school year. 


That's enough for this school year's first lesson. See something over the weekend that caught your eye? Snag something at a pep assembly that we should see? Upload it to YouTube and send it on over.

You might just see it on Second Half’s #SocialStudies.

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Spring Arrives on MHSAA.TV

May 1, 2014

A variety of spring sports events, including those featuring 12 girls soccer teams, have been broadcast on MHSAA.TV through the final weekend in April. 

See below for the list of what's available on-demand, followed by this week's highlights including clips from three of those soccer matchups. 

Baseball

  • Fairview vs. Rogers City

Boys Lacrosse

  • Holland West Ottawa vs. Rockford

Girls Soccer

  • Three Rivers vs. Plainwell
  • Grand Rapids Christian vs. Plainwell
  • East Lansing vs. Mount Pleasant
  • East Lansing vs. Mason
  • East Lansing vs. DeWitt
  • Perry vs. Montrose
  • Otsego vs. Plainwell
  • Goodrich vs. Montrose
  • Harbor Beach vs. Montrose

Softball

  • Escanaba vs. Calumet
  • Eben Junction Superior Central vs. Calumet
  • Manistique vs. Calumet
  • Whittemore-Prescott vs. Rogers City

Water Polo

  • Zeeland East vs. Rockford