#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.
Volleyball Matches Spike on MHSAA.TV
November 11, 2013
Volleyball took center stage on MHSAA.TV last week, with 22 District games including a number of Finals broadcast and now available on-demand.
Also, 10 football District Finals featuring teams from all over the state and league swimming and diving championships from the Capital Area Activities Conference Red all are viewable, thanks to the School Broadcast Program and Fox Sports Detroit Prep Zone.
Here's a look at some of what you'll see at MHSAA.TV, followed by the Prep Zone lineup for this Friday, our weekly MHSAA Perspective and highlights from last week's games:
- Elk Rapids vs. Charlevoix volleyball
- Hillman vs. Posen volleyball
- East Jordan vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston volleyball
- Rockford vs. Grand Rapids Northview volleyball
- Hale vs. Atlanta volleyball
- Mason vs. Holt volleyball
- East Lansing vs. Lansing Waverly volleyball
- AuGres-Sims vs. Fairview volleyball
- Davison vs. Lapeer East volleyball
- Charlevoix vs. Mancelona volleyball
- Onaway vs. Wolverine volleyball
- Lakeview vs. St. Louis volleyball
- Boyne City vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston volleyball
- Posen vs. Rogers City volleyball
- East Lansing vs. Haslett volleyball
- Grand Ledge vs. Battle Creek Central volleyball
- Boyne City vs. Charlevoix volleyball
- Okemos vs. Lansing Eastern volleyball
- AuGres-Sims vs. Atlanta volleyball
- Onaway vs. Rogers City volleyball
- Grand Ledge vs. Battle Creek Lakeview volleyball
- Okemos vs. Haslett volleyball
- Pewamo-Westphalia vs. Carson City-Crystal football
- Saline vs. Temperance-Bedford football
- Oak Park vs. Detroit U-D Jesuit football
- Battle Creek Lakeview vs. Portage Central football
- Rockford vs. Hudsonville football
- Belding vs. Comstock Park football
- Watervliet vs. Schoolcraft football
- Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. St. Ignace football
- Montrose vs. Saginaw Nouvel football
- Lake City vs. Lincoln Alcona football
- CAAC Red girls swimming and diving championships
Prep Zone: MHSAA Prep Zone on FOXSportsDetroit.com will again Friday stream live video of four playoff games.This week's games kick off at 7 p.m. EDT:
- Battle Creek Pennfield at Grand Rapids South Christian
- Saginaw Swan Valley at Lansing Sexton
- Melvindale at St. Clair
- St. Ignace at Beal City
MHSAA Perspective: Our John Johnson talks about how professional football's occupational hazards are not necessarily those of the high school level - Occupational Hazard