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#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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Watch Games Now on MHSAA.tv

October 17, 2012

MHSAA.tv and the School Broadcast Program continues to deliver broadcasts of many of the top teams from all over Michigan, including coverage of football, volleyball, soccer and swimming and diving last week.

See those listings below, plus links to the MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on Fox Sports Detroit and the Comcast/Xfinity game shot last week -- Grosse Ile vs. Riverview -- plus a link to this week's MHSAA Perspective.

MHSAA.tv: Click on the "Schools" tab on MHSAA.tv to find these games:

  • Indian River Inland Lakes vs. Rogers City football
  • Benzie Central vs. Cheboygan football
  • Davison vs. Romulus football
  • Kalamazoo Christian vs. Battle Creek Pennfield football
  • Grand Ledge vs. East Lansing football
  • Comstock vs. Plainwell football
  • Perry vs. Montrose football
  • Trenton vs. Brownstown Woodhaven football
  • Gaylord St. Mary vs. Indian River Inland Lakes volleyball
  • Newberry vs. Cheboygan volleybal
  • Bellaire vs. Onaway volleyball
  • Rudyard vs. Rogers City volleyball
  • Jackson Northwest vs. Mason volleyball
  • Gibraltar Carlson vs. Brownstown Woodhaven volleyball
  • Cedar Springs vs. Greenville volleyball
  • L'Anse vs. Calumet volleyball
  • Fremont vs. Ludington swimming and diving
  • South Haven vs. Plainwell soccer
  • Sparta vs. Comstock Park soccer
  • Gibraltar Carlson vs. Brownstown Woodhaven soccer
  • Also, click under "MHSAA" and "Recent" for the 1992 Class C Football Final between Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher and Traverse City St. Francis, won by St. Francis 28-21 in double overtime.

FOX: At 11:30 p.m. after each Friday's games, Fox Sports Detroit airs its one-hour Football Friday Overtime with highlights from all over the state.

XFINITY: Friday's 40-13 Grosse Ile win over Riverview is available to subscribers On Demand on Xfinity's High School Sports site.

MHSAA Perspective: Our John Johnson explains how teams qualify for the MHSAA Football Playoffs, and how they are placed into divisions and brackets - Listen

Below: This week's School Broadcast Program highlights, including clips from the Perry at Montrose and Benzie Central at Cheboygan football games, Plainwell's 1-0 upset of South Haven in boys soccer and a volleyball match between Bellaire and Onaway.