#SocialStudies v. 2.2

October 25, 2012

By Andi Osters
Second Half social media guru

Welcome back to #SocialStudies! As we head into the start of our most popular tournament this weekend – we bring you another collection of the amazing, spectacular and just plain odd. 

Warning: there is a panda in one of the videos below.  I promise it’s not a San Francisco Giant.

1. 'Best kicker in the world' ... ???

If you missed it last week: Here’s a high school place-kicker from Washington booting a 67-yard field goal.  Yes, 67 yards.  No mention of a tailwind.


2. Lord of the Dance

This next video combines two of my favorite things: bad dancing and a teacher doing something totally unexpected. (Be careful of your speaker volume: this one has some loud moments.) 


3. All hail the king

Hate him or love him: LeBron James does some things with a basketball that just … astound. Here’s a move to work on in your driveways, kids. 


 4. Watch this one twice

Speaking of sweet moves; here’s a guy you’ve never heard of doing something on a tennis court that you’ve probably never seen. 


5. Give that guy a championship

NBC25 out of Flint supplies us with this Top Play selection from Week 9 … Damon Thomas of Fenton goes up to grab a TD pass and manages to hold on in a game that clinched a share of the Flint Metro League title for his team. Fenton (8-1) welcomes Farmington Hills Harrison (6-3) on Friday night to start their playoff bid.


6. Dude. Perfect. Borderline unbelievable.

And to close, a new trick shot video from the guys at Dude Perfect. Take six minutes and enjoy.


We know you’re all on YouTube daily ... so send us your favorite vids!

We'll watch those and see you again next time for more catching up on your #SocialStudies.

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Lacrosse Finals Live on MHSAA.TV

June 5, 2013

The Finals of the MHSAA Girls and Boys Lacrosse Tournaments will be available on the Internet Saturday as the MHSAA Network will have live dedicated video and audio streams of the championship games at East Grand Rapids and Rockford.

It’s the second straight weekend of live video online championship coverage on MHSAA.tv, and the first of two weekends of audio coverage on MHSAANetwork.com.

The Girls Lacrosse Finals at Rockford High School will have the Division 2 game start things off at 2 p.m., with the winners of Wednesday’s Semifinal games pitting East Grand Rapids vs. Okemos, and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood against Livonia Ladywood.  The Division 1 game follows at 4:30 p.m., where the winners of Semis between Rockford and Hartland, and Bloomfield Hills Lahser and Ann Arbor Pioneer will play.

Action in the Boys Lacrosse Finals at East Grand Rapids High School also begins at 2 p.m.  The first game will be the Division 1 finale between the winners of Wednesday’s Semifinal games – Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Clarkston, and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern/Northern vs. South Lyon.  The second game at 4:30 p.m. is in Division 2, where Semifinal winners from the Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central vs. Detroit Country Day, and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood against East Grand Rapids will square off.

All of the live video streams are free and will be archived on the MHSAA.tv Website.  DVDs will also be available at MHSAA.tv.

Next weekend, MHSAA.tv will carry live video of the Baseball-Softball Finals on June 15, beginning at 9:30 a.m.; and the Girls Soccer Finals on June 15, beginning at Noon. 

MHSAANetwork.com will feature expanded coverage of the Baseball-Softball at Battle Creek, with live audio broadcasts of the Semifinals on June 14; in addition to the Finals the following day and the Girls Soccer Finals.

The Track & Field action continues on the MHSAA.tv website this week, as the running event finals will be added to the site as individual events for on demand viewing.