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#SocialStudies v11.0

April 26, 2012

April is coming to a close and we're catapulting into the final full month of the 2012 sports year.

Let's dive right into a few video bits -- shall we?

1.Spring in his step

Spring college football doesn't involve a lot of technical tackling or hard-hitting, but that doesn't make this feat any less impressive.  When was the last time you saw a ball carrier run full tilt into a jump-stop and then front-flip over a defender? And stick the dismount ... errrrr "landing' ... well enough to keep gaining yards?

Prior to watching this clip from Lincoln (Mo.) University, my answer was never.

2. GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!

It's a bit out-of-season, but I had to share this clip between Saint-John and Chicoutimi (Quebec Junior Hockey League) -- won in OT by a player who needs some recognition for being, in my recollection, the first to celebrate a goal in such fashion.

The French announcers are a bit obnoxious, but trust me here: The Frozen Worm this kid busts out after the goal is epic. 

3. The agony of ...

Earlier this month, SB Nation online voters were tasked with selecting the best animated sports GIF of All-Time -- and it should be noted that a clip from the mitten made the Finals.

Wolverine fans, even you have to appreciate the sheer awesomeness of this mortified punter face. In his defense, I'm pretty sure this is exactly how I would look in the Big House if I was in his cleats. (Click on photo for link to clip.)

4. One more look at two of Michigan's finest

To finish off this week: we bring you the recently-compiled highlights from the 2011-12 Team Wrestling Finals in Battle Creek this winter. Clips include a close-up of Taylor Massa's championship win for St. Johns in Division 2 and Student Advisory Council member Kevin Beazley's pin in the Division 1 Final for Detroit Catholic Central.

As always, shoot us your favorite internet gems anytime -- you might just see them on #SocialStudies.

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Hoops Score Big on MHSAA.TV

March 11, 2014

The MHSAA Basketball Semifinals and Finals will have broadcast coverage on a variety of cable television, internet and radio platforms over the next two weekends.

The Girls Basketball Finals will take place Thursday through Saturday (March 13-15) at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing. The Boys Finals will take place March 20-22.

The championship games will be televised live by FOX Sports Detroit. The Class D and A title games of the Girls Finals will air on FOX Sports Detroit, and the Class C and B games will be shown on FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS. FOX Sports Detroit-PLUS will carry the Finals of the Boys Tournament the following weekend.

Semifinal games will be streamed live on a subscription basis on MHSAA.TV. The Basketball coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.TV, and online viewers can catch both weekends of action for one low cost of $14.95. A Day Pass is available for $9.95. All events will be available for free on-demand viewing by Wednesday the week following their initial live airing. 

A number of events already are available on-demand, including last weekend's Hockey, Gymnastics and Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving Finals, and a number of Girls Basketball Regional, Boys Basketball District and Hockey Quarterfinal games listed below. The listings are followed by this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.TV highlight clips. 

Girls Basketball Regionals

  • Norway vs. L'Anse
  • St. Ignace vs. Ishpeming
  • St. Ignace vs. L'Anse

Hockey Quarterfinals

  • Farmington vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
  • Plymouth vs. Detroit Catholic Central

Boys Basketball Districts

  • Vassar vs. Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy
  • L'Anse vs. Ironwood
  • Onaway vs. Wolverine
  • Ellsworth vs. Alba
  • East Lansing vs. Okemos
  • Haslett vs. DeWitt
  • Watervliet vs. Bridgman
  • Cedar Springs vs. Rockford
  • Montrose vs. Reese
  • Calumet vs. Hancock
  • Central Lake vs. Boyne Falls
  • Lansing Eastern vs. Lansing Everett
  • Grand Rapids Northview vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
  • Vassar vs. New Lothrop
  • Hale vs. AuGres-Sims
  • Richland Gull Lake vs. Holt
  • Bellaire vs. Ellsworth
  • Calumet vs. Ironwood
  • Montrose vs. Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy
  • Rockford vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
  • Gladstone vs. Escanaba
  • Atlanta vs. Fairview
  • Haslett vs. Okemos
  • Grand Ledge vs. Mason
  • Holt vs. Mason
  • Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central vs. Grand Rapids Northview
  • Saginaw Nouvel vs. Hemlock
  • New Lothrop vs. Montrose

MHSAA Perspective: This week, John Johnson talks about the value of school sports and how the values they teach surpass anything that happens in other youth sports by other sponsors - Nothing Like It