#SocialStudies v13.0

May 24, 2012

After a brief hiatus, class is back in session. Let the #SocialStudies commence.

1.This is nearly unbelievable

You’ve seen it done with basketballs, Frisbees – all sorts of things you can throw. Here’s a twist on the popular “trick-shot clip compilation:” long-snapping! Pretty impressive accuracy here from Nick DiChiara, a Boston high school senior who’s headed to Colgate next fall. 


 2. Time Lapse-tastic

The Staples Center in Los Angeles is home for the Lakers (NBA), Clippers (NBA) and Kings (NHL) – and the spring of 2012 saw all three franchises in the playoffs. Between May 17-20, the Staples Center was host to six playoff contests.

Six gargantuan events, four days. Here’s hoping the facility folks are somewhere with their feet up after that stretch. I’m sure a few athletic directors out there feel this way during the spring season, too. This clip shows all the action, hyper-speed.


3. Is he in pain?

Umpires, feel free to weigh in here.  Points for style, but I think his mechanics may be slightly off ...


4. Gotta feel for this guy

And now, for reason No. 467-B why being a hockey goalie is hard. You’ve got to be ready for shots from anywhere, all the time. 


Trying for a trick shot or a similarly incredible feat?

Get some video, and let us show it off here on #SocialStudies.

Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @MHSAA. 

Games Galore highlight MHSAA.tv

October 10, 2012

The fall season is winding down, but the opposite is true for MHSAA.tv and the School Broadcast Program, which produced 28 events last week covering a multitude of teams from all over Michigan.

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 Pointe North vs. Grosse Pointe South -- plus a link to this week's MHSAA Perspective.

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

  • Atlanta vs. Hillman football
  • L'Anse vs. Calumet football
  • Rudyard vs. Rogers City football
  • Sault Ste. Marie vs. Cheboygan football
  • Traverse City West vs. Petoskey football
  • AuGres vs. Mio football
  • Manton vs. Lincoln Alcona football
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Onaway football
  • Parma Western vs. Mason football
  • Lansing Sexton vs. East Lansing football
  • Flint Southwestern vs. Davison football
  • Pellston vs. Indian River Indian Lakes football
  • Montrose vs. Flint Beecher football
  • St. Johns vs. Mason swimming and diving
  • Oscoda vs. Lincoln Alcona volleyball
  • Taylor Truman vs. Trenton volleyball
  • Kalamazoo Christian vs. Galesburg-Augusta volleyball
  • Davison vs. Flint Powers Catholic volleyball
  • Montrose vs. Goodrich volleyball
  • Grand Ledge vs. East Lansing volleyball
  • Brownstown Woodhaven vs. Allen Park volleyball
  • Spring Lake vs. Ludington volleyball
  • Alanson vs. Ellsworth volleyball
  • Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian vs. Cheboygan soccer
  • Allen Park vs. Brownstown Woodhaven soccer
  • Cheboygan vs. Roscommon soccer
  • Oscoda vs. Lincoln Alcona soccer
  • Mason vs. Jackson Lumen Christi soccer
  • Also, click under "MHSAA" and "Recent" for the 1994 Class A Boys Soccer Final between Canton and Warren DeLaSalle, won in sudden-death overtime by Canton, 1-0.

FOX: At midnight after each Friday's games, Fox Sports Detroit airs its Football Friday Overtime. Last week, the show was expanded to an hour, with highlights from 13 games.

XFINITY: Friday's 17-15 Grosse Pointe South win over Grosse Pointe North is available to subscribers On Demand on Xfinity's High School Sports site.

MHSAA Perspective: Our John Johnson gives his take not on the NFL replacement officials, but rather, on how treatment of them by players and coaches set a poor example for those at the high school level - Listen

Below: This week's School Broadcast Program highlights, drawn from the L'Anse at Calumet, Flint Southwestern at Davison and Lansing Sexton at East Lansing football games, and a volleyball match between Montrose and Goodrich.