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#SocialStudies v2.0

February 9, 2012

It's Week 2 in our #SocialStudies, and we’ve been scouring the Web for the wacky, zany, wild and weird.

We’ve found a few morsels to whet the appetite of our loyal SecondHalf readership. Remember: if you come across something you think needs to be seen – SUBMIT IT!

1. In a Pickle

We’re always on the lookout for the “next big thing” in sports; this story on “Pickleball” caught our eye.

Spring Lake High School was the first to get a visit from a group of senior Pickleballers – follow-up visits to Grand Haven and Muskegon Mona Shores are in the works, too. Needless to say, there’s a faction of MHSAA staffers ready to take on any and all challengers. Anyone out there a fan – or or better yet, an expert – Pickler?

2. Nothing but net

You could give high school senior Jake Norcia 86 repeat tries on this shot; he’d likely miss all 86. It wasn’t a game-winner for Highland Park High School (Ill.), but the sheer distance that the ball travels to eventually find the net here is astonishing. In addition, the way the ball was thrown – looks like the shooter was just tossing a piece of paper in the waste bin.

 

3. Must have been a big win

From Fairfax, Va. – one of the more impressive court-rushes we’ve witnessed in 2012. A 3-pointer at the buzzer causes absolute pandemonium.

Need another angle?  Sure.

4. Just ... Wow.

Not sure what a Sit Ski is? You’ll know after watching this short clip on paraplegic skier Josh Dueck. Great production in the video, and obviously a terrific support network of friends. We were moved by the story – and think you will be, too.

That's a wrap. See something over the weekend that caught your eye? Upload it to YouTube and send it on over.

It could become part of Second Half’s #SocialStudies.

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MHSAA.TV March Hits Midpoint

February 24, 2014

Nearly 300 hours of live streaming video from MHSAA Championships in Girls Competitive Cheer and Individual Wrestling, plus Student Broadcast Program produced coverage of Girls Basketball Districts and Ice Hockey Regionals, will be available on the MHSAA.TV website as the March of Winter approaches its midway point.

The coverage begins Monday with School Broadcast Programs providing on demand coverage of Girls Basketball Districts and Ice Hockey Regionals, plus the last week of the regular season in Boys Basketball. Check the MHSAA.TV website for daily schedule updates.

Live streaming this week begins at 2 p.m. on Thursday (Feb. 27) from The Palace of Auburn Hills at the Individual Wrestling Finals. A dedicated camera will be on each of 12 mats on the floor, and include full graphics to indicate the participants in each match, plus full in-progress scoring information via Trackwrestling. Girls Competitive Cheer coverage begins Friday from The DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids. 

The continued Wrestling and full Cheer coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.TV and online viewers can catch every weekend of action for one low cost of $14.95. A Month Pass on MHSAA.TV for $14.95 will give a viewer access to events over a 30-day period from the time it is purchased.  Over the next three weekends of live winter championship coverage, the following events will be featured: 

  • ·   Ice Hockey Semifinals & Finals – March 6-8
  • ·   Girls Gymnastics Finals – March 7-8
  • ·   Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Finals – March 8
  • ·   Girls Basketball Semifinals – March 13-14
  • ·   Boys Basketball Semifinals – March 20-21 

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. 

Catch up on some of the final regular-season games for both girls basketball and hockey on MHSAA.TV as those sports move on to postseason competition this week. 

Here's a look at all listings from last week, followed by this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.TV highlight clips. 

Girls Basketball
  • East Lansing vs. St. Johns
  • Lakeview vs. White Cloud
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Posen
  • Central Lake vs. Indian River Inland Lakes
  • Cedar Springs vs. Greenville
  • Davison vs. Flint Hamady
  • Comstock Park vs. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian
  • Plainwell vs. Coloma
  • Central Lake vs. Ellsworth
  • Montrose vs. Saginaw Arts & Sciences

Hockey

  • Midland vs. Hemlock/Saginaw Swan Valley
  • Detroit Catholic Central vs. Warren DeLaSalle
  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Trenton
  • Boys Basketball
  • East Lansing vs. Grand Ledge
  • Cedar Springs vs. Greenville
  • Cheboygan vs. Gaylord
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Hillman
  • Central Lake vs. Ellsworth
  • Watervliet vs. Lawrence
  • Montrose vs. Saginaw Arts & Sciences
  • Petoskey vs. Alpena
  • Escanaba vs. Gladstone

MHSAA Perspective: In this week's edition, John Johnson talks about those games that are supposedly decided on their last play - The Last Play