#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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First 2014 Finals Come to MHSAA.TV

February 18, 2014

The first MHSAA Finals of 2014, in Upper Peninsula Swimming and Diving, are available on-demand along with a number of girls and boys basketball and hockey games, all on MHSAA.TV.

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

Swimming and Diving

  • MHSAA Upper Peninsula Girls and Boys Finals

Hockey

  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Birmingham Brother Rice
  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Wyandotte Roosevelt

Girls Basketball

  • AuGres-Sims vs. Hale
  • Escanaba vs. Gladstone
  • Rogers City vs. Lincoln Alcona
  • Charlevoix vs. Harbor Springs
  • Cheboygan vs. Gaylord
  • Comstock Park vs. Wyoming
  • Whittemore-Prescott vs. Rogers City
  • Ellsworth vs. Harbor Springs
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Gaylord St. Mary
  • Calumet vs. Ontonagon
  • Haslett vs. Ionia
  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Sexton

  • Boys Basketball Comstock Park vs. Allendale
  • Lansing Everett vs. East Lansing
  • Cedar Springs vs. Grand Rapids Christian
  • Plainwell vs. South Haven
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Rogers City
  • Comstock Park vs. Wyoming
  • Central Lake vs. Gaylord St. Mary
  • Central Lake vs. Mancelona
  • Haslett vs. Ionia
  • AuGres-sims vs. Atlanta
  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Sexton
  • Rogers City vs. Whittemore-Prescott

MHSAA Perspective: In this week's edition, John Johnson reminisces about some memorable individual contributions to team championships - Who Will Step Up?