#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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Big Plays Come Your Way on MHSAA.TV

October 1, 2013

Check out a game-changing interception return from one of Michigan's biggest football rivalry matchups in this week's MHSAA.TV highlights package, plus broadcasts of 18 volleyball teams and two ranked boys soccer powers facing off in a league title-deciding tilt. 

Below is the list of events brought to us last week by the School Broadcast Program. And below that list are the week's highlights, including that interception return by Portage Central's Jacob Allan that might've been the key play in his team's win over Portage Northern. 

  • Oscoda vs. Lincoln Alcona boys soccer 
  • East Lansing vs. Okemos boys soccer
  • Whittemore-Prescott vs. Oscoda boys soccer
  • Ellsworth vs. Wolverine volleyball
  • West Branch Ogemaw Heights vs. Petoskey volleyball
  • Charlevoix vs. Boyne City volleyball
  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Everett volleyball
  • Calumet vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell volleyball
  • AuGres-Sims vs. Mio volleyball
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Indian River Inland Lakes volleyball
  • Hillman vs. Oscoda volleyball
  • Lakeview vs. Remus Chippewa Hills volleyball
  • Portage Central vs. Portage Northern football
  • Whittemore-Prescott vs. Lincoln Alcona football
  • Johannesburg-Lewiston vs. Central Lake football
  • Petoskey vs. Cheboygan football
  • Mio vs. Hillman football
  • Rudyard vs. Indian River Indian Lakes football
  • Stephenson vs. Newberry football
  • Mancelona vs. Onaway football
  • Hale vs. Rogers City football
  • East Lansing vs. Holt football
  • Belding vs. Comstock Park football
  • Hartford vs. Watervliet football
  • Posen vs. Bellaire football

MHSAA Perspective: This week, our John Johnson explains the history behind some of Michigan's many high school football trophy game prizes - Trophy Games