#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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Watch Games Now on MHSAA.tv
October 17, 2012
MHSAA.tv and the School Broadcast Program continues to deliver broadcasts of many of the top teams from all over Michigan, including coverage of football, volleyball, soccer and swimming and diving last week.
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 Ile vs. Riverview -- plus a link to this week's MHSAA Perspective.
MHSAA.tv: Click on the "Schools" tab on MHSAA.tv to find these games:
- Indian River Inland Lakes vs. Rogers City football
- Benzie Central vs. Cheboygan football
- Davison vs. Romulus football
- Kalamazoo Christian vs. Battle Creek Pennfield football
- Grand Ledge vs. East Lansing football
- Comstock vs. Plainwell football
- Perry vs. Montrose football
- Trenton vs. Brownstown Woodhaven football
- Gaylord St. Mary vs. Indian River Inland Lakes volleyball
- Newberry vs. Cheboygan volleybal
- Bellaire vs. Onaway volleyball
- Rudyard vs. Rogers City volleyball
- Jackson Northwest vs. Mason volleyball
- Gibraltar Carlson vs. Brownstown Woodhaven volleyball
- Cedar Springs vs. Greenville volleyball
- L'Anse vs. Calumet volleyball
- Fremont vs. Ludington swimming and diving
- South Haven vs. Plainwell soccer
- Sparta vs. Comstock Park soccer
- Gibraltar Carlson vs. Brownstown Woodhaven soccer
- Also, click under "MHSAA" and "Recent" for the 1992 Class C Football Final between Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher and Traverse City St. Francis, won by St. Francis 28-21 in double overtime.
FOX: At 11:30 p.m. after each Friday's games, Fox Sports Detroit airs its one-hour Football Friday Overtime with highlights from all over the state.
XFINITY: Friday's 40-13 Grosse Ile win over Riverview is available to subscribers On Demand on Xfinity's High School Sports site.
MHSAA Perspective: Our John Johnson explains how teams qualify for the MHSAA Football Playoffs, and how they are placed into divisions and brackets - Listen
Below: This week's School Broadcast Program highlights, including clips from the Perry at Montrose and Benzie Central at Cheboygan football games, Plainwell's 1-0 upset of South Haven in boys soccer and a volleyball match between Bellaire and Onaway.