#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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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.