#SocialStudies v4.0

February 23, 2012

The best part about #SocialStudies, as I’m sure you’ve all realized by Week 4, is that the sum of its parts make entirely zero sense when combined into one. 

There are no easy transitions from flying squirrel wrestling moves to some guy dancing down a professional sporting arena aisle while Bon Jovi blares in the background. Nevertheless – we love compiling the weird and wacky each week. 

So, without further ado …

1. You won't see this in Battle Creek, but ...

Last summer, this Chicago-area high schooler stunned an arena with acrobatics not seen on a wrestling mat since… well, never. Yes, we are very aware that this type of "flying squirrel" move is illegal under high school rules – but that doesn’t make it any less cool to watch. Don’t worry: multiple angles shown. 


2. Dance Machine, circa 1986

The lip-syncing is fairly horrific. The moves aren’t anything spectacular. And this video is more than three years old. And yet, once you start watching this weird dude at a Celtics game – you cannot stop. His stellar sassy-steppin’ solo starts around 10 seconds in. Ladies and gentlemen: I give you Mr. Jeremy Fry in HD. 


3. He is the Hunter; Robichaud, the hunted.

Junior Vincent Hunter of Detroit Consortium knows how to dunk.  Here’s a compilation of no less than four of them from their game last week against Dearborn Heights Robichaud.  The Cougars won the game, 73-67 – pushing their latest winning streak to four straight.


4. Say it with us: Battle ... of ... the ... Fans!

And finally, it seems amiss to neglect the final day of fan polling for our Battle of The Fans contest. View all five finalist submissions here and click the image below to vote on Facebook for your favorite. Good luck to Frankenmuth, Grand Rapids Christian, Petoskey, Reese and Rockford!


It's MHSAA tournament time, which should reveal a bevy of video highlights and social media madness as we finish up February and fly full bore into March.

See something high school sports-related online that the rest of us must see? Capture some cool video yourself? Upload it to We're always looking for more to add to your weekly #SocialStudies. 

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Boys Hoops Tips Off on MHSAA.TV

December 17, 2013

More than 30 events covering five sports were loaded last week by the School Broadcast Program onto MHSAA.TV, including 17 games from the first week of boys basketball season.

Here's a look at the most recent of what's available on-demand now at MHSAA.TV:

  • Calumet vs. Hancock boys basketball
  • Mason vs. Haslett boys basketball
  • Boyne City vs. Onaway boys basketball
  • Cheboygan vs. Newberry boys basketball
  • Boyne Falls vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston boys basketball
  • East Lansing vs. DeWitt boys basketball
  • Lakeview vs. Montabella boys basketball
  • Central Lake vs. Ellsworth boys basketball
  • Atlanta vs. Hillman boys basketball
  • Posen vs. Rogers City boys basketball
  • Calumet vs. Ontonagon boys basketball
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. AuGres-Sims boys basketball
  • Montrose vs. Chesaning boys basketball
  • Watervliet vs. Marcellus boys basketball
  • Jackon Lumen Christi vs. Mason boys basketball
  • Grand Rapids West Catholic vs. Comstock Park boys basketball
  • Montrose vs. Lake Fenton boys basketball
  • Twining Arenac Eastern vs. Hillman girls basketball
  • East Lansing vs. DeWitt girls basketball
  • East Jordan vs. Charlevoix girls basketball
  • Hale vs. Rogers City girls basketball
  • Newberry vs. Cheboygan girls basketball
  • Newberry vs. Rudyard girls basketball
  • Hale vs. Oscoda girls basketball
  • Jackson Lumen Christi vs. Mason girls basketball
  • Posen vs. Rogers City girls basketball
  • Marcellus vs. Watervliet girls basketball
  • Lakeview, Kent City, Alma wrestling
  • Tawas vs. Oscoda wrestling
  • Jenison vs. Rockford boys swimming and diving
  • Calumet vs. Rochester United hockey
  • Detroit Catholic Central vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood hockey
  • Calumet vs. Farmington United hockey
  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary's hockey

MHSAA Perspective: Our John Johnson discusses the MHSAA's ongoing efforts to make high school athletics safer, including a most recent step requiring CPR certification for high school varsity head coaches - Second Step