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#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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Football Finals Replayed on FSD

January 8, 2014

Frightful weather has kept MHSAA sports from getting much of a jump into 2014. But we've still got highlights from MHSAA.TV and an opportunity to watch replays of every 11-player Football Final next week on Fox Sports Detroit. 

Below is the replay scheduled, followed by a link to this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.TV highlights from the week of Dec. 30. 

Football Replay Schedule

  • Division 8 - Muskegon Catholic Central v. Beal City - Jan. 14 - 9 a.m.
  • Division 2 - Birmingham Brother Rice v. Muskegon - Jan. 14 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Division 6 - Ithaca v. Clinton - Jan. 14 - 2 p.m.
  • Division 4 - Marine City v. Grand Rapids South Christian - Jan. 15 - 8 a.m.
  • Division 7 - Ishpeming v. Detroit Loyola - Jan. 15 - 10:30 a.m.
  • Division 1 - Clarkston v. Detroit Catholic Central - Jan. 16 - 9 a.m.
  • Division 5 - Grand Rapids West Catholic v. Menominee - Jan. 16 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Division 3 - Zeeland West v. DeWitt - Jan. 16 - 2 p.m.

    MHSAA Perspective: This week, John Johnson notes his observations from the end of 2013 and start of 2014 - New Year's Potpourri