#SocialStudies v5.0

March 1, 2012

It’s officially March – and that means that tournament season is about to seriously go off. 

Drama, buzzer-beaters, trophies, tears and memories that last far beyond this magnificent month will all come into play.  #SocialStudies will be ready and waiting for it all.

Remember to whip out that smartphone and film! You could catch something like this …

1.Did he call 'glass?'

Gary Harris, a senior from Hamilton Southeastern High School (Ind.), is a name that many in our state will know in a year or so – he’s signed to play hoops at Michigan State. While that’s all fine and good, the reason we mention him today is this stunning shot he drained during Indiana’s sectional playoffs. Harris finished the game with 33 points, but his most impressive three came with 4.6 seconds remaining.

The quick version:

This clip really gives you the feel – what a crowd, what a stage, what a shot.


2. Quick work, big win

Hey -- we know him! Student Advisory Council member Kevin Beazley and his Detroit Catholic Central wrestling team took home the Division 1 team title this past weekend – with Beazley grappling for a total of 1 minute and 42 seconds in his three matches. Watch one of his pins here: 20 seconds of work.


3. Bet you haven't seen this before

Sometimes, you find a video of 859 people playing human dominoes… with mattresses.  Who knew this would set a Guinness Record?


Consider those just a few appetizers for the month to come.

Remember, if you see something high school sports-related online that the rest of us must see, or if you videoed something yourself, upload it to Youtube and send it on over. 

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Live Finals Play On at MHSAA.TV

March 4, 2014

Another full weekend of live MHSAA Finals video will be available on the MHSAA.TV website this week with coverage of Girls Gymnastics, Ice Hockey and Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Championships.

The championship coverage will be complimented by Student Broadcast Program on-demand productions of Boys Basketball Districts and Girls Basketball Regionals. Check the MHSAA.TV website for daily schedule updates.

Live streaming this week begins at 5 p.m. Thursday (March 6) with the first of two Division 2 Semifinal games in the Ice Hockey Tournament.  Division 3 and 1 Semifinals follow on Friday (March 7), with the Finals on Saturday (March 8).

Girls Gymnastics coverage begins Friday at 2 p.m. with the Team Finals competition at Plymouth High School and will be followed Saturday with the Individual Finals at noon. Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming and Diving coverage begins at noon Saturday at three locations, with the consolation and championship heat in each swimming event plus the final round of the diving. 

The continued Gymnastics, Hockey and Swimming coverage is part of six straight weekends of live MHSAA Championship coverage on MHSAA.TV, and online viewers can catch every weekend of action for one low cost of $14.95. 

Also available on-demand this week on MHSAA.TV are every round from last week's Individual Wrestling Finals plus a host of Girls Basketball District games, Hockey Regional games and boys basketball games from the final week of that regular season.

Here's a look at those listings, followed by this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.TV highlight clips. 

Girls Basketball
  • Haslett vs. East Lansing
  • Comstock Park vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern
  • Hillman vs. Posen
  • Lowell vs. Greenville
  • Ada Forest Hills Eastern vs. Grand Rapids Wellspring
  • Haslett vs. Okemos
  • Mio vs. Houghton Lake
  • Grand Rapids Northview vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
  • Lansing Waverly vs. DeWitt
  • Grand Rapids West Catholic vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central
  • Tawas vs. Lincoln Alcona
  • Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern
  • DeWitt vs. Haslett
  • Greenville vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
  • Houghton Lake vs. Lincoln Alcona

Hockey

  • Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs. Auburn Hills Avondale
  • Escanaba vs. Negaunee
  • Calumet vs. Hancock
  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Auburn Hills Avondale
  • Painesdale-Jeffers vs. Hancock
  • Marquette vs. Escanaba
  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett

Boys Basketball

  • Lakeview vs. Morley-Stanwood
  • Comstock Park vs. Jenison
  • Cedar Springs vs. Sparta
  • Plainwell vs. Parchment
  • Petoskey vs. Boyne City
  • Cheboygan vs. Charlevoix
  • East Lansing vs. Lansing Waverly
  • Watervliet vs. Saugatuck
  • Houghton Lake vs. Harrison
  • Calumet vs. Escanaba
  • Fairview vs. Rogers City

MHSAA Perspective: In this week's edition, John Johnson offers some little known facts about the MHSAA Girls and Boys Basketball Tournaments - Did You Know?