#SocialStudies v8.0
April 5, 2012
Happy Spring Break, #SocialStudies regulars! It's been a quiet week in our office with many Lower Peninsula schools off all week -- but I still managed to dig up some web gems for your perusal. *Beach umbrella optional.
1. Fore real?
Oh, professional golfers. Do they even know? They can't possibly understand how difficult this game is for the rest of us; I look like a toddler aimlessly swinging a metal stick while teetering around well-shorn grass plateaus.
The 2012 Masters Tournament tees off today -- and players in the field lurked around Augusta earlier this week, reading greens and testing the waters, if you will. One such tester? Martin Kaymer, who tees off second in this clip. I'd suggest watching the entire 37 seconds.
2. Floored by this performance
This woman is named Johanna Quaas, and she is 86 years old. Read that twice for effect. Here's her floor routine (yes, FLOOR ROUTINE!) at a gymnastics tournament called “Turnier Der Meister,” or Tournament of Masters, at the 2012 Cottbus World Cup in Germany.
3. Watch the guys who are supposed to be defending
In Iowa, it looks like mash-up sporting might be the next big thing. I think this play could be called a roll-out?
4. Moves like Stokkebroe
We opened with an octogenarian doing something amazing; and I think it's appropriate to bookend things with this little heart-breaker. William Stokkebroe is 2 years old, and wee man can flat-out shake it. Try not to smile: Dare you.
As always -- if you find something worthy of us watching, send it over. Links, photos, stories ... whatever strikes your fancy that week. Make it part of our #SocialStudies!
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Top-Ranked Clash on MHSAA.tv
January 21, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
A trio of contests highlight the live events being produced by MHSAA members participating in the School Broadcast Program this week on the MHSAA.tv website.
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, the top-ranked team in the Division 3 ice hockey coaches association poll this week, has back-to-back contests with top-10 teams this weekend. On Friday (Jan. 23), the Cranes host the third-ranked team in Division 1, Detroit U-D Jesuit, in a key Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League game at 7:15 p.m.; and then on Saturday, face sixth-ranked Plymouth, with the game time to be announced.
On Tuesday (Jan. 19), Goodrich and Haslett squared off in girls basketball. Haslett is ranked fourth in this week’s Associated Press Class B poll, and Goodrich is seventh.
The School Broadcast Program gives members an opportunity to showcase excellence in their schools by creating video programming of athletic and non-athletic events with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, directing/producing and graphics. The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
Here’s the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to cover varsity competition over the next week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv (As of Jan. 19). The following events will have live streaming video unless otherwise indicated:
Wednesday, January 21
Wrestling – Lake City & Pine River at Mancelona, 6 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Hemlock at Montrose, 7 p.m.
Thursday, January 22
Boys Swimming & Diving – Holt at Haslett, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Hancock at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Escanaba at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Friday, January 23
Girls Basketball – Rogers City at Hillman, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Johannesburg-Lewiston at Mancelona, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Detroit U-D Jesuit at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, 7:15 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Vicksburg at Plainwell, 7:15 p.m.
Saturday, January 24
Bowling – Goodrich at Montrose, 2 p.m.
Ice Hockey – Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Plymouth, TBA
Monday, January 26
Girls Basketball – Chassell at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, January 27
Boys Basketball – Baraga at Calumet, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – Sparta at Comstock Park, 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball – AuGres-Sims at Hillman, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Corunna at Montrose, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Oscoda at Pinconning, 7:30 p.m.
Live stats of select basketball games also are available on MHSAA.tv. Check out the MHSAA.tv website on game nights to see which schools are streaming live stats, or stop by to view stats following games on an On Demand basis. A Day Pass to view live stats is $1.95.
All sporting events – live or delayed - are available on MHSAA.tv on a subscription basis for their first 72 hours online. A portion of each subscription is returned to school originating the broadcast. Video subscriptions run $9.95 for a Day Pass and $14.95 for a Month Pass. Some schools also are offering Annual Passes at a discounted rate. All sporting events become available for free On Demand viewing three days after they have been posted.
To view all of the recent School Broadcast Program productions, go to MHSAA.tv, click On Demand on the nav bar of the left side of the page, and on the Filters tab at the top of next page, click on All States and then select Michigan.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.