#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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This Week on MHSAA.TV

October 9, 2014

Two of the top events from the west side of Michigan's Lower Peninsula highlight last week's action available on-demand at MHSAA.tv.

The Lowell/Grand Rapids Christian football game featured potential MHSAA championship contenders in multiple divisions, while Grand Haven – ranked No. 7 in Class A – took on rival Rockford in volleyball. 

All listed below are currently available for viewing free of charge:

Football 

  • Chesaning vs. Alma
  • Montrose vs. Melvindale Academy for Business & Technology
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Oscoda
  • Comstock Park vs. Belding
  • Plainwell vs. Allegan
  • Davison vs. Bay City Western
  • Rockford vs. Grand Haven
  • Mason vs. Owosso
  • Hillman vs. Atlanta
  • Central Lake vs. Fife Lake Forest Area
  • Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County
  • Escanba vs. Menominee
  • Lowell vs. Grand Rapids Christian

Volleyball 

  • Rogers City vs. Sault Ste. Marie
  • Newberry vs. Rudyard
  • Rogers City vs. Hale
  • Grayling vs. Charlevoix
  • Rockford vs. Grand Haven
  • Onaway Invitational

Soccer 

  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Oscoda
  • Chesaning vs. Corunna
  • East Lansing vs. Haslett
  • Grayling vs. Elk Rapids

Swimming and Diving

  • Oscoda vs. Grayling

MHSAA.tv Highlights: This week's package includes clips from the Lowell/Grand Rapids Christian and Davison/Bay City Western football games and Sault Ste. Marie/Rogers City volleyball match.