#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

September 9, 2014

A number of Week 2 football games were played over two days during a stormy weekend across the Lower Peninsula. But 14 games from that slate featuring teams from both peninsulas can be watched on-demand in one sitting on MHSAA.tv.

Read on for a list of recent events currently available on-demand MHSAA.tv, followed by this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.tv Highlights. 

Football

  • East Lansing vs. Grand Haven
  • Montrose vs. Corunna
  • Davison vs. Saginaw
  • Chesaning vs. Hemlock
  • Lowell vs. Chicago Hubbard (IL)
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. AuGres-Sims
  • Escanaba vs. Traverse City Central
  • Calumet vs. Negaunee
  • Rogers City vs. Rudyard
  • Whittemore-Prescott vs. Oscoda
  • Hillman vs. East Jordan
  • Lakeview vs. Houghton Lake
  • Posen vs. Rapid River
  • Comstock Park vs. Wyoming

Boys Soccer

  • Cedar Springs vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern
  • Cedar Springs vs. East Grand Rapids
  • Montrose vs. Durand

Volleyball

  • Chesaning vs. Hemlock
  • Calumet vs. Iron River West Iron County

MHSAA Perspective: In this week's edition, our John Johnson talks about how specialization contributes to decreased participation, more injuries and increased parental pressure - Exposing Specialization

MHSAA.tv Highlights: This week's package includes clips from the Corunna/Montrose, Traverse City Central/Escanaba, Posen/Rapid River and Rudyard/Rogers City football games. (See below.)