#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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Girls Hoops Powers On-Demand

January 14, 2014

Undefeated girls basketball teams Goodrich, Hemlock and Holt are among those whose most recent games are available on-demand at MHSAA.TV.

Here's a look at all listings of games from last week now available, followed by this week's MHSAA Perspective and MHSAA.TV highlight clips. 

Girls Basketball

  • Alba vs. Ellsworth
  • Mancelona vs. Onaway
  • Cedarville vs. Posen
  • Montrose vs. Goodrich
  • Alma vs. Hemlock
  • Plainwell vs. Paw Paw
  • Holt vs. East Lansing
  • Grand Rapids Christian vs. Rockford
  • Davison vs. Saginaw Arthur Hill

Boys Basketball

  • Harbor Springs vs. Charlevoix
  • Atlanta vs. Posen
  • Lincoln Alcona vs. Rogers City
  • Mio vs. Hillman
  • Paw Paw vs. Plainwell
  • Hesperia vs. Lakeview
  • St. Ignace vs. Newberry
  • Grand Rapids Christian vs. Rockford
  • Alma vs. Hemlock
  • Holt vs. East Lansing

Hockey

  • Petoskey vs. Cheboygan
  • Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Detroit Catholic Central

MHSAA Perspective: John Johnson previews next month's MHSAA Women in Sports Leadership Conference, titled #JustLead - Just Lead