#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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Champions Crowned on MHSAA.TV
November 6, 2013
Postseason competition in four MHSAA sports, including 13 first-round football playoff games, are among offerings now available at MHSAA.TV.
In addition to those football openers are all four Lower Peninsula Boys Soccer Finals, multiple camera views from every race of the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals, plus highlight shows from Upper Peninsula Cross Country and Girls Tennis and Lower Peninsula Boys Tennis and Girls Golf Finals.
Here's a look at some of what you'll see at MHSAA.TV:
- Eaton Rapids vs. Charlotte football
- Bessemer vs. Crystal Falls Forest Park football
- Southfield vs. Birmingham Seaholm football
- Hartford vs. Watervliet football
- Fremont vs. Comstock Park football
- Wayland vs. Plainwell football
- Hillman vs. St. Ignace football
- Montrose vs. Reese football
- Mason vs. Tecumseh football
- Taylor Truman vs. Allen Park football
- McBain vs. Lincoln Alcona football
- Atlanta vs. Johannesburg-Lewiston football
- Ogemaw Heights vs. Cheboygan football
- Bellaire vs. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian boys soccer (MHSAA Semifinal)
- Spring Lake vs. Sturgis boys soccer (MHSAA Semifinal)
- Cedar Springs vs. Ada Forest Hills Eastern volleyball
- Calumet vs. Hancock volleyball
- AuGres-Sims vs. Oscoda volleyball
- St. Ignace vs. Charlevoix volleyball
- Lakeview vs. Big Rapids volleyball
- Posen vs. Onaway volleyball
- Posen vs. Rogers City volleyball
- AuGres-Sims vs. Rogers City volleyball
- Mio vs. Rogers City volleyball
Prep Zone: MHSAA Prep Zone on FOXSportsDetroit.com will again Friday stream live video of four playoff games.This week's games kick off at 7 p.m. EDT:
- Battle Creek Lakeview (10-0) at Portage Central (10-0)
- Saline (9-1) at Temperance Bedford (10-0)
- Oak Park (7-4) vs. Detroit U-D Jesuit (7-4) at Ferndale High School
- Pewamo-Westphalia (9-1) at Carson City-Crystal (10-0)
MHSAA Perspective: John Johnson talks about the MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award, which honors its 25th class in 2013-14 - Scholar-Athlete Turns 25