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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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Find the Finals on MHSAA.tv

April 2, 2013

A variety of videos from recently-completed MHSAA Winter Tournaments are now available for on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv Website and to Comcast subscribers on Xfinity On Demand.

Finals highlight packages in Boys Bowling, Girls Bowling, Girls Gymnastics, Boys Skiing and Girls Skiing are now available for viewing on MHSAA.tv, as well as full-length archives of the following events:

  • Girls & Boys Basketball: All Semifinal and Final games in all four classes – plus bonus coverage of most post-game press conferences and on-court awards presentations and BCAM Shooter’s Challenges during the Finals
  • Girls Competitive Cheer: Finals in all four divisions
  • Ice Hockey: All Semifinals and Finals games in all three divisions
  • Swimming & Diving: Upper Peninsula Finals and Lower Peninsula Boys Finals in all three divisions
  • Individual Wrestling: Semifinals and Finals of all weight classes in all four divisions
  • Team Dual Wrestling: All Quarterfinal, Semifinal and Final matches in all four divisions

Xfinity on Demand viewers can catch MHSAA action in Girls and Boys Basketball, Girls Competitive Cheer, Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming and Ice Hockey, with additional titles to be added from Winter tournaments in the weeks ahead.  Here’s the complete list of events available in April on Xfinity on Demand:

Available Through April 18

  • Girls Competitive Cheer Finals – Full-length coverage of all four divisions

Available Through April 21

  • Ice Hockey Finals – Highlights of championship games in all three divisions
  • Girls Basketball Semifinals – Highlights of all eight semifinal contests

Available Through April 25

  • Division 3 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events

Available Through April 28

  • Division 2 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events

Available Through April 30

  • Boys Basketball Semifinals – Highlights of all eight semifinal contests
  • Division 1 Lower Peninsula Boys Swimming Finals – All events

Coverage of Spring athletic events begins this week for MHSAA members involved in the School Broadcast Program.