#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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January 29, 2013
Top-ranked teams in their respective sports can be found – and watched – on MHSAA.tv.
Among those featured in broadcasts last week were the Mason wrestling team, the Schoolcraft boys basketball team, the AuGres-Sims girls basketball team, the St. Johns boys swimming and diving team and a number of ranked hockey teams including Division 3 No. 1 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood and Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central.
Find these events from last week by scrolling through the "On Demand" section at the bottom of the MHSAA.tv page.
MHSAA Perspective: John Johnson tells of the kind of person everyone should have in his or her life to rise above the crowd with encouraging words and actions - Personal Cheerleader
MHSAA.tv highlights: This week's School Broadcast Program highlights are from Kingsford/Calumet hockey, Hillman/Atlanta boys basketball and Corunna/Mason wrestling.