#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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New Year Dawns for MHSAA.tv
January 3, 2013
Welcome back and Happy New Year from MHSAA.tv. Our student broadcasters kept things rolling through the holiday break, leaving you with plenty to watch as you get into the swing of 2013.
Five hockey productions top this week's list of 21 total that can be found by scrolling through the "On Demand" section at the bottom of the MHSAA.tv page. See the bottom of this page as well for this week's highlights package taken from events over the break, and MHSAA Perspective from our John Johnson.
- Rockford vs. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern hockey
- Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood vs. Birmingham Brother Rice hockey
- U-D Jesuit vs. Detroit Catholic Central hockey
- Calumet vs. Houghton hockey
- Calumet vs. Hancock hockey
- Montrose vs. Burton Atherton boys basketball
- Birmingham Brother Rice vs. Madison Heights Bishop Foley boys basketball
- East Kentwood vs. Muskegon boys basketball
- East Kentwood vs. Grand Rapids Christian boys basketball
- Gaylord vs. Cheboygan boys basketball
- Calumet vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell boys basketball
- Hillman vs. Rogers City boys basketball
- Montrose vs. Mount Morris boys basketball
- Oscoda vs. AuGres-Sims boys basketball
- Montrose vs. Mount Morris girls basketball
- Calumet vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell girls basketball
- Kalamazoo Christian vs. Parchment girls basketball
- Tawas, Lincoln Alcona, Whittemore-Prescott, Oscoda wrestling
- Parma Western vs. Mason wrestling
- Comstock Park Invitational wrestling
- Mason vs. Eaton Rapids swimming and diving
MHSAA Perspective: This week's edition talks about the value of reading the instruction manuals for life's gadgets, as well as high school sports - Read The Instructions
MHSAA.tv highlights: This week's School Broadcasting Program package features clips from the East Kentwood/Muskegon boys basketball game and the Calumet/Hancock and U-D Jesuit/Detroit Catholic Central hockey games.