If you didn’t catch the miracle shot, there’s a good chance someone did.
Nearly every high school sporting event has some mom or dad or kid in the stands recording the action on a cell phone video camera or something better. So if you miss the winning shot, be sure to ask for it.
That happened Monday night to Dan Fenner, who covers high school sports for the Oakland Press. He thought he caught the winner, when he shot some video of Todd Moore’s shot with 2.2 seconds left, giving Farmington Hills Harrison a two-point lead over Walled Lake Northern.
Sports Editor Jeff Kuehn picks up the story:
As he was preparing to interview coaches, the ball was put in play and a kid launched a half-court shot to win the game.
Dan tweeted the result and his own dismay.
FINAL: Walled Lake Northern’s Chris Cliff hit a buzzer beater from half court to give the Knights a 48-47 win over Harrison. @miprepzone
— Dan Fenner (@DanFenner) March 5, 2013
Can’t believe I don’t have the video of the halfcourt buzzer beater from this game I covered. It was too improbable. Story to follow.
— Dan Fenner (@DanFenner) March 5, 2013
Meanwhile, colleagues Jason Schmitt and Jeff Dullack got busy crowdsourcing:
If anyone does have video of the half-court winner by Walled Lake Northern, we’d love to share it. Email sports@oakpress.com TY
— MIPrepZone (@MIPrepZone) March 5, 2013
A player from the first game of the double-header came to the rescue:
@danfenner I have the video
— BrandonNafso (@BrandonNafso1) March 5, 2013
Jeff continues the story:
Within minutes, it was up on our website, tweeted out to ESPN (possible Top 10 plays) and placed in the later game story. Obviously, it was the number one story on MIPrepZone.
Of course, Dan and his colleagues tweeted their thanks:
@brandonnafso1 Are you the one who sent it in to MIPrepZone?If so, I really appreciate it.
— Dan Fenner (@DanFenner) March 5, 2013
We want to give another shout-out to @brandonnafso1 for sending us the video of Chris Cliff’s game-winner – bitly.com/WIVCY4
— MIPrepZone (@MIPrepZone) March 5, 2013
A video like that deserves more than thanks, though. This calls for some swag:
@brandonnafso1 we will be in touch, we’ve got a MIPrepZone T-shirt for you. Again, thanks for answering our call last night
— MIPrepZone (@MIPrepZone) March 5, 2013
The same thing happened at The News-Herald this weekend! A follower tweeted to @NHPreps a link to a buzzer-beater that was posted on YouTube, which I then embedded on our sports staff blog and hard-linked from the front page of our site Sunday night: http://nhpreps.blogspot.com/2013/03/ndcl-vs-chagrin-falls-john-cirillo.html.
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