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“Welcome to Indiana basketball.” @mostlysports visits the real-life gym from ‘Hoosiers’. @DrinkBODYARMOR

@Chris_Etter I see the MCMS jersey hanging!!! Happy we both got to coach there brother!

Super excited about the next chapter of my basketball journey! Contact information: (813)-957-5957

Excited to see where you go @JaxonPardon ! Gods plan! You will do great!

Love it! Let your kids be coached!Motivated! Take criticism and adapt!

This is worth the watch What do you”First Place” people look like? (Via @coachajkings 🎥)

Growing up in Amish country, Austin Schlabach did not know if he would even attend high school, let alone play basketball. The Westview junior star is now on cusp of leading his team to a state championship. bit.ly/4bQ8iVc

Congrats Josiah!!! Busco baller! @JosiahMorales0

5 years later and @PaxtonCrane_ still winning most improved awards! The work showing!!!

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

Congratulations to Senior Carson Tonkel on his NECC All-Conference recognition! A great player, incredible leader, and an outstanding young man!

Impressive that in one year, the area has the Crossroads Player of the Year (Caedmon Bontrager), the WHAC Player of the Year (Jaxson Fugate) and the Horizon Freshman of the Year (Kellen Pickett)

Congratulations to the 7th Grade Team and Coach Kinsey for winning the West Noble IBA League Championship! #we3 #wareagles

Busco Boys Basketball ready for some Hoosier Hysteria! @IHSAAtv

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OWNS HOCKEY GOLD MEDAL FOR THE USA 🇺🇸