OT: My son's team's buzzer beater

[bainsey]

I must share this.

If anyone saw last night's SportsCenter's Top Ten, you would have seen a high school team's buzzer beater for the Eastern Maine Class A Championship: Lawrence (Fairfield) vs. Hampden Academy. My son is the senior manager for Hampden.

NEW VIDEO SITUATION: Fewer than 10 seconds left, score 37-37, Lawrence (blue) driving to the far basket (the foul occurs with 4.7 to go):



More info: Hampden Academy was 20-0 going into this game, and beating their opponents by an average margin of 27 points. Lawrence played a brilliantly crafted game in which they put Hampden completely out of sync. Prior to this shot, Hampden's previous lead was early in the second quarter, 9-8. The rebound-to-shooter connection seen here is a brother-to-brother pair, junior to freshman.

[johnnyg08]

That's cool. Thanks for sharing!

[grunewar]

Did he call bank?

Looks like a great atmosphere!

[26 Year Gap]

Back when I was a senior in HS in Maine, there was a player for Lawrence who led his team on an improbable run to the state championship with no less than 2 buzzer beaters in the 4 game playoff run.

Congrats on the opportunity...not everyone has a chance to play in a state championship game. I was fortunate to do so in soccer. The memory lasts a lifetime.

[bainsey]

The original video got removed. New footage was posted, with a better angle of the reaction.

[Nevadaref]

A couple of notes on the officiating from what I see in the video.
Maine allows gray shirts and has the calling official in 3-man go opposite table.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

A couple of notes on the officiating from what I see in the video.
Maine allows gray shirts and has the calling official in 3-man go opposite table.

We actually wear the grays exclusively in Maine, for IAABO assignments (per our state's commission). We can wear an IAABO-patched shirt for any game, but only if our partner is IAABO. Otherwise, no patch. I keep one black-and-white shirt without any designation for those rare occasions.

Oh BTW, my son is the one in the brown pants running like a crazed man (though we all were) from the bench to the student section. As the video fades, he realizes the band (which he leads, as a drummer) hasn't started the school song, and he bee-lines to them to count them off.

[IUgrad92]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

A couple of notes on the officiating from what I see in the video.
Maine allows gray shirts and has the calling official in 3-man go opposite table.

Also looks like a mechanic to designate the type of foul when reporting at table isn't required either and actually looks strange. Count bucket, White 15, 1 shot. We're required to have a signal for block, push, handcheck, etc. after designating who the foul was on.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by IUgrad92

Also looks like a mechanic to designate the type of foul when reporting at table isn't required either and actually looks strange. Count bucket, White 15, 1 shot. We're required to have a signal for block, push, handcheck, etc. after designating who the foul was on.

Same here in my little corner of 100% IAABO Connecticut.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by IUgrad92

Also looks like a mechanic to designate the type of foul when reporting at table isn't required either and actually looks strange. Count bucket, White 15, 1 shot. We're required to have a signal for block, push, handcheck, etc. after designating who the foul was on.

I didn't even notice that. (Admittedly, I was a little caught up in the game, as you can imagine.) But yes, we're required the same, too. Perhaps this guy just got caught up, too. Actually, one of the others was "punching" on PC fouls, which we're not supposed to do. Some college mechanics creep into these tourneys sometimes, but nobody really cares, except us.

[ballgame99]

Great video. I got goosebumps watching it.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by ballgame99

Great video. I got goosebumps watching it.

I got goosebumps watching the hot moms!

[fullor30]

What an ending...congrats and what a great gym. Assuming a small college auditorium? Feels like your right on court.

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I didn't even notice that. (Admittedly, I was a little caught up in the game, as you can imagine.) But yes, we're required the same, too. Perhaps this guy just got caught up, too. Actually, one of the others was "punching" on PC fouls, which we're not supposed to do. Some college mechanics creep into these tourneys sometimes, but nobody really cares, except us.

First of all great video, thanks for sharing. Crew appears to have pre-gamed game-ending shots.

Interesting too that the reporting official uses one hand to show the number. That's how I was taught when I started calling up in CT years ago but, when I picked it back up here in GA, they beat that out of me and required two hands. It was explained to me when reporting a number that you say twenty-five and not two-five so you should show the number using both hands. When in Rome...

[letemplay]

GW is shot by a frosh? Cool