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Column: An ode to the high school hero from a high school hero

Five seconds to go, your team is down by two and you have “the rock” 18 feet from the hoop in front of a gymnasium full of screaming people. One last Hail Mary pass arching down a sideline filled by awestruck, silent fans, and you sky to make the grab.

Or it’s bases loaded, one run game, two outs with a full count and you are choking up on the bat, planning on pushing a single over the first baseman to score two.

We all know how these stories end; you drill a step back three with no time left a la Kyrie Irving, you “Odell Beckham Jr.