MINNEAPOLIS - It was the shot heard ‘round The North Star State.
On Feb. 8, 2020, Mason Doherty, then a senior guard at St. Peter High School, made a shot at the final buzzer against Minnehaha Academy. It wasn’t a game winner or anything like that. Minnehaha, a state powerhouse on the hardwood, in fact won by 29 points.
But the final score wasn’t that significant. That last shot made by Doherty was what everyone was talking about afterwards.
Doherty, who has Down syndrome, had yet to score for his high school team before that game.