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8th grade team loses game when game-winning shot gets stuck on rim (Video)

By Stanford Crissey

Jan 25, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; A general view of a backboard, rim and net during a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder at Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland won 108-98. Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 25, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; A general view of a backboard, rim and net during a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder at Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland won 108-98. Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /
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Eighth graders lose a heartbreaker, are probably scarred for life

Let’s set the scene. It’s the Kansas Mid-East League 8th Grade Basketball League tournament semi-final game. You’re all familiar with it I’m sure. The Riley County Falcons are up 26-25 on the Rock Creek Mustangs. Seconds left.

Then this happens.

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That may be the worst way you could possibly lose a basketball game. The ball goes up, it hangs there for a moment, and… never comes down. It’s stuck, just like your hopes and dreams.

Look at those kids. They’re heartbroken. This was their moment of glory, and it has been ripped away from them. This will change their whole life: they’ll go through life believing that anything good that seems like it’s about to happen will immediately followed by the worst possible ending. This will haunt them forever.

It’s not hyperbole to say that this is a tragic ending. I’ve been an eighth grader. For reference on how important this was to them, here’s a list of the most important things in the world for an eighth grade boy:

1. Being the hero at the basketball game
2. Finding out that a girl likes you
3. Being sure that you’re doing exactly what everyone else is doing

Why is one above two? Because one can lead directly to two. So this is the most important thing in their lives, and that’s the way it ended. That’s the stuff of future therapy.

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