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New Rochelle’s Khalil Edney pulled off what will likely go down as the most improbable buzzer-beater ever.

New Rochelle (NY) High School was playing in the Section 1 Class AA championship game against Mount Vernon (NY) at the County Center in White Plains Sunday. Mount Vernon was up 60-58 with 2.9 seconds and thought they had the game all wrapped up after they stole an inbounds pass that went to half court. The only problem is the player who intercepted the pass celebrated prematurely. He threw the ball up thinking the game was over, but it landed in Edney’s hands with less than a second left. Edney quickly launched the ball over half the length of the court, and it went in.

Referees reviewed the play and determined that Edney, a senior forward, released the ball with 0.1 seconds remaining on the clock, meaning the basket counted.

“It’s a great feeling. To win sections in both sports … it’s unheard of,” Edney, who also quarterback the school’s football team, told LoHud.com’s Josh Thomson. “It can’t get any better than this.”

Edney was living it up after the game. He was retweeting almost everything sent about him, and he sent this message:

Tht shot was butter

— KHALIL EDNEY(@KhaliledneyPop) March 3, 2013

I guess there’s something about players with the last name Edney and last-second magic in basketball games.

Here’s another look that shows the ball out of Edney’s fingers with 0.1 seconds left:

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Linden High School (Calif.) sophomore Justine Betti suspected that something had to be wrong when several of her classmates noticed things were missing from their backpacks after gym class throughout the school year, so she decided to take action. According to ABC News 10, Betti suspected someone had been stealing money and other items from backpacks. She decided to set up a hidden camera in the locker room and was surprised with her findings.

In early February, Betti hid a camera inside a locker and discovered that the culprit was the gym teacher. She later hid two cameras inside separate lockers to capture multiple angles on a different day, and the videos clearly showed the teacher going through backpacks and taking what appeared to be money.

“After all the kids left she stayed in there and went through people’s backpacks,” Betti said. “I saw her take money and then I told people and nobody believed me. Something needed to be done. Like, that’s not ok.”

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Austin Krause is already an internet legend. The Farmington High School (Minn.) senior is the star of a video that has gone viral this week, which shows him throwing an epic fit (video here) and scoring on his own goal to prove a point to his coaches. According to KMSP-TV in Minneapolis, Krause has received a 10-day suspension from the school for his antics.

The puck that Krause put in his own net with 3:13 remaining in the third period tied the game at 2-2. As if the shenanigans weren’t already costly enough, Farmington went on to lose 3-2. On Wednesday, Krause reportedly explained the situation on on his Facebook page, via The Farmington Independent:

“They played this sophomore goalie for the starter, he was terrible, I would try and talk to the coaches about this and tell them I want playing time but they never really listen to me or gave me a chance to show them that I’m a better goalie but still wouldn’t trust me so I had it it with I asked a few of my players if they care if I did it and they didn’t care they thought it would be funny so at the third period they dumped it in I stopped it put in my net started to skate off then flicked the coaches not the team the coaches then I saluted them then got off.”

“My hockey season is over. I did it for myself. (Like my status) if you think the coaches should quit:)”

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A high school goalie in Minnesota had the ultimate meltdown on Tuesday night in which he purposely allowed a goal, flipped off his coaches, gave a salute, and then exited the ice.

According to tweets from Follow The Puck, the meltdown occurred in a game between Farmington Senior High School and Chaska High School. Follow The Puck says Farmington was up 2-1 with three minutes left when the goalie scored on his own net to tie the game. He then started to skate off the ice, flipped off his coaches, gave them a salute, and exited. The incident was all caught on video, possibly by some people who knew what he was planning to do.

Follow The Puck seems to understand the circumstances behind the meltdown. The goalie apparently is typically a backup to a sophomore, but he got the start because it was Senior Night. This may have been his way of expressing his dissatisfaction with his situation on the team.

Follow The Puck says Chaska went on to win the game 3-2.

And with that, we have one of the greatest meltdowns of all time.

Rush-Henrietta (NY) Senior High School defeated Greece Athena (NY) High School on one of the crazier shots you will see.

According to YNN Rochester Sports, the teams were playing in the RAP Tournament at East High School and tied at 54 Saturday when Rush-Henrietta’s Bay Barley made an improbable buzzer-beater from his knees to win the game.

Barley rebounded a miss, brought the ball up court, slipped and did a twist on the ground — all while maintaining his dribble — and launched a half-court shot from his knees to win the game 57-54.

“I know that the clock was running down, so I wanted to be the one with the ball and as I fell I knew to keep my dribble so I could get back up, and I got back up I was ready to shoot the ball. I shot it and I was just praying that it would go in,” said Barley, according to YNN Rochester.

Barley’s impressive buzzer-beater wasn’t as good as this one from a Maryland high school player, but the difference is his gave his team the win. What a shot.

Video via WHAM

Three varsity soccer players were expelled from Santa Margarita Catholic High School (Calif.) for hazing younger players during a team trip to Hawaii, CBS Los Angeles reports.

The boys’ soccer team traveled to Honolulu in late December to play some top Hawaiian teams. After they returned home Jan. 4, a complaint was filed with the Honolulu police. The Orange County Register says the Honolulu police asked the Orange County Sheriff’s department to help investigate the complaint.

According to CBS2, the hazing was meant to be an initiation for younger players. They say the hazing involved players being urinated on and hit with a bag of feces that would explode on impact.

CBS2 says there were at least four victims, and that the parents of the young boys contacted the school after they learned of the incidents.

Rancho Santa Margarita Patch says the team won its three games in Hawaii.

You can watch CBS2′s report on the story below:

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Poca High School in West Virginia beat Scott High School on Friday night 40-39 on what was one of the best buzzer-beating shots from a high schooler we have ever seen.

According to The Charleston Gazette, Scott had just gone ahead 39-38 on a jumper in the lane by Matt Dolan with 1.5 seconds left. Poca called a timeout and set up a play that would give them the win.

The Dots (great nickname) took the ball out under their basket and elected to heave the ball down court. Sophomore Matt Chandler passed to sophomore Noah Frampton, who took one dribble, turned and fired a jump shot to win the game.

The play was reminiscent of Christian Laettner’s “The Shot” that gave Duke a 104-103 win over Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA East Regional Finals.

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