High School Basketball Manager With Down Syndrome Scores A 3-Point Shot To Win The Big Game

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For so long, Tennesee high school student Robert Lewis has watched his teams win and lose from the sidelines. According to NY Daily News, Lewis, who has Down syndrome, has acted as team manager to his school’s basketball, football and soccer teams since his freshman year at Franklin Road Academy.

Yet Lewis has never seen any action on the court or fields until this year’s “Senior Night” game, when everything changed. Franklin Road’s varsity basketball team was up 20 points against their rivalswww.usn.org/, so coach John Pierce decided there was no better moment to let Lewis have his moment to shine and put him in the game.

At the same time, Daily News reports that University School of Nashville coach Mike Jones decided to put Lewis’ younger brother Matthew, who’s on his team, on the court so the brothers could play one another.

While everyone expected Lewis to have some fun on the court, they were soon stunned when the disabled high school student scored a 3-point shot.

Fans and classmates rushed the court, while Coach Pierce told Daily News he was left asking himself “Did that really just happen?”.

“I really couldn’t believe — it felt like a fairy tale.”

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