Winona teen makes full-court shot (and does it again for an encore) + video

It's pretty cool to be Easton Gamoke right now.

January 15, 2014 at 3:30PM

It's pretty cool to be Easton Gamoke right now. Easton, 13, is an eighth-grader who plays traveling basketball for the Winona YMCA Runnin' Rebels.

On Sunday afternoon, Easton's team was playing in a tournament in Holmen, Wis. The score was tied, the clock was running out and the Winona Middle School student had the ball.

Here's what he did:

(Good thing the coach ignored the parental plea for a time out, don't you think?)

Pretty cool? It gets cooler.

A TV news crew showed up on Monday to capture the buzz.

Here's what happened:

Here's the full report from Fox 9:

Now you go try that.

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Howard Sinker

Digital Sports Editor

Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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