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One Shining Moment is a documentary on the history of the North Dakota State B tournament. Being a part of this during high school it had an instant appeal to me. The basketball in North Dakota is just how the movie says it is, it’s the super bowl of North Dakota. With poor weather and no professional sports in the state sports like basketball and football have always been huge. This movie right away reminded me of some of the big games in my basketball career, and while schools like M-P-C-G and Hillsboro were mentioned on the show I remembered all the games that my home town of Northwood played against them. Everybody has their one shining moment at their own high school. For me I remember an 8th grade finals match against Thompson high school. It was a close game all throughout, and the fourth quarter was no different. Our star player Blake Prosser really came through however. We were taking the ball out on the opposite side of the court and we had about five seconds left on the clock with us being two points behind. The ball was passed to Blake Prosser who dribbled twice and then from a few feet behind the half court line and he chucked it up. First came the swish of the net and second came the dog pile by the bench it was very exciting. This movie was a very excellent testament to the North Dakota State B Tournament. Excellent movie, also very informative about the top five state B players and other fun facts like that.

By Justin Nygaard