The Internet Can't Get Enough Of The Freakiest Game Ending Ever

Ball is stuck on the rim, stuck in time.

Some sports highlights are so crazy and rare, they are worth revisiting. Even in youth basketball.

A heartbreaking moment in which a Kansas middle school lost because a ball got stuck on the rim as time expired has once again gone viral.

Reddit and some mainstream outlets picked up on the clip, which was orginally posted to YouTube in February 2015.

As his team was trailing by 26-25 with seconds left in a league tournament semifinal against the Riley County Falcons, Cameron Minihan of the Rock Creek Mustangs drove the lane and put up a runner. The ball danced on the rim and settled there. Game over. Viral clip born.

Now it's reborn.

"I was shocked when I saw it last night," Rock Creek Athletic Director Scott Harshbarger told The Huffington Post on Wednesday. "It's such an intriguing story, I guess."

But the story didn't end there. Minihan created a legacy that physically remains at the school to this day. For his freaky near-miss, a sporting goods company named Goalrilla felt so bad for Rock Creek that it donated a basket, Harshbarger said. It's standing in the parking lot where kids regularly shoot hoops.

And Minihan, now a freshman at the high school on the same campus, is constantly reminded of his viral moment.

Harshbarger said, "The kids say, 'Hey, Cameron, thanks for the basketball hoop.' "

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