Oklahoma girls’ basketball team returns championship after realizing they lost
- Scoreboard error gave Academy of Classical Christian Studies team the edge over Apache high school
José Olivares
Wed 15 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT
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A US high school girls basketball team is said to have proved “there are still good people in this world” after taking the unprecedented step of returning a championship it had won after realizing they had actually lost the title-clinching game.
The story stems from the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, where a crucial scoreboard error early in the game gave the girls basketball team at Academy of Classical Christian Studies the edge over its Apache high school counterpart, as CBS News recently reported.
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“Let us remember we are in the Holy Presence of God. For more days than I’d care to count, those words were said in my presence. Not until now do I think I begin to understand them.” — character “John” in CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 2 Page 371
Here’s a classic case of “doing what’s right” when it would be easier to do nothing. But forever, that coach and team would know that they did NOT win. In essence, they would be cheating themselves out of an opportunity to grow up.
“Your habits will determine your future.” — Jack Canfield in The Power of Focus
I hope that everyone make a big fuss and an exemplar of what “good American character” looks like. The most comperable example is when those Japanese sports fans at the Olympics cleaned up after themselves.
We can all learn some lessons here.
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