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The PCL High School Championship At The Palestra Had One Of The Best Basketball Endings In Recent Memory

What a scene. OT in the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship. Packed house at Philly's classic Palestra. The place is ROCKING from the opening whistle through the end of regulation. The battle goes back and forth all night and the game is tied at 42 with Travis Reed of Roman Catholic going to the free throw line with less than a minute to play. All the pressure in the world at the charity stripe in the championship game with the entire city watching.

Buckets. Both of them. 

Travis Reed puts Roman Catholic up two as overtime dwindles with Archbishop Ryan threatening for the last shot and....Bang. Ryan Everett had that liquid helium pouring through his veins and put his AR squad up by 1 with an indescribably clutch corner pocket shot. That should've been it. The game should've been over. 

Step forth Kabe Goss. 5'7 PG. Roman Catholic Class of '24. 3.6 GPA. And as cool as they come. 

Coast to 17 feet off the coast for the win in one of the most confident, calm, collected moments you will ever see out of a high school athlete. That wasn't a teenager taking that final pull up shot for the win. That was Kris Jenkins. Kobe. Jordan. So damn smooth it's impossible to relate. I can't even take a normal shot in my driveway as an adult without feeling pressure physically, mentally, and spiritually. Kabe Goss has IT. And it will now go down in history. 

Congrats to Roman Catholic for taking down the PCL back to back years AND to Archbishop Ryan. Ain't no shame losing that game. There's NOTHING like basketball at The Palestra. Doesn't matter if it's classic Big 5 action, high school championship buzzer beaters, or CYO ball with Rico Bosco's taking out the refs, that place gets the basketball juices flowing arguably more than any other spot in the country. Incredible to think Wilt The Stilt once owned the court and well over half a century later the place still the gold standard. It's The Cathedral Of Basketball for a reason. 

Here's a documentary from 1987 that would make the likes of Brandon Walker insta-jizz. Long Live The Palestra.