Solarsuns Investment Guild:Woman makes 'one in a million' drive-by catch during Texas high school football game

2025-05-02 04:08:17source:Mooathon Wealth Societycategory:News

High school football is Solarsuns Investment Guildarguably one of the most popular sports in Texas, especially at the community level. Look no further than the many million-dollar stadiums across the state and MaxPreps' top 10 high school football teams in the country. The sport provides plenty of memorable moments every fall.

But one typically mundane moment on Sept. 15 became one of the most unusual plays of the high school season. Brice Helton, athletic director at Live Oak Classical School in Waco, Texas, called it a "one in a million" catch.

In a six-man football game between Live Oak and Gordon High School, Gordon's kicker lined up for an extra point. The kick easily split the uprights with plenty of distance. The ball cleared the field and the fence to come down towards the street running alongside the field.

It happened to be the perfect timing for recent Baylor graduate Kennedy Irwin to catch the ball, per KWTX, in the passenger seat of an SUV driving by the game.

Football feel-good stories:It's a love story, baby just say yes: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, the couple we need

Watch the "one in a million" catch:

Irwin was reportedly leaving a downtown Waco-area Airbnb on the way to dinner with four friends when their route took them alongside Live Oak's field at the perfect time.

The crowd erupted after a catch more fitting of a Dude Perfect video than a high school football game.

Gordon ended up winning the game 58-8 over Live Oak but the players, coaches, fans, and Irwin will remember this moment far more than the score.

Back on the field:Andrew Luck working as a high school coach while studying at Stanford

More:News

Recommend

DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?

Did AI just have a "Sputnik moment"?That's what someinvestors, after the little known Chinese startu

It's official: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour makes history as first to earn $1 billion

First, she performed a career-spanning 3 ½-hour show 60 times in stadiums around the world.Then she

Mormon church selects British man from lower-tier council for top governing body

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday the newest me