The ball ripped through the net. The rim rattled violently, and the backboard shook from the force of the shot.
And for a split second, the entire arena seemed frozen beneath the impact. Then the Peak section exploded. A wall of sound crashed across the court.
Sophie's heart beat hard as she watched this, Maya's hand flew to her mouth.
Fiona's camera erupted into a rapid burst of clicks, capturing every frame of the sequence, the steal, the sprint, the elevation, the finish. Images that would inevitably dominate the front page of the school paper the next morning.
