Owen Groesser makes 3-pointers & SportsCenter!

from ESPN:
Middle schooler with Down Syndrome, Owen Groesser, makes SportsCenter's Top Plays after draining two 3-pointers.
Owen Groesser enjoyed a night to remember, and took Twitter by storm in the process.
Groesser, a junior high student with Down syndrome, made a pair of 3-pointers in his school's basketball game Wednesday, prompting a Twitter campaign that resulted in a highlight on "SportsCenter."
According to ABC affiliate WXYZ in Detroit, Groesser had not played this season for Van Hoosen Junior High School, which was playing its season finale Wednesday.
But after entering late in the game, Groesser received a pass beyond the arc and sank a 3-pointer, sparking a wild celebration in the stands. Groesser also made another 3-pointer, finishing with six points in approximately two minutes of playing time.
After the game, Groesser's friends and teammates launched a Twitter campaign called #GetOwenOnSportsCenter, which trended as highlights of the game spread on the Internet.
The campaign was a success, as Groesser's exploits were featured on "SportsCenter's" Top-10 highlights Wednesday night.

Robert Griffin III Helped An 8th Grader With Down Syndrome Get On SportsCenter

by Cork Gaines from the Business Insider:

Owen Groesser is an eighth grade basketball player with Down Syndrome from Rochester Hills, Michigan. He had not played all season until his coach had him play the final two minutes of the team's final game. Owen made the most of his two minutes sinking two three pointers.

Friends and family then started a movement on Twitter to try and get Owen on SportsCenter.

One person reached out to Robert Griffin III through Twitter and RG3 forwarded (retweeted) the message to his 780,000 followers. And sure enough, Owen came in at #10 on SportsCenter's "Top 10" and later he and his father were interviewed.

There are a lot of bad things on Twitter. But there are also a lot of great things. Here's the "Top 10" clip as well as a shot of Owen and his dad being interviewed...

Colorado high school basketball player with Down Syndrome hits 3-pointer

by Ben Chew from NBC Sports.com:

Sometimes, the world of sports can provide heart-warming stories and this one about Golden High School’s (Col.) Scotty Lubkeman is one of those stories.

The story first begins with his older brother Brad Lubkeman who was a star for Golden in the mid-2000′s and eventually was the inspiration for Scotty to join the school’s freshman and varsity basketball teams. Prior to the three pointer, Golden head basketball coach John Anderson provided a prophetic comment in a 2009 interview about Scotty:

“The dream is not to score a basket in a freshman game. The complete dream is that he’s going to play varsity some day and score.” Anderson said.
  
Last weekend, the 5’9 senior guard with Down Syndrome has his moment in the sun in a game against D’Evelyn High. With less than fifteen seconds to go in the game, Anderson subbed in Scotty to give him a chance to score in the waning moments of the game.
After a free throw, Scotty got the ball from his teammates and lined up an open three pointer with less than three seconds remaining which he drained:

After the game, Scotty’s teammate Nolan Holmes spoke about what Scotty means to the team:

“We love Scotty,” said Holmes. “We have been teammates since our freshman year, so we have really grown up together. The biggest thing for us is he can really shoot the ball, so we we’re glad he got in a varsity game and hit the big three-pointer.”