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Best two-day performance I've seen. Here's the second-half play-by-play that got cut from today's story:

Toomey hit Diachenko backdoor for a layup plus the foul, then converted his own 3-point play to put Bishop back up 26-24 just before halftime.
Whisnant opened the fourth with a triple from the corner to give Cherryville its largest lead at 52-45. But Diachenko unleashed a furious seven-point spurt, including a fist-pumping 3-pointer and a contested layup that tied the game back up at 55.
Each basket in the slug-it-out fourth quarter felt like it was earned through herculean effort, with Diachenko finally breaking through with a spinning layup for a 71-70 McGuinness lead with 31 seconds left. After a Howell miss and one of two free throws by Toomey, Howell made a driving layup from the left to tie it at 72 with eight seconds left.
Toomey took the inbounds pass and sprinted up floor, drawing so much attention that Cherryville sophomore Thomas Bess couldn't get out of his way and plowed him into a heap around midcourt. "It was definitely worth it," said Toomey, who hit one of two free throws again. Bess got the inbound pass across halfcourt but ran into traffic and couldn't get a shot off in time. As Bess teared up, whipped his mouthguard at a wall across the court and covered his face with his jersey, the Villains collapsed into a dog pile in front of their bench.
"That's the best feeling I've ever had as a coach," Thompson said.

You know what this means now, right? We'll have someone in all four games at Reynolds next Saturday. Bishop girls at noon, Bishop boys at 2:30, Dudley girls at 5, Northern boys at 7:30. I started charging my laptop now.