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It could only happen in Mississippi.
Two weeks ago, Kaylee Foster, 17, donned a tiara and clutched a bouquet as the newly crowned homecoming queen of Ocean Springs High School.
Hours later, she won a football game.
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Kaylee kicked two field goals in a game that ended with the Ocean Springs Greyhounds defeating the George County Rebels, 13-12. Her final boot sealed the deal.
鈥淚 love football and I love Ocean Springs,鈥� Kaylee said after the game, and reported. 鈥淚 really don鈥檛 have any words.鈥�
鈥淚 was pretty sure I wasn’t going to be homecoming queen, but I was pretty sure I was going to make that kick.鈥�
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Kaylee鈥檚 head coach, Ryan Ross, told Gulf Live Sports, 鈥淚’d like to check the whole country and see if it’s ever happened before.
鈥淚t certainly makes for a memorable weekend for the whole team, but especially Kaylee. It鈥檚 a big night for her. I’m proud of her and I鈥檓 proud of the team.鈥�
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It was a rough road.
With 40 seconds left in the game, the Rebels were inside the Greyhounds鈥� red zone, but thanks to an interception, the game went into overtime.
Quarterback Blake Noblin found tight end Cade Hurring just shy of the goal line, and Hurring bulled his way into the end zone for the tying score, setting up Foster’s game-winning kick.
Kaylee told Good Morning America she didn鈥檛 realize she鈥檇 won the game.
鈥淲hen I looked up from my kick, I saw this big guy with his hand up. I was like, 鈥楬e just blocked it. He did. We have to go into the second overtime.鈥� And then he didn鈥檛 block it. It went in.鈥�
A 9-year-old girl heard from her father that the homecoming queen had kicked a field goal for Ocean Springs, and said, 鈥淭hat’s the kind of girl I want to be.鈥�
鈥淥h, my goodness,鈥� Kaylee said. 鈥淚 love that. I think that is so special. I hope she really does decide to play football, because it’s been wonderful and taught me so much.鈥�
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