{"id":18631,"date":"2018-07-10T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=18631"},"modified":"2018-07-10T06:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T11:00:24","slug":"evanston-buzzer-beater-espy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/07\/10\/evanston-buzzer-beater-espy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Evanston buzzer beater up for ESPY Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1X5Q47gvHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An Evanston Township High School basketball player\u2019s miraculous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k1X5Q47gvHA\">game-winning shot<\/a> from 80 feet away is a finalist for national honors in the 2018 ESPY Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman Blake Peters' one-handed buzzer-beater gave Evanston a one-point victory over Maine South High School on January 26. The video, first seen on Weigel Broadcasting\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wciu.com\/gameoftheweek\">The U Too \u201cGame of the Week,\u201d<\/a> went viral. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k1X5Q47gvHA\">Here is the link.<\/a>)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Calling the game for The U Too were Jim Blaney and Kenny McReynolds. \u201cIt\u2019s a huge national story for Weigel Broadcasting and our \u2018Game of the Week,\u2019\u201d McReynolds said, calling the ESPY Awards \u201cthe Academy Awards of sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18633\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/07\/10\/evanston-buzzer-beater-espy-award\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18633\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-18633\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Blake-Peters-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Blake-Peters-150x150.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Blake-Peters-57x57.jpg 57w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Blake-Peters-72x72.jpg 72w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Blake-Peters-114x114.jpg 114w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Blake-Peters-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Blake Peters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Peters\u2019 shot is a finalist for the year\u2019s best play. Winners will be announced July 18 on ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Weintraub, executive producer of Weigel Broadcasting, was in the production truck when the astonishing play happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Blake hit the shot, my U Too \u2018Game of the Week\u2019 team knew instinctively how best to capture the story and let the TV audience feel the joy and excitement felt in the gym that night,\u201d Weintraub said. \u201cHaving produced hundreds of games, I thought, this is the purest form of sports journalism. We are all watching history being made, and I am honored to work for a company that is still committed to supporting high school sports with the U Too \u2018Game of the Week.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow great is it that a high school athlete has an opportunity to be part of ESPY history and deserves all the votes he can get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voting is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/espys\/story\/_\/page\/voting22\/espys-voting-finals\">espn.com\/espys. <\/a>Peters is competing against plays from Super Bowl LII, the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Championship and the World Series of Softball.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2018\/07\/09\/robservations-new-owners-plan-diverse-reader\/#comments\">Monday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> <strong>Darnell King:<\/strong> <em>Think about it. Spreading the Reader outside to a wider cross section of the city offers new and exciting opportunities. Still, a strong digital platform is essential for success. In years to come, few will pick up a paper to read. It's a new era.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Evanston Township High School basketball player\u2019s miraculous game-winning shot from 80 feet away is a finalist for national honors in the 2018 ESPY Awards. Freshman Blake Peters' one-handed buzzer-beater gave Evanston a one-point victory over Maine South High School on January 26. The video, first seen on Weigel Broadcasting\u2019s The U Too \u201cGame of... <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/07\/10\/evanston-buzzer-beater-espy-award\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18631"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18636,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18631\/revisions\/18636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}