Down a goal as the clock wound down, the Knights completed off a historic comeback, with senior Hurst potting the winner with 21.6 seconds left to capture CM's 18th state crown.

Tears poured out of Caden Sullivan and head coach CJ Neely. The emotions were too much to contain. Franklin finally reached the mountaintop. Sullivan scored a game-high 31 points,

The Panthers rode their senior leader, who scored 14 of their final 16 points, past Teagan Swint and Newton North to capture their first state crown.

During the final minutes of the fourth quarter, every player on the court seemed to fall away besides Franklin’s Caden Sullivan and Newton North’s Teagan Swint. Both players are good friends off the court and are arguably two of the best players in the MIAA this year,