<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Courtesy of WSMV (Nashville, Tennessee) at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://tinyurl.com/askl9dm">http://tinyurl.com/askl9dm</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">-------------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><h3 class="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; clear: both; "><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Girl with Down syndrome scores in school basketball game</span></font></h3></div><span id="WNStoryDateline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LAWRENCEBURG, TN (WSMV) -</span></span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An elementary school basketball player with Down syndrome was the star of a recent game when she scored a basket with the help and cooperation of both teams.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The video of Abigail Kidd, from New Prospect Elementary in Lawrenceburg, has had thousands of views online and has brought tears to the eyes of many who watched the determination and sportsmanship on display.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Abigail was always an underdog. With special needs and countless other health problems, she was born with no heart valves or walls. So, at just 5 months old, she underwent open heart surgery and doctors said she would never live to be 1.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But, 12 years later, her heart beats strong and she is an unlikely member of the New Prospect Lady Tigers basketball team.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When the time came for the team's first game of the year, many thought, surely, Abigail wouldn't get in.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We showed at the ball game, and we thought she would shoot some in warmups and then sit on the bench. She was just so excited to get a uniform and be on the team and drink a little Gatorade," said her father, Tommy Lee Kidd.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But, then, coach Katie Busby walked down the bench and told Abigail it was time for her to play, too.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Before long, there was a chain reaction as Abigail grabbed the ball and ran. The referees ignored the rules, and the opposing team - a good team in a close game - stopped guarding and started cheering.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I look up and she's coming down the court toward me, and on both sides, everybody in the gym is on their feet," Busby said.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Six persistent shots later, Abigail shot the ball through the hoop and got a hug from the opposing team's best player.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I stopped to help her, because I think everybody needs a chance," said that opponent, Madison Wheeley, from Ethridge Elementary School.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nothing was planned and no one knew what was going to happen, but everyone knew it was the right thing to do, because everyone needs a chance.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"God doesn't make mistakes, and we saw that display of amazing grace on the basketball floor," Tommy Lee Kidd said.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><img src="cid:12FAC192-6FB3-466E-8CA3-B40AE0F3F26E" alt="21311715_BG1.jpg" id="12FAC192-6FB3-466E-8CA3-B40AE0F3F26E" width="481" height="332"></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; ">--------------------</p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; ">Video</p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><a href="http://tinyurl.com/aj6dmsp">http://tinyurl.com/aj6dmsp</a></span></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">-------------------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares"</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>