Sports
February 25, 2026
The emotions were the opposite for the Fairbanks girls basketball team and Fredericktown fans Saturday afternoon. The Lady Panthers celebrate after beating the Freddies on a half-court buzzer-beater. Members of Fredericktown Nation in the background express their disbelief. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
Lahmers’ half-court “game winner” against Fredericktown extends Lady Panthers’ roundball season
They are called “game winners” and they’re practiced every day by the Fairbanks girls basketball team.
They are shots that come under pressure with the game on the line.
“We really do practice them every day,” said FHS head coach Landon Fraker.
That’s a good thing because that’s what the ...


