High School Teacher Hits Half-Court Shot at Thunder Game to Win $20,000 For His Family

All, NBA, Video Stephen Douglas March 6th. 2013, 11:10am

Heath Kufahl, a high school teacher and boys basketball in Oklahoma hit a shot from halfcourt at halftime of the Thunder/Lakers game to win $20,000. As Kelly Hines of Tulsa World explains, the money will go to good use.

Kufahl is incredibly deserving not only because he’s supporting a family of eight on a teacher’s salary, but also because his wife, Jenni, was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer last fall. She has been undergoing chemo treatments but received a good report last month that her tumors have shrunk and no new cancer was discovered.

Good luck to the Kufahls. The Oklahoman ran a story about the family in October.

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30 Responses to “High School Teacher Hits Half-Court Shot at Thunder Game to Win $20,000 For His Family”

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gfunk supreme Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:13 AM
I too am a boys basketball
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A.P. Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:13 AM
/applies for copy editor
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VladimirCrouton Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:14 AM
LOL.

This should be a post.
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Dawgfather Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:15 AM
family of 8 on a teachers salary
Yikes. Not sure how this can be done. Best of luck. Any money taken out of Bennet’s pocket is a good thing.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:16 AM
that was clutch
/will pay for one of 1200 medical expense installments
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chicago Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:17 AM
Kufahl is incredibly deserving not only because he’s supporting a family of eight
Am I an asshole if I don’t think this is a good reason why he is deserving of it?
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spencer096 Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:18 AM
High School Teacher Hits Half-Court Shot at Thunder Game to Win $20,000 For His Family, Goes On Strike Demanding More
fixed.
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A.P. Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Am I an asshole if I don’t think this is a good reason why he is deserving of it?
I don’t know. You should check with the queen asshole in chicago first to see what she thinks.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
Am I an asshole if I don’t think this is a good reason why he is deserving of it?
No. For leaving out the wife having cancer part? Yes
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Nada Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
he’s supporting a family of eight on a teacher’s salary
Dude needs to take a page from Der Kaiser’s book and go get them tubes tied.
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chicago Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
No. For leaving out the wife having cancer part? Yes
They implied that the family of eight thing would have been enough when they said “not only”. The cancer thing obviously sucks and I’m happy he won the money for that reason.
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Nada Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:26 AM
boys basketball
A pet peeve of mine. What do you all think?
If it’s men’s basketball and women’s basketball, it should be boys’ basketball and girls’ basketball. Why possessive in one application and not possessive in a similar application?
If you go with boys and girls bball, then it should be men bball and women bball.
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A.P. Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
FYI: Richard Deitsch from SI did a podcast with George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones author). Should go up today.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:30 AM
eath Kufahl, a high school teacher and boys basketballin Oklahoma
that sounds like a tough job.
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TheRealAC Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:30 AM
anyone see this? not good for the manufacturer….
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PeerLessPrices Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
They implied that the family of eight thing would have been enough when they said “not only”.
I’d still say he is, cancer or no cancer
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Nada Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:36 AM
anyone see this? not good for the manufacturer….
“Broken facemasks happen here and there, but can honestly say we don’t remember seeing an entire piece of a helmet break off because of a hit.”
I’ve never seen that in all my years of playing/watching. Managed to break two facemasks in my playing days, but never a cranium-buster.
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TheRealAC Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:38 AM
I’ve never seen that in all my years of playing/watching. Managed to break two facemasks in my playing days, but never a cranium-buster.
masks bend/break all the time. i’ve seen some crazy cracks in shells, but NEVER have i ever seen anything remotely similar to this.
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scripty Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Heath Kufahl, a high school teacher and boys basketball in Oklahoma
/that sounds like a tough job.
He bounced around early in his career.
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Nada Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Something I always hated: getting your facemask hooked on someone’s shoulder pads, or vice versa. Awkward.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:46 AM
Something I always hated: getting your facemask hooked on someone’s shoulder pads, or vice versa. Awkward.
ha. yes it was, standing there waiting for someone to unhook you from a person you don’t know and are standing way too close to
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TheRealAC Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Something I always hated: getting your facemask hooked on someone’s shoulder pads, or vice versa. Awkward.
ha. yes it was, standing there waiting for someone to unhook you from a person you don’t know and are standing way too close to
or even worse… your mask getting stuck on another players mask.
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ButtersBC Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
FYI: Richard Deitsch from SI did a podcast with George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones author). Should go up today.
Let us know if at any point he tries to have Martin equate Skip Bayless with King Joffrey
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A.P. Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Let us know if at any point he tries to have Martin equate Skip Bayless with King Joffrey
I shall.
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chatterbox Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 12:06 PM
It’s a good thing he has 8 exemptions because the IRS is going to come calling for some of that loot.
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Ty_Webb Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Those new Oregon State unis are bad ass
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partager Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 12:25 PM
“Am I an asshole if I don’t think this is a good reason why he is deserving of it?” Probably so. People act like having a lot of kids is a drain on society. People with means, support, and education having lots of kids is a benefit to society. More educated taxpayers isn’t a bad thing. Europe is starting to deal with a crisis because of this issue. The tax base is eroding because their tax payers aren’t replacing themselves. From what I understand this is a good couple. He’s a teacher and coach at a good private school in OKC. I’m sure they do fine, or did until the cancer thing.
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Dawgfather Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 12:51 PM
No matter how good the parents are I would be shocked if all 8 turn out to be quality individuals. Maybe I am too pessimistic.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 1:33 PM
No matter how good the parents are I would be shocked if all 8 turn out to be quality individuals. Maybe I am too pessimistic.
law of averages. we have four and i’m already seperating them into tiers
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chatterbox Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 1:58 PM
What is that mascot for the Thunder???