One day last month, after Goddard senior Austin Chippeaux cleared a career-best 6-foot-8 in the high jump, he nearly derailed his chances of winning a Class 5A title when he was injured – playing dunk ball.

Yes, dunk ball. A game he and his friends created where a basketball goal is lowered to around 7 feet so everyone can dunk in a 3-on-3 game.

Chippeaux took a knee to the side of his right shin and for three weeks he gingerly worked to regain his form.

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