Missouri school pulls off comeback of the year

Talk about a comeback. St. Charles (Mo.) trailed by as much as 21 points in the first half of the state final against Hillcrest (Springfield, Mo.) High School.

Hillcrest shooting guard Brady Petry was hitting threes from all over the court, all but putting on a clinic, as the Hornets built their lead.

"He would hit three after three and I would just look at Casey and I would just be like, 'I don't think he's going to miss,'" St. Charles senior Chase Morfeld told Fox2. But the Pirates kept fighting.

"We weren't going to give up, it was going to be our last game so I mean we were just going to fight to the end win or lose," said Morfeld.

Coach Rick Foster told Fox2 he wasn't worried at all at halftime. They were playing about as poorly as they could play, and he said he wasn't concerned that his seniors would pick it up in the second half. His only worry was if they'd pick it up soon enough.

"Our first half energy wasn't great," Foster said. "I thought our energy coming out of halftime was a lot better."

The team still trailed by 16 to start the third quarter, and 13 to start the end. That's when Casey Teson really turned it on. He finished with a game-high 35 points as the Pirates rallied to take the 74-69 win. Teson finishes as the school's all-time scorer, while Morfeld now holds the record for assists.

It's the school's first state championship since 1957.

"It meant a lot to us," said Foster. "The whole town, the whole community's fired up."

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Danielle Elliot is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact her at delliot@yahoo-inc.com or find her on Twitter.