Long Island teacher becomes hero with half court shot for no homework

Source: New York Post

Count the bucket! See Also Bayport’s Weeks twins carving own successful lacrosse paths with more dreams ahead A Long Island teacher and coach is the big man on campus after sinking a half-court shot that got a heap of Sachem middle schoolers no homework. “The kids went nuts,” Jimmy Mellor, a Samoset Middle School teacher and Sachem North girls head varsity basketball coach, told The Post. “I have parents from girls I coached 15 years ago reaching out to me — players who I haven’t seen in a while reach out.