Coach's Daughter Kicks Winning Field Goal In Final Seconds

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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP)

Hollywood couldn't have scripted it any better.

An Ohio high school football coach tells the kicker — his daughter — to try a 25-yard field goal with 4 seconds left in a tie game. The daughter, nervous and hyperventilating on the sidelines, jogs onto the field and, despite her fears, hammers the football through the uprights, sending the team to the playoffs.

Egyptian female American football players take position during the match between the AUC Titans and Gezira Thunder, at the Maadi Olympic Centre in the southern Cairo suburb of Maadi on March 10, 2018. - Its a spectacle that few would imagine -- Egyptian women doing battle on the American football field. Eight all-female teams are now vying for supremacy here in Cairo, up from three in late 2016, with more new clubs likely to register outside the capital over the coming months. (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Rick Meeks, head coach at Shawnee High School in central Ohio, told The Springfield News-Sun after Friday night's 17-14 win he's unsure whether a coach has ever asked his daughter to make a game-winning field goal. Meeks said his pride for daughter Andi extends well beyond football.

Spain's players celebrate their victory at the end of the Women's U20 World Cup semi-final football match between France and Spain in La Rabine stadium in Vannes, western France on August 20, 2018. (Photo by FRED TANNEAU / AFP) (Photo credit should read FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Andi, a soccer player as well, said she was "so scared" when her father called on her to take the field.

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