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Preschoolers brought their joy to the campus of St. Mark Church once again, as on their final day before spring break, they were treated to an Easter egg hunt around the piazza of the church in Huntersville.   (Photos provided by Amy Burger)
Preschoolers brought their joy to the campus of St. Mark Church once again, as on their final day before spring break, they were treated to an Easter egg hunt around the piazza of the church in Huntersville. (Photos provided by Amy Burger)
Clergy, servers and parishioners pray before the Blessed Sacrament on an altar of repose Holy Thursday at St. Michael Church in Gastonia. (Photo via Facebook)
Clergy, servers and parishioners pray before the Blessed Sacrament on an altar of repose Holy Thursday at St. Michael Church in Gastonia. (Photo via Facebook)
Clergy and servers prostrate themselves before the altar and crucifix at the start of the Good Friday liturgy April 2 at St. Pius X Church in Greensboro. (Photo provided by MaryAnn Luedtke)
Clergy and servers prostrate themselves before the altar and crucifix at the start of the Good Friday liturgy April 2 at St. Pius X Church in Greensboro. (Photo provided by MaryAnn Luedtke)
Members of St. John Neumann Church in Charlotte held a living Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, April 2. The annual tradition was canceled last year because of the pandemic. (Photo provided by Marty Schneider)
Members of St. John Neumann Church in Charlotte held a living Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, April 2. The annual tradition was canceled last year because of the pandemic. (Photo provided by Marty Schneider)
Father Melchesideck Yumo, parochial vicar, was among those who venerated the cross on Good Friday at St. Mark Church in Huntersville. (Photo provided by Amy Burger)
Father Melchesideck Yumo, parochial vicar, was among those who venerated the cross on Good Friday at St. Mark Church in Huntersville. (Photo provided by Amy Burger)
Bishop Peter Jugis kisses a crucifix containing a relic of the True Cross during Good Friday’s Veneration of the Cross service at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte. (SueAnn Howell | Catholic News Herald)
Bishop Peter Jugis kisses a crucifix containing a relic of the True Cross during Good Friday’s Veneration of the Cross service at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte. (SueAnn Howell | Catholic News Herald)
Good Friday at St. Ann Church in Charlotte.
Good Friday at St. Ann Church in Charlotte.
St. Ann Church in Charlotte and the Charlotte Latin Mass Community continued its Latin-Extraordinary Form Triduum with the Mass of the Presanctified on Good Friday, April 2. (Photo provided by Markus Kuncoro and Mike FitzGerald)
St. Ann Church in Charlotte and the Charlotte Latin Mass Community continued its Latin-Extraordinary Form Triduum with the Mass of the Presanctified on Good Friday, April 2. (Photo provided by Markus Kuncoro and Mike FitzGerald)
The eighth-grade faith formation class at St. Philip the Apostle Church in Statesville re-enacted the Living Stations of the Cross on Wednesday of Holy Week. (Photo provided by Connie Ries and Bobby Overcash)
The eighth-grade faith formation class at St. Philip the Apostle Church in Statesville re-enacted the Living Stations of the Cross on Wednesday of Holy Week. (Photo provided by Connie Ries and Bobby Overcash)
The Easter fire is blessed and the Paschal candle is lit during the Easter Vigil Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Winston-Salem. (Photo via Facebook)
The Easter fire is blessed and the Paschal candle is lit during the Easter Vigil Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Winston-Salem. (Photo via Facebook)
Father George David Byers, pastor, lights the Paschal candle during the Easter Vigil at Holy Redeemer Church in Andrews, as parishioners gather joyfully around him. (Phil Roche | Catholic News Herald)
Father George David Byers, pastor, lights the Paschal candle during the Easter Vigil at Holy Redeemer Church in Andrews, as parishioners gather joyfully around him. (Phil Roche | Catholic News Herald)
Easter Vigil at St. Mark Church in Huntersville.
Easter Vigil at St. Mark Church in Huntersville.
Monsignor Anthony Marcaccio, pastor, welcomes Jacob Gates into the Catholic Church, administering the sacrament of baptism and other sacraments of initiation during the Easter Vigil April 3 at St. Pius X Church in Greensboro. (Photo by MaryAnn Luedtke)
Monsignor Anthony Marcaccio, pastor, welcomes Jacob Gates into the Catholic Church, administering the sacrament of baptism and other sacraments of initiation during the Easter Vigil April 3 at St. Pius X Church in Greensboro. (Photo by MaryAnn Luedtke)
Father Alfonso Gámez, parochial vicar, blesses congregants with holy water during an outdoor Easter Sunday Mass, one of six Masses St. Mark offered that morning to accommodate more worshipers. (Photos provided by Amy Burger)
Father Alfonso Gámez, parochial vicar, blesses congregants with holy water during an outdoor Easter Sunday Mass, one of six Masses St. Mark offered that morning to accommodate more worshipers. (Photos provided by Amy Burger)
St. Matthew Church – which is one of the largest Catholic parishes in the United States – offered Easter Sunday Mass April 4 at Charlotte Catholic High School’s football stadium, where more than a thousand parishioners could be safely accommodated.
St. Matthew Church – which is one of the largest Catholic parishes in the United States – offered Easter Sunday Mass April 4 at Charlotte Catholic High School’s football stadium, where more than a thousand parishioners could be safely accommodated.
Father Alfonso Gámez, parochial vicar at St. Mark Church in Huntersville, baptizes Milan Howard during the Easter Vigil April 3. (Photo provided by Amy Burger)
Father Alfonso Gámez, parochial vicar at St. Mark Church in Huntersville, baptizes Milan Howard during the Easter Vigil April 3. (Photo provided by Amy Burger)
A. John Ayer, 94, was received into the fullness of the faith at the Easter Vigil April 3 at St. Therese Church in Mooresville. Administering the sacrament of confirmation is Father Mark Lawlor, pastor. (Photo provided by Lisa Cash)
A. John Ayer, 94, was received into the fullness of the faith at the Easter Vigil April 3 at St. Therese Church in Mooresville. Administering the sacrament of confirmation is Father Mark Lawlor, pastor. (Photo provided by Lisa Cash)
St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte.
St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte.
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GREENSBORO — In a few years, when the girls from Our Lady of Grace and St. Leo Catholic varsity middle school basketball teams think back to the games they played, the details are sure to be fuzzy or lost over time.

It’s a good bet, however, that they will remember when Sarah Quintana, a special-needs eighth-grade student at Our Lady of Grace, drained a three-point shot that had both teams standing and cheering.

Quintana made her three-pointer on March 23 and then did it again when the teams met at St. Leo in Winston-Salem a few days later. She took two more shots during that game and made both of those, too.

Quintana, who has been at Our Lady of Grace since the fourth grade, has been a part of the school’s special-needs program PACE.

Read the full story from the Winston-Salem Journal.

After her story circulated online, Quintana made the ESPN Sports Center Top 10 plays on March 29. Video from WYFM-News2.