She grasped it, then hurled it with all her might, straight into the basket.

Five seconds later the whistle blew, with the score 10 to 6.
The sophomores had won.
The enthusiastic fans of both classes rushed out of the gallery and down the stairs to the gymnasium.

Two tall sophomores seized Grace and making a chair of their hands, carried her around the gymnasium, followed by the rest of the class, sounding their class yell at the tops of their voices.
The story of Grace's imprisonment and escape out of the third story window went from mouth to mouth, and her friends eagerly crowded the floor in an effort to speak to her.

There were High School yells and class yells until Miss Thompson was obliged to cover her ears to deaden the noise.
Miss Thompson made her way through the crowd to where Grace was standing in the midst of her admiring schoolmates.

The principal took the young captain in her arms, embracing her tenderly.
Surely no one had ever seen Miss Thompson display so much unrestrained and candid emotion before.