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Merced Sun-Star
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was second from left in the team picture of the 1982 Warriors. | View larger image
By Scott Jason | Merced Sun-Star
During Alaska's varsity basketball state championship, Sarah Palin, suffering from a sprained ankle, nailed a free throw that sealed her team's unlikely victory.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., hopes she can still work the same magic.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee tapped Palin, Alaska's first female governor, to be his vice president on Friday, a gamble that's undeniably changed the White House race against Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
Merced resident Cordell Randall, one of Palin's coaches during the 1982 victory, heard about McCain's choice when his phone rang in the middle of the night. A truck driver friend on the East Coast called to tell him the news.
He didn't believe it.
Then his phone rang again. This time, it was a local friend telling him the same thing. The TV news confirmed it.
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