“It was the greatest game ever played.”

That’s Daniel Ring, a small town sports reporter, summing up a high school basketball game in St. Peter, Minn., on Thursday night.

You’re skeptical. But behold the drama of the regional championship between Waseca High School and Marshall High School and you will at least understand what he means.

With a berth in the state tournament at stake, the teenagers battled through three hours and four overtimes in a game highlighted by three buzzer-beaters that has electrified the southern Minnesota region and drawn national attention.

A local broadcaster called it “the three Miracles of St. Peter.”

“Miracle” No. 1: With Waseca up 72-69 and three seconds in regulation.