The missing 30 seconds

I saw Coach Brue last Tuesday as I was picking up Jose at Hillcrest last Tuesday.
As Jose was telling me of his homework, I pressed the down button for the car window and called to Charlie, "Hey, good luck on the game tonight. Neither Doug nor I can be there but we'll be listening on the radio."
"Thanks," he said.
The Hillcrest girls had their first tourney game in Belgrade. I had to be home, working on stories for the ag paper as Jose would finish homework and Doug had to work at Take 5. Andy, of course, donned with a strange red headband and interesting red and white conglomeration outfit, would be in attendance cheering on the girls.
Before the game, I got my radio ready, turning it to 1250 on the am dial. The radio was blaring as I sat in front of the TV. My laptop on my, well, of course, lap as I reviewed story notes and the TV tuned, first to "24" and later, a switch to "Damages."
As Jack Bauer made his latest non-bathroom stop hour striving to save the U.S. from harm, the Hillcrest girls were in a close battle with Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa. At one point they were ahead by 9 points. But, this seasoned sports-minded mom knows better than to rest on the laurels of an early lead in any sport. The fat lady definitely wasn't even warming her vocal chords and the score was whittling down to what became an ongoing battle over the lead.
Two points ahead here and two points behind there.
The tension was thick.
Then, as Jack was ending his latest hour on "24" and the Damages cast was assembling, the game went into overtime. Hey girls, I've always known you can do it! You are talented. Believe!
A few fouls and good freethrows put us ahead as the clock kept ticking. (Does a scoreboard actually tick? Well, you get the picture.)
And, as we managed to eke ahead, and with 30 seconds left in the game, the airwaves went silent. I mean, really really silent. As in...there was no more game on the radio. Gone was the announcers voice. Gone was the sound of fans chanting their cheers to encourage the players. Gone were even the commercials!
What happened? Did the world come to an end and I was the last to know? Second coming?
Suddenly a song came on the radio but no game highlights. A commercial quickly replaced the song followed by another commercial and yet another.
The station lost its radio feed.
Sheesh.
Of all the times to lose a signal!
I started to text Andy when Doug called from work where he'd also been listening to the game. He said he complained to the radio station where the night worker said they were working to return the signal.
Thanks, lady! By now the game is done. We need the final score!
Doug had also called Andy and learned the girls did indeed win - by six points!
They play against top local ranked Parkers Prarie. A tough match, but, as I said before, girls, just BELIEVE!
I've heard of the missing minutes in the Nixon tapes but the last 30 seconds of the girls basketball game? Hopefully that part of history will not repeat itself tonight.
Go Comets!