DALLAS — The tiny Texas town of Gordon is no stranger to a big stage. The high school's six-man football team routinely plays in state championship games at AT&T Stadium, and the girls basketball team is playing at the home of the San Antonio Spurs this week.
But those are just venues.
Last week, the Lady Longhorns basketball team faced a giant of an opponent -- and won.
Gordon beat Plano West 49-42 in overtime, on Plano West's home court. A Class 1A team beating a Class 6A opponent sounds shocking enough on its own. Then there are the numbers:
Gordon, enrollment 75.
Plano West, enrollment 5,337 (the third-most in Texas).
"It was a huge opportunity for us, one of the biggest schools in the state," Gordon coach Matt Garnett said, "and it felt like it was a fight we wanted to try to

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