There was an incredible act of sportsmanship and kindness at a recent youth basketball game.

In the final seconds of a 2nd grade tournament on Sunday, Boardman was playing Columbiana and decided to give a young boy from Columbiana his shot at glory.

7-year-old Jerick Mayrobb had never scored a basket in a game before. With Boardman up by 12, Mayrobb got the ball and the dribble down for a shot. He missed, but a Boardman player gave it right back to him. He missed again and the same thing happened, the rebound was given back to Mayrobb. On his 4th attempt, he nailed it sending the crowd into a frenzy.

"Not a dry eye in the whole entire place, it was just, to be there and see those kids giving him the ball to do that was just something more from a parents point of view you can never thank those kids and those coaches and those kids parents enough for raising their kids to be such amazing young boys at this point, we all know society isn't the best and to see there is hope and giving him, our son, this amazing opportunity and something we never thought we would be able to see someday, we can just never thank anybody enough for that and to just see two teams just come together, everybody in the crowd, strangers that weren't even from the teams all coming together crying all over the place, it was just amazing to see that," Payton Mayrobb, Jerick's mother said.

"We didn't know, right, he's just out here having fun and that is all we care about," Zack Mayrobb, Jerick's father said. "I wasn't there unfortunately, but you know watching the video, not just the fact that he made it which is amazing in and of itself but the sportsmanship of those other kids who have no idea, they're just kids but seeing their parents raised them right, their coaches are coaching them right and its just amazing seeing youth sports in general let alone they know what that meant to us or not."

Jerick was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at the age of four. It's a rare and agressive genetic disease that will weaken his muscles over time to the point he won't be able to walk.

"Between 10 to 13 is where we see young boys not able to walk, losing their ability to use their arms, let alone be running," Zack said.

The Mayrobb's say they've been lucky to get Jerick involved in some treatments and clinical trials that seem to be doing well.

"Being 7 and almost 8 years old and playing sports at all is a miracle in and of itself let alone what he's able to do," Zack said.

"He's come a long way with sports and everything and just even alone from basketball when he started at the beginning of the year to where he's become now is just an amazing improvement," Payton said.

Jerick's family says they can't thank everyone enough for helping Jerick get his basket.

"I bawled my eyes out, it was, I have never been so proud of him, we talk every single day about, you are gonna make a basket someday, your gonna get there, think how far you came from the beginning of the year to now, coach Nick has helped you tremendously do this and to see that and be there and the hug, him running off the court at the end of the game and hugging me, I have never had him hug me so tight and I just bawled, holding him bawling my eyes out because I have never been so proud of him in my entire life," Payton said.

Payton hopes this provides some hope for others out there in similiar situations.

"That someday they might be able to do the same thing or not even might, will be able to do the same thing someday and never doubt yourself at that point because you can exceed what you believe in," Payton said. "I would say to any parent out there, don't let your kid or doctors tell you what your kid can and can't do, you know as a parent and the best thing to do is just push them and push them until you realize that hey, they can't do this at this point and just see what the outcome can be and best thing to do is treat them like a normal kid because they deserve that, you don't know how long you got with your kids or parents or anything so just cherish every moment you have with them and every memory and enjoy it while you can."