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Vote now: Which was national high school girls basketball play of the year in 2023?

Watch the 12 highlights that won weekly honors and choose the best of the best

There's still time to pick the national play of the year in high school girls basketball.

The SBLive Sports staff watched a bunch of highlights throughout the high school girls basketball season and picked our top 10 plays of the week every week from early January through late March.

We took our 12 weekly winners and compiled them into one big highlight reel.

Check out the video above and vote in the poll below to choose the best of the best from the winter 2022-23 season.

The voting will conclude Thursday, April 27, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.

Descriptions of each play are below the poll.

(Stailee Heard photo by George Mitchell; video by Jordyn Bennett)

1. Tenafly (New Jersey)

Surrounded by three defenders, Anna Taufield hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win the game.

2. Licking Valley (Ohio)

Avery Williams mimics a volleyball setter with a quick-release 3-pointer to win the game. 

3. John Burroughs (Missouri)

BreAunna Ward comes out of nowhere to block outside shooter's shot into the bleachers.

4. Simon Kenton (Kentucky)

Brynli Pernell beats the buzzer with a game-winning 3 from the top of the key.

5. Paul VI (New Jersey)

Eva Andrews takes a pass from Hannah Hidalgo and hits an and-1 corner 3-pointer to beat the quarter buzzer.

6. Westtown School (Pennsylvania)

Grace Sundback good ball movement with a top-of-key pass while falling out of bounds in the GEICO Nationals semifinals.

7. Dunmore (Pennsylvania)

Jackie Brown saves a blocked shot from going out of bounds, runs the floor and hits a reverse layup.

8. Midway (Tennessee)

Kyleigh Cawood sidesteps her defender and sinks the game-winner to beat the buzzer.

9. NCSSM-Durham (North Carolina)

Mariam Abdelbarr sinks half-court jumpers to end both the first and second quarters.

10. Unioto (Ohio)

Milee Smith grabs a steal, misses her first shot but taps in her own miss to win the game at the buzzer.

11. San Antonio Clark (Texas)

Natalie Huff surveys her options, then calls her own number for the game-winning shot.

12. Sapulpa (Oklahoma)

Stailee Heard's mid-range shot sits on the front rim and rolls in for what proves to be the game-winner

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