Rylan's 1000th Varsity Point

 Dave started using a stats app named Easy Stats way back when Logan was playing high school basketball.   It was what his coach at Wenatchee High School used and we were sort of interested in how it worked so Dave started tracking and taking stats with it. 

So, he used it through Presley's JV season, through Ry's AAU, Central Washington Select, Eastern Washington Elite, Cashmere Junior Varsity, and Cashmere's Varsity seasons.  He's gotten really good at it, starting with just taking stats for our kids, and then moving on to taking full stats for everyone, and now even takes team stats for the opposing team (assists, turnovers, rebounds). 

Ry averaged 10 points per game his sophomore year (first year on Varsity, 2022-2023) and 17 points his junior year (2023-2024).  He scored 211 points his sophomore season and 357 his junior season. 

We knew going into this senior season that he needed 432 points on the year to reach that 1000 point mark.  Dave always sends the game stats to Rylan, but he doesn't have the app so he can't track season and past season averages, he can only see individual game stats. 

The final time Cashmere played Naches Valley I saw Ry's coach talking to Dave.  He told Dave that they'd been tracking Rylan's points for a few weeks now and felt certain they could get him to 1000 points.  Of course, we knew at this point (he scored 28 points that game bringing his total to 368) that he was only 64 points away, so it was really a matter of which game he'd hit it in.  Dave told his coach that we hadn't and weren't planning to say anything to Rylan, that we didn't want to get in his head about a certain number that he needed to reach.   But somehow, word must have gotten around because Ry knew he was close.  He asked me how far off he was and I told him to just try to get his average over the rest of the season and he'd probably reach it.  But he knew going into the home game against Wapato that he needed 21 points. 

The newspaper took this picture right after the announcers told the crowd that he made his 1000th point.  Thumb up to the crowd!

He got it early in the 4th quarter, after a teammates missed shot, he got the rebound and scored the 50th point on his way to 28 total points.  They won 70-61. 

He also had 2 dunks this night. 

And Presley was watching on our NFHS app

I had told grandma that Ry was 21 points away but I didn't tell anyone else just in case he didn't quite get it this game.  But it was really neat to have it happen on our home court.  

Rylan's JV coach (and math teacher), Mr. Boyd. 

His dad was the varsity coach Rylan's sophomore year. 

He loves Rylan and loves watching him play, and is also a member of the 1000 point club.  

The Cashmere newspaper

He was honored the next week at our home game with a banner and we walked out to the center of the court. 

And with his coaches

And his golden ball, which arrived a few days late. 

Displayed on his wall in his room.

Ry is the 11th member of Cashmere's 1000 Point Club. 

What makes this so special is that he was able to accomplish this in only 3 seasons as a varsity player, and with only playing 2 playoff games.  

Really special accomplishment!