ALBANY - Amy Golz has no need to apologize if she made head coach Brandon Bakken a little late for dinner.
All the extra shots the senior hoisted before her coach turned off the gymnasium lights got her to a level no Comet had ever reached before - the 1,000 point club.
"She's the last one to leave the gym pretty much every night," Bakken said. "I always give five or 10 minutes after practice depending on my schedule to shoot around. She uses every last minute until I tell her we have to put the balls away."
Golz eclipsed the benchmark number during a 21-point performance at home against Juda on Jan. 22. Her school and teammates honored her before the Comets' Jan. 31 tilt with Black Hawk.
Heading into Monday's penultimate Six Rivers East matchup against Argyle, Golz has amassed 1,074 points for the Division 4 squad. She dove right into the varsity pool and started every game as a freshman alongside older sisters Sarah and Lindsey.
Golz kicked off her career with Albany as a three-point threat that stretched opposing defenses. But, when those defenses began to pay more attention to her beyond the arc, Golz had to add a new wrinkle to her game. Now Golz's defenders will see her take them off the dribble and to the rim for layups. The 5-5 Golz can also take the ball from baseline to baseline, making the defense watch her taillights on the fastbreak.
"My freshman year I didn't know where I was at so I just shot the three-ball pretty well, pretty well, so that's all I did," Golz said. "Then I realized I had a pretty good jumpshot. I just kept working."
Golz's career-high is 25 points, which came Dec. 7 at Juda. A majority of those points came off Panther turnovers and fast breaks. She's been a model of consistency for Bakken and the Comets by finding her way to the top of the scorers list, but still finding her teammates within the offense. Golz averaged just over 17 points a game as a junior, 14 as a sophomore.
"She's the last person to come out and look at the box score," Bakken said. "Normally, she finds out in the paper the next day."
This season, Albany is 8-8 overall and 4-6 in the Six Rivers East. The Comets will look to make a splash in their tough regional. Albany has been bounced by perennial favorite Burlington Catholic Central the last two seasons. Bakken and Golz can only wonder where her career-point total might be - and end up - if the Comets could've made a deep run in the postseason.
"It makes her accomplishment even more amazing," Bakken said. "Some of those girls that get 1,000 points, their teams usually make it to sectionals year in and year out. She's doing it with less games than some of the girls have before."
Even so, Golz is pleased to be the pioneer in Albany's record books, even if she wasn't really sure she was knocking at the 1,000-point door.
"It's really exciting just for the fact that I'm the only one," Golz said. "I didn't really think about it until my coach said something."
All the extra shots the senior hoisted before her coach turned off the gymnasium lights got her to a level no Comet had ever reached before - the 1,000 point club.
"She's the last one to leave the gym pretty much every night," Bakken said. "I always give five or 10 minutes after practice depending on my schedule to shoot around. She uses every last minute until I tell her we have to put the balls away."
Golz eclipsed the benchmark number during a 21-point performance at home against Juda on Jan. 22. Her school and teammates honored her before the Comets' Jan. 31 tilt with Black Hawk.
Heading into Monday's penultimate Six Rivers East matchup against Argyle, Golz has amassed 1,074 points for the Division 4 squad. She dove right into the varsity pool and started every game as a freshman alongside older sisters Sarah and Lindsey.
Golz kicked off her career with Albany as a three-point threat that stretched opposing defenses. But, when those defenses began to pay more attention to her beyond the arc, Golz had to add a new wrinkle to her game. Now Golz's defenders will see her take them off the dribble and to the rim for layups. The 5-5 Golz can also take the ball from baseline to baseline, making the defense watch her taillights on the fastbreak.
"My freshman year I didn't know where I was at so I just shot the three-ball pretty well, pretty well, so that's all I did," Golz said. "Then I realized I had a pretty good jumpshot. I just kept working."
Golz's career-high is 25 points, which came Dec. 7 at Juda. A majority of those points came off Panther turnovers and fast breaks. She's been a model of consistency for Bakken and the Comets by finding her way to the top of the scorers list, but still finding her teammates within the offense. Golz averaged just over 17 points a game as a junior, 14 as a sophomore.
"She's the last person to come out and look at the box score," Bakken said. "Normally, she finds out in the paper the next day."
This season, Albany is 8-8 overall and 4-6 in the Six Rivers East. The Comets will look to make a splash in their tough regional. Albany has been bounced by perennial favorite Burlington Catholic Central the last two seasons. Bakken and Golz can only wonder where her career-point total might be - and end up - if the Comets could've made a deep run in the postseason.
"It makes her accomplishment even more amazing," Bakken said. "Some of those girls that get 1,000 points, their teams usually make it to sectionals year in and year out. She's doing it with less games than some of the girls have before."
Even so, Golz is pleased to be the pioneer in Albany's record books, even if she wasn't really sure she was knocking at the 1,000-point door.
"It's really exciting just for the fact that I'm the only one," Golz said. "I didn't really think about it until my coach said something."
