Major League Baseball celebrated the season of the pitcher with an unheard of amount of “no hitters” and “perfect games” this past summer. 
This winter, Section II basketball is celebrating the season of the 1,000 point scorer. It is a rare accomplishment that not only shows how prolific a scorer is but also how long they have been able to score at such a high level.  Several individuals have accomplished that goal in the 2010-11 season.  Dani DeGregory of Greenwich made history at the start of the season and Maple Hill senior center Katie Roth joined her in early December.  While these two phenomenal female ball players were reaching their milestone, two other student-athletes on the male side were also making their mark, but this feat is a bit more uncommon.
On December 3, Cody Broast scored his 1,000^th point marking four years of leading his team, and 26 days later Thomas Griffin scored a bucket that put him over the 1,000 point mark adding his name to the list.  So why was this so much more rare? 
Both of these sure shooters are member of the Germantown boy’s basketball team.
Two players on the same team have both reached a milestone of such high esteem.  It is not often heard of and requires not only success but also a great deal of unselfish play.
“We really work well together as a team,” Proclaims Broast.  “Everyone knows what their role is and we all play it as best as we can.”

The unselfish play is an important criterion for a team to become a League, Sectional and Regional Champion as Germantown did last season.
The most important thing for the Clippers is to utilize all of their players not just the two superstar scorers.
“We are proud of each other for what we have accomplished individually,” admits Griffin. “But our team is made up of many weapons and that is why it is possible.”
One of those other weapons is fellow senior Larry Niebling who plays the point guard position for Germantown.  He is the only Clipper to total over 100 points thus far in the season.
It is not only the scoring of points that make the duo of Griffin and Broast so tough to defend, it is also the fact that they make timely shots. 
Germantown head coach Jack Thomas enjoys being able to have two cool characters leading his defending champions.
“It makes life easy knowing that you have two guys like this that can score any time it is needed,” says Thomas. “It’s the fact that they make the clutch shots when we need them that makes them so important to the team.”
Their importance to the team showed throughout their magical run through the Section and State tournaments last year and if the Clippers have any chance of repeating as Section II champions again it will take that team effort and clutch shooting.  Class D teams across the state now know about Germantown, and the Clippers hope to show them even more the rest of the way. (NYCS)