I enjoy talking basketball with people who know and understand the game and I remember having a conversation with the late Ball High Coach David Jones about a middle school ballplayer that would be attending Ball and how well she could shoot the three. Coach Jones and I agreed that Caroline Spagnola would probably wind up being the all time three point shooter along with setting other marks before she graduated. In case you don't know about Coach Jones, he was an assistant at University of Houston and his daughter, Chandi, was an All American who later played in the WNBA, not to mention she is the Cougars all time leading scorer
Coach Jones never got a chance to coach Spagnola however I still recall the many conversations we had and how a lot of this stuff has played out. Spagnola went over the 1000 career point mark and has made over 170 three pointers, which is even more remarkable since she wasn't moved up to varsity until the second half of district play during her freshman season. I wrote a story on her performance against Wheatley a few weeks ago and even though Ball won't make the playoffs this season, Spagnola has helped them compete.
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