Senior Ellie Baxter hit a milestone as a Blue Hawk basketball player last week, surpassing 1,000 points in her high school career. The monumental basket came last Tuesday when the Hawks traveled to Eureka.
When asked if it had been a goal of hers to get 1,000 points, Baxter replied that she had gotten halfway there when she was a sophomore and knew it was attainable. Her sister Megan reached 1,000 points when she was a senior, so yes she did want to reach that goal.
She said she thought she was going to reach 1,000 at the home game against Anaconda after playing Troy because she only needed six points, however, that game was canceled. "It was so cool," she said of when they announced it in Eureka. "The people are so nice there and I've played with some of the Eureka girls since junior high, it's a friendly competition," she added.
Baxter said that her inspiration in playing basketball throughout her four years have been her older sister Megan with whom she got to play for two years, "She pushed me to play hard," and her dad for taking the time. She remembered her former coach Chadd Laws saying, "shoot the ball or I'll bench you."
Baxter said that her highlights of the season were reaching the 1,000 mark and that she loves every game. She said that that's why she often has a smile on her face at the games.
Baxter is looking forward to tournaments, the team getting cleaned up and getting the ball rolling, and another chance with Loyola in divisionals.
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