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2013-03-06 / Sports
Colonials’ Spahn reaches 1,000-point milestone
It wasn’t until she reached high school that Freehold High School forward Camerin Spahn became a gym rat. Although the Colonials’ senior started playing basketball in
elementary school, it was in high school that she “developed a love” for
the sport and being in the gym playing it. Spahn received a double reward for that extra gym time. She will
continue her basketball career in college at the New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), and on Feb. 26 in Freehold’s first-round NJSIAA
Central Jersey Group III playoff game — a 50-30 win over Red Bank
Regional High School — she scored her 1,000th career point. She went
into the game needing three points and netted her 1,000th on a free
throw.
In reaching the milestone, Spahn joined her teammate, guard Kim Dana,
in that select club. Dana, also a senior and four-year starter, reached
1,000 points just two weeks earlier during the Shore Conference
Tournament. It was only fitting that Spahn join her teammate and best friend. They’ve played together since they were in elementary school. “She’s the reason I started playing basketball,” said Spahn. “We saw
how big a deal it was when Shannon Mayrose scored 1,000 points, and Kim
and I had it in the back of our minds that it would really be cool if we
could do it.
“I’m happy to share it with Kim,” she added.
As four-year starters, both entered the season with a good chance to fulfill that goal. Dana went first and Spahn upheld her end of the bargain in the Colonials’ state playoff win.
Spahn wasn’t aware of how close she was to 1,000 and said that she was glad she didn’t know she was one point away when she was making that free throw. That would have been a lot of pressure. She said she knew that if she was going to get to 1,000 points this year, she “had to step it up. I worked hard.” Spahn credited head coach Jenn Brzucki with helping her and Dana become the players they have. “She creates a positive environment,” Spahn said of her head coach. “She’s very supportive.” Besides reaching those 1,000-point milestones, the two seniors have spearheaded a renaissance of Colonials girls basketball. The last time Freehold (22-5) made a deep run in the state playoffs was when Mayrose was leading the charge. Now, two players who watched her play and were inspired by her are doing the same for Freehold.
“I’m happy to share it with Kim,” she added.
As four-year starters, both entered the season with a good chance to fulfill that goal. Dana went first and Spahn upheld her end of the bargain in the Colonials’ state playoff win.
Spahn wasn’t aware of how close she was to 1,000 and said that she was glad she didn’t know she was one point away when she was making that free throw. That would have been a lot of pressure. She said she knew that if she was going to get to 1,000 points this year, she “had to step it up. I worked hard.” Spahn credited head coach Jenn Brzucki with helping her and Dana become the players they have. “She creates a positive environment,” Spahn said of her head coach. “She’s very supportive.” Besides reaching those 1,000-point milestones, the two seniors have spearheaded a renaissance of Colonials girls basketball. The last time Freehold (22-5) made a deep run in the state playoffs was when Mayrose was leading the charge. Now, two players who watched her play and were inspired by her are doing the same for Freehold.
Colonials top Hopewell Valley to reach sectional title game
For just the second time in program history, the Freehold High School
girls basketball team advanced to the state sectional finals. The Colonials, the No. 3 seed in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III
tournament, made short work of No. 2 Hopewell Valley Central High School
in the semifinals on March 2. The Colonials led by 12 points, 15-3,
after one quarter and cruised to a 59-34 win that put them in the finals
on March 4. A look at the box score reveals why Freehold (22-5) was playing for
the Central Jersey Group III crown. Sophia Duffy led four Colonials in
double figures with 15 points. Camerin Spahn netted 14 points, Kim Dana
had 12 (on four 3-pointers) and Rebecca Cobb added 11.
Spahn, who joined Dana as a 1,000-point career scorer during the state tournament, pointed to Freehold’s offensive balance. “As a team, everyone has become a threat offensively,” said the
senior. “We don’t have to rely on one person. We have a lot of different
people we can relay on.”
Cobb, Dana and Spahn are all averaging double figures for the season. Head coach Jenn Brzucki noted that the Colonials have good ball movement and are “really unselfish.” Hopewell Valley, which was 23-3, played into Freehold’s hands with its uptempo game and got run out of its own gym.
With Neptune High School (21-5) upsetting top seed Middletown High School South, 53-48, in the semifinals, the Colonials were the host team for the Central Jersey Group III finals. Neptune, the defending champion, is the No. 4 seed. “It’s nice to have the opportunity to play at home,” said Brzucki.
Freehold and Neptune split their two regular season meetings and, being in the same division (B North), are very familiar with each other. The key for Freehold will be handling the Scarlet Knights’ press. En route to the Central Jersey Group III title game, Freehold beat Red Bank Regional High School, 50-30, as Cobb netted 15 points and Dana had 14, and Somerville High School, 58-34, with Cobb (19 points), Dana (15 points) and Spahn (12 points) leading the way. Those were home games before traveling to Hopewell Valley for the semifinals.
Cobb, Dana and Spahn are all averaging double figures for the season. Head coach Jenn Brzucki noted that the Colonials have good ball movement and are “really unselfish.” Hopewell Valley, which was 23-3, played into Freehold’s hands with its uptempo game and got run out of its own gym.
With Neptune High School (21-5) upsetting top seed Middletown High School South, 53-48, in the semifinals, the Colonials were the host team for the Central Jersey Group III finals. Neptune, the defending champion, is the No. 4 seed. “It’s nice to have the opportunity to play at home,” said Brzucki.
Freehold and Neptune split their two regular season meetings and, being in the same division (B North), are very familiar with each other. The key for Freehold will be handling the Scarlet Knights’ press. En route to the Central Jersey Group III title game, Freehold beat Red Bank Regional High School, 50-30, as Cobb netted 15 points and Dana had 14, and Somerville High School, 58-34, with Cobb (19 points), Dana (15 points) and Spahn (12 points) leading the way. Those were home games before traveling to Hopewell Valley for the semifinals.
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