When she scored the 28th of her 43 points tonight, Ossining’s Saniya Chong passed Sheila Wagner (pictured left) as the second all-time leading scorer in girls Section 1 history. The top of the list now reads:
1. Karen O’Connor 2,662 (FDR)
2. Saniya Chong 2, 492 (Ossining)
3. Sheila Wagner 2,476 (Peekskill)
(For the record, Wagner played 4 1/2 varsity seasons, joining Peeksill’s varsity mid-way through the season in 8th grade.)
I caught up with Wagner earlier tonight and here’s what she had to say about Chong’s accomplishment:
“I keep up with (girls basketball). I was actually was there for this young lady a few years ago because when Peekskill high school won the state championship (in 2011), I got a chance to see (Saniya Chong) down at Westchester County Center. I knew about her and I knew it was going to happen. Congratulations to the young lady. She is a well-rounded and versatile young lady. She’s a scoring phenomenon.”
Here’s the info we were able to dig up about 1986 Peekskill grad Sheila Wagner. A special thanks is in order to the folks from Georgia Tech Sports Information who helped us out big time:
— She scored 615 points in 105 career games played, an average of 5.9 PPG.
— She started in 50 career games for the Yellow Jackets.
— She also had 237 assists and 397 rebounds during her tenure at Georgia Tech.
— Her senior season (1990-91), she scored 282 points (9.7 ppg), grabbed 154 rebounds (5.3 rpg) and had 83 assists. As a senior, she was tied for third on the team in scoring, fourth in rebounding, second in assists and third in steals.
— Wagner was a four-time letter-winner from 1987-1990.
(Photo Credit: Georgia Tech Sports Information)
9 Comments
Good piece thanks for the story. Did Peekskill give you any info?
I heard that Jalay Knowles didn’t miss one shot or foul shot vs Hamilton. She ended up with 21. Congrats Jalay!
What’s interesting about the picture of Ms. Wagner is that the stands are empty! Tonight there were standing room only and people watching a telecast of the game in the cafeteria! Title 9 has worked!
was lucky enough to see her play in hs….wagner was fantastic. Once again dont forget she used a boys ball and no 3 pt line in hs level.
How is that attributable to title 9?
To add to Saniya and Ossining’s accolades, Saniya has been named Sports Illustrated’s Player Of The Week and Coach Ricci has been named Sports Illustrated’s Coach Of The Week.
Congratulations Saniya and Coach Ricci, as a fan you have given us so much great basketball to watch, looking forward to a long season !
Nice picture Sheila, you will always be a star like said (jetsstink January 17th, 2013 at 6:20 am
was lucky enough to see her play in hs….wagner was fantastic. Once again dont forget she used a boys ball and no 3 pt line in hs level.) My cousin new how to play ball she is the best at whatever she put her mind to and BAKSETBALL was not just a game to her it was her love for BASKETBALL, Sheila you done what many dream of doing, no matter you shot straight ball some shot 3 corner therefore your still #1 and always will be. Love Cuz!!!! PHS
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