The Hannah Wilkerson Watch

Hannah Wilkerson is positioning herself to be one of the best players in Missouri girls’ basketball history.

The 5-foot-9 Miller High School junior has been a prolific scorer since she took the court as a freshman and has developed an uncanny knack for scoring, one that sometimes doesn’t seem possible. Through last season, Wilkerson scored 2,474 points, leaving her 737 points behind Melissa Grider’s all-time mark of 3,211. Does Grider’s name sound familiar? She’s the star that split the all-time scoring mark from 1988-91 between Morrisville and Marshfield.

Eerily similar to Caleb Schaffitzel’s countdown to breaking the state’s touchdown record, Wilkerson is poised to the girls’ basketball equivalent. Now, I don’t care if you love high school girls’ basketball, or choose to ignore it, there’s no shunning the importance of this mark. It will mean that our corner of the state has an absolute lockdown on the state’s most hallowed career record.

Just take a look at the top two:

1. Melissa Grider, Morrisville-Marshfield, 1998-2001, 3,211
2. Kari Koch, Elsberry, 1999-2002, 3077

Yep, that’s an Ozarks native in Grider and a Lady Bear great in Koch. Time to swell with pride. And if you feel that 737 points over a span of 30-or-so games is impossible, 737 would represent Wilkerson’s lowest season total.

• Freshman, 749 points (a state record)
• Sophomore, 785
• Junior, 975

Here at TagSGF.com, we are going to do weekly updates on Wilkerson’s scoring outbursts — and the first couple are ridiculous.

Keep checking back, it’s going to be another record-breaking season.

So far this season (through Sunday, Dec. 13:

• Fair Grove, 38 points
• Harrison (Ark.), 39 points
• Marshfield, 44 points
• Webb City, 34 points
• Total: 155

The state’s top scorers:

1. Melissa Grider, Morrisville-Marshfield, 1998-2001, 3,211
2. Kari Koch, Elsberry, 1999-2002, 3,077
3. Lauren Dubbert, Madison, 2002-05, 3,038
4. Joyce Arnsmeyer, So. Boone County, 1963-66, 3,036
5. Lisa Ellis, Elsberry, 1981-84, 2,980
6. Renee Garrison, Climax Springs, 1998-2001, 2,944
7. Shyla Tucker, Fredericktown, 1987-90, 2,926
8. Michelle Holman, Dadeville, 1994-97, 2,820
9. Bethany Creed, Ash Grove, 1999-2002, 2,760
10. Casey Garrison, Bolivar, 2004-08, 2,744
11. Michele Harkrader, Rich Hill, 1985-88, 2,735
12. Jessica Keller, Belle, 2002-05, 2,735
13. Sonya Daugherty, Hancock, 2002-05, 2,703
14. Hannah Wilkerson, 2007-2010, Miller, 2,664

We are trying to piece together what other records she has either broken, or is closing in on, so be sure to check back for weekly updates.

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