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Westfield (NY) boys hoops star slams home 2,000th career point

Carson Swanson records a triple-double, scoring 43 points to go with 10 rebounds and 10 assists, while netting the 2,000th point of his high school career

Gary Adornato, Kevin L. Smith

Westfield's Carson Swanson celebrates after scoring his 2,000th career point, with a dunk. It was part of an incredible 43-point triple-double performance during a 87-40 win over Maple Grove.
Westfield's Carson Swanson celebrates after scoring his 2,000th career point, with a dunk. It was part of an incredible 43-point triple-double performance during a 87-40 win over Maple Grove. / Westfield Basketball

Carson Swanson, a star senior guard for Westfield boys basketball, cracked a milestone in a big way on Monday.

In a New York Section VI basketball game, Swanson slammed home a one-handed dunk to record his 2,000th career point in the second half against Maple Grove.

Westfield went on to win 87-40 over Maple Grove. Swanson finished with a triple-double — tallying 43 points on 17-of-25 shooting, 10 boards and 10 steals.

Swanson had 34 points in the first half, and notched No. 2,000 on his 38th point.

According to NYSPHSAA’s records, Swanson joins more than 30 New York state boys basketball players to score over 2,000 points in their careers.

Joe Girard III of Glens Falls is the all-time leader with 4,763 points.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

Kevin L. Smith
KEVIN L. SMITH

Kevin L. Smith, a native of Rochester (NY), has been covering high school sports for over a decade. He started out as a freelance sports writer in 2013. Since then, he’s held sports writer and editor positions for newspapers in Coudersport and Sayre (PA) and Oswego (NY). Smith currently covers high school sports in the Greater Syracuse Area for syracuse.com, a position he’s held since 2021. You can follow him on social media @KevLSmittie. Story ideas can be sent to KLSFreelancing@outlook.com.

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