CANFIELD — The South Range girls basketball program has long been a successful one with numerous league, sectional and district championships to their name. The list of standout players who have worn the Raider uniform is on full display in their hallways and trophy cases.

This season, yet another talented player etched her name in the Raiders’ history books as three-year starting junior forward Izzy Lamparty reached the 1,000-point plateau earlier this month in a win over Girard. She became the eighth player to reach that milestone in school history.

“Every player would like to reach that goal, but I wasn’t really focused on getting 1,000 points,” Lamparty said. “Coming into this season I didn’t realize how close I was because previous coaches didn’t let me know how close I was. Coach (Jeff) Fishel let me know I was a lot closer than I thought.”

“We kind of knew around this time of year that it was going to happen,” Fishel said. “We were excited about it and there was a lot of buildup in the game before that (one) against Niles. It’s the first time in my coaching career that I have experienced this.”

Lamparty walked off the court at Niles four days earlier with 999 career points, needing only one basket to reach the mark. She got that bucket early in the contest against Girard, and closed the night with 17 points to lead the Raiders.

But for Lamparty herself, she is very humble about the accomplishment, even to the point of being concerned that her celebration that night would overshadow a teammate. The milestone came on senior night, a night to recognize the Raider’s lone senior player, Emily Irons. Lamparty even arrived at the gym early to help decorate for her teammate.

“She’s the only senior so of course I asked before I was trying to get it on her senior night,” she said. “Obviously, I wouldn’t want to take away from her night. I always put my teammates before myself. I have a lot of support from my teammates and I love all of them. They are great teammates and I was really happy they were all there to support me.”

Fishel echoed Lamparty’s thoughts.

“Our message is always about the team, and we realize that in the middle of all that there are going to be individual accomplishments. Usually, with great individual accomplishments like that, there are also team accomplishments that come from it as well. They work together,” he said.

“We don’t like to put too much of a spotlight on the individual, but it’s important in our program and in the culture that we have here that the girls realize when they do something special, they are recognized for it.”

Lamparty was pleasantly surprised by all the attention that the night brought. In addition to her mother Fran and father Jim, a large contingent of her family attended the Raiders’ “Pack the Gym” night.

“It was great to have them all here. I wasn’t expecting as many of my family as what came,” she said. “A couple of my aunts are like an hour and a half away, which I did not expect. So that made it very exciting.”

In addition to her family in the stands, one of her family members actually shares the court with her every night. Her younger sister Gabby is a starting guard on the Raiders team. Having Gabby right beside her made the milestone even more special.

“We’re very close. With her out there, I mean I grew up with her, so it was very special to have her come give me a hug when I scored (the 1,000 points),” Izzy said.

She explained how her mother has been a key factor in her success, serving as her off the court teacher and coach.

“My mom was a big basketball player so she always loves to give me tips. Sometimes she texts my phone while I’m out with my friends, she’s trying to tell me stuff about basketball,” Izzy said with a chuckle.

Fishel explained how important Lamparty is to the Raiders’ team and how she brings so many weapons to the game.

“Izzy is tough to guard. She can create some match-up problems for our opponents. So that gives us a lot of flexibility with how we use her and what ways we use her,” he said.

“She can play outside, she can play inside, she can handle the ball, she can shoot a little bit, so it’s nice to have just that talent with that skill set to give our team more options on every possession.”