Castellanos Reaches Thousand-Point Mark

Daniella Castellanos became the first Hasbrouck Heights basketball player (boys or girls team) to reach thousand points in her career for the first time in 10 years.

With a basket in the fourth quarter against rival Wood-Ridge on Friday night, the senior guard hit the mark, the first for the school since Maria Copell did it in 2002. Copell finished with 1,275 points at Heights.

Despite the record mark the Aviators lost 62-40 in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference Meadowlands B division contest. The two teams meet on Monday (5 p.m.) in the state tournament at Wood-Ridge High School.

Coming into the game Castellanos needed 14 points to reach the mark. She collected seven points in the first half and got the historic basket with 5:56 remaining in the game.