Caitlyn Holmes checked two boxes in one fell swoop Thursday night.
Holmes led the Ellet girls basketball team to its second consecutive Division I sectional championship with a 56-33 win over visiting Avon and broke her team's all-time scoring record in the process.
A junior guard and Kent State University commit , Holmes scored 26 points to reach 1,256 career points, one more than the previous record holder, former Ellet and Ball State star Markita Griffin-Roberts.
The record had stood since Griffin-Roberts finished her Ellet career in 1995 as the Beacon Journal Player of the Year and a first-team All-Ohio guard. Griffin-Roberts attended Ellet's victory over Avon and notified the Beacon Journal about Holmes' achievement, texting afterward, "She did it!!"
Ellet (17-6) advanced to face top-seeded Archbishop Hoban (18-3) in a district semifinal at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Ravenna High School.
With a sectional title at stake Thursday night, Hoban routed Parma Heights Valley Forge 65-12.
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In the regular season, Ellet fell 49-45 to visiting Hoban on Dec. 13.
Holmes now needs 30 points to tie and 31 to break Ellet's all-time scoring record among both girls and boys basketball players. A.J. Gareri, a 2017 Ellet graduate, holds the record with 1,286 career points.
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Nate Ulrich can be reached at nulrich@thebeaconjournal.com. On Twitter: @ByNateUlrich .
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