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JACOB THOUSAND HAS ALREADY
SHATTERED CURRENT BADGER JASON
FORD'S SCORING RECORDS AT
WAUNAKEE... AND HE CONTINUES
TO ADD TO HIS TOTAL... AND NOW
WE'LL ADD TO HIS LEGACY TOO AS
HE
IS OUR NBC15 SPORTS ATHLETE OF
THE WEEK... RYAN WING HAS
THE HONORS...
JACOB THOUSAND KNOWS A THING OR
TWO ABOUT
SCORING GOALS.
"HE HAS REALLY GOOD HANDS. HE'S
PRETTY
QUICK. HE'S A GOAL SCORER. HE'S
A PURE GOAL SCORER."
THE WAUNAKEE SENIOR HAS LIT THE
LAMP FIFTY
TIMES THIS YEAR...16 MORE THAN
THE SECOND BEST MARK IN STATE.
IT'S THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR
HE'S LED
THE STATE IN SCORING, AS HE HAD
40 LAST YEAR, WHILE TEAMMATE
BLAKE RIPLEY WAS SECOND
WITH 35.
"LAST YEAR, BLAKE WAS SCORING A
LOT MORE
THAN HE WAS THIS YEAR. HE JUST
HAS BEEN PASSING IT TO ME MORE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED. I GUESS I'M THE ONE
PICKING UP THE GOALS."
SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A
REALLY GOOD GOAL
SCORER? WELL THAT'S THE MILLION
DOLLAR QUESTION.
"IF I KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT, I
WOULD BOTTLE
IT AND MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
REALLY PURE GOAL SCORERS: IT'S
AN INNATE ABILITY THAT YOU
EITHER HAVE OR YOU DON'T."
"A LOT OF EFFORT I GUESS, LIKE
SHOOTING IN
THE BASEMENT, AND JUST LOTS OF
WORK OUTSIDE OF THE RINK PEOPLE
DON'T NOTICE. YOU JUST
END UP FINDING THOSE SPOTS AND
BEING ABLE TO HIT EM WHEN YOU
WANT."
THOUSAND FOUND THE BACK OF THE
NET FOUR
TIMES IN LAST WEEK'S WIN OVER
DEFOREST, THE SIXTH TIME THIS
SEASON HE'S SCORED THAT MANY
TIMES.
"A LOT OF GOOD GOAL-SCORERS HAVE
A
GO-TO SPOT. SO FOR ME, OBVIOUSLY
A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS,
IT'S THE SAME TWO: IT'S HIGH
GLOVE AND THAT'S OPEN OFTEN
TIMES IN HIGH SCHOOL. IF THAT'S
NOT OPEN, WHERE AM I GOING
NEXT KIND OF THING. SO I GO
THROUGH AND CHECK IN MY HEAD
WHERE I'M GOING AND THIS YEAR
I'VE
ENDED UP SCORING A LOT OF
FIVE-HOLE GOALS. I'VE BEEN
TRYING TO SHOOT THERE, WORK THE
GOALIE, GET HIM TO MOVE AND END
UP TUCKING IT IN THERE."