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Finally, the night many San Antonio HS basketball fans have been waiting for. With 18 points left to tie Devin Brown's career scoring record (2763 points) for the City of San Antonio, a crowd of well over a 1000 people were on hand. To the average viewer, the unlikeliest of heroes of the hardwood was a 5'11" Hispanic kid who weighs 150 lbs soaking wet. To those of us who follow the scene closely, we see a deadly three point shooting assassin in Senior PG Paul Garnica of San Antonio Lee.

Below: Garnica in a familiar pose during a summer game shooting over a Memphis Magic player while representing the Texas D-1 Ambassadors.

Folks, this is no cheap record. Tonight (as in many nights past) San Antonio Madison were doubling Garnica as soon as he got off the bus. The ultimate compliment paid to a great player. Less mentally tough kids would get frustrated, but not Garnica. Although he took a twisting three, and hit it with his first shot over two defenders, for the most part he let the game come to him. It's really not that hard for Paul Garnica to do, because despite his scoring role at Lee HS he is first and foremost a point guard that enjoys setting a team mate up for an easy bucket.

I've had the pleasure to coach him for approximately 150 summer games on the toughest circuit in the country. Most people would be surprised to know that despite an occasional 20 point outing Garnica was more likely to put up double digit assists as he dropped sweet "dimes" to such team mates as D.J. Stephens (Memphis), Garland Judkins (Arizona), Cory Jefferson (Baylor), Daniel Alexander (Texas A&M) and Brian Williams (Oklahoma State) just to name a few. It was this skill and aptitude that landed Garnica his multiple D-1 scholarship offers, ultimately deciding on playing for Coach Tad Boyle who is building a nice mid major power at Northern Colorado.