Shane Gibson had to work hard Friday night as the Plainfield Panthers weren't about to let him have the Killingly High School scoring record without a battle.
"I was looking for him the whole game and sometimes he would have three guys on him," Killingly senior guard Tom Derosier said.
"At the end of the first half, I tried to set a screen for him and there were, literally, three guys there so I had to pass it off," Derosier added.
Plainfield coach Bob Arremony said he didn't know that Gibson needed just 19 points to break the school record coming in but didn't really care as the game plan was in place and the Panthers weren't going to let the future Division I player beat them if they could help it.
It turned out they couldn't as Gibson still got the points he needed, 23, to help the Redmen to the 81-60 win and to pass Brad Leire for Killingly's all-time scoring record.