Garnet Valley’s Jake Sniras, right, here taking a shot against Methacton earlier in his career, scored his 1,000th career point Sunday in a loss to Springfield. (MediaNews Group file photo)
By Matthew DeGeorge
Jake Sniras wasn’t in a celebratory mood Sunday afternoon.
The Garnet Valley wing had led his team with 16 points. Along the way, he’d achieved his 1,000th career point with plenty of basketball left in his junior season. But the balance between individual accolades and team achievement is one of many Sniras is trying to strike this year. And a 45-35 Central League loss to Springfield wasn’t it, no matter what signs and balloons awaited him.
“It’s awesome, yeah,” Sniras said. “But my main focus is on winning games and being in the playoff hunt all the time. We’re not there yet. It’s frustrating.”
Sunday’s performance from Garnet Valley (8-6, 4-5 Central) is the kind Sniras fears. He got his points, 16 in total, nearly half of the Jaguars’ output. His seven made baskets accounted for more than half of the Jags’ 13 on the day.
But GV shot just 25.5 percent from the field, and an unsightly 3-for-23 from 3-point range. That took the steam out of the layup Sniras hit a minute into the third to become just the eighth player in program history to hit 1,000 points and just the fifth to score all 1,000 at Garnet Valley.
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