Edgar honors 1,000 point scorers

Senior gets career hoops milestone just in time

By Casey Krautkramer

Edgar senior girls basketball player Reagan Borchardt scored her 1,000th career point on Thursday just in time for the party on Friday.

She swished a mid-range shot in the first half of Edgar’s 69-27 home non-conference win against Medford to achieve her coveted 1,000th career point. She was immediately congratulated by her coaches and teammates.

Reagan Borchardt then walked up Edgar’s home bleachers to receive a hug from her father, town of Wien dairy farmer Jason Borchardt. Her mother, Penny Borchardt, then walked down the stairs to give her a hug and a bouquet of flowers. Reagan Borchardt became the fourth Edgar girls basketball player in school history to score 1,000 career points and the 12th player among both boys and girls in school history to achieve the milestone.

“It’s pretty cool to follow in the footsteps of Makenna Guden, Holly Denfeld and Tianna Borchardt who are among the greatest basketball players in Edgar,” Reagan Borchardt said. “It was pretty special to receive hugs from my dad and mom. My dad has been working with me on my basketball skills since I was little so for him to come down the bleachers and give me a hug means a lot to me. My mom is my biggest supporter.”

Now all four of Edgar’s 1,000-career point girls basketball players will be in the gym at the same time during the Wildcats’ practices. Denfeld is an Edgar varsity assistant coach and Makenna Guden is the school’s new high school girls JV2 coach this season. Tianna Borchardt, who is a distant relative to Reagan Borchardt, enjoys helping out at Edgar’s practices by scrimmaging against members of the current team.

Reagan Borchardt only needed to score seven points against Medford and she finished with 19 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks and three steals. Senior Leah Davis added 12 points.

Tom McCarty, Edgar head girls basketball coach, said he’s proud of his star player Reagan Borchardt for accomplishing the 1,000-career points milestone.

“She really didn’t play a ton of games her freshman year so to do this is pretty impressive,” he said. “It’s been fun to see her progression as a player.”

All-time best scorers

Jim Steinke, Edgar athletic director, on Friday during halftime of the Edgar varsity boys basketball team’s home game announced all 10 of the school’s boys and girls who’ve scored 1,000 points during illustrious Wildcat playing careers.

He first announced Corky Untiedt from the Edgar class of 1972. Corky Untiedt was a three-year basketball letter winner, a two-time team MVP, first team all-conference and a News-Channel 7 All-Star. He ended his career with 1,071 points.

Steinke then announced Larry Brown from the Edgar class of 1981. Brown was a four-year basketball letter winner, two-time team MVP, threetime first team all-conference and a two-time NewsChannel 7 All-Star. He played on Edgar’s 1980 state runnersup team. Brown finished his career with 1,275 points.

Tim Knoeck, from Edgar’s class of 1985, is the next former player that Steinke announced to the crowd in attendance. He was a three-year basketball letter winner, team MVP, two-time first team all-conference and a News-Channel 7 All-Star. Knoeck ended his career with 1,059 points.

Steinke then announced two former players, Ryan Bargender from the Class of 1997 and Justin Sinz from the Class of 2010, who were unable to attend Friday’s game.

Bargender was a four-year letter winner, three-time team MVP and a two-time first team all-conference player. He was a member of Edgar’s 1997 state championship team and he was named to the 1997 state tournament all-tournament team. Bargender ended his Edgar career with 1,174 points.

Sinz was a four-year letter winner, three-time team MVP and a two-time first team all-conference player. He finished his Edgar career with 1,057 points.

Corky Untiedt’s son, Caden Untiedt, joins him on the list of Edgar’s all-time 1,000 point scorers. Caden Untiedt is from the Edgar class of 2013. He was a three-year basketball letter winner, two-time team MVP and a two-time first team all-conference player. He finished his career with 1,111 points.

Holly Denfeld was the first Edgar girls basketball player to achieve 1,000 career points. She was in the Edgar class of 2013. Denfeld was a four-year basketball letter winner, two-time team MVP, conference player of the year and a two-time NewsChannel 7 All-Star. She ended her career with 1,258 points.

Steinke announced Tianna Borchardt from the Edgar class of 2016. She was a four-year basketball letter winner, team MVP, two-time first team all-conference player and the conference player of the year. She ended her career with 1,105 points.

The next three players to score 1,000 career points are all members of the Edgar class of 2021. Kyle Brewster was a four-year basketball letter winner, team MVP, first team all-conference player and a member of the 2021 state tournament team. He finished his career with 1,170 points.

Next are the Guden twins from the class of 2021. Drew Guden was a fouryear basketball letter winner, twotime team MVP, two time first team all-conference player and a member of the 2021 state tournament squad. He ended his career with 1,089 points. Makenna Guden is a four-year basketball letter winner, three-time team MVP, three-time first team all-conference player, conference player of the year, NewsChannel 7 All-Star and she was awarded All-State. She ended her career with 1,521 points.

Reagan Borchardt is the newest member of Edgar’s 1,000-career points club. She continues to add to her career scoring mark as her team concludes its regular season schedule and competes in the playoffs. She is a fouryear basketball letter winner, team MVP and a first team all-conference player.