The longtime coach, who's been at the same school for decades, is hard to come by anymore. Just this year, the Big Central Conference lost two football mentors who long predate the superleague. Earlier this year, Zoran Milich stepped down at Montgomery, having started the program quarter century ago, and last week it was Dave DeNapoli at Dunellen putting away the clipboard.

First, there was Zoran Milich stepping down, the only man ever to coach Montgomery High School football. That was back in Janaury, after a quarter century building and running the Cougars' program. This week, it was Dunellen's Dave DeNapoli, who has been the Destroyers' coach since 1996, stepping down after 29 years at the helm. A lifelong Dunellen resident, DeNapoli played quarterback there, graduating in 1975.

We had to dig a little deep on this one. Every year, a good number of players in the Greater Middlesex Conference - and statewide - join the 1,000 point club. It's a big milestone for a high school basketball player. Some even top 2,000. But what are the chances of two players hitting the 1,000-point mark in the same game?