Elmwood-Plum City boys’ basketball senior tri-captain Sean Sagini grew up in Plum City. He first saw Lucas Glaus in fifth grade. Glaus, from Elmwood, was Sagini's fifth grade hardwood rival.

"Lucas dropped 30 on us in fifth grade," said Sagini. "He's always been good and he's always trying to get better."

"If you want to get good at something," said Wolves' senior tri-captain Dylan Zeilinger, "you have to put in the work and that's exactly what Lucas has done to make it this far."

When talking with EPC senior guard Glaus, it's evident family, friends, and basketball are big parts of his life. His sister, Maggie, three years his senior, is a junior and playing basketball at Ripon College. Maggie notched the magical 1,000-point plateau in her high school career at EPC.

"I saw what Maggie did every day," said Glaus. "And saw the successes she had and it definitely showed me what to do."

Lucas and Maggie went to the gym together every single day in the summer. They shot baskets together and played each other one on one. 

"It was every single day and she (Maggie) whooped up on me all the time when I was younger," said Glaus with a laugh.

Glaus was listed at 5'7" in the game program during his ninth grade year. He played nine minutes on varsity that season.

"I made one free throw and scored one point my freshman year on varsity," said Glaus.

In the next two seasons, Glaus has been a scoring machine. The game program lists him at 6'3" now. Glaus has been scoring inside, outside, and about every way possible. He's racked up 986 points the past two seasons and four games into his senior season for the 2-2 Wolves. Counting the one point from his freshman season, he was just 13 points shy of the coveted 1,000-point club heading into Friday's game against Boyceville.

Late in the first half Friday night, Glaus made a steal and went the length of the floor, made the contested right-handed lay-up, and was fouled on the play for the old-school three-point-play. The crowd erupted. Glaus’ senior season has been filled with stellar performances.

In the season opener against Osseo-Fairchild, Glaus ripped the nets for 40 points on 12-23 shooting, including six three's and 10 free throws.

"He was on that night," said first-year head coach Paul McDonough. "That's for sure. It's nice to have a guy like him to lean on a little bit since this is my first year. I ask him what he sees out there. We're all just trying to win games."

Glaus' senior season isn't the first time he's used his basketball smarts to help his coach and the team.

"We were playing Amery in middle school travel ball," said Sagini. "And they had beaten us twice already that year. Lucas had the idea during a timeout and asked the coach (which was his dad, Erik) to go to a box and one defense on their best player and it worked!"

Sagini said during that game in middle school, he knew Glaus was a special leader: "It was the truth in his voice at the end of the game in middle school. I knew we were going to beat Amery. There wasn't a doubt in my mind."

"This year's team has great camaraderie and they're very cohesive," said Coach McDonough, "They all cheer each other on."

"I try to help the team by helping get Lucas open," said Zeilinger, the team leader in steals and fouls. "I try to get him one on one's so he can score and take it to the hoop."

"That's where it goes back to teamwork," said Glaus. "Those guys are setting great screens and it helps me out a ton. The 1,000-point thing is something for all of us. Our team does a great job trusting each other and communicating. A lot of teams struggle with that."

Glaus, a First Team All-Dunn-St. Croix selection last year, is averaging 26 points per game this year. Glaus is currently speaking with a host of colleges to compete at next year, including UW-River Falls and UW-Superior to name two.

“I’m going to focus on my senior season and the college stuff will take care of itself after the season’s over,” said Glaus.

"I've played alongside of Lucas since sixth grade," said Zeilinger. "And to have a friend and a classmate get to 1,000 points is really cool to me."

"He's always been great at getting us hyped up for games, but that guy (Glaus) gets us hyped up for practice now," said Sagini. "And what's really cool about him, he also knows how to calm us down during big games."