Throw away the Prescott girls basketball record books. Isabella Lenz is writing a new one.

Her body of work in her first three-plus seasons has been impressive. It’s getting more impressive as this improbable season that almost wasn’t progresses.

Her Cardinal coach, Rob Radloff, said Lenz is as special a player and person as there is.

“What do you say about a girl who is now the all-time leading scorer in Prescott Girls Basketball history? I guess I could say she is also the all-time leading assist leader! How often does a player pass both categories in the same game? That shows how special a player she is. A complete player. She is currently second all-time in steals and should be a top 5 all-time rebounder. Humble, hard-working, smart, an unselfish leader, and a fun, young lady to be around,” said Radloff.

Kaycee Charette shattered the points mark when she dominated as a Cardinal, graduating in 2009. At that time, Charette shattered the scoring mark set in 1993 by Kollyn Eichman, who had 1,063 points in her prestigious Cardinal career. Charette went on to play for NCAA Division 2 Minnesota Moorhead.

Lenz is taking a similar path, but will travel in the opposite direction. She signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Michigan Tech starting next season.

In the assists department, Lenz broke the mark set by Allie Murphy, who had 354 for the Cardinals. After the first part of the season, Lenz sits at 357.

Lenz broke the scoring mark in a home game Wednesday against Durand. Her 13 points for the night included the layup that set a new record, as she led the Cardinals to a 52-35 win. They’re now 7-2 on the season, and Lenz sits at an amazing 1,546 points with 11 regular season games still on the schedule.

Charette resides in Prescott and has been getting a lot of reports about Lenz. She was excited that it was Lenz who broke the scoring mark.

“Honestly, I think that’s awesome. I’ve been able to see her play a handful of times, and it’s just awesome what she did. She’s such a great basketball player. She has such high knowledge. She knows the game,” said Charette. “I’m thankful that I’ve been around to see it. Records are meant to be broken.”

Charette said she started hearing about Lenz years ago.

“My mom was a middle school teacher, and she saw her coming up. She said, ‘She has that mentality you have.’ I kind of knew that when she got into high school, she was going to do some pretty special things.”

“She’s the complete player. She does the extra stuff, the summertime, the working out and putting in all those extra hours,” said Charette. “It’s an accomplishment that is well-earned.”

Charette would love someday to help coach her hometown team, but she works in the finance industry in Minneapolis and her job hasn’t allowed her to make it back for practices. She’s working from home this year, but there are rumors that her firm could be bringing people back in the near future.

She hasn’t been able to “hoop it up” much. She tore an ACL two years ago in a college alumni game at Moorhead, and suffered the same injury in her other knee in her playing career.

“I’d love to be able to get back and help someday. I love it here in Prescott,” she said.

And Lenz returned the high praise Charette’s way.

“I never got to see her play, but I’ve sure heard a lot about her,” she said. “It definitely feels good, especially breaking the record of a great basketball player like her.”

Lenz stays hyper-focused on the game. The scoring mark has been in the back of her mind, but she was taken aback when play stopped to honor her. Attendance is limited at the games, and her parents were able to be on hand.

“I knew it potentially could happen this season. I didn’t know I was that close. It’s kind of a funny story,” Lenz said. “My teammates started high-fiving and fist-bumping me. It hit me. ‘Oh shoot, it actually just happened.’ It took me by surprise.”

“I was glad that my parents were there. That made it special,” she said.

Nothing is promised this year in high school sports, but that doesn’t keep Lenz and her teammates from setting some lofty goals._ “We want to win a conference championship and try to get to state,” she said.