FOXBURG — Ellie Thompson was just another player during her freshman season on the A-C Valley girls basketball team.

Merely “Thompson, Ellie, No. 10.”

An anonymous face.

After that season, she wasn't even sure if she'd ever average her uniform number in points during her career.

And that didn't sit well with her.

“It drove me,” said the 5-foot-8 forward, now a senior. “I was not satisfied.”

So Thompson hit the gym. She worked on her speed, on her dribbling, on her shooting, on her overall game, knowing she had to get better — both for herself and for her team, which was coming out of a prolonged stretch of losing and showing signs of being a winner again.

Thompson hit the weight room, too. She needed to be stronger.

Whenever her muscles balked and her will to continue the rigorous practices waned, one thought entered her mind.

That feeling of being a freshman and being just “Thompson, Ellie, No. 10.”

“She worked her butt off,” said A-C Valley coach Dave Sherman.

She went from just another player to Ellie Thompson, star.

As a sophomore, she average 16.4 points per game.

And on Wednesday, with a layup just a few minutes into the Falcons' win against Clarion-Limestone, she became the all-time leading scorer in A-C Valley girls basketball history.

Thompson needed four point to break the record of 1,265 point set by Hilary McCall.