PORTERSVILLE — When Britt Schmidtke was a freshman, one of her goals was simple.

To keep the family name synonymous with success at tiny Portersville Christian School.

Now a senior on the PCS girls basketball team, she has started every game of her career for the Warriors and is a big reason why the team has rolled to a 21-4 record this season.

She is a major force on a team that won the National Christian School Athletic Association tournament in December and captured a Southwestern Christian Athletic Conference title with a 47-46 win over rivalWilson Christian Academy recently.

"All my siblings played," said Schmidtke, who is the youngest of four children. "I started playing in fifth grade, and I always felt like I was in competition with them. My brother (Joe) was always a good basketball player, and I tried to beat him."

Did she have any success toppling big brother?

"I would like to say I did," she said, chuckling. "But he'd have another story."

Her two sisters, Rachel and Gretchen, played for the Warriors. Rachel ended up with 1,294 points at the school.

Britt isn't far behind. She has scored 1,258 points in her career, placing her fourth on the all-time list at PCS behind Rachel Schmidtke, Abbey Moose (1,444) and current Malone (Ohio) College women's basketball coach Lori Wynn (2,296).

And her career isn't quite over yet.

Portersville will compete in the National Christian School Invitational Tournament, which begins this morning in Erie.

The Warriors will square off against teams from Virginia, Illinois, Ohio and Connecticut in their pool — and possibly Wilson again.

Schmidtke, who won the league MVP as a junior, saw her numbers dip a little this season from the gaudy ones she put up as a sophomore and last season, when she averaged 15.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.

This year, the 5-foot-8 forward is netting 11.1 points and 7.4 boards per contest.

The word is out on her. Lucky for Portersville, it has the balance it hasn't had in years.

If Schmidtke is getting shut down, there are seniors Saundy Schmidberger and Dana Langelli and juniors Val Hamilton and Kate Daughtry to pick up the slack.

Coach Chuck Moose also can turn to the bench and senior Becca Fragale.

"She'd be a starter on just about any other team in the league," Moose said. "We haven't had that in a while."

As important as her scoring has been, Schmidtke's rebounding also has set her apart. She has 791 boards in her career.

"What's the best word to describe her?" Moose asked. "Tenacious. She never quits working. She works as hard as anyone I've ever had."

Schmidtke is about to achieve another goal she had as a freshman: to play in college.

Schmidtke plans to play for Wynn at Malone College.

"They said there is a spot for me if I want it," she said. "My other goal was always to play in college."