S

coring 1,000 career 
points is the gold stan-
dard for a high school 
basketball player.
Bloomfield Hills High 
School star point guard Noah 
Adamczyk reached the 1,000-
point mark last month in spec-
tacular fashion, turning defense 
into offense in a blink of an eye.
The play started near mid-
court late in a game against 
Plymouth on Dec. 14 at 

Bloomfield Hills. Adamczyk 
knew at the time that he needed 
two more points to reach 1,000.
“The guy I was guarding 
(Plymouth star Bryce Garbacz) 
picked up his dribble, I tipped 
the ball away from him, and 
I grabbed the loose ball,
” 
Adamczyk said.
Adamczyk raced to the other 
end of the court, fully intending 
to dunk the ball, something the 
senior does often even though 

he’s barely a 6-footer.
But with 6-9 Kelvin Amoaka 
bearing down on him, 
Adamczyk decided a layup 
would be a safer choice.
“I didn’t want to take the 
chance of him (Amoaka) under-
cutting me when I was dunking,
” 
Adamczyk said. “
As it was, he got 
me with his body.
”
Adamczyk needed to score 
42 points against Plymouth 
to reach the 1,000-point mark 

for his four-year Bloomfield 
Hills career. The Michigan Mr. 
Basketball candidate scored 
exactly 42 points in leading the 
Black Hawks to a 63-47 non-
league victory.
“I knew going into the game 
that I was 42 points away from 
1,000, but I didn’t think about 
it until I came out of the locker 
room at halftime and my friends 
in the stands told me I had 27 
points,
” Adamczyk said. “Then I 
started counting when I scored.
”
Bloomfield Hills coach Brian 
Canfield, who also was aware 
before the game that Adamczyk 
needed to score 42 points to 
get to 1,000, said he checked 
the scorebook with about 2.5 
minutes left and noticed that 
Adamczyk had 40 points.
“I normally don’t check the 
scorebook during a game but it 
looked like we were going to win 
— we were about 13 to 15 points 
in front at that point — so I went 
over and looked at the book,
” 
Canfield said.
He’s glad he did. Canfield 
called time out immediately 
after Adamczyk’s historic layup 
so an announcement about 
Adamczyk’s accomplishment 
could be made.
Plymouth didn’t score on its 
next possession, which turned 
out to be its last possession.
Adamczyk dribbled out the 
final minute of the game while 
getting a standing ovation, 
and Bloomfield Hills students 
stormed the court at the final 
buzzer to celebrate Adamczyk’s 
feat.
Adamczyk said getting 1,000 
career points has been a goal 
since his freshman season. He 
reached the milestone even 
though the COVID-19 pandem-
ic cost him several games during 
his sophomore season.
“I’m really happy to get to 

22 | JANUARY 12 • 2023 

SPORTS

Bloomfield Hills High School boys basketball star 
Noah Adamczyk hits the 1,000-point peak in his career.

Grand 
Total

STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

LEFT: Noah’s Adamczyk’s older 
brother Max joins him on the 
basketball court at Bloomfield 
Hills High School as Noah is 
honored for scoring 1,000 career 
points.

PAUL KOLIN

