Akron's Brady Baer 30 points shy of breaking career scoring record - Colorado High School Activities Association

Heading into this weekend’s Class 2A state tournament, Akron’s Brady Baer is 30 points shy of breaking boys basketball’s career scoring record in this state.

Through 24 games this season, Baer has 2,522 points. Buena Vista’s Brian Wood — now an assistant under his dad, Bob, at Mountain Vista — holds the record at 2,551. Wood played at Buena Vista from 1997-2001.

Baer scored 442 points his freshman season, 579 as a sophomore and 758 as a junior. He has scored 743 so far this season.

Baer also has another record in his sights. He’s averaging 27.4 points per game over his career, which is 0.1 points off the record held by Niwot’s Wayland Harris (1988-89).

Akron, a No. 3 seed, plays No. 6 Meeker at 1:15 p.m. in Thursday’s first round at CSU-Pueblo. Baer is averaging 31.0 points this season. His career high is 55 points, something he did against Merino on Jan. 18.

With 2A’s consolation setup, Baer is guaranteed at least one additional game after Thursday’s opening round.

The girls record is held by Ridgway’s Tracy Hill at 2,934 points.