MILFORD-Forget the fact that Milford sophomore Shannon Weir, who won't turn 16 until December 29, just became the youngest player in Section Four history to score 1,000 points. And forget her numerous individual awards in her first three varsity seasons for the Lady Wildcats.

For Weir, there is one thing she sets her sights on when she steps on the court.

"I love winning," she said before Tuesday night's victory over Franklin.

Which she has done her fair share of since joining the varsity as a seventh grader, including two straight Tri-Valley Championship wins and Tri-Valley Small titles. As an eighth grader, she scored the final six points of the game in a 40-36 victory over G-MU in the championship game, and last year scored 33 points, including the final 13, in a 49-40 victory over Laurens in the title game.

"I don't care if it's cards or Scrabble or anything we play, Shannon wants to win," said her father and coach Jim Weir. "She's a true competitor in every sense of the word."

Just for the record, though, Shannon is on pace to become the leading scorer in Section Four history before her career ends. Windham's Erika Knolhoff holds the record with 2,165 points.

"Barring injury or sickness I think she probably does have a legitimate shot," said Jim Weir. "But it's something I want her to get in the flow of the game. I don't want to leave her in a game we're winning by a large margin just to get her the record."

Shannon is the third Weir daughter to play for her father at Milford, and joins oldest sister Becky as members of the 1,000-point club. The only other Milford girls player to hit the milestone was Becky Beach.

"I've been playing basketball as long as I can remember and my sisters are eight and six years older than me, so they used to bang me around and probably made me a better player," Shannon said. "I've also played AAU basketball every summer since I was 10."

Shannon joined the 1,000-point club Friday night in Milford's season-opening game against Stamford. She needed 25 points for 1,000, and scored 26. On Saturday, she scored 21 as Milford defeated Cooperstown in the championship game of the Anton Remy Tournament.

The other Weir sister, Kim, was a member of the 1999 team that advanced to the first state Final Four in Milford school history.

Shannon, then a sixth grader, was a manager for that team and said she would like to go there as a player before her career at Milford is over.

"I was so jealous when Kim played in the Final Four and I was just a sixth grader and couldn't play," Shannon recalled. "I would love to do that as a player."

This may be the year, as Shannon is far from a one woman show for the Lady Wildcats this season. Players like senior guard Brianne Staggs, junior forward Rachel Baxter and junior guard Alicia Strong give Milford three solid players in addition to Weir.

"Teams can't just key on me or our other players will burn them," Shannon said.

"As a coach, I can look ahead at possible match-ups and see who's out there, but I think the girls just take it one game at a time," Jim Weir said.

He said Shannon began playing against top-notch competition at an early age, which gave her an edge over other players her age.

"She played on an AAU soccer team as an eight-year-old in Oneonta and really got a taste for what competition is all about and winning is all about," he said. "She plays AAU basketball every summer and pretty much plays year round."

Shannon said she'd like to continue her basketball career in college, possibly at the Division One level. But she has some goals to reach before that.

"It's a goal of mine to get the Section Four scoring record, but my most burning goal is to get to states. If that happens, the scoring record will probably take care of itself."