When Brian Hunter was a senior at Emmaus back in 2007, he scored his 1000th career point in the Emmaus High School gym. A young David Kachelries was in attendance that night. Little did he know his day would come.

Kachelries scored his 1,000th career point in the same fashion as Hunter had, with a long-range three-pointer. It came in last week’s 66-57 win over Northampton.

“It was great. It was perfectly lined up,” Kachelries said. “To do it in front of friends and family is awesome. I needed 15 and when I was at 12, I knew I was going for the three. It was a great feeling.

“I remember Brian [Hunter] getting his and they stopped the game and he went over and got to hug his family and everything. It was a special moment for him, and I was fortunate to have that same feeling. I knew coming to Emmaus I wanted to do the same thing.”

The junior is in his third year with the varsity team, and has averaged double figures through the first three seasons. Each year he gradually improved his scoring, becoming the go-to threat for the Green Hornets.

As a freshman, Kachelries scored 279 points (10.3 points per game). His sophomore year he poured 339 points (14.1 ppg). And as a junior, he currently has accumulated 420 total points (21 ppg).

“I knew I had a legit shot to do it coming into this year,” said Kachelries. “I needed about 400 points because I was at 618. I was hitting my shots early on in the year, and it kept carrying over into each game.”

Before suiting up as an Emmaus basketball player, Kachelries grew up playing for the Emmaus youth programs, beginning basketball in the second grade. But basketball wasn’t his only love.

“I played a lot of sports growing up,” he said. “I couldn’t decide which one I liked more. I played lacrosse, soccer, baseball for a year, and I tried swimming but didn’t like that at all.

“I always liked basketball, but soccer was another sport I really liked playing. I just loved being active.”

With all of the individual success and his milestone now past, Kachelries can focus on leading the Green Hornets in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and District 11 tournaments.

“We knew coming in this year that we were going to have a good team,” Kachelries said. “Last year didn’t end the way we wanted it to, but we had a lot of players coming back. We’ve stayed focused, and there’s a bunch of upperclassmen leading the way and we want to get as far as we can.”