Coach Wisher Joins Elite Company with 100th Career Win

By Ryan Sy

   Wall High School girls basketball coach Mrs. Colleen Wisher won her 100th career game against Ocean on Wed., Jan 10, by the score 48-24.
   Mrs. Wisher was a varsity player at Wall years ago and scored over 1,000 points in her career and led a successful Crimson Knights’  team in her four years at the high school. She played from 2001-05.  Now she is a successful coach for Wall girls basketball currently on her eighth season.
     Mrs. Wisher joins 18 other coaches who have won 100 games in whatever sport they coached. She joins her old head coach, Athletic Director Mr. Tom Ridoux as the only girls basketball coaches to win 100 games or more. She also joins longtime field hockey coach Ms. Nancy Gross as the only girls coaches to win over 100 games in a single sport in their careers.
     “I tell the kids to play hard and play with heart,” Mrs. Wisher said. “I love giving back and it is very rewarding.”
     Senior Lauren Karabin scored 14 points in the win against Ocean. Sophomore Nikki Russo added 10 points in the game as well. Those two players contributed for half of 48 points scored by Wall.
    “It’s really nice playing for Coach because she always has us going into every game believing we can and, even if we lose, all she wants us to do is work hard because we are known as a team that never gives up,” Russo said. “What makes Coach Wisher successful is the work she puts into this team.”
       The win was dominating for Wall and the Knights doubled the opponents’ score in the game.
       As a player, Mrs. Wisher played on the 2001 Central Jersey Group III championship team. She was a major contributor as a freshman to that championship team.
     Wall will continue to play behind Coach Wisher and look to make a playoff run in the coming weeks.