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A number of other coaches reached round career numbers over the course of the year.
In boys soccer, Maple Hill's Dan Gillespie reached 600 wins in the first two weeks of the season.
In girls soccer, Dale MacArthur recorded his 400th victory with Allegany-Limestone and Lowville's Leo Sammon also chalked up No. 400.
In football, Ravena's Gary VanDerzee and Freeport's Russ Cellan got to 200.
Girls volleyball coaches Denise Abbott of Tully and Joanne Meadows of Chautauqua Lake chalked up Nos. 500 and 400, respectively.
Garden City field hockey Diane Chapman registered her 400th victory.
Holley wrestling coach John Grillo notched career triumph No. 700 in 41 seasons on the job. Wallkill's Jeff Cuilty earned his 400th, as did Minisink Valley's Kevin Gallagher.
In girls basketball, Bainbridge-Guilford's Bob Conway and Williamsville North's Bill Shaw each collected their 500th win.
McQuaid hockey coach Al Vyverberg recorded his 400th triumph.
Retiring Farmingdale coach Bob Hartranft secured his 700th boys lacrosse win in 48 seasons.
Suffern baseball coach Ron Gamma crossed the 500 mark.
Tom Wells, who began coaching track and field at Whitesboro in 1967 and moved to New Hartford four years later, notched win No. 800.
In softball, Elmira Notre Dame gave coach Steve Weber the 400th career victory during the Section 4 Class C final.
A few more big numbers
Livonia beat Penn Yan 70-60 in a classic run-vs.-pass confrontation in the Section 5 Class B football semifinals. Livonia piled up 614 yards and nine TDs on the ground. Penn Yan quarterback Tanner Irwin broke the Section 5 record for passing yards in a game with 471 on 30-for-51 accuracy that included six TDs.
Davien Kuinlan's stat line from the Nassau III football final: 484 rushing yards and seven touchdowns. It came in a 56-34 win for Plainedge against Glen Cove. Kuinlan's 39-carry effort broke the Long Island yardage mark of North Babylon's Jason Gwaltney, who gained 467 yards on 43 carries against East Islip in 2003.
With his school top-ranked in the state in Class D at the time, Avon's Zack Loomis punctuated a 59-35 victory vs. York-Pavilion with eight TDs. Loomis finished with 29 carries for 323 of the Braves' 499 yards on the ground.
Canisius junior Blake Haubeil kicked a 61-yard field goal in the third quarter of the Crusaders' game against South Park. The kick made it a two-TD margin, and it turned out to be crucial in a 23-20 win over South Park.
The wind-aided effort was a yard better than Michael Tarbutt's school record from last December and a yard short of the state record by Ward Melville's Todd Sauerbrun in 1990.
Senior guard Austin Uhl made 15 3-point baskets to set a NYSPHSAA boys basketball record during Coleman Catholic's 117-79 victory over Dover in the Mid-Hudson Athletic League. Uhl finished with 52 points.
Tyler Mattison scored a school-record 53 points and grabbed 29 rebounds as Fort Ann outlasted Argyle 91-88 in overtime in a mid-January battle of state-ranked boys Class D basketball squads. Mattison's buzzer 3-pointer capped a rally from 17 points down and sent the game to overtime.
