The history is heavy around the Wahoo boys basketball program.
This is no secret to anyone who follows the game, and anyone who follows the game knows what the name Glock stands for in that history.
So maybe it shouldn't be all that surprising what Marcus Glock did last week, scoring a school-record 54 points in the Warriors' 90-81 loss to Class B No. 1-ranked Crete.
That doesn't mean it shouldn't be appreciated. And it was, by more people than Glock could count.
"It was crazy. A lot of people texted me and congratulated me, which meant a lot to me, and I had a lot of great people around me," Glock said after helping Wahoo beat Beatrice a few days after the Crete game.
"It's fun to enjoy it, but at the same time, we're still in the middle of a season. It was one game, and we've got to move on and prepare for the rest."
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Glock was 13-for-25 from the field, 4-for-8 from 3-point range, a whopping 24-for-25 at the free-throw line, and handed out six assists against Crete. He scored all but four of Wahoo's points in the second half and assisted on another basket.
"My teammates and coaches put me in great spots the whole game. If you watch the film, they were really trying to find me. And I had it going for a little while, and I guess it was working, so they wanted me to keep shooting, and obviously I did that," Glock said.
"It was really a credit to them. I got all the publicity and whatever, but they were really grateful about it and I was really appreciative."
Glock's point total was two more than the previous record holder: his father, Jason, one of the all-time greats in Wahoo history.
"It was a lot of fun. He works really hard during the season, in the offseason with basketball, and tries to hone his skill, so it was good that he got the opportunity to beat the record," Jason Glock said after watching his son score 21 against Beatrice.
"And he had great teammates that got him passes, got him open shots. It was fun to see that happen."
It's been a year to remember for Glock and his family. Averaging 24.8 points per game, Glock currently ranks as the state's third-leading scorer as Wahoo (15-4) makes yet another run for the state tournament despite losing seven seniors, four starters and all but two letterwinners from last season's team.
Wahoo's losses have come to Crete and Norris, the top two ranked teams in Class B, and in two close games to two-time defending C-1 champion Ashland-Greenwood.
Glock scored 35 against Norris and averaged 19 in the two games against Ashland-Greenwood.
"He's taken complete ownership of this team, and he's being a great teammate, a great leader," Wahoo coach Kevin Scheef said after the Norris game. "He knows we need a lot out of him, and boy, has he delivered."
Just like his dad used to.
Playing in the greatest days of the Wahoo dynasty, Jason Glock scored 2,167 career points. In 1991, he set the single-game record with 52 points against Schuyler.
Thirty-three years later, he watched his son move to the top of the list.
"It’s been a lot of fun. You start coaching them young and just hope that they enjoy it. Because if you don’t love the game, you won’t put the time in, you won’t be as good," Jason Glock said. "He’s really taken to practicing, and working hard, and lifting, and growing up."
A 6-foot-4 senior, Marcus Glock is getting his points efficiently — he's shooting 48% from the field, 44% from 3-point range, and 92% at the free-throw line.
Glock on Wednesday signed his national letter of intent to play basketball at Northwest Missouri State, a Division II powerhouse with four national championships in the previous seven seasons and 10 consecutive Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular-season titles coming into this season.
In an age when it often seems to be Division I or bust for high-level high school athletes, that was never Glock's singular goal.
And Northwest Missouri seems poised to reap the benefits of signing one of Nebraska's best.
"Obviously everybody's dream is to go DI. I tried not to play into that too much. I think I committed at the right time, and they just felt perfect for me," Glock said. "My dad just told me, the biggest thing is getting your education paid for. And everybody wants to go to the highest level. But I was fortunate enough to get a scholarship there, and it felt like the perfect place for me."
The Bearcats clearly knew what they were getting in Glock. And so does everyone else.
"When he had to go get a basket, he was going to get it. And that's what great players do," Norris coach Jimmy Motz said after his team hung on against Wahoo.
"He's a damn good player."