Malia Clayburg - 1000 Point Milestone

Coon Rapids, Iowa
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Coon Rapids-Bayard Crusaders vs Treynor

Girls high school basketball. Final Score: Coon Rapids-Bayard 39, Treynor 52. Malia Clayburg reaches the 1000 point milestone for her career at Coon Rapids-Bayard.

Malia Clayburg scores 1000 Points

Malia Clayburg reaches the 1000 point milestone for her career at Coon Rapids-Bayard.

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Hudl Camera Angle - 1000th Point

Hudl camera view of the moment Malia Clayburg scores her 1000th point.

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Postgame Interview

Postgame interview with Malia Clayburg and Kaitlyn after reaching the 1000 point milestone.

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Jeff Blankman
0:00
And for Malia Clayburg, hopefully we'll catch up with her. If we don't get her in between games here, we'll get her coming up, of course, at halftime of the boys game tonight, as we'll get somebody anyway, hopefully with Coach McAllister, if they can't make it up here in between games. But what a great young lady. Probably one of the nicest kids you're ever going to meet comes from a tremendous family. I know it was hard and physical for her inside tonight, she's playing with all those stitches in her chin from that game down at cam the other night, but to go over 1000 points in this game and showcase what she could do, that was fun for her, and I'm glad that she was able to surpass that here tonight. You got to think, with that Clayburg family, you're looking at three, four or 5000 points combined. I mean, that's, that's, that's a family that's really talented. And Malia, I mean, I had the privilege of meeting her last season, doing a game down here, and it's not just her, but it's this entire school. I mean, they're just great kids. They're they're always fun, they're always smiling, they play hard. But props to her for picking up 1000 tonight. Yeah, her sister Breeley Clayburg across the way. Her brother Lance Clayburg, of course, playing football right now up at Grandview, Breeley is playing basketball over at DMACC. So just a very athletic family. I wish they had more. This is my last year of getting to cover one of the Clayburg because the youngest is graduating. But for you, what I mean, what do you think the Crusaders take away from this? What do you think Coach McAllister is telling the girls right now, there's a certain line about 15 feet from the basket, but I think they got to get better from the free throw line. I mean, that was, that was hard for them. When you look at it. I mean, you didn't nail free throws right away, as I think Malia is coming up here in just a minute. It was hard not to nail free throws right away. It's hard not to get a lot of those three point shots, but I mean, you just got to make some more free throws. We're going to get Malia Clayburg on the headsets with her, and we'll get some thoughts from her tonight. Malia, I appreciate you joining us here. I won't repeat all the nice things that I just said about you on the interview, but appreciate you joining us. Congrats. I know tough to get a record in a loss, but nice to set that balance and point mark here tonight.
Malia Clayburg
2:03
Yes, thank you. Definitely a struggle, but it definitely tough loss for us. We fought really hard, but yeah, it's pretty fun to get that.
Jeff Blankman
2:09
What went really well for you thinking that first quarter, it allowed you and the girls to get that lead.
Malia Clayburg
2:14
Um, we defensively. We had big defensive stops, and they had a lot of fouls racked up in the first quarter, which was really good, and towards the end, we needed them to have a little more fouls. But in the beginning, that was really good for us and our defense overall was really amazing. That first quarter.
Jeff Blankman
2:27
Did they adjust something in that second quarter? Because they stayed aggressive defensively, but did they defend differently that they didn't get as many fouls called, really from there on?
Malia Clayburg
2:35
Yeah, I think they switched more and just knew paid attention to everyone was that anything that really helped them and talking was really big communication for them, so I think that's what they really relied on and really helped them in that rest of the game.
Jeff Blankman
2:47
What was it like inside tonight against Thornton, against Addison Mauer? For you and Addison, what was that battle for outstanding basketball players?
Malia Clayburg
2:55
Yeah, they were definitely tough. For sure. We haven't seen a really big, tough competition this year, but that was really good for us. We know what to expect, and we are ready for the postseason.
Jeff Blankman
3:06
What did you take away from tonight? Because you learn more sometimes in losses, and they know probably watching the film will help. But what do you think you girls took away from tonight that will help you make that deep run in the postseason?
Malia Clayburg
3:16
Definitely communication. They were really big, aggressive, offensively, and communication is key, and we just need to be more community talking more and getting those rebounds that we didn't get.
Jeff Blankman
3:25
I tell you what, congratulations. I said, you're a great young lady. I'll tell you that much of what I said. So appreciate you coming up. Congrats on 1000 points, and we'll see you here soon. Thank you so much. You bet Clayburg Again, we'll get head coach Caitlin McAllister on the headsets with us here, and we'll get some thoughts from coach, Coach, great to see Malia get that 1000 points tonight. I'm sure she'd rather it come in a win. You wanted to learn about your team tonight. You were playing a really good team as you knew it. You're a really good team. What did you take away from tonight?
Kaitlyn McCalister
3:53
Layups and free throws. We had a lot of great looks around the rim. They just didn't fall and I think a little bit of it. Our legs got out from underneath us. We got a little tired. I think we missed 13 free throws, even if we hit six more of those. It's a five point game, as opposed to an 11 point game, things like that. So just making sure that we're doing the little things, we had a couple opportunities where in a fast break, we bobbled the ball or had a bad pass. So just little things that we needed to see happen in order to prepare for the next, I mean, next week and the next weeks after that.
Jeff Blankman
4:28
So you had mentioned to me earlier today, when we talked to you, thought maybe you could get them with the zone, because they don't see a lot of zone. I thought they adjusted after that. First quarter had them for eight threes tonight. What did you see from the zone? And they didn't attack it in the middle, and you were able to take that part away.
Kaitlyn McCalister
4:43
They did get some penetration, where the three started to kill us. They got too much. And that came down to we got tired. We were letting them do things that they didn't do in the first half, that we were saw success for. So just little things like we know that they want to get penetration. They want to kick it out. Um, I don't think they've shot the three that well all year. So I mean, sometimes you just gotta tip your hat. But, I mean, there's a good three point shooting, but I don't know if it's that good normally, so just tip our hat. And I think it was good for us. It was good learning experience for us. And I thought we did a good job of battling
Jeff Blankman
5:16
defense outstanding for you guys in the first quarter, what'd
Kaitlyn McCalister
5:19
you see? I think just we rebounded. Well, Ashley did a good job. Malia did a good job. Everyone went and get got the ball. I think just that penetration, we avoided letting them do that. And so it was hard. We took away some of their best players and their offense and think, and then they were able to hit it in the second half. So Well, I
Jeff Blankman
5:38
tell you what. Appreciate you joining us here. Best of luck with Pete Sure Dan coming up tomorrow night and exile Quinn Kimball did on Tuesday. Thank you. You bet. Caitlin McAllister again, the head coach for the couldn't have its bear. Girls, they fall here tonight, 52 to 39 time to announce our Culvers player of the game, and we are going in Anna Hart here tonight. Unofficially, Anna again finishes up 15 points to go with the RE rebounds to assist and six steals. That's going to wrap it up. We've got to get set up for our boys broadcast. We'll be back with that. You're going to have to go into the boys broadcast on the C V Sports Network YouTube channel for Natalie Mullen, for mates and Elon. This is John Clayburg. Singh, thank you for listening to basketball covers.