On a seemingly inconsequential free throw, Ralph Hill took his place atop the Westerville North High School boys basketball program.

The 6-foot-6 senior post player sank his foul shot on Feb. 11 against Westerville South to become the top scorer in program history. Hill has 1,354 points and passed 1995 graduate Shaun Stonerook (1,327).

"It was pretty amazing to be able to do that," Hill said following a 71-55 loss to South. "(Stonerook) found out last summer when he was in town that I had a chance to break his record and he called me up and we had lunch. He's pretty cool and a very down-to-earth person and I couldn't be happier to be mentioned along with him."

Stonerook and the Warriors won a Division I state title in his junior season and North returned to a state semifinal in his senior season. He played college basketball at Ohio State and Ohio University and currently plays professional basketball for Montepaschi Siena in the Euroleague.

Hill entered the season second with 464 rebounds to Stonerook, who finished with 869.

"For Ralph to pass Shaun (in scoring) was amazing and he's worked hard for that," coach Kevin Thuman said. "He's pretty well behind Shaun in rebounds, though. Shaun averaged about 13 rebounds per game as a (junior) and was just unbelievable."

The Warriors were seeded sixth in the Division I district draw last Sunday at Olentangy Liberty, behind Northland, Gahanna, South, Upper Arlington and Dublin Coffman and ahead of seventh-seeded Mount Vernon.

"All things considered, I was happy with the draw," said Thuman, whose team was 14-3 overall as of last Sunday. "I thought we were about a six seed and I really like having a first-round bye. We play three games this week and it will be nice to get some time off and practice."

North plays Friday at home against Olentangy and Saturday at New Albany. Its game against Hilliard Davidson last Tuesday was postponed.

The Warriors will play Grove City or Dublin Scioto in a second-round district game at 6:15 p.m. Feb. 26 at Worthington Christian. The winner will play at 2:30 p.m. March 6 in a district semifinal in the Fairgrounds Coliseum against Lancaster, 11th-seeded Brookhaven, Newark or Mount Vernon.