High school stats – especially the ones tallied during hoops season – are curious creatures. Numbers vary depending on the scorekeeper, and time can fade even the most etched of numbers.

But have no doubt about the number 1, which represents Cody Doolin’s spot on the all-time scoring list for Westlake’s boys basketball team.

Chap coach Tres Ellis has the 6-foot-2-inch Doolin at just over 2,000 points, while the Picayune places him at 1,984 points.

Regardless of the total, Doolin’s collection of layups, long-distance bombs, foul shots and floaters over the past four years heads an impressive list of players who each left their mark on the Westlake program.

A generation ago, future University of Texas and NBA player Bill Wendlandt topped 20 points per game for two consecutive years while leading a power-packed Class 3A team that also included future Major Leaguers Kelly Gruber and Calvin Schiraldi. Ellis has Wendlandt ranked just behind Doolin on the Chaps’ all-time scoring list, although the exact numbers prove a challenge to verify.

Luke Axtell and future NBA lottery pick Chris Mihm provided a potent one-two scoring punch in the mid 1990s, but neither ever matched Doolin’s four-year total of points.

Early this decade, McDonald’s All-American Brad Buckman scored 1,694 points in three seasons on Westlake’s varsity. If the future Longhorn forward had spent his freshman year at Westlake instead of St. Michael’s, perhaps he would hold the unofficial scoring title for the Chaps.

But for now, Doolin has earned the honor. The University of San Francisco commit also tops Westlake’s all-time assists list with 586, including a single-season school record of 205 this year.

And the best thing about both of Doolin’s school records? He should have plenty of chances to increase his numbers.

The Chaps (27-5), ranked No. 11 by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, open the Class 5A Region IV playoffs tonight against San Antonio Churchill at Seguin High School. The bidistrict matchup tips off at 7:30 p.m.