By:
Ted Sarneso
Thursday, February 12, 2026 | 6:01 AM
Cheswick Christian Academy seniors Brady Rochkind (left) and Joe Rosio have each eclipsed 1,500 points for their careers. (Courtesy of Todd Rosio)
There are many low probability events with unlikely odds of occurring across the universe.
The odds of all the planets lining up within one degree occurs once every 13.4 trillion years. Chances of being struck by lightning twice in a lifetime is about 1 in 9 million. The odds of being attacked by a shark are 1 in 3.7 million.
But what about teammates eclipsing a milestone career-point total in back-to-back games?
That rare sports happening went down Jan. 31 and Feb. 5 when Cheswick Christian Academy seniors Joe Rosio and Brady Rochkind eclipsed 1,500 points for their careers.
“That’s insane,” Rosio said. “We’ve helped each other so much in this process. We’ve played together since sixth grade, have become brothers on the court, and it’s fun to achieve this together.”
Added Rochkind: “It’s pretty remarkable, and I don’t think it’s ever been done in school history. Just to score 1,500 points in general is crazy, but to have two teammates do it in consecutive games is pretty wild.”
The odds haven’t been officially calculated yet, but coach Todd Rosio, a math teacher at Cheswick who loves numbers and stats, says its quite rare.
“I’m sure it’s happened before — there are plenty of sports going on around the world — but the odds of that happening have to be astronomical,” Coach Rosio said.
Joe Rosio scored 31 points against Harvest Baptist at the end of January. He eclipsed the mark in the first half and finished his night just short of a quadruple-double, adding 12 steals, 12 rebounds and dishing out eight assists.
Rochkind followed in the Chargers’ next game with 23 points in a win over First Baptist Christian.
The duo now finds themselves in rarefied air, sitting fourth and fifth on Cheswick’s all-time scoring list.
Ahead of them are Ben Pollock with 1,900 points, Steve Holeczy (1,776) and Nate Davis (1,627).
Both Joe Rosio (1,601), and Rochkind (1,535) could pass Davis by season’s end. Rochkind’s brother Grant sits next on the list with 1,488 points.
“I’ve been looking at that all-time list since I was a kid,” Joe Rosio said. “It’s not just a big accomplishment for me, but my teammates as well because they’ve set me up to score as many points as I have, to be successful. It’s special to be in the top five.”
Added Rochkind: “It’s an honor to be in the top five. I never thought I would make it to this point, but as I was inching closer to it, it was a big accomplishment for me.”
Both players have reached the top five in other statistical categories as well.
Rochkind sits fourth on the all-time rebounds list with 785, and Coach Rosio believes that if he keeps up his pace, Rochkind could finish his career in second.
Rosio sits atop the steals list with 442 and has put that record far out of the reach. Rochkind is fifth on that list.
Rosio is second on the all-time assists list with 378 could catch Holeczy if his average keeps up in the last seven games. Rochkind is fourth on that list.
Finally, Rosio also holds the school record for most made 3-pointers with 275; Rochkind is third with 155.
Coach Rosio wondered at the beginning of the season if his son could score just 1,000 points in 3-pointers for his career, but with Joe Rosio only having 825 points, he didn’t want his son to change his play style.
“I didn’t want him to have that on his mind throughout the season and to start shooting 3s to try and reach it,” Coach Rosio said. “He’s been a better two-point scorer this year, which has made him a much more effective player.”
Both players are averaging more than 21 points per game, with Rosio posting an average of 21.2 and Rochkind at 21.1. For their careers, Rosio averaged 14.0 points and Rochkind 13.5.
Despite all the scoring and stats, their focus has always been team-first.
“The individual stuff isn’t as important to them as the team stuff and playing the right way,” Coach Rosio said. “Make no mistake, they love scoring and love comparing their stats at the end of each game, but it has zero impact on the play of the game.”
Said Rochkind: “It’s a team game for a reason, and anytime I can get bench guys minutes, I’m all for that. I love scoring, but I love what’s best for the team and to see some of these young guys get minutes, that’s more important to me.”
Even with all the stats both have produced, Rosio and Rochkind have become well-rounded basketball players, working to improve in other aspects of their games.
Rosio has improved his rebounding over the years, and Rochkind has worked on his ball-handling and playmaking skills.
All their hard work to improve has been with one goal in mind: to help make the team better.
That point could not be made more clearly than this year, when both were looked to by their teammates to score, but as the season has gone on, Rosio and Rochkind have tried to encourage their teammates to shoot the ball.
“It took us a little while for the other guys to be aggressive in looking for their own shots,” Coach Rosio said. “Both Joe and Brady told our guys that we would only be a better team if everyone is looking to shoot.”
The Chargers have clinched at least a share of another Greater Pittsburgh division championship in the Southwestern Christian Athletic Conference (SWCAC). That marks a fourth title in four years for Rosio, Rochkind and the other seniors.
They are gunning for their third SWCAC championship as well.
“That’s our goal,” Joe Rosio said. “That’s something, where we lost to Harvest in the championship game our freshman year and, looking ahead, we thought about winning the next one, and after we got that first it was like, all right, maybe we can get two or three. Now, us having that chance is very special.”
If the Chargers once again claim a SWCAC crown, the senior class will shatter another school record.
The 2026 class has won 79 games and can blow past the record of 81 should they play the remaining seven games on their schedule.
“You coach for a long time, you’re going to see some crazy things,” Coach Rosio said. “Sometimes it’s silly, sometimes it’s head-scratching and sometimes it’s really impressive. In sports, you never know what you’re going to see, but this has been fun.”
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