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Sedona Red Rock High School’s girls basketball team entered its home gym for a game against Desert Heights Prep on Wednesday, Feb. 17, with a perfect record. The Scorpions left the gym the same way.
Playing for the second consecutive night, the SRRHS attack wasn’t always as crisp as it’s been for much of the season. But the end result was a familiar one in that Sedona not only won, but won decisively, finishing on the right end of a 61-26 final score.
“We tried our hardest we know that this wasn’t our best game,” sophomore guard Mayra Parra-Landaverde said. “Even though we missed a lot of shots and did some bad stuff, we tried our hardest and pushed through the pain from the last game.”
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Sedona Red Rock High School freshman guard Skyla Bird, center, works for a shot against a North Pointe Prep defender on Saturday, Feb. 13. The Scorpions won 92-14, giving Bird and her fellow reserves plenty of playing time. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers.
If there was any doubt that Sedona Red Rock High School’s girls basketball team would remain undefeated when it hosted North Pointe Prep on Saturday, Feb. 13, it was erased early.
The Scorpions dominated the game throughout, scoring as many points in the opening three minutes as the Falcons scored all game. In the end, Sedona was on the right side of a lopsided 92-14 final score, moving to 6-0 in the process.
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Sedona Red Rock High School girls basketball player Nyah Valdez takes a shot during a game last season. Valdez is one of four returning Scorpion players from last year’s team. Coach Kirk Westervelt is optimistic about Sedona’s prospects given the team’s experience and performance in the offseason so far. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
While Sedona Red Rock High School’s girls basketball team got to have an offseason workout program, COVID-19 restrictions kept it from being as in depth as it normally would be. That’s the bad news. The good news for the Scorpions is despite that, there are still plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the upcoming season.