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Sedona Red Rock High School basketball player Joey Johnson goes up for a layup in the Scorpions game against Valley Lutheran on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The Scorpions defeated the Flames on Tuesday and again the following day in what ended up being the final games of the season. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
Sedona Red Rock High School’s boys basketball team knew that the stakes were high heading into its game against Valley Lutheran on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Any chance of making the postseason would have been out the window with a loss. When the game was over, the Red Rock team got the result that it needed.
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Scorpions senior Joey Johnson (10) shoots the ball while Cowboys junior Devon James (24) attempts to black during the boys basketball game between Sedona Red Rocks High School Scorpions and Camp Verde High School Cowboys at Sedona on Saturday, Feb. 20. Cowboys defeated Scorpions 73-46. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers]
Sedona Red Rock High School’s boys basketball team hosted Camp Verde on Saturday, Feb. 20, looking to follow up the victory from the girls team with one of their own to sweep the Cowboys. Unfortunately for the Scorpion boys, that was not in the cards.
Unable to get its offense going, Sedona fell behind big in the early going, trailing 32-18 at halftime. Camp Verde built on that lead in the third quarter and went on to hand the Scorpions a 73-46 victory.
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Forward Joey Johnson dribbles by an opponent during a Sedona Red Rock High School game from last season. The Scorpions won their first game of the season on Friday, Jan. 22, defeating North Pointe Prep 61-27. Johnson scored 15 points while fellow seniors Jamie Alagna and Jaiah Grondin had 16 and 13 points, respectively. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
After a sluggish loss to Scottsdale Prep in the season opener, Sedona Red Rock High School’s boys basketball team was looking to right the ship and get in the win column against North Pointe Prep in the season’s second game on Friday, Jan. 22. Fortunately for the Scorpions, they did just that.