Scorpions take big lead, hold on for win1 min read

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Staci Gasser
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SEdona Red Rock High senior Mauro Zorrilla, right, starts to drive the ball to the basket early in the first half of the Scorpions game against the Camp Verde High School Cowboys on Thursday, Jan. 24, at Camp Verde High School. The Scorpions had the lead the entire game over its Division III conference rival, but the Cowboys rallied back from a 19-point deficit in the fourth quarter. The Scorpions, however, held on to the lead and won the game, 56-52.
Photo by Staci Gasser/Larson Newspapers

Camp Verde High School cowboyed up in the fourth quarter in one of Sedona’s biggest games of the season and almost had an amazing come-from-behind win in the books, but the Scorpions went home with the victory on the Cowboys’ Senior Night.

The Sedona Red Rock High School boys basketball team had a big lead the entire game over its Division III conference rival on Thursday, Jan. 24, at Camp Verde, until the Cowboys [7-18] rallied back from a 19-point deficit to within just two points in the fourth quarter. The Scorpions, however, held on to their lead and won the game, 56-52.

“As ugly as it got, we still pulled it out. We made free throws down the stretch to pull away,” Scorpions Head Coach Greg Strickling said. “Hats off to Camp Verde, though. They didn’t stop.”

For the full story, please see the Wednesday, Jan. 30, issue of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Staci Gasser

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