Scorpions grind out big win over Mingus on Senior Night1 min read

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Jeff Bear
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The Sedona Red Rock High School volleyball team has played some big games this season, but on Wednesday, Oct. 30, the Scorpions had a climactic night.

Not only were the rival Mingus Marauders in the house at the SRRHS gymnasium, it was the final game of the season for both teams — and, to top it off, it was senior night.

But the Scorpions, undeterred by the extra emotion surrounding the event, took care of business by winning in three hotly-contested sets 3-0 [25-20, 25-22, 25-20].

The three Scorpions seniors — Kylie Capite, Morgan Hawes and Mallory Lamparter — were so in tune, they even finished each other’s sentences.

“The first game we came out so hard because we wanted to win so bad, and we knew that they wanted to win just as much,” Lamparter said.

“So we had to come out just as hard to beat them,” Hawes said.

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“And it just made it even better that it was senior night and we were playing Mingus, because we knew it was going to be a really good game,” Capite said.

The three also said that it was still fresh in their minds that the Marauders had beaten them just last season, in the final game, before the Scorpions went on to win the state championship.

“I think we just put it all out there and tried our hardest and just came out with [the win],” Lamparter said.

For the full story, please see the Friday, Nov. 1, issue of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Jeff Bear

Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.

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Jeff Bear
Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.