Shooting fails as Scorpions lose in blowout1 min read

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Jeff Bear
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Basketball is a game of complex strategies, but the success or failure of those strategies depends on the most elemental component of the game — the ability to put the ball in the basket.

Such was the case with Sedona Red Rock High School in the Scorpions’ loss Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Mingus Union High School.
The Scorpions didn’t convert many of their shot opportunities, while the Marauders seemed like they were unable to miss any shots on their way to a convincing 67-33 victory.

“I appreciate my guys who are in there fighting and our freshman stepping up, but our older guys have got to play better,” Scorpions head coach Greg Strickling said. “My younger guys played with higher efficiency than my older guys, and we can’t win that way. We depend on the older guys a lot.”

One of the “younger guys,” freshman Dawson Stevenson, started for the Scorpions and scored 11 points, tying junior Tristan Decker for the team lead. But another player the Scorpions were counting on to help lead the team, transfer Cristian Paredas, was unable to play in the game.

“Cris is our floor leader, he’s our guy, but we haven’t been able to play him yet,” Strickling said. “I feel for our guys because they prepared hard in the offseason.”

For the full story, please see the Friday, Dec. 6, issue of the Sedona Red Rock News.

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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.

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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.