Scorpions overcome early deficit for easy win1 min read

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Jeff Bear
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In volleyball, like in most sports, it’s not how you start; it’s how you finish.

Despite a slow start in the first set of their match against the Bradshaw Mountain Bears, the Sedona Red Rock Scorpions volleyball team gave a dominant performance in winning 3-0 [25-20, 25-10, 25-16] on Tuesday, Sept. 10, in their first home game of the season at the SRRHS gymnasium.

The Scorpions used the serving and net play of sophomore Kendall Woellmer, the net play of juniors Shamina Thodé and DeVonne Ryter and the setting of senior Mallory Lamparter to overcome a 6-1 deficit and pull away for an easy win in the first set.

Lamparter, in particular, is proving that she possesses the steady hand the Scorpions need to orchestrate their arrival as a complete team in the young season.

“Mallory’s got a good way of keeping everybody level-headed out there, and keeping everybody on track and keeping them focused and not letting players get mad at themselves or down on themselves,” Scorpions coach John Parks said. “She’s good at keeping everybody up, keeping everybody positive, and you want that from your setter.”

Senior Morgan Hawes, who is the team’s co-captain along with Lamparter, is also very good, Parks said, at keeping the attitude positive among the players, which he added is critical to keeping the team’s performance consistent.

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For the full story, please see the Friday, Sept. 13, 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
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.