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Sedona Red Rock News Freshman Rachel Roderick, center, pulls down a rebound for Sedona Red Rock High School's girls basketball team against two Valley Lutheran players during the Scorpions win over the Flames on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Sedona also won the rematch the following day to clinch the 2A Central Region championship. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers It was a situation that the players on Sedona Red Rock High School’s girls basketball were all too familiar with — leading throughout the game against an undeniably quality opponent making a run in the fourth quarter. ...

Sedona Red Rock News Scorpions junior Stephanie Medel (15) shoots the ball past Cowboys junior Daijah Thompson (13) during the girls basketball game between Sedona Red Rocks High School Scorpions and Camp Verde High School Cowboys at Sedona on Saturday, Feb. 20. Scorpions defeated Cowboys 55-38. [David Jolkovski / Larson Newspapers] While the local rivalry remains intact between the girls basketball teams of Sedona Red Rock and Camp Verde High Schools, the two are no longer 2A Central Region rivals, with the Cowboys moving to the 3A conference. That meant that the game between the...

Sedona Red Rock News Sedona Red Rock High School’s girls basketball team entered its home gym for a game against Desert Heights Prep on Wednesday, Feb. 17, with a perfect record. The Scorpions left the gym the same way. Playing for the second consecutive night, the SRRHS attack wasn’t always as crisp as it’s been for much of the season. But the end result was a familiar one in that Sedona not only won, but won decisively, finishing on the right end of a 61-26 final score. “We tried our hardest — we know that this wasn’t our best game,” sophomore guard Mayra Parra-Lan...

Sedona Red Rock News Sedona Red Rock High School freshman guard Skyla Bird, center, works for a shot against a North Pointe Prep defender on Saturday, Feb. 13. The Scorpions won 92-14, giving Bird and her fellow reserves plenty of playing time. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers. If there was any doubt that Sedona Red Rock High School’s girls basketball team would remain undefeated when it hosted North Pointe Prep on Saturday, Feb. 13, it was erased early. The Scorpions dominated the game throughout, scoring as many points in the opening three minutes as the Falcons scor...

Sedona Red Rock News Sedona Red Rock High School girls basketball player Nyah Valdez takes a shot during a game last season. Valdez is one of four returning Scorpion players from last year’s team. Coach Kirk Westervelt is optimistic about Sedona’s prospects given the team’s experience and performance in the offseason so far. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers While Sedona Red Rock High School’s girls basketball team got to have an offseason workout program, COVID-19 restrictions kept it from being as in depth as it normally would be. That’s the bad news. The good...