Scorpions build momentum at Hoops Classic1 min read

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Jeff Bear
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For a team trying to build chemistry early in a new season, the best experience is just lots of experience playing together against a variety of teams.

The Sedona Red Rock High School boys basketball team got all of that and more, winning three of its seven games at the third annual Red Rocks Hoops Classic at the SRRHS gymnasiums Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 5 to 7.

The Scorpions won their opening game of the tournament Thursday against Lee Williams, 52-44, but lost to Payson later the same day, 76-59.

On Friday afternoon, the Winslow Bulldogs used their deep bench to come at the Scorpions in waves and trounce the hometown team, 94-31. But that evening, the Scorpions played a much closer game in losing to Payson again, 54-45.

“Most of the schools we play against are three to five times larger than we are,” said Scorpions head boys basketball coach Greg Strickling. “Obviously, with the Winslow loss, I felt we were better than that.”

For the full story, please see the Wednesday, Dec. 11, 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.