Big defensive effort carries Chaparral girls in 2nd half
January 14, 2011
by
Don Ketchum,
AZPreps365
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By Don Ketchum
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“This’’ would be what occurred on the basketball floor in the previous 32 minutes.
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It was almost as if she didn’t believe what she just saw – a 71-62 victory by her Scottsdale Chaparral girls over visiting Phoenix Pinnacle in a battle of Class 5A Desert Valley Region rivals on Friday night (Jan. 14).
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It wasn’t so much that Chaparral won – it was
how the Firebirds won.
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Her team had struggled through much of the first half – trailing by five points at intermission.
