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Superior Panthers
The 15th-ranked Superior boys’ basketball is flirting with missing the playoffs after dropping two of its last three games to No. 3 Ft. Thomas and No. 16 Duncan.
Superior won its last game, defeating visiting Phoenix Day School for the Deaf on Friday night, 49 – 33.
Marcos Bueno scored 41 points combined in the pair of losses and was nearly a one-man show in both games. Jalon Murray, who scored five points in the 56 – 34 loss to Duncan on Jan. 13, finished with a double-double – 11 points and 14 rebounds – against Ft. Thomas last Tuesday.
Three of the Panthers’ four remaining regular-season games are versus teams below them in the region standings. The other is against first-place NFL Yet Academy.
Upcoming schedule: Jan. 24 at North Phoenix Prep and Jan. 27 vs. NFL Yet Academy. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m.
Andrew Luberda began writing for Copper Area News Publishers (CANP) in February 2013 after working 15 years in Healthcare Financial Management. Andy covers sports for 11 high schools. His stories are published in Copper Basin News, San Manuel Miner and Superior Sun, in addition to the San Tan Valley Daily PRSS and CopperArea websites. Additionally, he has written human interest stories and business profiles. In May 2012, he earned an AAS in Sports Management at Central Arizona College before graduating with a BS in Communication from Arizona State University in 2014. He and his wife, Kelli, have three sons – AJ, Kyle, and Kade.
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