Holiday Classic: Gold Championship Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Holiday Classic Gold Division Championship took place on Saturday between Durango and Green Valley. In the first half, they were trading buckets and it looked like anyone's game. Durango then hit a shot right before halftime, that put them up one. Then in the second half, Green Valley had a bit of a scoring slump and they had some trouble with Durango's press. From there Durango built a sizable lead. Despite some late offense from [player_tooltip player_id='1340907' first='Gaston' last='Zumaya'], Durango pulled away and got the win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Final Score - Durango - 69 Green Valley - 53</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2200033"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-677c6c6a16422"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='2200033' first='Justin' last='Morrow'] led the way in scoring for Durango in the Holiday Classic Gold Division Championship. He made some shifty moves that shook his defender, and got the middle of the lane where he then connected on a couple of floaters. On defense, he was a pest and stayed active with his hands.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Named to All Tournament Team </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1340907"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-677c6c6a16484"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='1340907' first='Gaston' last='Zumaya'] torched Durango from behind the arc on Saturday. He displayed a ton of confidence when he let it go, and he ended up connecting on five 3-pointers. With a couple of them being a few feet well beyond the line. Zumaya also sliced through the defense on a couple of his drives to the rim. All in all, in was a great effort from the senior. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stats - 29 Points, 3 Assists </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2312610"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-677c6c6a164d2"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='2312610' first='Emmanuel' last='Peter'] dominated the paint in the Gold Division Championship. There wasn't a Green Valley defender that could stop him. On a few occasions, he backed his guy down and got all the way to block where he then just laid it up. Peter was also cleaning the glass and disrupting shots on defense. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Named to All Tournament Team</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2302752"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-677c6c6a1651b"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='2302752' first='Elijah' last='Outlaw McDaniels'] helped Durango secure the championship trophy on Saturday. He had some really nice takes to the rim, and also threw down a slam dunk that gave Durango some momentum. If he can continue to be assertive at the right times on offense, he should have a strong second half of the season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2147686"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-677c6c6a16560"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">[player_tooltip player_id='2147686' first='Justin' last='Santana'] made some impact plays for Green Valley on Saturday. He used his vertical a number of times to high point rebounds. He also went right back up and scored some second chance points. On defense, Santana did his best to contain the much taller Durango bigs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Stats - 8 Points </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block -->