Fear factor helps out Artesia

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The other day, I babbled on and on about this, how the Artesia boys’ basketball team can still whip you based on reputation and nothing else. And look what happened last night....

Artesia -- winners of two consecutive Southern Section crowns -- entered the game with two wins in 11 games, then beat Norwalk, 63-57, in a Suburban League showdown. ‘Even though Artesia had a losing record coming in... I think we thought it was going to be like in years past, when they won easily,’ Norwalk Coach Jim Webster told the Press-Telegram. ‘The first 12 minutes of the game, we looked scared and I think it’s because we’ve always been afraid of playing here.’

That’s called the Artesia fear factor -- and I bet some other squads will be encountering it during league play as well.

-- Anthony Stitt

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