Point guard Chaparro dishes assists, desserts
Manteca High point guard Marci Chaparro is one of the top players in the region whose leadership and scoring have helped put the Buffaloes in the hunt for a VOL title.
By LILY VILLA GARCIA
The Tower
A crowd eagerly looking for a winner. Fans on both sides fixated on Manteca’s unstoppable point guard, Marcelina Chaparro.
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There is a trend that follows Chaparro, a senior basketball player: She dominates. Her dedication, hard work, and determination pay off when she steps into the court.
Messy hair, sweat dripping, she doesn’t care. Chaparro will ball on anyone who gets in her way of a victory.
Since the start of the season, Chaparro has demonstrated dominance by leading all scorers with 20 points in the game against Tokay and scoring 21 more against Lodi.
Born a natural leader, Chaparro trains hard by maintaining an intense workout schedule and pushing her teammates to give it their all. Although they recently lost to Kimball, Chaparro maintains her spark by training harder and turning setbacks into motivation for the upcoming games.
Her agility and hunger for a win contribute to the tough competition the girls’ basketball team demonstrates in every game.
The Tower connected with Chaparro to gain insight into the mind of this fierce basketball player by asking her off-the-wall questions.
Manteca High senior point guard Marci Chaparro (right) listens to coach Oscar Calix during a timeout late in a Valley Oak League game with Kimball.
The Tower: Before your game, getting ready in the locker room, which shoe do you tie first, left or right?
Marci Chaparro: I tie my right… yeah, my right.
TT: Right before a game, what is your go-to hype song?
MC: That is a hard one. It depends on my mood, but probably … California Girls by Katy Perry.
TT: Besides basketball, what do you do in your free time?
MC: Well, I love to bake, so I make a lot of deserts and eat them all.
TT: A quick Yanni or Laurel question, is a hotdog a sandwich?
MC: It is not a sandwich, not at all.
TT: Are there more wheels or doors in the world?
MC: There are probably more wheels.
Students Rylan McDonald, Tyler Watkins and Diego Urquieta contributed to this report.