Zach Nelson gets noticed

Joe Davidson offers a feature on a kid who receives no statewide recognition, but should:

For one night, Yuba City player was can't-miss kid
Joe Davidson
Sacramento Bee
February 11, 2010

It was one thing to try to ward off a swarm of athletic defenders who fronted him, backed him, growled and even hissed.

And there was the added element of proud pop in the seats with his eyebrows raised and jaw dropped. Or buddies nearby flashing signals, forming 44 or 52 with their fingers. Not plays, mind you. How many points Zach Nelson had to that moment for the Yuba City High School boys basketball team. When it was mercifully over Feb. 3, when the Natomas defenders were reduced to heavy breathing, bent over and tugging their shorts, Nelson was in a similar state of disbelief.

Fifty-six points...

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