By Greg Perkins The Joseph City Wildcats went 2-1 last week, sweeping both games of a doubleheader over Rough Rock on Tuesday, then dropping a close game to Round Valley on Thursday. The Cats won the first game of the twin bill 12-0, with Bryndon Buckley throwing a no hitter against Rough Rock. He struck out nine of the 13 batters he faced without giving up a walk in four innings of work. At the plate he helped himself by going 4 for 4 with two doubles, three RBIs and scoring three runs. TJ Hendricks was 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Cody Davis went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Troy Poudrier was 2 for 3. Hayden Hendricks was 3 for 3. Adam Smith was 1 for 3 with a double and two RBIs. KJ Buckley went 1 for 2 with an RBI. Jack Wilbanks was 1 for 4 with an RBI. Wyatt Johnson also had a big day at the plate, going 3 for 4 with three doubles and five RBIs. Game two was also just a four-inning affair as the Wildcats took command early with 10 first inning runs. They added one in the second, five more in the third and one final run in the fourth in the 17-1 win. Bryndon Buckley went 2 for 3 with an RBI. TJ Hendricks was 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Tyler Nichols was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Austin Bushman went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Hayden Hendricks was 1 for 2. Smith went 1 for 1 with two RBIs. Robert Downs was 1 for 2 with an RBI. Wilbanks went 2 for 4. Davis pitched two innings, facing nine batters. He allowed one hit with three strikeouts and walked one. Smith also worked two innings, facing seven batters. He gave up one run on one hit with two strikeouts. Thursdays game with Round Valley went back and forth until the Elks pulled away with five fifth inning runs to win the game 9-4. Round Valley took a 3-1 lead after one, but through three innings the game was knotted at 4-4. The Wildcats’ two runs in the third were their final scores in the loss. The Cats scored their four runs on seven hits and made four errors. The Elks had 13 hits and made two errors. At the plate, TJ Hendricks went 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Davis was 1 for 4 with an RBI. Hayden Hendricks went 1 for 2. Downs was 1 for 3. Johnson went 3 for 4 with an RBI. Davis pitched 41/3 innings, facing 29 batters. He allowed nine runs, eight earned, on 12 hits with six strikeouts and walked six. Bryndon Buckley pitched 22/3 innings, facing 11 batters. He allowed two hits and no runs with two strikeouts and one walk. The Cats head into the final two weeks ranked outside the top 30 in the power point standings. They have five games left and need to win all five and get some help to reach the post-season. They will host Rock Point in a doubleheader today (April 23), then host Hopi on Thursday. Next week they wrap up the regular season as they travel to St. Johns on Monday, then host Chinle on Tuesday.