The Holbrook Lady Roadrunners squandered an early lead and eventually gave up a home court loss to Winslow Tuesday night, 47-45. Holbrook jumped on top of the third ranked Lady Bulldogs in the first period, taking a 17-4 lead. In the second Shandiin Armao scored four of her 10 total points to help her team trim a point off Holbrook lead, which was 29-17 at the half. Winslow’s guard tandem of Jayce Sangster and Ashley Johnson scored 10 in the third as the visitors cut the lead to 37-33 with eight minutes to play. In the fourth Holbrook held tough, but scored just three field goals before losing the game on a late driving shot from the Bulldogs. Holbrook was led in scoring by Quanyyah Lester, who finished with 15. Teyah Goldtooth added 11; Cheyenne Lester and Rochelle Nez, 6 each; Summer Olney, 4; and Laurie Brown, 3. The Roadrunners made five three-point shots and went eight for nine at the free throw line. Winslow was led by Kaelyn Bitsui with 12. Armao had 10; Johnson and Sangster, 8 each; Adrianna Singer, 6; and Jenna Yazzie, 3. The Bulldogs made two treys and went nine for 17 at the free throw line. With the loss, Holbrook drops to 18-7 on the year. After hosting fifth ranked Tuba City on Thursday, the Roadrunners will travel on Saturday, Jan. 31, to face Valley Sanders, which is ranked second in Division IV with just one loss on the season. The Lady Pirates defeated Holbrook in mid-December.
Lady Roadrunners Lose Heartbreaker To Winslow
Printed in the January 30, 2015 edition
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