The Winslow Bulldogs defeated the Fountain Hills Falcons 80-56 in a second round game in the Arizona State 3A Conference Championship Tournament played at Window Rock on Saturday. The winner played the winner of a game between Globe and Florence in Prescott on Tuesday. Winslow improved its record to 24-6 and Fountain Hills ended its season with a 15-12 record.
Fountain Hills won its way into the second round of the Arizona State 3A Conference Championship Tournament with a 79-66 win over the Coolidge Bears in their first round game. Winslow was seeded second and had a first round bye.
The Bulldogs got off to a fast start and had a 23-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Falcons cut the lead to 36-29 at the half. The Bulldogs had a good third quarter and had a comfortable 56-42 going into the final period.
The Bulldogs continued to dominate the game and walked off with a convincing 80-56 victory.
The Bulldogs were led by Junior Villanueva who scored 30 points to lead all scorers. Yoan Djassa and Zach Wagner each with 15 points and Darius James and Dakota Spencer were also in double figures for Winslow. David “Tiger” Gonzales with 16 points and Larkin Lipps were in double figures for Fountain Hills.
Other first round winners besides Fountain Hills were American Leadership Academy over Holbrook, 55-45; Window Rock over Tuba City, 59-56; Page over Kingman, 42-32; Empire over Show Low, 62-49; Safford over Yuma Catholic, 93-88; Wickenburg over Northwest Christian, 70-68; and Globe over Sahuarita, 69-56.
In other second round games Empire defeated Snowflake, 76-63; Valley Christian defeated Safford, 54-42; Blue Ridge topped Window Rock, 70-52; Sabino beat Page, 57-46; Wickenburg upset third seeded Casteel, 73-71; Chinle defeated American Leadership Academy, 58-48; and Florence defeated Globe, 74-67.
