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The initial 3A power rankings were released on Tuesday morning and the 3A East is well represented with four teams currently ranked inside the top 10. Snowflake is number one followed closely by Winslow in the second spot. Show Low is eighth and Blue Ridge opens the rankings in the ninth spot.
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Holbrook entered the rankings in the 30th position and a home field win over the Bulldogs on Tuesday afternoon would have raised their position. Unfortunately Winslow had other ideas. Holbrook fell short of the second ranked Winslow squad by a final of 12-1.
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Winslow jumped out to a quick start scoring five runs in the top of the first. They added another in the second to lead 6-0. Holbrook avoided the shut out with a run in the bottom of the fourth but that was as close as they would get. The Bulldogs pushed across six more runs in the top of the fifth then held Holbrook in the bottom of the inning to end the game under the 10-run rule.
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Winslow’s Justine Butterfield limited Holbrook to just two hits in the game and faced just two batters over the minimum in the process. Madison Chappell went one for two and scored the only run. Olivia Baldonado was also one for two with an RBI.
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Tiffani Tyler did the work in the circle for Holbrook where she allowed 13 runs on 11 hits with two strikeouts and walked seven Winslow batters.
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Prior to the Winslow game, the Roadrunners played in the Chandler Prep Softball Classic last weekend. They split two games on Friday with a 7-3 loss to Ray, followed by a 16-0 win over Pima later in the day. In the Ray contest Baldonado was the leading hitter going two for three. Against Pima Holbrook had a big day at the plate pounding out 14 hits. Hailey Guttery was three for four, as was Ashley Spears who added two doubles. Jovon Boling went three for four with two doubles.
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On Saturday Holbrook came up short against Superior in a 9-3 loss, then dropped the final game of the tournament Saturday afternoon with a 13-6 loss to Notre Dame Prep. In the Superior loss, Holbrook was held to six hits spread out among six different players. Against Notre Dame Jelena Despain and Boling each went two for four.
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Following the Winslow loss the Lady Roadrunners stand at 6-12 overall and they are 2-6 in regular season contests. The immediate schedule doesn’t get any easier. After playing at top ranked Snowflake on Friday they hosted ninth ranked Blue Ridge on Monday.
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