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The 3A East finished the regular season with five teams ranked inside the top six in the final 3A power point rankings, showing the strength of the region. However, with the first round of the 3A State playoffs now in the books only Winslow, Snowflake, and Show Low have survived to play in the second round. Sixth seeded Blue Ridge fell to No. 11 Yuma Catholic, 5-3 and No. 3 Payson was upset by No. 14 Pusch Ridge, 3-2. The remaining three teams will be in action on Friday at the Rose Mofford Complex.
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Top ranked Winslow had little problems with an 18-2 win over No. 16 Kingman and No. 5 Show Low prevailed over No. 12 Window Rock, 8-3.
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Snowflake entered the bracket as the No. 4 seed and faced No. 13 Northwest Christian on Saturday, coming out on top with relative ease in a 13-2 five inning contest. The Lobos struggled through the first three innings but scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fourth to put the game out of reach.
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Snowflake will now face a familiar foe with the fourth seeded Lobos taking on No. 5 Show Low in the second round of the state tournament at 8 p.m. on Friday night at the Rose Mofford Complex. The two teams split their regular season meetings with each game decided by a single run.
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With a win they would face either No. 1 Winslow or No. 9 Sahuarita in the second round on Saturday.
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In their final regular season game the Lobos came up just short losing to the top ranked Bulldogs 2-0 on Monday of last week. Neither team scored through the first three frames of the defensive battle. Winslow finally broke into the scoring column with a single run in the fourth. They matched that effort again in the fifth and that was all the scoring in the game. Snowflake was held to just four hits by Winslow ace, Jordyn Johnson.
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Anna Berger went one for three, with a double; Talyee Craner was one for two, with a double; Kaylee Thomas went one for three, as did Sydney Bauer.
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Bauer was solid in the circle as well as limiting top ranked Winslow to just two hits with a pair of doubles. Bauer worked all seven innings giving up just two runs on two hits with six strikeouts and walked three.
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