By Greg Perkins The Lobos went two and one in three games played last week. Both wins were east region victories over Blue Ridge on Tuesday and Show Low on Friday of last week. Their lone loss was a 0-12 shut out to fourth ranked Gilbert Christian on Thursday. Hosting Blue Ridge on April 13, the Lobos won a 9-8 game that went back and forth all the way through the bottom of the seventh. Snowflake led 5-1 after two innings. Blue Ridge scored four times in the third but the Lobos added one in the frame clinging to a 6-5 lead. In the bottom of the fifth, the Lobos pushed their lead to 8-5 only to see Blue Ridge with three runs in the top of the seventh tying the game. Snowflake answered back with the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Jace LeSueur went 3 for 4 with a home run. Rhett Wengert was 3 for 3 with a pair of doubles. Braden Frost, 1 for 3 with a double; Garret Rapier, 2 for 4 with a double; Caleb Lyman, 2 for 4 and stole one base; Brevin Matthews, 1 for 1; and Caden Cantrell went 2 for 4. Cantrell started the game on the hill and worked 6.2 innings giving up eight runs on seven hits with three walks and 13 strikeouts. LeSueur closed out the game getting the final out. Playing at Gilbert Christian on Thursday the Lobos were never in the game. The Knights scored four in the bottom of the first, one in the second, and closed the game out with seven runs in the bottom of the fourth. Their pitching held the Lobos to just three hits. Lyman, Brevin Matthews and Wengert each went 1 for 2. Jace LeSueur worked 3.1 innings giving up eight runs on eight hits with four walks and struck out five. Ashton Munger pitched two-thirds of an inning, allowing three runs on one hit with two walks and two strikeouts. Snowflake returned home and returned to east region play on Friday with a 6-1 win over visiting Show Low. The Lobos scored once in the bottom of the first only to see the Cougars match the run in the top of the second. Snowflake broke the 1-1 tie with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, then tacked on two final runs in the home half of the sixth inning. LeSueur went 2 for 3 with a double. Wengert was also 2 for 3 with a double; Lyman, Easton Butler, Munger and Rapier each had one hit. Ryan Caskey pitched a complete game giving up just one run on only four hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. After playing in Show Low on Tuesday Snowflake will travel to Miami on Wednesday (today). Next week they will wrap up the regular season with two match-ups with Payson. One on Tuesday the 27th in Payson and the other at home on April 30. Snowflake is 11-3 on the season and enters this week ranked 10th in power points.
