Holbrook added three more wins to their total last week with wins over Snowflake on Tuesday, Payson on Friday, and another overtime thriller with Blue Ridge on Saturday night.

Tuesday’s home game with Snowflake saw the Birds open up a nine-point first-quarter lead behind nine points from Quentin Thomas. The senior added two more treys in the second, helping his team build a 33-21 halftime lead. Holbrook outscored the Lobos by seven in the third before winning the game 56-44.

Thomas led Holbrook with 20 points. Noah Brown added 10; Brandon Tapaha, 9; Tyler Tapaha, 9; Sam Francisco, 3; Stran Bain, 3; and Kyle Smith helped with 2.

Hosting Payson on Friday night Holbrook led by just three after the first and held a slim two-point lead at the half despite 13 second-quarter points from Thomas. In the third, the team got nine from sophomore post player Tyler Tapaha and six from his senior brother Brandon helping them outscore the Longhorns by seven, building the lead to 58-49 after three. Holbrook outscored Payson by five in the final eight minutes to win the game 75-61.

Holbrook was led by Brown’s 21-point effort. Brandon Tapaha added 18, Thomas, 15; Tyler Tapaham 15; Hayden Kinlecheenie, 3; and Kyle Smith added three. The hot shooting Roadrunners finished the night with a dozen three-point field goals.

Playing in Blue Ridge on Saturday night, Holbrook found themselves in a battle with the Yellowjackets for the second time this season. Their first meeting resulted in a three-point overtime win for Blue Ridge. This time it was Holbrook with the three-point win in overtime.

Playing in front of a large crowd Blue Ridge jumped out early with a 16-9 first-quarter lead. In the second Holbrook rallied behind a strong quarter from Brown. The senior guard’s 13-point quarter helped Holbrook take a four-point halftime lead.

Blue Ridge really came out strong in the third overtaking Holbrook to lead by 14 points at the beginning of the fourth. In the final period, Holbrook made a huge comeback outscoring the Jackets 23-7 behind Brown’s free throw shooting and a big three-pointer from Smith. Brown hit nine of his 11 free throws in the fourth helping Holbrook force overtime at 57-57. In the extra session, Thomas hit a huge corner trey, and Tyler Tapaha scored in the paint helping Holbrook win the game 69-66.

Brown led the team in scoring with 31 points. Tyler Tapaha added 13; Brandon Tapaha, 9; Thomas, 7; Francisco, 5; Smith, 3; and Izzy Ramos helped with a single point.

With the wins, Holbrook improved to 19-4 on the season. They were ranked sixth prior to the weekend wins. Three more games are on tap this week with all three played at home. On Tuesday they host Show Low. Friday will be Winslow, then Saturday is a big match up with unbeaten and second ranked Monument Valley.

Next week Holbrook will close out the regular season on the road. They will be in Snowflake on Wednesday, then travel to Payson the following night.