The Lady Roadrunners split their two final regular season games last week falling to Snowflake on Wednesday night, they bounced back with a good second half to defeat Payson on Thursday night. Wednesday’s game in Snowflake was a struggle from the tip for Holbrook. The Roadrunners failed to score through the first eight minutes and had only nine points at the half. Snowflake was in complete control throughout the 51-28 win. Alayna Yazzie and Nohead Aberle each led Holbrook with 6 points. Holly Casamero added 5; Deya Guerrero had 4; Alexis Gene, 3; Raelle Yazzie, 2; and Lei Smith helped with 2. Thursday night, Holbrook was in Payson where they played well in the first, building a 12-4 lead. Payson rallied in the second leaving the Roadrunners on top 20-19 at the half. Holbrook stepped up on both ends of the floor in the third outscoring the home team 18-4 to build a solid lead. The team netted another 18 in the fourth period to win the game 56-35. Aberle led in scoring with 16 points, 14 of which came in the second half. Raelle Yazzie added 11, Smith hit three treys for 9, Guerrero had 6, Alayna Yazzie added 5, Alexis Gene had 2 and Nikol Gombos scored 2. With that win, Holbrook concluded their regular season schedule with an overall record of 11-16. They did make the 3A state tournament for the 14th consecutive season and will travel to Tuba City on Wednesday to take on the 13th-seeded Lady Warriors. The 20th-seeded Lady Roadrunners would travel to No. 5 Bourgade Catholic on Friday night if they can upset Tuba City on Wednesday night.
