Softball 1 Winslow

The Lady Bulldogs started their week at home on March 6, hosting the Lady Cougars of Chino Valley.

In the top of the first inning the Lady Cougars would score three runs but the Lady Bulldogs would take the lead after scoring four runs, with the first run coming in on a single by Angela Salazar followed by a two RBI single by Saleah Tucker, and Alexis Smith scoring on a wild pitch.

In the bottom second inning the Lady Bulldogs would score two more runs on a Brynlee Barris double. In the top of the third, the Lady Cougars would score two runs to narrow the Winslow lead to one run. Then in the bottom of the fourth inning the Lady Bulldogs would score again with Barris stealing home.

In the top of the sixth inning the Lady Cougars would score five runs to take the lead but in the bottom of the inning the Lady Bulldogs would battle back with an RBI single by Smith followed by an RBI off a single by Aiden Dickson before a forced out.

In the top of the seventh inning the Lady Cougars would get a three-run homerun. In the bottom of the seventh with two outs Barris would hit a double with two RBIs for a final of Chino Valley 13, Winslow 11.

On March 8, the Lady Bulldogs traveled to Wickenburg to face the Lady Wranglers. The game would stay scoreless until the top of the third inning when Jaylynn Sharp would drive in a run with a single, followed by a Barris double with two RBIs for a three-run lead.

In the bottom of the fifth inning the Lady Wranglers would come across the plate with six runs to take the lead. But in the top of the seventh inning the Lady Bulldogs would score on two runs by J. Sharp, with a double and then she came in on a Kendra Ybarra double. The game would go to extra innings, where in the bottom of the eighth the Lady Wranglers would take the win on a two out single RBI, making the final score Wickenburg 7 and Winslow 6.

March 9, the Lady Bulldogs traveled to Eager to take on the Round Valley Lady Elks. In the bottom of the first inning the Lady Elks would score on an RBI single by Cortnee Baca. In the top of the second, the Lady Bulldog’s Sasha Medina would hit homerun. In the bottom of the second inning, the Lady Elk Brenli Haws would also get a homerun. In the top of third inning, Lady Bulldog Cassius Shultz would hit a triple with two RBIs and would be brought in to score on a Medina double.

In the bottom of the fourth inning the Lady Elks would tie the game with four runs each by scoring on an error. In the top of the fifth inning the Lady Bulldogs would go up by two on a Shultz single with an RBI and then she would score on an error. The Lady Elks would score in the bottom of the fifth, with an RBI single by Skye Peralta then in the bottom of the sixth with a run scoring on an error to tie the game at six each.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Lady Elks would score on an RBI single by Jaelyn Wright for the win. The final score, Round Valley 7 and Winslow 6.

On March 11, the Lady Bulldogs traveled to Anthem to face the Lady Titans of ALA-Anthem South and having come up just short in the earlier games of the week, they made easy work in getting their first win of the season with Coach Quinten Hayes putting in every member of the Lady Bulldogs team.

In the top of the first, the Lady Bulldogs would bat a round and score six runs, with only two of them earned on a Media two RBI single. In the top of the second J Sharp would get an infield homerun and RBIs by Medina, Ybarra, and Jauslyn Nells to add four runs.

In the third inning the Lady Bulldogs would score 10 runs, with three being earned with a Hailey Polelonema single RBI and a Nells two RBI double. In the top of the fourth, Ara Leonard scored a single RBI and J Sharp also had an RBI. In the fifth inning the Lady Bulldogs would score two more runs, one being an earned run by Sofia Chacon with an RBI single, making the final score Winslow 24, ALA-Anthem South 0.