On March 23 and 24 the Lady Bulldogs, along with 30 other teams, competed in Epic Tournament at the Rose Mofford Complex in Phoenix. In their first game of the tournament the Lady Bulldogs faced the Lady Wildcats of Chinle. In the bottom of the first inning, the Lady Bulldogs would take a 11-0 lead that would start with Angela Salazar scoring on a fielder’s choice, Alexis Smith would get a two RBI single and go on to score on a passed ball. Salazar on her next at bat in the inning would have an RBI single and Sofia Chacon would score on an error. Salazar would score again by stealing home. Brynlee Barris would have an RBI double and Smith would have an RBI single.
In the top of the second inning the Lady Wildcats would get their only run of the game. In the bottom of the second inning Kendra Ybarra would steal home for the run, followed by a Jaylynn Sharp two RBI single. Sasha Medina had an RBI double and Smith had a two RBI double, making the score Winslow 17, Chinle 1.
In the bottom of the third inning Sharp would start off the scoring with a RBI double, Salazar would score on a passed ball, followed with Barris second double of the game with an RBI and Smith would also have a 2 RBI double. Final score Winslow 22 Chinle 1.
In their second game of the day the Lady Bulldogs faced the Lady Dust Devils of Santa Cruz. In the top of the first inning Medina would bring in the first run of the game with an RBI single. In the bottom of the first the Lady Dust Devils would tie the game with a run.
In the top of the third inning Medina would have an RBI single, Kyah Wilcox would have an RBI single, Smith would score on a fielder’s choice and Salazar would have an RBI single for the final run of the game for a score of Winslow 5, Santa Cruz 1.
In their first game on the 24th, the Lady Bulldogs would come up against the undefeated Lady Ravens of Empire from Tucson. The first two innings would be scoreless, the Empire took over the game and scored 15 runs in the next three innings, shutting out the Lady Bulldogs for a final score Empire 15, Winslow 0. Empire would end up winning the tournament.
In their final game of the tournament, the Lady Bulldogs faced the 4A Lady Broncos of Poston Butte from San Tan Valley. In the top of the first, the Lady Broncos would score a run.
In the bottom of the first, the Lady Bulldogs would answer with two runs, Sharp scored on an error and Lianya Brown on sacrifice fly. In the top of the second the Lady Broncos would score five runs. In the bottom of the inning Lady Bulldog Ybarra would have an RBI single.
In the bottom of the third inning the Lady Bulldogs would score two runs on an Jauslyn Nells RBI single and a Ybarra RBI single to narrow the Lady Broncos lead to just one run.
The Lady Broncos would score one run in the fourth inning and six runs in the fifth inning. The Lady Bulldogs would also score two runs in the bottom of the fifth with Salazar scoring on a passed ball followed by Sharp scoring on fielder’s choice for a final score Poston Butte 13, Winslow 7.
