The Lobos ended last week as the only 3A east region team, ranked inside the top 20 with a 7-2 regular season record.
They earned region wins over Winslow and Holbrook, but dropped a region contest to Blue Ridge to start the week, with all three games played on the road.
Tuesday’s game in Blue Ridge was a pitcher’s duel until the bottom of the fifth, where the Yellowjackets took the lead with a four-run inning. Snowflake scored their only run in the top of the sixth. The Jackets added another in the bottom of the sixth handing Snowflake a 5-1 road loss.
Snowflake scattered just five hits in the loss. Braden Frost had two of the five going 2 for 3. Brennen Bryan went 1 for 3, as did Kenyan Bryant. Aadon Coor was 1 for 4.
Skip Bawden worked 4.2 innings on the hill, giving up four runs on eight hits with six strikeouts and he walked five Blue Ridge batters. Ashton Munger worked 1.1 innings, allowing one run on one hit with three walks and two strikeouts.
Thursday they were in Winslow where they handed the Bulldogs an 18-6 loss. Winslow led 4-2 after two innings, but the Lobos took the lead for good with a four-run third frame. In the fourth, they opened the game up scoring nine runs en route to a mercy rule six-inning win.
Braden Frost went 4 for 4. Bawden was 2 for 4; Kenyan Bryant went 2 for 4, with a double; Munger went 4 for 5, including a triple and a double; Coor was 3 for 4, with two doubles; Easton Butler went 1 for 4; and Jhett Yellowhair went 3 for 4, with a double.
Brennan Bryant pitched all six innings allowing six runs on nine hits with two walks and a pair of strikeouts.
Snowflake wrapped up their week in Holbrook on Friday afternoon. They took the early lead with a pair of first-inning runs, then extended the margin to six runs with four in the second. Two more in the third and one in the fourth had the score 9-0 through five innings. In the top of the sixth, they added six to their score. Holbrook avoided the shutout with one run in the sixth of the Lobo 15-1 win.
Another three games are slated for this week. Snowflake will have played at Payson on Monday, then traveled to Show Low on Thursday. On Friday they will finally play at home again when they host Thatcher.
The Lobos entered this week with an overall record of 11-7.
