On Oct. 25, the Winslow Bulldogs hosted the Page Sand Devils in a game that would again test the Bulldogs on their resilience having many of their starters on the sideline due to injuries. The Bulldog varsity has shown that giving up is not in their vocabulary, but determination is. The Bulldogs would battle throughout, starting with overcoming a 17-point Page lead, but in the final minutes of the game the Sand Devils would capitalize on a few Bulldog missteps, controlling the clock to secure their victory.
In the first quarter, Bulldog Caleb Duran would intercept a Sand Devil pass and run it an extra 25 yards, this would lead to a Joseph Guerrero touchdown on a 25-yard pass from quarterback Izaak Panana followed by the point after by Duran. At the four-minute mark Sand Devil Renato Littleman would score on an 11-yard run, followed by a 2-pt conversion. Sand Devil Landon Mansker would score again from the one-yard line with just 23 seconds left in the quarter and the 2-point conversion.
Early in the second quarter, Sand Devil Mansker would score again from the one-yard line, followed by the 2-point conversion. With less than two minutes left in the half, Bulldog Michael Romero would score from the two-yard line. No point after for a halftime score Page 24, Winslow 13.
Midway through the third quarter, Bulldog Romero would score on a 14- yard run, followed by a 2-point conversion pass from Romero to Sammy Crisp. In the final five seconds of the quarter, Joseph Guerrero would score on a 25-yard run to give the Bulldogs the lead going into the fourth quarter.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter Sand Devil Littleman would score on a 22-yard run followed by the 2-point conversion to regain the lead. They would then score late in the quarter on another Mansker nine-yard run, no point after. The final score was Page 38, Winslow 27.
Winslow had 131 yards passing seven of 25 with two interceptions, 98 yards rushing for a total of 229 yards. Angelo Guerrero led the team in tackles with 13, along with two fumble recoveries. Duran had two interceptions.
Prior to the start of the game Winslow honored the senior members and their families of its teams for swim team including Analycia Valenzuela and Reese Wood; band: Johnathon Chavez, Jezzie Dupont, Aaron Russell, Carlos Tafoya, Penelope Valenciano-Caldera and Marcellus Lenz; and football: Perry Alberry, Gabriel Ballejos, Rhyan Bedonnie, Emanuel Bollin, Benjamin Couchman, Isaac David, Angelo Guerrero, Juan Guerrero, Joseph Guerrero-Rodriguez, Joshua Keams, Izaak Panana, Michael Romero, Seleti Serious, Tanner Short, Kyran Tso and Kyle Willie.
Next week the Bulldogs will travel to Kayenta to take on the Mustangs of Monument Valley on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. for the final game of the regular season.
