The Lady Bulldogs participated in the 12th Annual Gator Classic Tournament in Henderson Nev., in a three-day tournament held Dec. 26-28. The tournament consisted of 16 teams from Arizona, Nevada and California. The first two days were pool play, then the teams from each of the pools were placed into different brackets.
In their first pool game the Lady Bulldogs fell 67-26 to the Liberty Lady Patriots of Henderson, Nev., a 5A school.
In the second game of pool play the Lady Bulldogs faced the Durango Lady Trailblazers from Las Vegas, Nev., winning over the 4A school 41-33.
The Lady Bulldogs would then be placed in the Gold Bracket, where they first played the Lady Fighting Irish of Kennedy from La Palma, Calif., falling short 57-43.
In their final game of the tournament the Lady Bulldogs faced the Lady Dragons of Del Sol from Las Vegas, Nev, losing to the 4A school 70 -61.
The Arizona teams at the tournament did a good job representing the state, with Flagstaff Lady Eagles taking second in the Diamond Bracket. The Page Lady Sand Devils were the champs in the Gold Bracket and Winslow Lady Bulldogs came in fourth. The Lady Mountain Lions of Sierra Vista were the champs in the Silver Bracket. In the Bronze Bracket the Lady Volunteers of Lee Williams came in third.
