The Winslow Lady Bulldogs traveled to Tucson to get ready for regular season softball play at the 31st annual Dorado Classic pre-season tournament on Feb. 26-28, along with 21 other teams. The Lady Bulldogs would play three games the first two days and one game on the final day of the tournament.
In their first game the Ladies would face the 5A Catalina Foothills Lady Falcons of Tucson where the Lady Bulldogs would get the win 11-6. Lady Bulldogs Jewel Ben and Emily Wilbanks would both have triples, Kyah Wilcox and Wilbanks would lead the team in RBI’s, each with two.
In their second game of the tournament the Lady Bulldogs would face the 5A Higley Lady Knights where they would fall 3-10. Winslow’s Wilcox would have two-RBI’s.
In their final game of the opening day, the Lady Bulldogs would face the 3A Wilcox Cowgirls where they would get the win 19-9. Winslow’s Wilcox would have seven RBI’s due to three homeruns. Gigi Vasquez, Angela Salazar along with Cassius Tsosie would each have doubles.
On day two the Lady Bulldogs would start the day falling to the 4A Canyon del Oro Lady Dorados 1-18. Salazar would get the RBI with a single. Kendra Ybarra would have a double.
In their second game the Lady Bulldogs would get the victory from the 6A Rincon University Rangers of Tucson 14-7. Winslow’s Ara Leonard and Wilcox would each have three RBI’s.
In their final game of the day, the Lady Bulldogs would fall to 5A Casteel Lady Colts getting shutout 15-0. Winslow’s Livia Palfy and Ben would each get a hit.
In their final game of the tourney, the Ladies played against the 5A Lady Caballeros of Flowing Wells where they would fall 13-3. Winslow’s Rylie Sharp would have two RBI’s and Salazar one RBI.
The Lady Bulldogs started their season on the road when they traveled to Page to take on the Lady Sand Devils on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs home season opener will be at 3:45 p.m. on March 10 at the Hayden Walton Complex softball field.
