The Lobos played just twice last week, earning a split in the two games. Facing the 28th-ranked Bulldogs in Winslow on Tuesday, the sixth-ranked Lobos came away with a 16-3 win.
Both teams scored once in the first, then the Bulldogs edged in front with 2 in the bottom of the second. Snowflake zoomed past Winslow with 6 runs in the third, then added another in the fourth. Neither team scored in the fifth or sixth, but the Lobos put the game well out of reach with 8 runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Snowflake hit the ball well, finishing with 17 total hits in the game.
Aaden Coor went 5 for 5 with a double. Kyler Matthews was 3 for 5. Kenyan Bryant went 2 for 5 with a double. Jaxon Merrill was 2 for 5 with a triple. Skip Bawden went 1 for 3 with a triple. Gavin Rausch was 1 for 3 with a double. Zavier Reidhead went 1 for 4. Tate Matthews went 1 for 4,
Kyler Matthews pitched 5.1 innings, giving up 3 runs on 5 hits with 14 strikeouts and walked two Bulldog batters. Curtis Hollom pitched 1.2 innings, giving up just 1 hit with a pair of strikeouts.
Friday afternoon the Lobos traveled to Chandler to take on the top-ranked and unbeaten Valley Christian Trojans.
Facing the top team in 3A, Snowflake started well early, with a run in the top of the first. That lead held up until the bottom of the third inning when Valley Christian came alive with 7 runs. After the Lobos added another run in the fifth, the Trojans answered back with 4 more runs in the fifth, then matched that total with another 4 in the sixth, sending Snowflake home with a 15-2 loss.
Snowflake was held to just three hits in the loss. Graham Bawden went 1 for 2. Kyler Matthews was 1 for 2, and Skip Bawden went 1 for 1.
Skip Bawden pitched three innings, allowing 7 runs on no hits with 4 strikeouts but walked five batters. Keylan McCutcheon pitched 2.1 innings, giving up 8 runs on 3 hits with 1 walk.
With the split, the Lobos enter this week with an overall record of 11-6. They are 9-2 in regular-season contests. They will host No. 11 Show Low on Tuesday, then welcome in 20th-ranked Alchesay on Wednesday. Friday’s game will be played in Blue Ridge against the fifth ranked Yellowjackets.
Next Monday, the Lobos will host Pima.
