On Oct. 3, the Winslow Bulldogs hosted the Monument Valley Mustangs of Kayenta. This was Homecoming with the Homecoming Queen Ariana Torres and Homecoming King Jayden Curtis along with their court Riley Alexander, Zack Despain, Jakob Hartman, Tatum Henling, Gino Quinones, Dakota Salazar, Bryce Williams and Kendra Ybarra being presented at halftime.
In the first quarter, the Mustangs would score first on a Roque Todecheene 9-yard keeper, the 2-point attempt failed. But with 11.9 seconds in the quarter Bulldog Williams would score on a 10-yard carry followed with the 2-point conversion, with a Gino Quinones keeper, making the score Winslow 8, Monument Valley 6.
Early in the second quarter Bulldog James Mendoza would score with a 49-yard run, followed by Gino Quinones connecting with Kavion Bumgarner-Ulibarri with the 2-point conversion pass. With 2:06 left in the half and the Bulldogs on fourth down with inches to go, Gino Quinones would find the hole to score, then he and Bumgarner-Ulibarri would again connect for the 2-point score, for a halftime score of Winslow 24, Monument Valley 6.
In the third quarter both teams would take turns on scoring drives starting with the second play of the half when Bulldog Mendoza would get an interception and take to the Mustang’s 20-yard line. Gino Quinones would go into the end zone on 1-yard keeper and then connect with Mendoza on the 2-point pass. But the Mustangs would also score on a 13-yard run by Nicodemus Holmes but the 2-point failed. Two minutes later Gino Quinones would get a touchdown on an 85-yard run with the 2-point attempt failing. Half a minute later Mustang Todecheene would score on a 6-yard run and with the 2-point conversion good.
The fourth quarter would start off with quarterback Gino Quinones connecting with his brother Noah Quinones with a 23-yard end-zone touchdown pass, followed with a 2-point conversion pass to Jonathon Perdue.
The Mustangs, with 3:48 on the game clock, would score on a Holmes 5-yard carry with the 2-point attempt failing. Then 10 seconds later Mustang David Parrish would score on a 35-yard fumble recovery run, with the 2-point good. The Mustangs would score again with a 35-yard pass to Parrish followed with the 2-point conversion. The final score for the game was Winslow 46, Monument Valley 42.
Winslow had 123 yards passing and was 8/14, 232 yards rushing for a total of 355 yards.
The Bulldogs will get a much needed rest this next week and be back on the road traveling to Page to take on the Sand Devils at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17.
