The Winslow Bulldogs started their baseball season at home when the Sand Devils of Page come to town on Monday. At 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, they meet up with the Hornets of Ganado. The Bulldogs will then travel to Buckeye to take on the Odyssey Institute Minotaurs on March 6, then to Waddell on March 9, to take on the ALA-West Foothills Guardians.
Competing in the Ben Franklin Pre-Season Classic in Queen Creek, the Bulldogs would win one and drop two.
In game one the Bulldogs would face the Chargers of Ben Franklin. In the first inning the Chargers would score 2 runs, then 3 runs in the second, two runs in the third and in the fifth inning 3 runs. Winslow would score their only run of the game when Matthius Dick would score on an Ehren Leonard RBI single. The final score was Ben Franklin 10, Winslow 1. Winslow would use two pitchers Eli Farris with four strikeouts and Kari Willie with one strikeout.
In their second game of the tournament they faced the Warriors of ALA-Ironwood in Ironwood. In the top of the first the Bulldogs would score 5 runs starting with a Brody Knight RBI single, then base runner Farris would score on a wild pitch, Knight would score on a wild pitch then Samuel Crisp would steal home and finally Dick would score on a wild pitch.
The Warriors would score 2 runs in the bottom of the first. In the bottom of the second the Warriors would take the lead, scoring 6 runs. In the top of third the Bulldogs would close the gap scoring 2 runs when, with two outs, Farris would have an RBI single and Leonard with an RBI single. In the top of the fifth the Bulldogs would score the final 2 runs of the game for the win when Michael Magallanes would steal home and then Farris would have an RBI single, for a final score of Winslow 9, ALA-Ironwood 8. Winslow used two pitchers Leonard with three strikeouts and closer Knight.
In their final game on the tourney the Bulldogs faced the 2A Kingman Academy Tigers. The Tigers would strike first, getting 1 run. In the top of the second the Tigers would add to their lead scoring 2 runs. In the bottom of the second the Bulldogs would get their only 2 runs of the game when Farris would score on a wild pitch and Leonard would have an RBI double. The game would stay close until the top of the fourth inning when the Tigers would score 5 runs. In the top of the fifth inning the Tigers would score 2 runs, making the final score Kingman Academy 10, Winslow 2. Winslow used two pitchers Alex Reid with four strikeouts and Dick.
