The Winslow Lady Bulldogs opened their 2011 softball season with a 14-1 win over the Lady Warriors at Tuba City on March 2.
The defending Arizona State 3A Conference Champions opened the season with a five-run top of the first inning and were never headed.
Junior Kelly Pugh worked the first three innings, and allowed one unearned run on no hits and one walk with five strikeouts. Senior Mallory Smith worked the last two innings and allowed no runs on one hit and one hit batsman while fanning four.
Winslow plated the five first inning runs on singles by Mireya Ulibarri, Becca Perez and Jaleisa Hayes, a triple by Haley Hayes, two walks and two errors. Tuba City cut the lead to 5-1 on an error and a stolen base. The Lady Bulldogs scored three in the second, one each in the third and fourth, and four in the fifth to bring the 10-run mercy rule into effect.
Haley Hayes was two for two with a triple. Melissa Jacobs was two for three. Ulibarri was two for five. Megan Lymer was one for one with a triple. Smith, Arianna Huerta and Renee Bollin were each one for one. Jaleisa Hayes was one for two. Perez was one for three. Gabby Stacey was one for four.
Winslow was slated to play at Greyhills on Monday and Payson on Thursday, March 10, before making their first home appearance at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, against Valley Sanders.
