Needing to place at least third in the 3A East Region Baseball Tournament to gain a spot in the 3A State Tournament, the Lobos came up short, losing to Show Low in the third and fourth place game on Saturday to bring their season to a close.

Snowflake started the region tourney in fine form with a 10-0 home shutout over visiting Alchesay last Wednesday afternoon.

Braccin Tanner allowed just one hit through four innings of work with seven strikeouts. Tel Dillman worked two innings, allowing no hits with two strikeouts.

The Lobos pounded out 14 hits and made just one error in the win. Dane Hancock went two for two and scored once. Tanner Yellowhair was one for four and scored twice. Trevor Mcneil went one for one with a two-run homer. Tanner helped his own cause by going one for three with an RBI and stole one base. Ricky Montejano was four for four with two triples, three RBIs, one stolen base and scored twice. Josh Kelley went one for three with a triple and an RBI. Hunter Petersen went two for three with two stolen bases, two RBIs and scored once. Gr Adams was one for one with a triple and scored once. Nick Tate went one for three, scoring once. Freddie Pinkley also scored once.

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With the win the Lobos advanced to the semifinal round, where they met up with top seeded Blue Ridge Yellowjackets, who showed their strength by closing out Snowflake 11-1 in five innings of play.

Snowflake counted for just three hits, with Trevor Reddick, Nate Kelley and Josh Kelley each having one hit.

The Lobos had six errors in the field, helping an already good Blue Ridge squad.

Yellowhair worked four innings, facing 27 batters. He gave up nine runs, seven earned, on six hits with four walks. Beecroft worked one inning, facing five batters. He allowed two runs, both unearned, on two hits.

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Facing Show Low on Saturday afternoon, the Lobos needed a win to keep their season alive. A third place finish would have guaranteed them a spot in the final 16 this weekend, but they were unable to hold onto a lead they built with solid play early in the game and took the 15-9, season ending loss.

Snowflake led 6-3 through three innings, but in the bottom of the fourth Show Low caught and passed the Lobos with five runs. The Cougars added seven in the fifth, leaving the Lobos with too big of a hill to climb to extend their season.

Tanner worked 32/3 innings, giving up six runs, five earned, on nine hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Adams pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up five runs, four earned, on one hit with two walks. Yellowhair pitched two innings, giving up four runs, only one earned, on one hit with three strikeouts and a walk.

At the plate, Hancock went zero for two, but reached on an error, had two RBIs and scored once. Yellowhair was one for four with an RBI and scored once. Tanner went two for three with two doubles, two RBIs and one sacrifice. Montejano was two for four and scored twice. Devin Mcneil was two for two. Nate Kelley went one for four. Petersen was one for three with a stolen base and scored twice. Pinkley went two for three and scored once.

The Lobos end the season with an overall mark of 10-18. They went 4-6 in East Region play.