The Winslow Bulldogs will meet the Wickenburg Wranglers tonight (Sept. 11) at Emil Nasser Stadium with both teams coming into the game with 1-1 records. Wickenburg defeated Glendale 29-6 on Friday to even its mark while the Bulldogs were blanking Holbrook 34-0 to even theirs.
Five of the teams on Winslow’s schedule won on Friday, while only two lost and two did not play. Four future opponents and Lake Havasu, which defeated the Bulldogs in their opener, are a perfect 2-0 for the young season.
Lake Havasu defeated Yuma 49-0 to stay unbeaten and will play Cibola next. Snowflake did not play on Friday but will take its 2-0 record to Fountain Hills, a future Winslow opponent, which is 0-2 after a 49-9 loss to Estrella Foothills. Show Low also did not play last weekend, but will face a formidable Florence Gopher team tonight. The Cougars are 2-0 for the season. Payson defeated St. Johns 46-14 to go to 2-0 on Friday and will have a test against the Coolidge Bears its next time out. The Blue Ridge Yellowjackets defeated Walnut Grove 27-0 to go to 2-0 and will play Thatcher next.
Besides Wickenburg, the only opponent the Bulldogs have not played with a 1-1 record is the Coronado Dons, who evened their record by beating Cortez on Friday. The Dons will play Kingman tonight. The Holbrook Roadrunners, whom Winslow defeated on Friday, are 1-1 and will play Chino Valley there tonight.
The Page Sand Devils are the only 1-2 team on Winslow’s schedule and they lost for the second time on Friday in a 34-32 heartbreaker to the Monument Valley Mustangs. They are off this week, but play Fountain Hills next in a matchup of the teams with the worst records of any the Bulldogs play.
