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The Bulldogs pushed their overall record to 4-2 and their regular season mark edged up to 2-1 thanks to a pair of wins last week.

Hosting Tuba City on Tuesday, they dominated the Warriors in a 16-1 outcome. Winslow scored three in the bottom of the first, added four more in the second to lead by seven before the Warriors scored their lone run in the top of the third. The home team countered with six runs in their half of the frame, then added three more for good measure in the bottom of the fourth to close out the game under the 10-run rule.

Winslow collected 14 hits in the win led by Ricardo Villanueva, fresh off his state title on the hardwood, who went 4 for 4 with a triple and 4 RBI; Jalen Lyons also tripled while going 2 for 4; Daniel Vizcaya went 2 for 4 with a double; and Weldon Gamber was 2 for 2.

On the hill, Jacob Guerrero, Dylan Vargas and Sonny Wilbanks combined to work five innings giving up just one run on three hits with eight strikeouts and walked five.

Friday afternoon the Bulldogs were in Sedona where they left for home with another convincing win defeating the Scorpions 18-3 in six innings. Winslow built a commanding lead after scoring twice in the first, twice in the third, then really opened the game up with seven runs in the fourth. Sedona extended the game with two runs in the fourth, and another in the fifth. In the sixth the Dawgs put the game out of reach with seven more runs.

Lyons went 2 for 5 with a triple; and Villanueva and Gamber both had 2 hits in the win.

Villanueva worked five innings where he faced 20 Scorpion batters. He allowed three runs on four hits with eight strikeouts and walked two. Sonny Wilbanks pitched the final inning giving up no runs and just one hit with a strikeout.

After playing at Window Rock on Tuesday, the Bulldogs will travel to Chinle on Friday. Next Monday they open east region play with a trip to Show Low to face the Cougars.