The Winslow Bulldogs won two games and lost two at the Pepsi Invitational Tournament last weekend in Flagstaff. The results left the Bulldogs with a record of 4-3 going into Tuesday’s game against Chinle in Winslow. The Bulldogs will be off after that game until they play in the Tournament of Champions Dec. 26-28 in Ganado.

On Thursday, the Bulldogs easily defeated the River Valley Dust Devils, 74-28, but on Friday they lost to the Copper Canyon Aztecs, 64-48, and the Coconino Panthers, 45-36. On Saturday they defeated the Northland Prep Spartans 67-59 to even their record in tournament play.

In the win over River Valley the Bulldogs had a 16-3 first quarter lead and were in command 37-17 at the half and 62-23 after three quarters. Tylon Yazzie with 12 points for the Bulldogs was the only player in double figures, but Winslow had four players score 9, including Dalvin Benally, Trelonnie Sanders, Kordell McReeves and Akkeem Foster. David Larrabee scored 9 for River Valley.

Copper Canyon jumped out to a 20-8 first quarter lead over the Bulldogs on Friday, and was up 42-19 at the half and 54-35 after three quarters on the way to a 64-48 victory. Terrel Felix led Copper Canyon with 24 points and Treyvon McCray was in double figures with 15 points. Sanders paced Winslow with 12 points, while Foster scored 9.

Also on Friday the Coconino Panthers defeated the Bulldogs 45-38 in a low scoring game. Coconino led 16-6 after the first quarter and was up 23-14 at the half and 30-22 after three quarters. Ironically, the only quarter in which the Panthers outscored the Bulldogs was the opening period, but Winslow was never able to catch up. Jacob Anderson led Coconino with 14 points and Matthew Begay added 10. Winslow was led by Sanders and Yazzie with 7 points each.

In Saturday’s 67-59 win over Northland Prep, the Bulldogs led 20-14 after the first quarter and 33-18 at the intermission. The margin was 51-33 after three quarters. The Spartans cut into the Winslow lead in the final period. Timber Lake of the Spartans led all scorers with 13 points and Salay added 10. Benally and Savion Fuller led Winslow with 12 points each, and Yazzie scored 11.