The Holbrook Roadrunners defeated the Window Rock Scouts 5-4 on Saturday to capture the 3A North Region Tournament Championship. The Winslow Bulldogs defeated the Monument Valley Mustangs 11-1 earlier that day for third place in the tourney.

On Friday, Holbrook defeated the Bulldogs 15-9 in a slugfest to earn a spot in the finals. The Roadrunners had defeated the Chinle Wildcats 21-1 in a one-sided affair on Tuesday. Window Rock downed the Monument Valley Mustangs 26-6 on Friday and had received a quarterfinal bye by winning the regular season championship. Monument Valley nipped Tuba City 7-6 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Winslow beat Ganado 15-1 on Tuesday to reach the semifinals.

The Bulldogs 15-9 loss to Holbrook on Friday came on a windy day when the Roadrunners pounded out 13 hits and benefited from four Winslow errors.

Johnny Woods took the loss, giving up 13 runs, only four of which were earned, on nine hits, five walks and a hit batsman in 32/3 innings. Vittorio Sells worked the final inning and a third, and gave up two runs, one of which was earned, on four hits and four walks.

The Roadrunners scored four runs in the second inning and Winslow got two back in the bottom of the frame. Four more runs in the top of the third made it 8-3 after Winslow scored once in the bottom of the frame. Holbrook tallied five in the fourth inning, and again Winslow got one back to leave the margin at 13-4. A run in the top of the fifth for the Roadrunners put the Bulldogs in danger of the game ending under the 10-run mercy rule, but they scored twice to keep the contest going and tightened the lead to 13-9 in the bottom of the sixth. Holbrook scored its final run the top of the seventh for the 15-9 victory.

Chris Garrett was two for two for Winslow with a home run. Matt Smith was two for four with a double. Rhett Hardy was one for two. James Martinez was one for three. Woods was one for four.

Smith got the 11-1 victory over Monument Valley in the third place game, allowing one run on three hits and five walks. The game was ended after five innings under the mercy rule.

Winslow scored four runs in the third inning after Monument Valley scored one in the top of that inning. A run in the bottom of the fourth made it 5-1 and six in the bottom of the fifth ended the contest.

Jevon Estelle was two for two with a double for the Bulldogs. Smith was two for three with a double. Garrett and Martinez were each one for two. Matt Cirre and Hardy were each one for three with a double. Colton Corum was one for four with a double.

The results left the Bulldogs with a record of 18-11 going into the state tournament, where they are seeded seventh. They will meet No. 10 Holbrook in first round action at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 6, on Field 6 of the Surprise Baseball North Complex. The winner will play the winner of the Fountain Hills-Empire game at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The winner of that game will advance to the semifinals the next Friday.