Competing along with 23 other teams at the Gracie Haught Tournament held in Payson at the end of last week the Lady Bulldogs went 5-3 in games reported to the AIA. They opened the tournament on Thursday afternoon with a 7-6 extra inning loss to Benson. Winslow tied the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh, but gave up two runs to the Bobcats in the top of the eighth and only managed one in the bottom of the final inning.
Chloe Wilcox, Harleigh Scott and Jordyn Johnson each led the team with two hits apiece. Maycee Cunningham and Jordyn Johnson each had homers in the loss.
Thursday evening Winslow won a five inning 12-1 affair over Nogales. The Lady Bulldogs started slowly with just one first inning run, but scored three in the second and third. They closed the game out with five runs in the fourth frame.
Morgan Thomas, Justine Butterfield and Taylor Butterfield each had two hits. Alyssa Barton homered for her only hit.
Justine Butterfield picked up the win in the circle allowing just one run on three hits with seven strikeouts and walked only one.
Early Friday morning the Bulldogs woke up in a good mood with a 19-1 win over Santa Cruz Valley. Winslow scored 13 runs in the first inning and cruised from that point.
Justine Butterfield, Wilcox, Scott, Johnson and Brooke Williams each collected two hits. Johnson and Williams both had home run shots.
After beating Camp Verde 14-7 at noon on Friday, Winslow took care of Pusch Ridge in a one run game 9-8 late Friday afternoon.
Winslow dropped two games to Benson on Saturday. Benson won the first game 18-5 dropping Winslow to the loser bracket and took the second, which ended up being the championship game 14-3. In between those games the Bulldogs picked up a win over Mingus to work their way back to the title game in the Gold Division, which was their second loss to Benson.
