By K. Conner On Saturday, the ninth seed Winslow Lady Bulldogs traveled to Show Low to meet the eighth seeded Lady Cougars. In the top of the first inning the Lady Bulldogs would strike first on a Desbah White double that would score an RBI to put Winslow up 1-0. In the bottom of the first, the Lady Cougars would score with Nicole Rohtan scoring on an error followed by Corinne Collins’ two-run homerun to put Show Low ahead 3-1. In the top of the second inning, Mikell Branson would reach on an error and allowing Brinleigh Arredondo to score. Branson would end up also scoring on an error. Jaylynn Sharp would hit a double with an RBI to put Winslow back on top 4-3. In the bottom of the second, Addie Clark would hit a homerun to tie the game, followed by a second back-to-back homerun by Rohtan to again give Show Low the lead 5-4. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Clark’s double would bring in an RBI to increase Show Low’s lead 6-4. Then in the top of the fifth inning, Arredondo singled with an RBI, and after stealing second along with getting to third on an error she would tag up and score on a pop fly out to tie the game 6-6. It was the top of the seventh inning when Lady Bulldog Brynlee Barris’ single with an RBI would go on to score on a sacrifice fly to give Winslow the 8-6 win. Winning pitcher was Mykenzie Flores with 12 hits, six run and eight strikeouts. Winslow had two errors. On Tuesday (May 11) the Lady Bulldogs traveled to Tucson to face the No. 1 seed Sabino Lady Saber cats.
