On March 17, the Lady Bulldogs played four games in a 20-team Gracie Haught Tournament in Payson, with each game being done on an hour and a half time limit.
In the first game the Lady Bulldogs would fall to the Lady Bobcats of Benson 10-1, with their only run coming in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Hailey Polelonema.
In the second game they would meet the 3A two-time state champs Sahuarita Lady Mustangs. The last time they met was at the championship game last year. The Bulldogs did not fare well in this meeting falling to the Mustangs, 6 to 2. The Bulldogs’ runs would come in the fourth inning on Angela Salazar RBI single and a Sasha Medina RBI double.
In the third game of the day the Lady Bulldogs took on the Lady Lions of Pusch Ridge where they would come up on top, winning the game 18 to 4. They jumped out with an 8 to 0 lead in the first inning when the Lady Bulldogs would bat through the line-up scoring on a two RBI single by Brynlee Barris followed by a Kendra Ybarra RBI single, then Ara Leonard with a two RBI single, a Salazar double with an RBI and Barris again with an RBI single.
The Lady Lions would get three runs in the first. In the second inning, Medina hit a double and would end up scoring on an error. In the bottom of the second the Lady Loins score on an error.
In the third inning the Lady Bulldogs would end up batting through the order and scoring nine runs starting with a two RBI single by Hale Charley, followed by a three-run homerun by Brynlee Barris and then a homerun by Alexis Smith, a two RBI double by Cassius Shultz and a two RBI single by Medina.
Their fourth game of the day they would face the Lady Warriors of Westwood and would get their second win, with the Bulldogs earning 6 over Westwood’s 2. In the first inning Salazar would score on fielder’s choice and Median would have an RBI single. In the fourth inning the Bulldogs would score four more runs on Jaylynn Sharp’s two RBI single followed by a Salazar RBI single and she would end up scoring by stealing home.
On March 18, they would face the Wilcox Lady Cowboys which would end up being a pitcher’s duel with the Lady Cowboys scoring the only run of the game in the third inning, Wilcox 1 Winslow 0.
