Snowflake cruised to easy wins in the two final regular season matches last week. Playing in Winslow on Monday, they were too strong for the Bulldogs, winning in three straight sets: 25-7, 25-18 and 25-14.
Ryah Denhalter led in kills with 8. Alyssa Peterson added 7, and Bryn Kupfer added 5. Amrie Lewis had an impressive 9 aces. Hailey Jones and Gracie Bogle each had 7 digs. Jones also led in assists with 20.
Playing in Holbrook on Wednesday night, the Lobos met very little resistance from the Roadrunners, easily winning the match in three games: 25-8, 25-17 and 25-5.
Ranell West led in kills with 8. Peterson added 7, and Kupfer had 6. Bogle served up 6 aces, and Lewis added 2. Lucy Lyman led in digs with 5. Taya Schneider had 15 assists, and Jones finished with 14.
Snowflake will enter the 3A State tournament bracket as either the third or fourth overall seed. That bracket won’t be released until Wednesday this week, once the play-in games are done on Tuesday. The Lobos will play on Saturday at Millennium High School for at least the first two rounds of the brackets. The state championship match will be played at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Nov. 15.
