The Lady Lobos head into the home stretch of the regular season ranked fourth in the Division III power point rankings with a 13-1 regular season mark. The Snowflake squad dropped its first regular season game of the year, but has since won 13 straight power point contests, with three of those wins coming last week.
On Tuesday, the Lobos pounded visiting Higley, 22-0. The team collected 25 hits in the game, with several players contributing to the five-inning win. Breklee Tanner went 1 for 5 with an RBI and scored twice. Eilee Penrod was 3 for 5 with an RBI and scored three times. Alyssa Brinkerhoff was 1 for 2 with a double, an RBI and scored once. Madison Butler went 2 for 2 with a home run, four RBIs and scored three runs. Tori Flake went 3 for 4 with a double, two RBIs and scored twice. Mikayla Hall went 4 for 5 with two doubles, four RBIs and scored four runs. Hallie Bauer went 3 for 4 with a double, two RBIs and scored twice. Keltcee Hensley was 3 for 4 with a double, two RBIs and scored three runs. Shaelee Hensley had a big day with two home runs, a double, five RBIs and scored three times. Bailey Standerfer went 1 for 2 with a double, two RBIs and scored once.
All total, the Lobos finished with three home runs and nine doubles against the overmatched Higley pitchers.
Tanner worked two innings in the circle, collecting two strikeouts. Flake put in three innings of work, striking out seven of the 10 batters she faced. Each pitcher gave up just one hit in the win.
Playing at Show Low on Thursday, the Lobos scored once in each of the first three innings, but saw their lead vanish in the bottom of the third as four Cougar runs scored. Snowflake quickly regained the lead with two in the fourth, then widened the gap with three runs in the fifth and added one more in the seventh to win the game 9-4.
Friday’s home win over Holbrook wasn’t much of a test for the Lobos. Snowflake won the game 11-1 for its 13th straight win in the regular season.
The Lobos headed into this week ranked fourth in power points. They will host Window Rock today (April 20) in their final home game of the season. On Thursday, April 21, they play at St. Johns and the following day they will travel to Lakeside to meet Blue Ridge. On Tuesday, April 26, they close out the regular season at Payson. They will open state tournament play on Saturday, April 30, in the 32-team bracket, where they should be seeded in the top five if they win their remaining four games.
