By Greg Perkins The Lady Lobos continued rolling through their early season schedule last week with wins over Show Low and Holbrook. Playing in Show Low on Wednesday night, Snowflake broke away from a close early game in the second half and wound up with a 56-37 victory. Hosting rival Holbrook, the following night the Lobos scored six straight points in the final minute to open a double-digit win over the Lady Roadrunners by a final of 50-39. This game started close with both teams knotted at 7-7 through the first half of the opening frame. In the final four minutes of period one, Snowflake went on a 13-0 run and lead 20-7 at the end of the quarter. Five points from Macee Lesueur and four each from Trystan Hancock and Emily Davis paced the way. Holbrook fought back in the second, outscoring the Lobos by five leaving Snowflake with an eight-point half time cushion. In the third Holbrook’s post player Matehya Aberle put in six points and Jineane Cummings added four as the Roadrunners trimmed the lead to five heading to the fourth. Snowflake saw Holbrook pull to within three points late in the fourth but a couple of steals and throw ahead lay-ins secured Snowflake’s fifth win of the season and their first against Holbrook in several years. Kamri Ballard scored eight Lobo points in the final stanza helping her team get the win. Snowflake was led in scoring by Ballard with 12. Emily Davis added 11; Lesueur, 9; Trystan Hancock, 8; and Austin Stratton helped with 7. The Lobos made three treys, two by Stratton, and went 13 for 25 at the free throw line. Holbrook’s post player Aberle led all scorers with 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. The Roadrunners also hit three treys and went 12 for 15 at the charity stripe. With the two wins, Snowflake improved to 5-0 on the season and they are now 2-0 in east region play heading into this week’s action. After hosting Blue Ridge on Tuesday, the Lobos will travel to Payson on Thursday. With two more expected wins, Snowflake’s next big test will come next Tuesday when they host Winslow.
