Joseph City’s softball team lost a pair of games last week moving their regular season record to 3-4. Hosting St. Johns on Tuesday, they started the game well enough with four first inning runs. St. Johns battled back with five in the top of the second, then added another in the third. Joseph City scored twice in the third tying the game at 6-6. The Redskins pushed across three runs in the top of the fourth taking the lead for good. The Wildcats trimmed the margin to two with a run in the bottom of the fourth. Following two St. Johns scores in the sixth, Joseph City tried to mount a challenge but managed just single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to drop the game 12-9.
Playing at Chinle on Thursday, Joseph City fell behind 4-1 after the first, then scored their second and final run in the top of the second. Chinle went on to add three runs in the second and third frames en route to a 12-2 six-inning win.
Joseph City entered this week ranked 12th in the 1A softball ranking. They will host Williams on Wednesday and then play a double header at Alchesay on Thursday. Next Monday they host Mogollon.
