Despite dropping all three games played last week, the Lady Wildcats are still ranked inside the top 10 in the 1A rankings and they will be playing in the 1A state tournament, which gets underway on Saturday at the Rose Mofford Complex.
Joseph City lost a close contest on Tuesday in Mogollon falling to the Mustangs 14-13. Joseph City led 4-3 after the first then the game went back and forth from that point. Heading into the seventh inning, the Wildcats found themselves knotted at 12-12 with their rivals. The Lady Wildcats appeared to have the upper hand after scoring once in the seventh to lead 13-12. That lead didn’t hold, with the Mustangs scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to win the game by one run.
Hosting Northland Prep on Friday, the girls fell to the Spartans as they took the game 24-9. The game was close through two innings with the Wildcats trailing just 7-4, but when Northland Prep scored 11 runs in the third inning all hope was lost.
Stepping up a couple of classes on Saturday, the Wildcats were just over matched against 3A Show Low. The Cougars shut them out 15-0 in four innings.
The Cougars led just 4-0 after three innings, but 11 runs in the fourth inning decided the outcome.
Joseph City will finish the regular season at Williams on Tuesday, they will await the final state bracket to be released later this week to see who their first round opponent will be on Saturday.
