The Wildcats won both their regular season games played last week, then went 2-4 in the Gracie Haught Invitational tournament hosted by Payson over the weekend.
Their tournament losses were to Sahuarita, 1-5; Pusch Ridge, 3-10; Bourgade Catholic, 9-14; and Globe, 6-10. One of their wins was a forfeit over Carl Hayden, the other was a 14-9 win over Benson.
In their regular season games prior to the tournament, they defeated St. Michael on Wednesday at home by a final of 12-2 in six innings. The Wildcats scored four in the first, then added three in the second to lead 7-0. The Cardinals scored their two runs in the top of the third. Joseph City matched those in the bottom of the inning, then added another in the fourth. The final two runs which gave them the mercy rule win came in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Playing at home again the following day against Window Rock, Joseph City again won in six innings. They scored in each of the six innings with 3 runs in the fourth and fifth to pull away. The Scouts scored once in the third. Joseph City ended the game under the mercy rule with 1 run in the sixth inning making the score 11-1.
This week Joseph City will play three games all on the road. Monday they will be at Mogollon, Thursday at Round Valley, then Saturday they will play at Kingman Academy.
Joseph City enters the road trip with an overall record of 8-4.
