The Lobos won all three games played last week, with all three wins being east region victories over teams ranked inside the top 20 of the 3A rankings.
Hosting Show Low on Tuesday, Snowflake trailed 7-6 going into the bottom of the seventh. Two runs later, they ended the game with an 8-7 win.
Skip Bawden went 3 for 3 with a double. Xavier Reidhead was 3 for 4. Kyler Matthews went 2 for 5. Graham Bawden went 1 for 4, Kenyan Bryant 1 for 4, Gavin Rausch 1 for 4, and Aaden Coor 1 for 4.
Kyler Matthews pitched 5.1 innings, giving up 7 runs on 11 hits with 4 strikeouts and walked 3 Cougar batters. Curtis Hollom worked 1.2 frames with 4 strikeouts.
The following day, the Lobos hosted Alchesay, who had dropped to 20th in the rankings despite a winning record. Snowflake gave up just 1 run to the Falcons in the 11-1 five-inning win. The Lobos scored 7 runs in the fourth to put the game out of reach.
Rausch went 3 for 4 with a home run. Reidhead was 2 for 3 with a triple and a double. Tate Matthews went 2 for 3 with a double. Kyler Matthews was 1 for 3 with a double. Bryant went 2 for 3 with a double. Graham Bawden was 1 for 3, and Skip Bawden 1 for 2.
Hollom pitched all five innings, giving up just the 1 run on four hits with 7 strikeouts.
Snowflake’s final game of the week was a 10-6 road win at Blue Ridge. The Lobos took the lead with 4 runs in the third inning, then extended that margin with 1 more in the fifth, and another three in the sixth. Their final 2 runs came in the seventh inning, giving them a 10-0 lead. Blue Ridge tried to rally, scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the seventh before Snowflake finally put an end to their rally.
Kyler Matthews went 3 for 5; Coor, 3 for 4; Bryant, 2 for 4; Reidhead, 2 for 4 with a double; Hollom, 1 for 1; Skip Bawden, 1 for 3; and Tate Matthews, 1 for 4 with a double.
Skip Bawden pitched 6.2 innings, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits with an impressive 15 strikeouts. Keylan McCutcheon pitched the final out, giving up 4 runs on 3 hits.
Snowflake enters this week ranked sixth in the 3A rankings. They will host Pima on Monday, then travel to Alchesay on Tuesday. Saturday afternoon, they will host Holbrook. Their final game of the regular season will be next Monday when they host Winslow.
Snowflake is 11-2 in regular season games with four games left.
