The Lobos of Snowflake High school placed third at the 3A East Regional Basketball Tournament played over the weekend.

Snowflake opened sub-region play last Tuesday with a 71-47 win over visiting Show Low.

On Friday the Lobos played hard, but shot poorly, in a 69-62 loss to Round Valley.

Playing for third and fourth on Saturday at Blue Ridge High School in Lakeside, Snowflake edged the Yellowjackets 66-62 to take third place.

Heading into the region tournament the Lobos were seeded eighth in power points and will still host ninth seeded Safford in the first round of the state tournament at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19. If the Lobos win, they will face either top ranked Holbrook or Sedona, the 16th seed.

Other matchups for the boys’ state tournament include No. 5 Blue Ridge vs. No. 12 Parker, No. 4 Winslow vs. No. 13 Coolidge, No. 3 Window Rock vs. No. 14 Estrella Foothills, No. 6 Florence vs. No. 11 Monument Valley, No. 7 Round Valley vs. No. 10 Alchesay and No. 2 Fountain Hills vs. No. 15 Payson.

The East Region has five teams in the final field of 16.