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Snowflake wrapped up a three game homestand on Saturday afternoon with a 36-52 loss to 11th ranked Monument Valley. The night before they played well outscoring a struggling Payson squad 70-52. Their first game of the week came on Jan. 8 when they came up short against visiting Blue Ridge by a final of 56-69. The Yellowjackets entered the weekend ranked 17th in the 3A power point rankings.
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With the 1-2 week the Lobos now find themselves needing a handful of wins over the course of their final eight games. Snowflake was ranked 28th prior to Friday’s contest with a regular season record of 4-6. The top 24 teams in the final power rankings will qualify for the 3A state tournament and Snowflake needs some more wins to move into that position.
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After the team played at Holbrook on Tuesday night the Lobos will host a powerful Show Low team on Friday night. Snowflake will face two different type opponents in those two games with Holbrook’s small team liking to get up and down the court on Tuesday, compared to Show Low’s tremendous size and athleticism on Friday.
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Next Tuesday, Snowflake will host the defending 3A state champion Winslow.
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