The Lobos had their eight-game winning streak snapped in the quarterfinal round of the 3A state baseball tournament on Saturday.
They advanced to that round with a 2-1 win over region foe Blue Ridge in the first round of the state tournament on Tuesday. Snowflake gave up a first inning run to the Yellowjackets, then held them scoreless the rest of the way in a pitcher’s duel. The Lobos scored their only 2 runs in the bottom of the fourth and won the game 2-1.
Skip Bawden got the start on the hill where he notched 10 strikeouts with 3 walks. He only gave up 1 run on 2 hits.
Curtis Hollom pitched the final 2 outs, getting 1 strikeout and allowing 1 hit.
Snowflake scattered 6 hits in the win. Skip Bawden went 3 for 4 with a triple, a double and had an RBI. Graham Bawden was 1 for 2 with an RBI. Kenyan Bryant went 1 for 3. Kyler Matthews was 1 for 4.
Hosting Pusch Ridge Academy on Saturday, the sixth-seeded Lobos fell to the 14th-seeded Lions by a final of 7-3.
Pusch Ridge scored single runs in the first and third frames. Snowflake mounted a challenge in the fifth and briefly went ahead with 3 runs. Pusch Ridge closed the game and Snowflake’s season with 5 runs in the top of the sixth inning. Neither team scored in the seventh, bringing an end to the Lobo season.
Snowflake finished with an overall record of 19-7.
Private schools dominated the final four in 3A baseball. Valley Christian, Gilbert Christian, Pusch Ridge and Yuma Catholic will battle for the title this weekend.
