The Roadrunners cruised past Blue Ridge on Thursday night, then edged out Winslow on Saturday opening the east region schedule with a 2-0 record. Those wins pushed their season record to 14-3 and they are now 6-1 in regular season games.

Playing in Lakeside on Thursday, Holbrook jumped out to a 17-6 first-period lead behind a pair of treys from Caleb Cummings and another from Jaron Becenti. Tyler Tapaha added his only 4 points of the lopsided game in the first eight minutes. The second quarter saw Holbrook extend their lead to 33-12 at the half. In the third, Chase Salabye netted six and Becenti added 5 as Holbrook blew the game open outscoring the Yellowjackets 19-11. Scoring in the final period slowed with a running clock but Holbrook eventually prevailed 61-28.

Becenti led in scoring with 14. Travis Bia added 12, Salabye 10, Cummings 9, Manny Rico 8, Tapaha 4, Leyton Tom, and Cameron Chevarillo each scored two in the win. Holbrook made six treys and went three for five at the line.

Saturday’s game in Winslow was more competitive. Winslow played well through the first eight minutes and led 13-5 at the end of the quarter paced by 6 points from Issac David. David added 6 more in the second period and Holbrook kept pace behind two treys from Becenti. Winslow led 28-20 at the half.

Holbrook made it a one-point game in the third quarter behind six more from Becenti and seven from Tapaha. In the fourth Holbrook caught and passed the Dawgs to win the game 50-45.

Becenti led Holbrook in scoring with 17 points. Tapaha added 15; Bia, 7; Cummings, 5; Rico, 4; and Salabye helped with 2. Holbrook made three of five free throws and connected on seven shots from behind the arc, five of those from Becenti.

Winslow was led by David’s 17-point performance. He was also honored on the night for surpassing 1,000 pts in his Bulldog career. Daylen Nez added 9; Jace Smith, 7; Izaak Panara, 6; Jayden Curtis, 4; and Gino Quinous added 2. The Bulldogs made one of two free throws and hit four shots from distance.

Holbrook will now be off until Jan. 7, when they host Round Valley, on the 10th they travel to face the Lobos in a key east region match-up.