After flying high against Holbrook on Tuesday, Snowflake came back down to earth. The Lobos fell just short of the Payson Longhorns by a score of 7-6 on Thursday. The Lobos were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Longhorns apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in April of 2025.
Snowflake got a massive performance out of Brooklynn Lovingood, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two RBI, and one double. Kashlynn Cantrell also deserves some recognition as she snagged her first stolen base of the season.
Snowflake now has a losing record of 7-8. As for Payson, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 7-4.
Coming up, Snowflake will challenge Show Low at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Payson, they will square off against Northwest Christian at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. The Longhorns' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Crusaders have averaged an impressive 11.1 runs per game this season.
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