Bulldogs Will Scrimmage With Sinagua In Flagstaff On Friday

By Sam Conner
   The Winslow Bulldogs basketball team will participate in a controlled scrimmage on Friday, Nov. 21, at Sinagua High School in Flagstaff. New head coach Ricky Greer will have a team with solid potential, but one that may be hurt early by the talented players who may well be involved in the football playoffs until nearly time for the season to start. Greer has persuaded former varsity coach Paul Landis to join him as a very talented and valuable assistant.
   The regular season will begin with a home game on Tuesday, Nov. 25, against the Hopi Bruins. Virtu-ally all Winslow home games are slated for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff, but may be delayed by the junior varsity games. Most girls’ freshman games will be played at the old Winslow gym at 7:30 p.m. The girls’ junior varsity games are slated for 4:30 p.m. The girls’ varsity games are slated for 6 p.m. in Don Petranovich Gymnasium. The boys’ junior varsity game is slated for 4:30 p.m. and the freshmen play at 6 p.m. in the old Winslow gym.
   The first road game of the season will be against the Alchesay Falcons at Whiteriver on Tuesday, Dec. 2. That will be followed by the Bulldogs hosting the Cake Chevrolet Winslow Shootout Tournament Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 4-6.
   A road game against Blue Ridge on Tuesday, Dec. 9, in Lakeside will be followed by participation in the Pepsi Invitational Tournament at Flagstaff on Dec. 11, 12 and 13. This is traditionally an important op-portunity for Winslow coaches, as some of the best teams in the state from all classes are usually in atten-dance.
   The first 3A North Region game of the season will be in Winslow on Dec. 16 against the Chinle Wild-cats.
   The Holbrook Roadrunners will be in Winslow for the first 3A North Region game of 2009 on Jan. 6. That game will be followed by the only remaining non-regional games on the schedule on Jan. 8 at Snow-flake and on Jan. 10 against Round Valley in Winslow. The Round Valley games are slated for a 1:30 pm. start for the freshmen, a 4:30 p.m. start for the junior varsity and a 7:30 p.m. tipoff for the varsity.
   Winslow will play at Ganado on Jan. 13, with game times set for 4:30, 6 and 7:30 p.m. That will be followed by games at Tuba City slated for 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Games are slated for 4:30, 6 and 7; 30 p.m. on Jan. 20 at Chinle. Winslow will remain on the road for games at 4:30 for the jayvees and 7:30 p.m. for the freshmen and varsity against Monument Valley on Jan. 24 in Kayenta.
   It is back home for the Bulldogs on Jan. 27 against Window Rock and on Jan. 31 against Tuba City.
   The last two regular season road games will be on Feb. 2 at Holbrook and Feb. 5 at Chinle. The final game of the regular season will be against Monument Valley on Feb. 6 at Winslow.
   The 3A North Region Tournament will hold its first two rounds on Feb. 9 and 10 at the homes of the higher seeds. The semifinals and finals will be held at Chinle on Feb. 12 and 13. Information on state tour-nament times and places will be announced later.