Lady Miners Bury Lady Tigers

By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media

The Lady Tigers took a quick lead Tuesday evening in Trinidad and lead 8-2. The sleepy Lady Miners, after a time out, awoke and made that pick ring as they put the pressure on and created turnover after turnover.

 By the time the first quarter was over a stunned Lady Tiger team was looking at a nine point deficit (21-12). As the second quarter moved on the score continued to widen with Trinidad's full court press working the turnovers and keeping the Lady Tigers away from the basket. By halftime Raton was licking their wounds with a 42-23 score on the board.

As the second half got under way the Lady Miners pulled back some on the press and played a steady fast paced game that allowed them to slowly widen the score. The Lady Tigers were also having trouble controlling the fouls with a couple of questionable calls that sent the Lady Miners to the charity stripe.
That trend continued into the fourth quarter and fortunately for Raton Trinidad was colder than hot at the line. The Lady Miners only hit 10 of 20 free throws in the second half.

As the buzzer sounded the Lady Tigers were looking at their second loss of the season with a 67-38 score. The Lady Tigers will host the Lady Tigers from La Junta on Saturday January 14 at 5:00 p.m.

JV Scores

Raton      6  9  18  12  45

Trinidad 7  11  8  4    30

Trinidad High Point

Molly Roth  9

Free throws 4 of 12 attempts

Raton High Point

Leah Cimino 11

Mariah Romero 12

Free throws 10 of 14 attempts

Varsity Scores

Raton     12  11  6  9        38

Trinidad 21  21  12  13  67

Trinidad High Point

Stephany Navarette 10  1 of 4 free throws

Ashleigh Vecellio 12  2 of 5 free throws

Tiffany Castillo 13 with 7 of 15 free throws

Kendra Torres 10

Free throws 13 of 30 attempts

Raton High Point

Brylee Medina 8

Free Throws  8 of 15 attempts

Mariah Romero is set for the free throw and ready to add another point to extend Raton’s lead to 32-26 over the Lady Miners Tuesday night in Trinidad

Lady Miner Vanessa Gonzales gets a hand in the way as Lady Tiger Jordan Valdez works her way down the court during the Varsity game Tuesday evening in Trinidad.

Lady Tiger Noelle McDonald rounds Lady Miner Tiffany Castillo Tuesday evening in Trinidad as she heads for the basket

Lady Miner Vanessa Gonazales and Lady Tiger Sarah Ortiz work for the rebound Tuesday evening in Trinidad 

Lady Miner Chelsea Velasquez takes the charging foul as Lady Tiger Brylee Medina goes for the lay-up Tuesday evening in Trinidad