Congrats to the RHS Cheer squad for bringing home a 1^st place trophy from the Artesia Cheer Competition this weekend

Turnovers trouble Tigers

By Marty Mayfield

KRTN Multi-Media

            It was the boy’s turn Saturday night to host the last home game of the season with the Robertson Cardinals and the red birds brought it on creating turnovers that resulted in points and finally a win to end the district play for the regular season.

            First quarter action actually saw the Tigers take the lead and play a close game however second quarter action resulted in only 2-points for the Tigers while Robertson pulled out and left the striped cats bewildered.

Third quarter action wasn’t any better. The fourth quarter looked up yet when the buzzer sounded the final score was 63-34 Robertson.

Turnovers started quick and early on in the varsity game as the Cardinals played an aggressive and fast paced game. Another factor during the game was height as the Cardinals have players almost a head taller than some of the Tigers, which allowed the Cardinals the opportunity to make shot blocks.  By the halftime buzzer it was a 45-20 Robertson game.

Second half action continued the turnover trouble and yet the Tigers didn’t give in and finished the game less than 30 points down with a 78-51 Robertson win.

On to the district tourney this week, stay tuned to KRTN for up to date game times and locations.

Caleb Wood started Raton out right as he controlled the Jump ball in the JV game Saturday evening

JV Scoring

Robertson 14  18  16  15  63

Raton         13    2    3   14  34

Robertson High Point

Justin Dimas 10  2 of 4 free throws

Brandon Maes  10  2 of 4 free throws

Free throws  24 of  38 attempts

Raton High Point

Mark Hightree 9 1 of 4 free throws

Free throws 2 of 12 attempts

Congrats Senior Matt Ortiz

Congrats Senior Matt Earle

Congrats Senior Jeramy Armijo

 Varsity Scoring

Robertson  21  24  17  16  78

Raton          12    8   14  16  51

Robertson High Point

Justin Bustos 21 4 of 8 free throws 3 3-pointers

Dalen Avrea 18  4 3-pointers

Josh Brito 14 1 of 3 free throws  3 3-pointers

Ryan Tafoya 13 3 of 3 free throws

Free throws 10 of 21 attempts

Raton High Point

Seth Brower 12

Rashaan Craig 13 3 of 4 free throws 3 3-pointers

Free Throws 7 of 10 attempts

A much taller Justin Bustos gets a hand on the ball as Mark Hightree goes for the jumper Saturday night in tiger Gym

Seth Brower goes for the lay-up as Joseph Mascarenas attempts the block Saturday night in Tiger Gym

Matt Ortiz drives the lane between Brandon Trujillo and Jalen Martinez late in the game Saturday night in Tiger Gym

Congrats the RHS Cheer squads for their first place win in Artesia over the weekend. Not all the team was present when Coach Linda Ortiz announced the win to the crowd Saturday night during the Raton Robertson game.