5th Inning Rally closes gap

By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media

By the end of the first inning it looked like it was going to be a long day for the Tigers as the bats connected and balls found the other side of the fence in center and left field to allow the miners to pull in 11 runs.
By the end of the third Raton was wondering what was going on. Raton had been through three of the younger pitchers based mostly on pitch counts and started looking at the older pitchers.
Then in the fourth the bats started to connect and a fifth inning rally where Raton crossed the plate seven times and added four more in the sixth to close the gap.
Yet by the end of the seventh the Miners had held on with some great defense in the seventh.
Raton will see more action on April 3 at Gabrielle Field.

Trinidad 11 0 1 4 3 1 0 -- 20
Raton 1 0 2 4 7 4 0 -- 18

Dylan Aragon is ready for the tag but the ball doesn't make it in time as Miner Chris DeAngelis slides safe into second base.

Cam Baird makes the grab and heads it o first base for the out Wednesday afternoon at Gabrielle Field

Playing catcher Daryn Romero goes for the foul ball, yet it gets away from him and falls to the ground

Blake Washburn makes contact and sends the ball sailing Wednseday afternoon

Troy Hall makes contact in the fifrt

RHS Perfroms at State Spirit

State Spirit Competition tough on Raton Teams

It was a long tough meet in Rio Rancho at the Santa Ana Star Center this last weekend for the Raton spirit teams.

As dance coach Kelly Gabrielle puts it class 3A is one of the toughest to compete in than any other in the state. This meet was no exception for the girls. Friday night the cheer team performed an almost flawless routine and the dance team had a great performance as well. The tough part for the Tiger Cats is that they followed the toughest team in class 3A, Hope Christain who would later win the dance competition. Hope's performance was a routine with a pirates theme and one that brought wow comments afterwards.

Whether it affected the girls is hard to tell but it was tough to follow that up, yet the girls did a great job and the Raton fans gave them the appreciation they deserved for a job well done.

Saturday night was again stiff competition yet Raton did what they needed to with the Tiger Cats winning a certificate for a best in category in the Jazz performance as did the Raton cheer team for Friday night's performance which included crowd participation, Go Raton Fans!! Cheer coach Linda Ortiz said that Raton has one of the best crowd followings and it showed Friday night as the crowd helped Raton win the best in category for the night. By far there were more Raton fans there than even the home teams of Rio Rancho and Albuquerque. They were the loudest too!!

By the time the competition ended late Saturday night Raton cheer came home with a second place trophywith Dance bringing home a certificate for Best in Category for Jazz. Hope Christian won both the Cheer and Dance competition.

Cheer
1st Hope Christian
2nd Raton
3rd Taos

Dance
1st Hope Christian
2nd Taos
3rd St Mikes

Go Tigers!!! Friday's routine at the State Spirit Competition

In the air they go during Friday night's performance at the State Spirit Competiti

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The ladies rejoice after a almost flawless routine Friday night

After their routine Friday the team had a team bonding moment in the Lobby at the Santa Ana Star Center

The Raton Fans !!!!!  Saturday night at the State Spirit competition

YEA!! go Tiger Cats the Raton Fans rock!!

Killing time between performances Saturday night Kelly Ortiz, Donovan Hernandez and Brittany Sanchez

The Tiger Cats Dance Team performing their pom routine Friday night in the Santa Ana Star Center during the State Spirit Competition

Friday night the ladies make the wave during their pom performance Friday night

Jerica Gonzales shows the right stuff as the Tiger Cats perform Friday evening at the State Spirit Competition at the Santa Ana Star center in Rio Rancho