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

State Competition ahead for Raton Spirit Teams

Spirit Teams to participate in state competition

Go Ladies!!!

The Tiger Cats Dance team and the RHS Cheer Squad will travel to Rio Rancho this weekend for the state spirit competition to be held at the Santa Ana Star Center.
As dance coach Kelly Gabrielle put it 3A competition is one of the most competitive in the state. For 2 minutes and 15 seconds these ladies compete for a state title, a state trophy before a panel of judges. Cheer coach Linda Ortiz stated that these girls had started preparing for this routine in June of last year. Hours and hours of practice practice practice go into the preparation for two 2 1/4 minutes of cheer or dance routines.
The girls will participate Friday and Saturday evening and one of the things the teams are judged on is crowd participation which Ortiz eluded to, she told the crowd that Raton has one of the best crowd followings at state.
The Raton teams have performed quite well at state despite having to compete against private schools coming home with third and second place wins. This year the girls have done quite well at the pre state competitions with both teams coming home with first or second place finishes. Could this be the year Raton sees a couple of state titles??
 

Go Ladies!!!!

The RHS Cheer Team perfrom their state routine Wednesday evening in tiger Gym

Hours upon hours of practice, the RHS Cheer Team performs Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym for a large crowd

The Tiger Cats Dance team during their state preview performance Wednesday evening

Tiger Cats, Wednesday evening these ladies showed their stuff to a large crowd in Tiger Gym

Part of the pom routine in dance is a pom-toss the Tiger Cats show off their stuff Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym

practice practice practice thats what it takes to perform a flawless routine at the State Spirit competition, the Tiger Cheer team will perform this weekend in Rio Rancho for a state title

Go Lady Tigers!! Raton will perform at the State Spirit competition in Rio Rancho this weekend

Black and Gold are the Tiger Cats dance team, as part of their state preview Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym

Seniors Arianna Krulyak and Donovan Hernandez, this was the last performance for these two young cheer members before the hometown crowd Wednesday evening

Chelsea Chavez the only senior on the dance team this year made her last performance before the hometown crowd at Tiger Gym Wednesday evening