Triggers 11
Osos     10
A ninth inning home run by Trigger Sam DeMatteo brought in the winning run after Raton tied the game in the bottom of the seventh.

Out at home as Trigger Catcher Richie Serritella makes the tag at home plate

Out at home as Trigger Catcher Richie Serritella makes the tag at home plate

Another out at second as Cody Langham makes the tag on Jacoby Fabry

Sam Steadman makes the slide into third well behind the ball, Jeff Lucero easily makes the tag

Oso first baseman Michael Lange makes contact with the and sends it sailing for a single

The call is safe by the infield umpire as Bryce Miller slides back into first. However on the next play he is tagged out in the pickle.

Caught in the pickle Bryce Miller is tagged out by second baseman Cody Langham.

The Osos are stung by another bad throw, despite suffering several errors they managed to come back and tie the game at 10 in the bottom of the seventh.

The Osos' base runner is safe at second.

The tying run slides across home plate on a wild pitch that got away from Trigger catcher Richie Serritella

Trinidad  11
Raton  4

A 9th inning rally netted the Osos four runs otherwise the game was all Trinidad including a two run home run by Sam DiMatteo in the 8th

The throw to first for the pickoff, Trigger Frank Florio makes it back before the ball

The throw to first for the pickoff, Trigger Frank Florio makes it back before the ball

Sam DiMatteo is safe at home as Osos' catcher Zach Kreeger looses the ball. The Ball is at his knee as the glove moves to the plate.

Sam DiMatteo is safe at home as Osos' catcher Zach Kreeger looses the ball. The Ball is at his knee as the glove moves to the plate.

Roso the OSO works the first base line.

Stedman Smith makes contact with the ball but couldn't beat the ball to first.

Out at second is the call as Trigger Andrew Azzopardi slides by the glove of Ryan Barban

Out at second is the call as Trigger Andrew Azzopardi slides by the glove of Ryan Barban

Sam DiMatteo hit a two run home run in the 8th to run the score up and is met by fellow team mates as he crosses home plate.

Triggers hobble Oso Home Opener

By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media

What a night for baseball in Raton as the Raton Oso's hosted the Trinidad Triggers for an evening of professional baseball.

Raton is one of the new teams to the Pecos League which consists of teams in New Mexico and the one Colorado team in Trinidad. Raton will play a 70 game season in 72 days with 34 games in Raton.

Trinidad took the lead and never really looked back as the Oso's just couldn't quite get things to gel offensively. Yet a ninth inning rally closed the score from the 5-1 lead that Trinidad did have to a 5-4 score. With the winning run on base Raton fell short as the batter struck out to end the game.

John Gabriele throws out the first ball to open the first ever home game of the Raton Osos at Gabriele Field

Safe at 2nd base early in the game as Ryan Barban just misses the base runner

Safe at 2nd base early in the game as Ryan Barban just misses the base runner

Oso Logan Marello slides into second as Mike Goldy makes the tag

Oso Logan Marello slides into second as Mike Goldy makes the tag

Oso Logan Marello slides into second as Mike Goldy makes the tag

Matt Hunt connects and splinters another bat, the hit was good for a single into shallow right field.

Jeff Lucero slides into third base but is tagged out by third baseman Logan Marello

Jeff Lucero slides into third base but is tagged out by third baseman Logan Marello

Chris Tuttle makes it safely back to first base as the ball gets to the mitt of first baseman Michael Lange

Special to KRTN Sports
by Joe Giglia

NM Class A Track & Field State Championships

A young Cimarron Ram Track team won the State Track Championship,
outlasting a tough Cliff team with a score of 71 to 55. Mountainair
was 3rd with a score of 49.

Henry Sime of Cimarron won the Class A Boys High Point honors with 23
points ( 3rd Triple Jump, 1st 1600, 1st 800, 1st 400 Relay, 1st 1600
relay )

This is the 3rd State Championship for the boys in the history of the
program. Other Championships were in 1995 & 2002.

The Rams pulled off the upset behind 3 Gold medal Relays and
incredible distance and field event individuals.


State Championship Relays:

400 meter Relay ( Henry Sime, Jacob Subratie, Stephen Hawkes, Efrain
Acosta ) ***Breaks School Record set in 2002***

1600 Medley Relay ( Cody Pittman, Malik Subratie, Stephen Hawkes,
Jacob Subratie, (Efrain Acosta medals as well running for Malik in the
Prelims)

1600 Meter Relay ( Stephen Hawkes, Henry Sime, Jacob Subratie, Efrain
Acosta ( Zac Winningham medals as well running for Efrain in the
Prelims)

All-State Honors:

Individual State Champions (Gold Medalists) :
Henry Sime - 1600 meter run, 800 meter Run
Stephen Hawkes - 300 meter Hurdles


Silver Medalists:
Efrain Acosta - Pole Vault
Jacob Subratie - 800 meter run

Bronze Medalists:
Thomas Gallegos - 3200 meter run
Henry Sime - Triple Jump

5th Place - (All State Honors)
Zac Winningham - 3200 meter Run



The Cimarron Lady Rams were 10th overall with a score of 16 points.

All-State Honors:

4th Place:
Jessica Pittman - Discus
1600 Meter Relay - Selina Rael, Jessica Pittman, Maggie McCulloch,
Brook Perry  ( Amy Gonzales & Zena Stevenson medal as well running for
Maggie & Brook in the Prelims)

5th Place:
Amy Gonzales - 1600 meter run, 3200 meter run.
400 Meter Relay - Maggie McCulloch, Selina Rael, Brook Perry, Jessica Pittman
800 Meter Relay - Amy Gonzales, Selina Rael, Jessica Pittman, Brook
Perry  ( Maggie McCulloch medal as well running for Amy in the
Prelims)

6th Place:
Selina Rael - 400m Dash

4th Inning Rally sends Lady Tigers to Rio Rancho

By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media

It was a quiet game with Raton up by one until the third inning when the Lady Chieftains started connecting with the ball and pushed around five runs to give them a four point lead in the first round of state tourney softball action.

A big fat goose egg left Raton fans wondering if the girls could pull it out. Yet in the bottom of the fourth a single put the first run on base. After that it was pure excitement as Raton rallied the bats and sent the ball flying. With several hits into the outfield the speed of the Raton girls took them around the horn and crossing home plate. By the time the fourth came to an end Raton had pushed 10 runs over the plate giving Raton an 11-5 lead.

Stunned, the Lady Chieftains seemed to loose their focus and were unable to score any other runs in the game. Raton however, still feeling the high pulled off another two runs in the fifth and another run in the sixth.

All it would take was three more outs and Raton could plan on a trip to Rio Rancho next week. Three batters came to the plate and three batters went to the dugout with a fly out and two hits to second for the easy out at first.

Raton can now look forward to playing in Rio Rancho against the winner of the Silver City Pojoaque match up. That game is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. today (May 10).

Raton will play at 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning at Rio Rancho High.

Shiprock 0  0  5  0  0  0  0  5
Raton      1  0  0 10 2  1     14

Coach Tina Dorrance shows her joy as Alyssa Eggebrecht comes across home plate during the Lady Tigers fourth inning rally Friday afternoon.

Makayla Mondragon connects to keep the rally going in the fourth inning of the first round of state tourney action in Raton.

Kallista Dorrance beats the ball home as Mariah Lee waits for the ball to arrive.

Does she keep it in the glove? Alyssa Eggebrecht goes for the fly ball but it looks precariously close to coming free.

And she does maintain control of the ball.

Natasha Archuleta makes the throw to first base late in the game Friday afternoon.

There it is, the throw and the last out at first as Tina Jaramillo stretches it out to get the ball and end the game Friday afternoon against The Shiprock Lady Chieftains.

Wins for Raton on Makeup Games

By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media

Girls
Pojoaque 0  0  0  2  3  0  0  5
Raton      2   6  0  2  1  0     11

Boys
Pojoaque 0  3  0  0  0  0  0  3
Raton      2  0  2  3  5   0     12

Raton hosted the Pojoaque Elks and Elkettes Monday afternoon for makeup games that got snowed out last week.

The girl's game started off all Raton as the Lady Tigers put two on the board first and followed it up in the second with six more when Kalista Dorrance hit an infield home run that scored two and Breannon Trujillo who hit a triple that brought in two more.

It was looking like Raton might be able to pull off a 10 run rule game but the Elkettes pushed two over the plate in the fourth and three more in the fifth.

The girls finished with three more runs for the win and will now take on Robertson for the last regular season game.

The boy's game went much the same with Raton scoring first. Pojoaque however took a brief lead with a three run rally in the second but couldn't manage another run during the game.

Raton continued to rack up the points and finished out the game with a healthy lead. They too will take on Robertson Tuesday for the final season game.

The seniors, both boys and girls were honored Monday afternoon as this was their last home game of the regular season and their high school careers. Good Luck to the Seniors as they now move on in life.

Seniors Alyssa Eggebrecht, Brylee Medina, Breannon Trujillo, Makayla Mondragon were honored before Monday's game with Pojoaque

Shania Dorrance makes the throw to first during the makeup game with Pojoaque Monday afternoon.

Makayla Mondragon beat the throw back to first early in the game Monday afternoon at Jim Wade Field.

Kalista Dorrance makes home plate just in front of the ball Monday afternoon.

Tara McDonald and Mariah Romero collide in center field going after a fly ball. Unfortunately the ball fell good for Pojoaque and allowed runners to advance.

The throw from pitcher Dylan Query just beats the runner to first late in the boy's game Monday afternoon.

Senior Seth Parker was honored in the seventh inning. This was Seth's final home game not only of the season but a good baseball career at Raton High.

Lady Tigers Toppled
Tiger win one in Seventh Inning Rally

By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media

Girls
WLV   7
Raton  5

WLV 6
Raton 4

Boys
WLV 10
Raton 9

WLV 6
Raton 7

The Lady Tigers just couldn't quite get it to go in game one after Gabby Griego hit a three run homer over the fence in the 5th to give West a 6-3 lead. While the girls were connecting with the ball the hits weren't making it past the infield.

In the boys game Raton was in the game until the final pitch in game one as a seventh inning rally tied the game. A WLV run in the eighth put West back on top and they held Raton to a goose egg for the win. Raton left the bases loaded three times in game one.

In game two Raton put together another seventh inning rally after a slow start. In this game Ethan Washburn pitched the entire game. The seventh inning rally came when WLV pitcher Jake Ulibarri walked three and then a fourth batter before Cam Baird put one in the outfield and Keanu Barela finished it with a hit in the center field to bring Baird home. 

Breannon Trujillo makes contact with the ball to put her on base.

The slide home was close but the umpire called her out at home.

Alyssa Eggabrecht makes contact with the ball but as many hits in the later part of the game the ball fell short and she was out at first.

Danny Record slides home but isnt quite low enough to get under the catcher's mitt for the out.

Devin Medina doesn't quite make it back for the pick off at first base.

Ethan Washburn slides in under the wide thrown ball at second.