JV

Raton 25  17  20

West   17  25 18

Varsity

Raton  25  25  25

West    17  18  18

Raton brings home district Championship

By Marty Mayfield

KRTN Multi-Media

            It’s been a long long time since the Lady Tigers of fall have brought home a district championship, actually it’s been since 1977. Yet Saturday night in West Las Vegas they not only did they did it in style taking the match in three games as did the JV team as well.     

            The JV Lady Tigers swapped scores in games one and two with West but in the tie breaker oh wow what a different story that one was as the lead swapped and the score saw ties several times during the game. It was tied at 14 and 15 and on until at 18 Raton managed to get a break and take the lead 19-18. Then it was on the wire and West had a bad hit and the score was 20-18 Raton JV bring it on home a district title as well.

            The stage was now set for the varsity. Again the Lady Tigers as they have in past matches played it tough at the net until the coaches adjusted and the vollies and passes went deeper in the court.

            Raton took an early lead in all three games and managed to create and maintain at least a three to five point lead throughout the remainder of the game. Early on though the girls had to work to break it out but it didn’t take long as they pulled out in front while still in the single digits scores.

            While Raton looked like the winning team West seemed flat and while they had some strong play at the net with great blocks yet the spikes often went wide or long.

            As game three moved along the Ladies hit a slump and were up by 12 with West making a rally. A rally that fell short for West and allowed Raton to end the game by seven.

Raton will now travel on to Albuquerque for state tourney play this week. 

Its official the winning circle on the floor after the Lady Tigers won the 2AAA district title.

The 2011 2AAA District Championship Team
Kalista Dorrance, Breannon Trujillo, Mikala Vertovec, Makayla Mondragon, Shania Dorrance,Brittni Garcia, Arissa Maldonado, Maggie Honeyfield, Jordan Valdez, Sarandon Walton

RHS Seniors Arissa Maldonado, Brittni Garcia, Maggie Honeyfield, Jordan Valdez.