Lady Tigers Tango Saturday evening

By Marty Mayfield

KRTN Multi-Media

            Raton Hosted the Lady Tigers from La Junta Saturday evening and both the JV and varsity teams came away with convincing wins.

            Raton Jv took an early lead in the first quarter holding La Junta to only four points and never looked back as they continued their scoring ways into the second quarter. Raton held La Junta to five points in the second with aggressive play and strong defense.

            The trend continued past halftime until the final buzzer with Raton winning the game by 29 points.

JV Scores

La Junta 4  5  4  6    20

Raton  13 13 15 8  49

La Junta High Point

Madison Place  6 4 of 6 free throws

Raton High Point

Leah Cimino 10

Mariah Romero 14 2 of 3 free throws

Taryn Trujillo gets fouled by Ashley Applehunt as she attempts a lay-up Saturday evening in Raton

Raton’s Mariah Romero gets fouled by La  Junta’s Ashley Applehunt as she heads for the basket Saturday evening during the JV game in Raton

 Varsity Scores

La Junta 5  10  10  7    32

Raton     20 17  21  11 69

La Junta High Point

Flaherty 8 4 of 11 free throws

Raton High Point

Jordan Valdez 19  6 of 6 free throws 3 – 3 pointers

Mikayla Vertovec 19 1 of 1 free throws

         Varsity action followed with similar results as Raton took an early lead pulled out of the first quarter up by 15 at 20-5. The Raton Lady Tigers pressed on and extended the score with strong defensive play and Jordan Valdez went six for six at the charity line to help Raton outscore La Junta 17-10. La Junta on the other hand went 4 of 15 at the charity line, which definitely could have brought La Junta back in the game.

          Second half action continued the same way and Mikayla Vertovec added eight points in the third to help Raton on to a 69-32 win.

          The Lady Tigers will host the winning Lady Miners on Tuesday evening in Raton. 

La Junta’s Whitney Oquist gets a hand on Brylee Medina as she moves to the basket during the varsity game in Raton Saturday evening

Its all tangled up as Raton’s Michelle Guara holds up and La Junta’s Tiffany Flaherty (12) and Veronica Maes (23) go for the ball Saturday evening in Raton

La Junta’s Brittany Leyba and Raton’s Haley Gansz tango for the ball Saturday evening in Raton 

La Junta’s Brooklyn Waddles gets a hand on the ball and draws the foul as Raton’s Leah Cimino goes for the short jumper during Saturday’s game in Raton