Pressure shuts out Tigers

WLV  22  15  22  20  79
Raton   9  15  17  20  61

West High Point
Briana Hildalgo 10 0 of 2 free throws
Deana Bustos 26 2 of 2 free throws 4 3-points
Michelle Tapia 11 1 of 4 free throws
Free Throws 8 of 16 attempts

Raton High Point
Taryn Trujillo 15  2 of 2 free throws 3 3-points
Michelle Guara 17 1 of 4 free throws
Mikala Vertovec 19 6 of 7 free throws
Free Throws 10 of 19 attempts



The Lady Tigers hosted the Lady Dons for the first round of district play Monday night in Tiger Gym.

The Lady Dons controlled the game from the opening jump ball with a full court press for most of the game. The press and missed shots held Raton to only nine points in the first quarter. That deficit would prove to much to overcome and West would widen it by halftime.

Third quarter play continued pretty much as the first half with West maintaining a fairly consistent 20 point lead. Raton however finally found the basket and put the ball through the hoop more often.

West will play Robertson in the second round of district play. With 19 teams in 3A, Raton will have to wait to see if they will be invited to play in the sweet 16 of 3A.

Mariah Romero (2) goes for the lay-up while Michelle Tapia (40) runs interference for Deanna Bustos to make the block early in the game Monday night.

Taryn Trujillo goes for one of her 3 3-pointers of the game Monday night.

Maya Roybal (42) tangles with Taryn Trujillo for the ball. West played aggressive ball like this for the whole game which shut Raton down fairly well in the first quarter.

Michelle Guara (22) tries for the shot but Briana Hildago draws the foul sending Michelle to the free throw line where she made one of the two shots.