Red Devils Lasso Cowbell
   Lady Tigers cool Lady Red Devils

Raton basketball teams travelled south to Springer Thursday for a cowbell match up as both the Raton boys and girls had the cowbell after winning them at the Cowbell tourney in Dec.

The Lady Tigers took a quick and early lead and simply never looked back. The Lady Red Devils had a hard time getting started and only managed to get two points in the first quarter. The Lady Red Devils finally got things together in the second but the Lady Tigers continued to dominate and had a 22 point lead at the buzzer.

The boys game however was another matter all together as both teams battled the first quarter before Springer found the chink in the Raton armor and began to pull away. By half time Springer lead the game by nine.

Second half action continued to see Springer whittle away at the clock and slowly expand their lead. The rough and tumble action continued on through the fourth quarter. By the time the buzzer finally sounded to end the game Raton was down by 17 and the sound of the cowbell fell silent for Raton.

Girls Action
Raton    14  12  26  9   61
Springer 2   10  11 16  39


Raton High Point
Tarryn Trujillo 11  0 for 1 at the line
Michelle Guara 16  with 2 of 3 free throws
Free Throws 9 of 19


Springer High Point
Kyra Laumbach 16 and 4 of 5 free throws
Angelica Montoya 7 and 0 for 2 at the line
Free Throws  8 of 19 attempts


Boys Action
Raton     14    8    5  13  40
Springer 16  15  13  13  57

Raton High Point
Rashaan Craig 18  6 of 10 at the line
Free Throws 11 of 27 attempts

Springer High Point
Sam Garcia 19  9 of 13 free throws
Darren Montoya 10  3 of 4 free throws
Joey Wade 10
Free Throws 13 of 25 attempts

Darren Montoya (2) takes the charge from Rashaan Craig (24) while Christian Chavez looks on thursday night in Sim Brown Gym  

Sam Garcia (20) has the edge over Luis Ruiz (2) as they scramble for the long pass down court Thursday night in Springer. 

Sam Garcia beats Luis Ruiz to the ball after chasing down a long pass down court.

Darren Montoya flies through traffic as he goes for the lay-up in the third quarter of Thursday night's game.

Joey Wade slips in behind Rashaan Craig (24) for two of his 10 points on the night

Christian Chavez collects the coveted Cowbell trophy after the Red Devils tame the Tigers Thursday night in Springer by a score of 57-40. 

Raton Beats the Buzzer for Win

JV Game
Trinidad 19  27  14  16  76
Raton     10  13    7    7  37

Trinidad High Point
Billy Vigil 25  3 of 3 free throws
Amilo Arguello  11  3 of 3 free throws
Brandon Aragon  10
Free Throws 10 of 17 attempts

Raton High Point
Jordas Gonzalez 12  2 of 2 free throws
Free Throws 5 of 8 attempts

Varsity Game
Trinidad 15  21  21  19  76
Raton     18  25  22  13  78

Trinidad High Point
Marcus Festi 12  0 for 2 free throws
Chris De Angelis 27  Free Throws 10 of 14 attempts
Jared Hernandez  14  Free throws 2 of 2 attempts
Lane Velarde  11  free throws 1 of 1 attempts
Brandon Aragon 13  free throws 3 of 4 attempts
Free Throws  17 of 28 attempts

Raton High Point
Caleb Wood 19  Free Throws 6 of 9 attempts
Dustin Gonzales 12  Free Throws 1 of 4 attempts
Rashaan Craig 31  Free Throws 12 of 15 attempts
Free Throws  20 of 33 attempts

Raton took an early lead and stayed in front of Trinidad until the middle of the fourth quarter when Trinidad tied the game. Wow what a finish it was as the game sea sawed and was tied again with only 10 seconds on the clock when Chris De Angelis sunk a free throw.

From there Raton made a wild pass that went out of bounds. Trinidad lost the ball on the inbounds pass in a scramble for the ball. A pass down court to Rashaan Craig and scramble to the goal where Craig put one up for two at the buzzer and the win for Raton.

Miner Billy Vigil and Tiger Jodas Gonzalez vie for the ball during the JV game in Raton Tuesday night.

Keanu Barela tries to go around Malachi Baca during the JV game in Raton Tuesday night.

Miner Devon Payne gets in front of Mark Hightree as he goes up for the lay-up in the first quarter of the Raton Trinidad game in raton Tuesday night. 

 

Rashaan Craig at the free throw line, he makes the shot to go ahead by two.

Rashaan Craig goes for the lay-up and puts the ball in for two at the buzzer for the win Tuesday night in Tiger Gym.