Lady Tigers Mark the Win Column Again

The Lady Tigers tangled with the Lady Dons Thursday night and came away with a little sweet Valentine's Day victory after loosing to West in West by only two points at the buzzer.

Raton started off a little on the slow side trailing early in the game and then wow the right combination fell together and the ball started to fall through the hoop for the Lady Tigers. The girls continued their lead at times pulling out by as much as 20 points.

West not a team to give up easy would make a turnover happen. That often lead to a score and thus closing the deficit on the scoreboard. Yet as the buzzer sounded at the end of the game Raton was the winning team moving their district record up to 3-3 while West dropped to a 2-4.

Raton moves on to Robertson this weekend and will host Taos next weekend to end the regular season.

JV Game
WLV  10  12  27  5  54
Raton   3    6    4  4  17

West High Point
Lovanna Valencha 14 2 of 3 free throws
Free throws 13 of 23 attempts

Raton High Point
Ashley Nuerauter 6  2 of 4 Free throws
Free Throws 5 of 9 attempts

Varsity Game
WLV 12  16  16  14  58
Raton 18  15  20  16  69

West High Point
Michelle Tapia 26 10 of 10 free throws
Free Throws 15 of 21 attempts

Raton High Point
Brylee Medina 22 8 of 9 free throws
Michelle Guara 10 2 of 4 free throws
Mikala Vertovec 16 3 of 10 free throws
Free Throws 14 of 28 attempts

Briana Pais goes up for the lay-up as Sara Gold (20) and Shania Gallegos (55) get in the way during the JV game Thursday night in the Jungle Gym.

Deanna Bustos blocks the way, yet Brylee Medina still makes the shot from the lane during the varsity game Thursday night.

Dominique Zamora and Deanna Bustos tangle on the floor for the ball.

Mikala Vertovec goes up for two of her 16 points

Consentration is key as Mikala Vertovec prepares to put one up at the line

Deanna Bustos gets a hand on the ball as Michelle Guara starts up for a lay-up early in the game Thursday night

Raton has tough night in the Jungle

JV game
WLV 17  17  19  16  69
Raton  8    0  15    7  30

WLV High Point
Anthony Medina 22
Chance Barber  10
Free Throws 3 of 7 attempts

Raton High Point
Jodas Gonzales 15  2 of 2 free throws
Free throws 2 of 5 attempts

Varsity Game
WLV 15  21  20  22  79
Raton 16   9    4  18  47

WLV High Point
Andres Gallegos 11 1 of 2 free throws
Joe Ortiz 24  7 of 9 free throws
Free Throws 13 of 20 attempts

Raton High Point
Mark Hightree 19
Jay Starr 11 1 of 4 free throws
Free Throws 5 of 11 attempts



Raton hosted the West Las Vegas Dons Wednesday night in the Jungle Gym for their second district match of the regular season.

The Tigers came on strong to begin the game and stayed with the Dons until the second quarter where turnovers and a fast paced run and gun game began to wear on the Tigers. Another problem Coach Gilbert San Roman had to deal with was a short bench. The bench consisted of the JV team and he only had a couple of players that could play more than one quarter of the varsity game.

San Roman was also short two varsity players, Caleb Wood and Rashaan Craig who had been benched for discipline issues. With a short bench San Roman wasn't able to substitute his player to keep them rested. As a result the Dons pressure began to force turnovers that lead to scores for West.

When the buzzer sounded it had been a long hard game for Raton and left them 0-5 on the season in district play.

Jodas Gonzales drives for the base line against Devin Medina (23) during the JV game Wednesday night in Tiger Gym.

Jay Starr goes for the short jumper as Lucas Rodriguez slides in behind him to try and block the shot during the varsity game \.

One of the few times Dustin Gonzales was open enough to get a shot off during the varsity game Wednesday night. A strong West defense kept the Tigers from making very many inside shots.

Mark Hightree drives the lane and draws the charging foul putting Mike Ortiz on the floor as he goes up for the lay-up.