Raton hosted the Robertson Cardinals for the last regular season boys game in Tiger Gym Wednesday February 19, 2020 where Robertson came out on top in both the jv and varsity games with convincing wins.
In the jv game Raton could only muster six points in the first quarter while the Cardinal’s dropped in 21 and continued the trend pulling off double digit scoring the remainder of the game. At half Robertson held a 35 to 10 lead. At the end of the game Robertson held a 28 point lead and took the win home with a 66-38 score.
The varsity game went much the same as the jv with Robertson scoring double digits throughout while Raton’s highest score was 11 in the first quarter. Matthew Quartieri scored all eleven of those points going 3 for 3 at the free line. Matthew and Ben Kamp were the only two to score in the second quarter giving Raton only eight points.
Raton was also plagued by turnovers committing 22 to Robertson’s 12. As the final buzzer sounded on this district game Robertson collected another mark in the win column to take home and create a sort of three way tie with St Mikes (7-1) and West Las Vegas (7-1) with a 7-2 district record. West and St Mikes also played tonight.
JV Game
Robertson 21 14 14 17 66
Raton 6 4 9 10 38
Varsity
Robertson 19 14 18 22 73
Raton 11 8 10 10 39
Robertson High Point
Lubby Marrujo 11 1 of 2 free throws
Matthew Gonzales 20 4 of 4 free throws
Julius Vaughn 16 2 of 3 free throws
Free throws 12 of 17 attempts
Turnovers 12
Raton High Point
Matthew Quartieri 24 8 of 10 free throws
Ben Kamp 6 2 of 2 free throws
Free throws 13 of 16 attempts
Turnovers 22
Raton High Seniors Ben Kamp, Zy Segura and John Ware were honored at Senior Night in Tiger Gym Wednesday evening.1 of 2 Senior John Ware goes up for the shot while James Bonney gets air and goes for the block during the JV game Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym.2 of 2 Senior John Ware goes up for the shot while James Bonney gets air and goes for the block during the JV game Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym.Raton’s John Ware goes up for the lay-up as Kenneth Montoya reaches up for the block but comes up short as Ware gets the ball in the basket and goes to the free throw line during the JV game Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym.Matthew Quartieri goes up for the shot as Lubby Marrujo (1) comes in from behind to tip the shot as Jacob Estrada is in front to disrupt the attempt during the varsity game in Tiger Gym Wednesday evening.Matthew Quartieri pulls back as Julius Vaughn (24) works to make the block but misses as Cody Rivera (13) watches during the varsity game in Tiger Gym Wednesday evening.Its a short high pass into senior Ben Kamp that Santiago Gonzales gets a hand on to send the ball tumbling away during the varsity game in Tiger Gym Wednesday evening.2 of 2 Its a short high pass into senior Ben Kamp that Santiago Gonzales gets a hand on to send the ball tumbling away during the varsity game in Tiger Gym Wednesday evening.Chance Middlebrook (13) just beats the tall man Julius Vaughn (24) before he can get up to block the shot, the shot is good for two Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym.William Berry gets up for the pass as Jacob Estrada gets a hand up and draws the foul late in the varsity game Wednesday evening in Raton.Matthew Quartieri drives the lane for the lay-up as Julius Vaughn and Derek Montaño double team for the block Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym.
