By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media
It was a crazy day for basketball in Raton as the Lady Tigers hosted the Lady Cardinals for district play while the boys hosted Pecos for a non-district match with the JV boys the only team to come out with a win.
The JV boys played their game over at Raton Intermediate School at 4:00 p.m. while the JV girls played a scoreless first half at Tiger Gym. The Lady Cardinals JV squad made up of mostly freshman simply dominated the game and held Raton to a single digit score of four for a 69-4 loss.
The varsity Lady Tigers took the court and faired only slightly better against a very dominate Lady Cardinal defense with Sophie Medina dropping in her only two points of the game in the first quarter for Raton’s only score in the quarter. Second quarter action saw Raton pickup the pace and do double digits to go into half time with a 12-38.
Second half action saw Robertson dominate the court dropping in 26 more points while Raton was held to only 13. Final score at the end of the game 64-25.
The Pecos Panthers took the early lead in boys varsity game with with a fast paced and deadly scoring game missing very few shots in the first quarter to take a 21-14 lead over Raton. Second quarter action saw Pecos widen their lead even more to go into halftime with a 40-27 score. While Pecos seems to hit most all their buckets Raton struggled from the field fairing a little better from the charity line making four of five attempts in the first half.
Despite the fast paced game and determined Pecos defense Raton managed to score double digits in all four quarters. Pecos not only had double digits but 21 points in both the first and third quarters to pull out a 18 point deficit win for a 72-54 final.
Girls JV
Robertson 69
Raton 4
Girls Varsity
Robertson 20 18 13 13 64
Raton 2 10 5 8 25
Robertson High Point
Alexis Pacheco 13 5 of 7 free throws
Alexa King 10 0 of 1 free throws
Jayden Jenkins 11 5 of 6 free throws
Free throws 20 of 32 attempts
Raton High Point
Samantha Phillips 8 2 of 3 free throws
Abby Phillips 5 3 of 4 free throws
Free throws 9 of 13 attempts
JV Boys
Pecos 57
Raton 62
Boys Varsity
Pecos 21 19 21 11 72
Raton 14 13 11 16 54
Pecos High Point
Malik Barrens 10
Jodaiah Padilla 16 3 of 4 free throws
Joshua Gonzales 11 0 for 1 free throws 3 3-pointers
Isaiah Sandoval 16 2 3-pointers
Free throws 3 of 7 attempts
Raton High Point
Matthew Quartieri 20 8 of 11 free throws
Dylan Quartieri 11 4 of 7 free throws
Anderson Weese 9 3 of 5 free throws
Free throws 18 of 27 attempts
