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Tigers Cold as Cardinals Mark Win Column and Take District Lead

By Marty Mayfield

KRTN Multi-Media

The Raton Tigers simply couldn’t get the ball to drop and lost rebounds as they hosted the Robertson Cardinals for the district game that would determine the leader of District 2AAA Wednesday February 16.

The Raton JV marked the win column after taking an early lead in their game with a 19-8 first quarter. Raton had a eight point lead at halftime and continued that trend into the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter drug on as both teams traveled to the free throw line numerous times with Raton going 7 of 13 at the line and Robertson doing 8 of 11 free throws.

The varsity boys took the court next with Robertson taking the early lead with a 10 point spread after one quarter. Robertson’s Mathew Gonzales and Bodie Schlinger not only controlled the boards they also scored the larger portion of the points with Robertson doing 17 and 19 in the first half. It was Matthew Quartieri who kept Raton in the game scoring 10 points in the first half.

Robertson extended their lead in the third with 21 and 12 in the fourth. Raton managed to do double digits in the second half but continued to drop farther behind as the boys simply couldn’t get the ball to drop through the hoop and were out rebounded.

Raton fell to 6-2 in the district while Robertson took the top spot with a 7-1 record. Raton will meet Robertson in Las Vegas for a makeup game on Monday February 21 to determine the final district standing before the district tourney which will begin on Tuesday February 22.

JV Game

Robertson 8  9  10  17  44
Raton      19  6  12  18  55

Varsity

Robertson  72
Raton 47

Robertson High Point
Mathew Gonzales 25  2of 5 free throws
Bodie Schlinger 21  3 of 4 free throws
Kenneth Montoya 9  0 for 1 free throw
Free throws 5 of 10 attempts

Raton High Point
Matthew Quartieri 13  3 of 6 free throws
William Berry 9 2 of 3 free throws
Free throws 6 of 11 attempts

WD Hyer makes the rebound as Canon Walton and Robertson’s Marcus Sena are there to also try for the rebound during the JV game Wednesday night in Tiger Gym.
Judah Gutierrez makes the grab on a high pass down court as Kaleb Salazar reaches up to try and tip the ball out during the JV game in Tiger Gym Wednesday evening
Matthew Quartieri goes for the shot as Bodie Schlinger attempts the block Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym for the district lead in district 2AAA
Matthew Quartieri goes for the shot as Ace Gonzalez goes for the block and Bodie Schlinger goes to the floor drawing the foul Wednesday evening in Tiger Gym.
William Berry gets the sandwich as Bodie Schlinger and Mateo Contreras work for the rebound during the district game in Tiger Gym Wednesday evening for the lead in District 2AAA.
2 of 2 William Berry gets the sandwich as Bodie Schlinger and Mateo Contreras work for the rebound during the district game in Tiger Gym Wednesday evening for the lead in District 2AAA.
Cayden Walton(23) and Kenneth Montoya(24) both grab for the rebound during the district game in Tiger Gym Wednesday evening.
Matthew Quartieri grabs the rebound as Bodie Shclinger gets a hand on the ball to pull it away from Matt Wednesday evening during the district game for the lead in District 2AAA.
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