Raton Takes District Match Over Pecos in Five

By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media

Raton Lady Tigers hosted the Pecos Lady Panthers for the first district match of the season and marked the win column with a 3-2 victory over the Lady Panthers.

In game one of the JV match Pecos took off and simply dominated the court and pulled out in front early and never looked back as they held Raton to a single digit score in Game one. Game two however saw Pecos take a 4-1 lead and continue pulling away then Raton came back to tie at 10 and 11. Raton took the lead but Pecos tied at 13. Pecos took the lead and held Raton scoreless from that point on for the 25-13 win.

JV

	S1	S2				Wins
Pecos	25	25				2
Raton	9	13				0

In game one Raton took a 12-5 lead but allowed the Lady Panthers to battle back to within two 15-13. The Raton took off and pulled out the win. In game two the Lady Panthers took the early lead and Raton kept it close tiring the game at seven. It was a tie game agin at 16, 17, 18, 19 and again at 21. Pecos took the lead and managed the two point difference to end the game 25-23.

In Game three Raton took a 5-0 lead and managed to keep the lead the remainder of the game for a 25-18 win to go up 2-1 in the match. In game four of the district match Pecos took the lead but Raton battled and tied the game at nine. Raton took the lead and was ahead 14-9. Pecos took the lead and then allowed Raton to tie the game again at 15, 16, 19 and 20 where Pecos took the lead and went on for the win.

So on to the tie breaker where the game was kept close with several lead changes then with a tie game at nine Raton took the lead and managed to stay ahead for the 15-11 win.

Varsity

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Pecos	19	25	18	25	11	2
Raton	25	23	25	21	15	3