YellowJackettes Sting Lady Tigers for District Win

By Marty Mayfield

KRTN Multi-Media

Tiger Gym saw some exciting volleyball on Thursday afternoon as the Lady Tigers hosted the Clayton YellowJackettes for a district match with one game going into volleyball overtime and others staying close.

In the JV match Raton came out strong in game one and took the early lead and never looked back as they toppled Clayton by 10. In game two Raton kept it close with ties throughout the middle scoring with a tie game at eight. From there Clayton pulled out in front and held off the Lady Tigers and were up by six. Clayton pulled it out for the five-point win. In the tie breaker Raton pulled out in front then went cold as Clayton moved in front and went on for the win.

	S1	S2	S3		Wins
Clayton	15	25	15		3
Raton	25	20	7		1

In game one of the varsity match Clayton took the quick lead but were soon looking at the game from behind as Raton pulled out a four point lead. Clayton battled back and kept the game close until Raton hit a streak and pulled out by six then by eight. Raton won by 10 on the final point for game one.

Game two was just the opposite as Clayton took a 6-1 lead and kept on going Raton wasn’t able to recover from the deficit and ended the game with a 25-12 loss. Game three however a totally different story as Raton picked up the early lead.  Mid-game saw the score tied at 8, 9, 11, 14 and 15. Clayton pulled out by four 24-20 but Raton battled back and tied the game at 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 before Clayton pulled out the win with a Raton serve out of bounds followed by a hit out of bounds for the 30-28 Clayton win.

Game four started out close again with a couple of lead changes and Raton holding on to the lead going the middle part of the game before Clayton came back and tied the game at 20. Clayton went up 24-20 and with strong play at the net and a couple of long volleys Clayton managed to get the win on a Raton serve into the net.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Clayton	15	25	30	25	3
Raton	25	12	28	22	1