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Braves Man Handle Tigers for Wins in Three Games Saturday

By Marty Mayfield

KRTN Multi-Media

It was another one of those days Saturday afternoon February 15, 2020 that just didn’t work out for the Raton Tigers as they hosted the Santa Fe Indian School Braves for a district match that could help determine both team’s seating in the district.

With Raton wins it could have put Raton in a better position for the district but it simply wasn’t meant to be for all three boys teams as the Braves dominated the court. The c-team game saw SFIS pull out to a quick and decisive lead outscoring the Tiger by 18 points and then running way with the game on turnovers and failed shots. The final buzzer left Raton in the hole by 30 points with a Braves win 58-28.

The JV game went much the same way with the Braves outscoring Raton 25-8 in the first quarter. Santa Fe sacred in double digits all four quarters leaving Raton with an ever widening point gap to the end of the game. At the end it was a win for the Braves 72-31.

The varsity game went nothing like the game in Santa Fe earlier in the season when Raton lost by only two. Saturday Raton struggled to find the basket and only hit double digit scoring in the fourth quarter while the Braves hit double digits throughout the game. Ben Kamp fell cold until the fourth quarter when he could only muster eight points. Matthew Quartieri was the only Tiger to hit double digits with 16 points.

The Braves held strong double and triple teaming the big boys under the basket making it almost impossible to get a good shot off or make the rebound on the ones that did go up. At the final buzzer it was a district win for the Braves 59-47.

C-Team

SFIS    20  6  13  19  58

Raton  2   6   14   6  28

JV Game

SFIS    25  16  16  15  72

Raton   8   7   10    6  31

Varsity

SFIS  13  13  18  15  59

Raton  8  9     5  25  47

SFIS High Point

Leighton Galvan 12  3 of 3 free throws

Debrylan Candelario 11  3 of 4 free throws

Virgil Valencia  10

Free throws 13 of 18 attempts

Turnovers 10

Raton High Point

Matthew Quartieri  16  6 of 10 free throws

Isaiah Samora  9  3  3-pointers

Ben Kamp 8 0 for 1 free throws

Free Throws   11 of 19 attempts

Turnovers 9

SFIS’s Daylan Martinez gets a hand on the ball as Isaiah Garcia goes up for the shot during the C-Team game on Saturday afternoon in Tiger Gym.
Raton’s Zeb Medina runs smack into Daylan Martinez during the C-Team game in Tiger Gym Saturday afternoon.
Raton’s Anderson Weese and Gailey Morgan go up for control of the rebound in the JV game Saturday afternoon in Tiger Gym
Anderson Weese drives the lane during the JV game to finally put Raton on the scoreboard as the JV team struggled against the Braves Saturday afternoon in Tiger Gym.
The jump ball was an indication of how things would go the rest of the game for Raton as neither player gained control on the jump itself but Matthew Quartieri (11) (David Aquero (4)) finally batted it once they (David Aquero (4)) landed back on the court to start the varsity game off Saturday afternoon in Tiger Gym.
Ben Kamp finds himself triple teamed under the basket and has a hard time getting the ball out during the varsity game with the Braves Saturday afternoon in Tiger Gym.
Virgil Valencia (3) gets a finger tip in the ball as Chance Middlebrook (13) reaches up for the rebound Saturday afternoon in Tiger Gym.
Chance Middlebrook finds himself in the thick of things as he comes down with the rebound only to get it knocked away by Kobe Garcia Saturday afternoon during the varsity game in Tiger Gym.
Kobe Garcia (21) gets a hand on the ball as Matthew Quartieri goes up for the shot Saturday afternoon in Tiger Gym.
Shaun Riley gets a finger tip on the pass to Chance Middlebrook and knocks it away during the varsity game in Tiger Gym Saturday afternoon.
1 of 2 William Berry is double teamed by Owen Pecos (23) and Leighton Galvan (34) as he goes up for the shot Saturday afternoon in the District game with Santa Fe Indian School.
2 of 2 William Berry is double teamed by Owen Pecos (23) and Leighton Galvan (34) as he goes up for the shot Saturday afternoon in the District game with Santa Fe Indian School.
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