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
