Santa Rosa Roars into Raton for the Wins

By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media

It was a long day for the Raton Lady Tiger and Tiger teams as they hosted the Santa Rosa Lady Lions and Lions for district games in Tiger Gym and at RIS Thursday February 5, 2026.

The JV Boys played at the Raton Intermediate School Gym while the JV Lady Tigers were on the court in Tiger Gym. In both JV games Santa Rosa took the lead and never looked back holding both teams to single digits in the first quarter. At RIS it was a ruling clock in the second half of the game while the JV girls faired a little better staying just out of that 35 point threshold.

In the girls varsity game at Tiger Gym a strong Santa Rosa defense and well executed offense held Raton to only two points in the first half and only three points in the second half of play. While Raton put the shots up the ball simply wouldn’t fall in the right place.

In the boys varsity game it was a strong defense and a well executed offense that held Raton to only four points while Santa Rosa dropped in 20. Raton worked out the kinks and came alive in the second quarter outscoring the Lions 22-21. However the third quarter the boys struggled and fell further behind as the Lions dominated the court. By the final buzzer it was a running clock with a 83-44 final.

Raton travels to Estancia on Saturday February 7 and will be back in Tiger Gym on Thursday afternoon for games against Pecos with games beginning at 4:00 p.m.

JV Girls
Santa Rosa 23  13  6  3 43
Raton            4    0  2  7  12

JV Boys
Santa Rosa  29  26  12  8  75
Raton             8    6    6   4  24

Varsity Girls
Santa Rosa  17  17  17  8  59
Raton            2     0    4  0    6

Santa Rosa High Point
Willow Johnson  14  4 of 6 free throws
Amaya Gonzales 10
Angelina Enciso 10  4 of 4 free throws
Free Throws 16 of 20 attempts

Raton High Point
Alexis Marquez 3
Mezzie Fanelli  1 of 2 free throws
Reize Trujillo 1 of 2 free throws
Keauna Martinez 1 of 2 free throws
Free throws 3 of 6 attempts

Varsity Boys
Santa Rosa  20  21  18  24  83
Raton             4  22    9    9  44

Santa Rosa High Point
Daryn Pacheco  9  1 of 3 free throws
Maddox Lucero 17  3 of 4 free throws
Lachlan Ross  28  3 of 3 free throws
Preston Muniz 10  2 of 2 free throws
Free throws  13 of 22 attempts

Raton High Point
Logan Elliot 20  4 of 4 free throws
Harlem Coley 12
Free throws 6 of 7 attempts