The Raton Tigers football squad started the new football season with big shoes to fill in the shadow of last year’s 11-1 team, and would be put to an early test by traveling on the road and taking on the defending 2A NM State Champion Eunice Cardinals. But on the…
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In the NM AAA Semifinal baseball game, #7 Raton led #3 NMMI with only six outs left and looked like a sure bet to make the championship game. But nothing, especially in baseball, is guaranteed, and on Friday the 13th, the Colts sent 13 to the plate in the sixth inning to erase a six…
Special to KRTN Multi-Media Esports 2022 by Coach Billy Pier The Raton Rocket League grew tenfold from 2021 to 2022 where Raton had 21 students join and compete in the games that were already on board and compete in new games brought into the mix for 2021-2022 school year. Our…
The Raton Tiger baseball team completed a day of upsets in the quarterfinals of the NM AAA Baseball Tournament by outlasting the defending champion Sandia Prep Sun Devils 4-3 to earn a semifinal berth against NMMI on Friday. The last game of the day saw Raton load the bases in…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media A warm and windless day greeted the Lady Cardinals in Raton as they arrived for a makeup double header game with Raton after fire issues in Las Vegas cancelled the first attempt. Robertson came to play as they started the scoring off in the second…
By Billy Donati and Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Raton Tigers baseball team hosted Navajo Prep in a first round playoff game in the 3A NM State Tournament and got a solid pitching performance from Trea Ortega combined with a big seven run fourth inning to cruise to a 10-0…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media The Lady Braves travelled up I-25 for a makeup contest that had been cancelled by weather earlier in the season and simply dominated the Lady Tigers holding them to three and out in the first five innings of the game. SFIS pitcher Shade Phae Young…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton hosted the Lady Tigers from Taos Friday April 15 for a wild double header with Taos taking the wins in both games. Game one saw Taos take the lead and then find themselves tied late in the game. Scoring for Raton late in the…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media It was one of those afternoons where things just didn’t go very well for the Lady Tigers as the hosted the Lady Dons for a district double header Friday afternoon at Jim Wade Field in Raton. The Lady Dons struck quick Making it a 3-0…
Raton Tiger baseball hosted West Vegas on Friday in a District 2AAA doubleheader with Raton taking the first 13-0 and dropping the nightcap 10-8. Senior Chance Middlebrook started and finished the 5 inning, 10 run shortened first game and scattered five hits and struck out four to earn the shut-out.…