By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media After winning both of the regular season matches in five games each against Desert Academy the odds were in Raton’s favor for another winning match over the Wildcats for the district tournament championship. While the Lady Tigers played their hearts out, they just couldn’t seem to make…
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Zach Redd of Raton, participated for the first time this year in the Sports Riders Association of Colorado (SRAC), series of motocross and supercross races, but, at the age of eight, competed like a seasoned veteran and finished the season in second place in multiple classes and categories. In his first…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media It took the varsity three games to tame the Lady Panthers from Pecos Saturday evening but a different story for the JV as Raton dropped both games in the match to Pecos. It was a slow start as Raton JV volleyball took to the court…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Friday night football in Raton saw another first as the Texico Wolverines entered the jungle for the first time ever as Texico was placed in District 5AAA football. Another first took place in the jungle before the game as two-time national championship player Mark…
The Raton Tiger football team was on a roll. Heading into Santa Rosa for their third straight road game, they were winners of four in a row, including their first District 5A victory the previous week over Clayton. The Tigers played toe-to-toe for the first two and a half quarters against the district…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton traveled into the Yellowjacket hive Friday evening, October 7th and came home with a 49-0 shutout over Clayton as the Raton defense simply dominated the Clayton offense by shutting them down and creating turnovers to convert to scores. Raton’s Ismael Tafoya intercepted a Marcos Rael pass…
The Raton Tigers Football team continued on a roll by winning their third straight game with a 41-0 win at Questa on Friday night, September 30. The Tigers started the game on their heels as Questa returned the opening kickoff to the Raton 32, but the Tiger defense stiffened and…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Homecoming sports concluded Saturday evening, September 24th in Tiger Gym with volleyball as Raton hosted Cimarron where it took Raton five games to continue their winning streak. The JV took their match in two with both scores at 25-16. Raton took the early lead in both…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Homecoming football took to the jungle Friday night with a stiff breeze, a sprinkle after halftime and a rousing win over the Cuba Rams (55-14). However the real class act came in the second quarter with Raton on top 41-0. In a move that…
By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media Raton hosted the Peñasco Lady Panthers Thursday evening and continued the winning streak they have been working on this month. The JV split one with the Lady Panthers but didn’t play the tie breaker since Peñasco was short enough players to meet game restrictions put…