Football Preview: Santa Rosa Lions vs. Raton Tigers
Santa Rosa has gone 4-0 against Raton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions challenges the Raton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Santa Rosa is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Tucumcari, posting a 55-7 win on the road. Winning may never get old, but the Lions sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, Raton got themselves on the board against Capitan on Friday, but Capitan never followed suit. They breezed by the Tigers at home to the tune of 27-0. That's two games straight that Raton has won by exactly 27 points.
Cannon Walton was his usual excellent self, throwing for 135 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 42 yards and a touchdown.
Santa Rosa is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Raton, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Santa Rosa didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Raton in their previous matchup back in October of 2017, but they still walked away with a 21-15 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Raton's Dustin Segura, who threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 57 yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Santa Rosa to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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