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by Hunter Henzler

Early lead gives the Slaton Tigers Varsity victory over Tulia, 11-1The Slaton Tigers Baseball team jumped out to an early lead on Tulia and captured an 11-1 victory on Monday at Slaton.
The game was decided quickly as the Tigers exerted their will early with nine runs in the first three innings.
An RBI single by Fernando Portillo, steal of home by Abraham Jaramillo, an RBI single by Adrian Moreno, all during the first inning fueled the Slaton Tigers Varsity’s offense early.
Portillo was solid at the plate for the Tigers. Portillo went 3-4, drove in one and scored three runs.
Tulia couldn’t get anything going as long as Roland Cardenas was on the hill. Tulia managed just one hit off of the Slaton pitcher, who allowed no earned runs, walked two and struck out eight during his time on the mound.
The Slaton Tigers Varsity built upon their lead with five runs in the third. The inning got off to a hot start when Trent Clark singled, bringing home Portillo and Moreno. That was followed up by Nate Sanchez’s single, plating Clark and Domingo Bernal.
The Tigers pushed across one run in both the fourth inning and the sixth. In the fourth, the Slaton Tigers Varsity scored on a steal of home, bringing home Portillo.
The Tigers tacked on one run in the sixth to end the game by way of a 10 run “mercy rule”. This came from a hit from Sanchez, scoring Ryan Escobar.
The Tigers are now 2-2 on the season, and will play a double header beginning at 12pm in Friona on Saturday, March 14th.

by Felicia Arrellano

by Rustin Klafka

The Slaton Tigers and Tigerettes traveled to Odessa for the 71st West Texas Relays.Due to the unpredictable weather of the South Plains this was our first meet of the year. Both the girls and guys did very well this first meet.

Our next meet will be in Post on Friday. Come down the road Friday to watch them compete.

Tigerettes
Shot Put – 4th Kimberly Hernandez 28’9″
3200m – 3rd Micaela Flores 14:12.21
4×100 Relay – 1st Taliea Maxwell, Quanasia McDaniel, Desiree Lacy, Ro Sangster 52.67 800m – 1st Savannah Ortiz 2:40.67 – 3rd Avery Bentancourt 2:48.07 100m Hurdles – 2nd Kim Hernandez 19:30 – 4th Brooke Richardson 20.90 – 6th Oralia Cardenas 23.40 100m – 2nd Erin Olmos 14.00 – 3rd Taliea Maxwell 14.27 – 6th Paula Ballejo 15.09
4×200 Relay – 2nd Taliea Maxwell, Quanasia McDaniel, Desiree Lacy, Erin Olmos 1:54.24 400m – 1st Ro Sangster 1:05.91 – 2nd Hannah Rodriguez 1:07.33
300 Hurdles -3rd Brooke Richardson 56.65 – 6th Kim Hernandez 58.05 1600m – 3rd Savannah Ortiz 6:23.83 – 5th Micaela Flores 6:41.25
4×400 Relay – 2nd Erin Olmos, Hannah Rodriguez, Quanasia McDaniel, Ro Sangster 4:24.44 Team came in 2nd in Point Total with 143.

Tigers
Discus- Jameson Jackson 1st with a throw of 122’6 Shot Put- Christian Carmona 6th with a throw of 36’4 High Jump- Desreal Williams 4th with a jump of 5’6 Triple Jump- George Wright 2nd with a jump of 39’1 1/2
3200– Anthony Torres 2nd with a time of 11:51.24, Joel Cueto 3rd with a time of 11:56.33
1600– Anthony Torres 2nd with a time of 5:21, Joel Cueto 3rd with a time of 5:27, Gavin Snears 6th with a time of 5:42
4×100 relay (Tyler Johnson, Ryan Escobar, Domingo Bernal, Desreal Williams) 4th with a time of 46.47
4×400 relay (Carlos Garcia, George Wright, Jordan Garcia, Ricky Medrano) 3rd with a time of 3:43
800– Ricky Medrano 2nd with a time of 2:11.40, Carlos Garcia 6th with a time of 2:17.51
400– Ricky Medrano 1st with a time of 53.77, Carlos Garcia 3rd with a time of 54.28, George Wright 5th with a time of 55.85
300h– Nate Vasquez 5th with a time of 51.23