Boys hoop roundup

Van Wade

Using a barrage of three-point shots, six of them coming from junior Christian Harley, the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears opened their 2009-10 campaign with style Friday night, downing the Beaumont Kelly Bulldogs 65-47.

Harley hit all six of his treys in the second half as the Bears expanded a 31-27 halftime advantage into an 18-point victory.

Preston Armstrong pumped in 14 points for the Bears (1-0) while Hunter Gonzalez and Aldric Jones scored eight points apiece and Johnny Epps had seven. The Bears connected on 11 three-pointers for the night.

Matthew Pace led the Bulldogs with 12 points.

H-F 51, Deweyville 43

DEWEYVILLE - The Deweyville Pirates dropped a 51-43 home-opening loss to the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns Friday night.

The Pirates (0-1) struggled from the field, connecting on just 17-of-50 shots and 5-of-14 free throws and also had 24 turnovers.

Hunter Estes powered the Pirate attack with 23 points.

Michael Williams had eight points, six rebounds and two steals. Keeton Addison contributed seven points, six steals and five boards. Garrett Haney and Eric Avila eached pulled down eight rebounds.

Milbrun Academy 55, Vidor 54

VIDOR — The Vidor Pirates dropped a tough 55-54 overtime decision to Milburn Academy Friday night.

Jacob Williamson led the Pirates with 17 points. Gunner Hanseon pumped in 15 and Danny Riddick added 14.

Marcel Davis paced Milburn with 16 points and Charles Francis added 15.

Bridge City 73, Lumberton 69

BRIDGE CITY — Thye Bridge City Cardinals pulled out a 73-69 victory over the Lumberton Raiders at Cardinal Gym Friday.

The Cardinals (1-1) went on a 21-17 run in the fourth period to claim the win.

Johnathan Peterson has his best game ever in a Cardinal uniform, scoring 23 points while post Tanner Girouard pumped in 21.

With schools being on their Thanksgiving break all this week there are plenty of basketball games to attend on Monday and Tuesday before all the hoopsters take off the rest of the week.

There will be seven local games Monday and eight on Tuesday. Due to the holiday break, many of the games will be played earlier in the day.

On Monday on the girls’ side Deweyville will play host to Little Cypress-Mauriceville with the JV game starting at 1 p.m. followed by the varsity battle. Orangefield will visit Newton with the JV starting at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity. West Orange-Stark will host Nederland with the JV starting at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity and Bridge City will welcome Beaumont Legacy Christian with the JV starting at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity.

On the boys’ side Monday, LC-M will play host to Huffman with the freshmen beginning at noon followed by the JV and varsity. Bridge City will travel to Nederland with the freshmen starting at noon followed by the JV and varsity and Orangefield will open its season at home against Vidor with the ninth graders starting at 4:30 p.m. followed by the JV and varsity.

In girls’ play Tuesday Orangefield will host Vidor with the JV starting at 1:30 p.m. followed by the varsity. LC-M will visit Buna with the JV beginning at 2 p.m. followed by the varsity. Deweyville will host Community Christian at 1 p.m. in a varsity-only matchup and WO-S will visit Lumberton with the JV starting at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity.

For the boys Tuesday, Bridge City will entertain LC-M with the freshmen starting at 10 a.m. followed by the JV and varsity. WO-S will host PN-G with the freshmen beginning at 4:30 p.m. followed by the JV and varsity. Orangefield will visit Buna with the JV starting at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity and Deweyville will welcome Sabine Pass with the JV starting at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity.