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By Tommy Mann Jr.

The Orange Leader

The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears basketball season came to an end on Monday night at Waller High School at the hands of the China Spring Lady Cougars.

China Spring defeated the Lady Bears 43-34 in the Class 4A Division 1 Regional semi-finals. China Spring advances to the Regional finals to face No. 2 state-ranked Waco La Vega, which defeated Hardin-Jefferson 61-29 on Monday night in the other regional semi-final matchup.

LC-M (29-9) jumped out to an early 10-6 lead after the first quarter as Eden Frenzel found success from three-point range with six points in the quarter. Unfortunately, the LC-M offense was off the mark in the second and had difficulty finding the hoop as the China Spring defense stiffened and held the Lady Bears to just three points in the quarter. The Lady Cougars led at half 15-13.

China Spring (20-16) opened the game up in the third quarter and extended its lead to 30-22 by the end of the third quarter on the way to a 43-34 win. Eden Frenzel scored 13 points in the game for the Lady Bears, while Keylie Washburn finished with six points on the night.

The Bridge City Lady Cardinals took care of business on Tuesday night and are advancing to Regional finals.

The No. 10 state-ranked Lady Cardinals traveled to Waller High School on Tuesday night and defeated the No. 20 state-ranked Jarrell Lady Cougars, 58-43, in the Class 4A Division 2 regional semifinals. With the victory, Bridge City is just one of eight teams remaining in search of a state championship.

The Bridge City Lady Cardinals slogan this season has been “all gas, no brakes,” and that is exactly how the team played jumping out to a early 7-0 lead on the way to a 16-11 lead after the first quarter. The Lady Cards, led by Mia Sterling’s 12 points for the game, extended the lead to 29-18 at halftime and never looked back on the way to the win.

The No. 10 state-ranked Lady Cardinals (34-3) will now play No. 23 state-ranked Hamshire-Fannett Lady Longhorns (28-9) in the regional finals. The game will take place at 7 p.m., Friday, at Nederland High School.

 

BOYS

The Bridge City Cardinals basketball team traveled to Atascocita High School on Tuesday night and defeated the Madisonville Mustangs, 64-50 in the bi-district round of the Class 4A Division 2 playoffs. Aaden Bush led the Cardinals with 23 points on the night.

Bridge City (24-10) will now face the No. 7 state-ranked Houston Yates Lions (21-6) in the area round of the playoffs. Yates, the third-place team from District 20-4A, defeated N0. 21 state-ranked Hamshire-Fannett, 85-71, in the bi-district round to advance. The game will take place at 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 21 at Hardin-Jefferson High School in Sour Lake. The winner of this game will face the winner of the game between the Sealy Tigers and Lorena Leopards.

The Orangefield Bobcats battled to the end, but it was not enough as the Bobcats fell in the bi-district round losing a tough one in overtime to the Pollok Central Bulldogs, 45-42.

The Bobcats finished the season with a 21-13 record and claimed third place in District 22-3A.

The Vidor Pirates basketball team clinched a spot in the bi-district round for only the fourth time in program history but were unable to advance to the area round as the Pirates lost 62-53 to the Hudson Hornets on Monday night.

Hudson jumped out to a fast start and claimed a 24-11 at the end of the first quarter. Hudson (17-17) extended its lead 36-18 by halftime and cruised its way to a 62-53 victory. The Pirates (23-11) closed the gap in the fourth quarter outscoring Hudson 25-17, but it wasn’t enough as Vidor’s season came to an end.

The Port Arthur Memorial Titans started the Class 5A Division 2 playoffs on the right foot with a 77-64 victory over the Iowa Colony Pioneers on Tuesday night.

The No. 15 state-ranked Titans (26-9) will advance to the area round to face the Brenham Cubs (26-8) at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 21, at Humble High School. The winner will play the winner of the game between the Richmond Randle Lions and Pflugerville Connally Cougars.