LC-M’s Trahan overcomes accident with stellar play

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LC-M’s Trahan overcomes accident with stellar play

Gabriel Pruett

The Orange Leader

LITTLE CYPRESS — Little Cypress-Mauriceville senior Kristi Trahan knows she is a lucky Lady Bear these days.

Last Monday Trahan was leaving volleyball practice and went to turn onto Texas 87 to go to the other side of the high school for a meeting.

When she did, another vehicle driven by an elderly couple T-boned her Honda Civic.

The accident was Trahan’s fault and totaled her vehicle.

The one thing not totaled was Trahan’s spirits and will to play volleyball the next night against the Port Neches-Groves Rock-A-Noos.

“I am very lucky I have to say,†Trahan said. “I am very blessed because all I really had was a bruise on my side and my knee was hurt a little. There was nothing major wrong, especially not enough to stop me from playing volleyball.â€

While some people would have called in sick to a job or school in a heartbeat after an accident, Trahan went out and had a terrific match the next night even though the Lady Bears went on to lose.

Trahan led all setters that night with 21 assists in the match and despite a knee brace, she several times leaped above and beyond the top of the night for a kill.

“She was pretty strong after it happened,†LC-M Coach Vicki Castino said. “It was a miracle she was not hurt even more. If someone would have been driving faster, she might have been hurt pretty badly. Shes is real tough.â€

Trahan said once the wreck happened she got out of her vehicle and began to walk around.

She knew her knee hurt and also knew the PN-G match loomed the next night.

“That was one match I was not going to miss,†Trahan said. “Good thing Hondas are safe cars. My dad is already wanting me to get another one.â€

When accidents occur there is sometimes friction between the two drivers but not in this case.

“It was an older couple and they were very sweet,†Trahan added. “It was my neighbor’s former pastor so I knew of them. He has already called a few times to check on me.

“I haven’t missed a beat in practice and never even thought of missing a day. The third day after was the worst because I was pretty sore. I have always had the attitude if I was hurt to keep in it. I went full out. It was the last time I would ever play PN-G and I couldn’t even feel my knee. I only wish the match would have turned out different.â€

Trahan’s determination can also only help the younger Lady Bear players who look up to this year’s senior group.

“Our band director calls her ‘Super Stud,’†Castino said. “That is what she is. She was determined to be out there. That is her character. All our seniors are good, strong leaders. They are some good ones for the younger girls to follow.â€

Trahan and the Lady Bears, in a three-way tie for second in District 22-4A with Lumberton and Beaumont Ozen, will play host to Dayton tonight.