Myers named MVP of All-Orange Leader Volleyball Team

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Myers named MVP of All-Orange Leader Volleyball Team

Gabriel Pruett

The Orange Leader

The 2007 volleyball season saw quite a few accomplishments for the Orange Leader teams.

Both the Bridge City Lady Cardinals and Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears made the playoffs and the Orangefield Lady Bobcats just missed the postseason.

By far the story of the year was the Lady Cardinals march to the Class 3A Region III Regional Tournament in Bryan.

Bridge City tied for first in District 21-3A with Silsbee and won a tiebreaker in five games in the Lady Tigers own gym.

The Lady Cardinals, guided by Coach Becca Mathews, was then able to down La Grange in five in the area round before taking out Bellville in five in the regional quarterfinals.

If not for uncharacteristic errors in the regional semi-final against China Spring, the Lady Cardinals could have taken the ride even farther.

LC-M finished second in District 22-4A behind Port Neches-Groves and was able to get a bi-district victory over New Caney.

The Lady Bears were able to celebrate Coach Vicki Castino’s 300th career win this season.

LC-M’s season ended in the area when it ran into state-power Friendswood who boasted three players on last year’s all-state team.

Orangefield finished in a third-place tie with Hamshire-Fannett in Linda Riddick’s first year as head coach.

The Lady Bobcats were not able to pull off the upset in a tiebreaker and settled for fourth place which was still a very successful season in Orangefield.

Bridge City’s Audrey Myers is the Orange Leader’s MVP this season.

Myers, who also was awarded the MVP of District 21-3A, was a powerful force all year long for the Lady Cardinals. She became Ms. Do-It-All for Bridge City with thundering kills, crisp passes and even worked the back with digs.

There were not many matches when Myers did not lead the Lady Cardinals in kills.

The Orange Leader Offensive Player of the Year is LC-M sophomore Christine Sicktich.

Sicktich usually had a hand in almost every Lady Bear point as the sensation slammed down spikes and also dished out a great amount of assists on the season.

The biggest upside for LC-M Coach Vicki Castino is Sicktich still has two more years with the Lady Bears to terrorize District 22-4A.

Bridge City senior Jenna Angelle is the Orange Leader Defensive Player of the Year for her work in the backcourt.

Angelle seemed to dig up just about any shot opponents sent her way and amazed just about every in the gym. She was named Libero of the Year in District 21-3A for her efforts to get to every shot thrown her way.

The Orange Leader Newcomer of the Year is Bridge City sophomore Emily Kosh.

Kosh never showed her youth on the court as she always found the right hitter at just the right time. Even in three playoff matches, Kosh was one of the focal points of the Bridge City offense and her serves were some of the best around.

Bridge City also houses the Orange Leader Coach of the Year in second-year coach Becca Mathews.

Mathews knew she had something special at the beginning of the season and helped guide the Lady Cardinals into the regional tournament.

With a promising core group coming back for next season, the future looks bright in Cardinal Country.

So there you have it, another year has past in volleyball.

With our top three teams only getting better, the Orange Leader looks forward to next season and congratulates everyone on a successful season in 2007.

MVP: Audrey Myers, Bridge City

Offensive Player of the Year: Christine Sicktich, LC-M

Defensive Player of the Year: Jenna Angelle, Bridge City

Newcomer of the Year: Emily Kosh, Bridge City

Coach of the Year: ’Becca Mathews, Bridge City

FIRST TEAM

Lauren Angelle, Bridge City

Morgan Blohm, LC-M

Laura Riddick, OF

Shayna Sheppard, LC-M

Kristi Trahan, LC-M

Kayla Fullerton, Bridge City

SECOND TEAM

Brittany Wiegand, LC-M

Kaylin Little, OF

Emalee Kennon, Vidor

Jordyn Davis, LC-M

Kia Hartfield, WO-S

Allie Beach, OF

[Guest SoftballFan]

Congratulations to all of these young ladies.  You all have represented Orange County well this volleyball season!!!