KFDM COOP Posted September 25, 2008 Report Posted September 25, 2008 Lady Bears set for revised 20-4A volleyball schedule Van Wade The Orange Leader LITTLE CYPRESS — After storming to a tremendous victory over defending district champion Port Neches-Groves to start District 20-4A play Sept. 5, the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears’ season came to a standstill when Hurricane Ike came to the area. After opening with a big win like that, the Lady Bears (17-7) certainly had momentum on their side. Long-time LC-M coach Vicki Castino feels the team can regain their momentum. During the course of the storm, evacuation and cleanup, LC-M and PN-G couldn’t play four of their district matches while Lumberton, Beaumont Central, Beaumont Ozen, Vidor and Livingston missed five matches. The Lady Bears will jump back into 20-4A play tonight when they visit the Lumberton Lady Raiders with the freshmen starting at 4:30 p.m. followed by the junior varsity and varsity. “The kids are excited to get back to normal and to start playing matches again,†said Castino, who led the Lady Bears to a second-place district finish last season and to the area round of the Class 4A Region III playoffs. “Lumberton is a team that has shown a lot of improvement from last year. Like I’ve said before, there are no easy matches in our district.†The Lady Bears originally had a non-district tuneup today set up with the Silsbee Lady Tigers, a team that has been strong in recent years in District 21-3A. However, after a 20-4A meeting was held Wednesday night, the district season was set up to start today. “Silsbee would’ve been a great test for the kids,†said Castino. “We would’ve loved to have gotten that one in for a little warmup before district started. But, since we were so far behind, we had to start district as soon as possible and Friday is the day.†Next week the Lady Bears will have two district matches, Thursday, Oct. 2 at home against Nederland and Friday, Oct. 3 at home against PN-G. The real fun begins the week of Oct. 6-10 as four district matches will be played. LC-M hosts Livingston 9Oct. 6), visits Central (Oct. 7), welcomes Vidor (Oct. 9) and travels to Nederland (Oct. 10). The old regular 20-4A season returns the last two weeks with the Lady Bears visiting Livingston (Oct. 14) and Vidor (Oct. 17) then hosting Lumberton (Oct. 21) and visiting Ozen (Oct. 24). “We all got together and worked out a nice plan to get all of our matches in,†Castino. “That one week will be tough, playing four matches and all but the UIL allowed it and everything worked all well. The kids have been working hard and they know that we’ll have to be on our game each time out, especially with that tight of a schedule.â€
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