KFDM COOP Posted October 11, 2008 Report Posted October 11, 2008 Lady Longhorns cruise past Bridge City Gabe Pruett The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY — Twenty-four hours is not a lot of time for a volleyball team to make a quick turnaround. The Bridge City Lady Cardinals tried it Friday and Saturday and went 1-1 in the process. After sweeping the Hardin-Jefferson Lady Hawks on Friday, Hamshire-Fannett returned the favor on Bridge City Saturday afternoon. The loss set Bridge City back to 2-3 in the District 21-3A race as Hamshire-Fannett won 25-16, 25-17 and 27-25. The victory put Hamshire-Fannett at 4-1 in the standings, a game behind front-running Silsbee. Consistent good play plagued the Lady Cardinals against the Lady Longhorns who kept pressure on the Bridge City defense all match long. Sophomore Jordan Royal led the Lady Cardinals with six kills while fellow-sophomores Sara McPherson and Marlee Lopez put in five each. Junior Emily Kosh led the team with 14 assists and senior Destiny Garza added four aces. Hamshire-Fannett’s Kindra Wright led the match wit 11 kills and Kelsey Rabalais finished with seven kills. Danielle Johnson had a match-high 20 assists. Shelby Mason and Wright each had four aces for the Lady Longhorns. Three Bridge City errors in Game 3 seem to do Bridge City in with Hamshire-Fannett’s Macy Howerdon at serve. The Lady Cardinals had a 19-16 led yet let the Lady Longhorns tie the game at 19. Bridge City had a chance with game-point after Kosh set McPherson for a nice kill to make it 24-23. Another Lady Cardinals error tied the score at 24. Wright then gave H-F a 25-24 lead with a kill but the Lady Longhorns then gave the lead away with an error of their own Johnson then set Ronnee Piggott for a kill to make it 26-25 before Wright’s jump-serve ace won the game and match for the Lady Longhorns. Wright pushed the Lady Longhorns into a 13-5 lead in Game 1 with six straight service points, including three aces. Shelby Mason would later hit nine straight service points, including five aces, as H-F took a 23-10 lead. Eight Bridge City errors did the Lady Cardinals in during Game 2. The two teams do not have a lot of time to recover from the match as Bridge City travels to face Hamshire-Fannett on Tuesday. The Lady Cardinals disposed of the Lady Hawks 25=19, 25-9 and 26-16. Senior Sarah Armand led the Lady Cardinals to victory Friday night with nine kills against the Lady Hawks. McPherson added six kills and senior Sam West finished with five. Kosh had 17 assists in the victory while Destiny Garza led the team with 10 digs. Bria Thibodeaux added seven digs and Maggie Stump finished with two aces.
HORNSFAN86 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Posted October 16, 2008 Good Game lady Horns, way to make us HF fans proud. Keep up the Good Work. Remember take it one game at a time, do that and you will be successful.
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