KFDM COOP Posted October 21, 2008 Report Posted October 21, 2008 Lady Bears rip Lumberton, will go for 20-4A title Van Wade The Orange Leader LITTLE CYPRESS — All that stands in the way of the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears and a District 20-4A volleyball title are the Beaumont Ozen Lady Panthers. The Lady Bears made sure of that by easily sweeping the Lumberton lady Raiders Tuesday night on Senior Night at the Bear Cave. LC-M (25-8, 12-1) had no problems taking a part the Lady Raiders (4-8 in 20-4A), winning 25-17, 25-14, 25-9. The Lady Bears will head to Ozen Friday for a 5 p.m. varsity start. Ozen (10-2 in 20-4A play) fell to second-place Port Neches-Groves (11-2 in district) in four games Tuesday night. The Lady Panthers also still have to play fourth-place Nederland next Tuesday. An LC-M win would give the Lady Bears the outright title. A PN-G win Friday at Beaumont Central and two wins by Ozen (over LC-M and Nederland) would force a tri-championship and the three teams would have to have a mini tournament to decide playoff seeding. The Lady Panthers have already defeated the Lady Bears twice this season, once in the YMBL Tournament title game and the other one coming in the first half of 20-4A play in four games. “The kids realize what a big moment Friday will be,†said Lady Bears head coach Vicki Castino. “They know they can win the district with a victory, which was such a big goal for them when the season started. They understand that they didn’t play well when we played them (Ozen) in district earlier. We had 62 errors, and we’re not a team that does that. Since then, the kids have been awesome and they’re ready for the challenge Friday.†It was Senior Night at LC-M but it was Lady Bear junior Christine Sicktich who made the Lady Raiders turn red in the face. The standout made Lumberton pay with a whopping 23 kills over the three games, scattering Lady Raiders all over the floor. Sicktich received plenty of assistance. Junior Ashton LaVergne motored her way to nine kills while senior Maci Wilcox added five. Brittany Wiegand, known more for her tough serving and defense, found her way to three kills. Senior Shayna Sheppard, one of the best defenders in Southeast Texas, had her service game working, putting together 16 points and two aces. Junior Shelby Sanchez collected 12 points and three aces while Alexa Humble tallied nine points and an ace and Carly Gauthier had five points. “The girls played so well all night,†said Castino. “We might have made three or four errors the whole match. If we can carry that over Friday, that would be great.†Alyssa Valastro paced the Lady Raiders with six kills while Courtney Howell and Victoria Jones added three apiece. Molly James had five points and an ace to lead the Lady Raiders in that category. LC-M led Game One by a tight 13-11 but Sheppard put together seven straight service points while Sicktich had four kills in the spurt as LC-M finished strong. Game Two was never in doubt with Sicktich notching six kills while LaVergne and Wilcox had four apiece. Already controlling Game Three with a 15-7 advantage, Sanchez came off the bench and scored nine straight points, including three aces as the lady Bears never looked back.
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