KFDM COOP Posted October 29, 2008 Report Posted October 29, 2008 BC seniors celebrate senior night - twice Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY — A special senior night indeed. Sam West, Mallory Guidry, Sarah Armand and Destiny Garza celebrated their Senior Night for the Bridge City Lady Cardinals in style as the four did their job and got a little help late Tuesday. Bridge City first swept past the Hardin-Jefferson Lady Hawks and then went to watch the Hamshire-Fannett Lady Longhorns take down the Orangefield Lady Bobcats to force a third-place tie in the District 21-3A standings. Bridge City won the match 25-19, 25-19 and 25-12. The Lady Cardinals and Lady Bobcats finished the district schedule an identical 5-5. Before Orangefield even took the court, the Lady Cardinals first had to take care of their own business. West led the Lady Cardinals with a game-high 12 kills while Sarah Armand finished with 10. Guidry led the Lady Cardinals with nine digs and Garza was great from serve the whole match with 10 service points. The four seniors were not alone as junior Emily Kosh led the match with 24 assists and sophomore Maggie Stump added a match-high seven aces. Sophomore Marlee Lopez added seven kills while fellow sophomore Sara McPherson finished with six. Sophomore Bria Thibodeaux added six digs in the victory. Bridge City trailed Game 1 8-6 before Kosh set West for a kill. Then with McPherson at serve, the Lady Cardinals went on a roll. The Lady Cardinals first got a kill from sophomore Jordan Royal to tie the score at 8-8. Royal finished with three kills. McPherson, who also had four digs, then struck for two aces and another H-J shot landed out of bounds to give Bridge City a 11-8 cushion. The Lady Cardinals would not give up the lead in Game 1 as Guidry led another Lady Cardinals’ run from serve. McPherson had two kills from Kosh assists in the run that pushed Bridge City ahead 21-14. With the Lady Cardinals up 24-19 and the Lady Hawks serving, Kosh set Lopez for Game 1’s final point. Armand had five kills in the game. Game 2 was close until Stump came up to serve with Bridge City leading 4-3. Stump hit two consecutive aces and would later hit for three more. In between, Kosh set West for two kills as Bridge City pulled ahead 11-3. H-J started to make a late rally but a serve found the net to kill the momentum to make it 22-15 Bridge City. Two Lady Hawk hits went for errors with Garza at serve and West came up with another kill as Bridge City won Game 2, 25-12. Garza and her teammates then made sure Game 3 was short and sweet as the Lady Cardinals put the match on ice with a 25-12 win. Garza had nine service points in Game 3 and would be the first to thank West for assistance as West hit five kills while Garza was serving. The second long run with Garza at serve came with Bridge City up 18-9. Kosh set West for a kill and then West called her own number for another spike to give the Lady Cardinals a 20-9 lead. With the Lady Cardinals up 23-12, Stump was at it again. Stump finished the night with back-to-back aces to finish the deal. Then was time to watch a short video celebrating the 2008 squad and on to Orangefield for some very tense Lady Cardinal moments. Now the team is waiting to learn when and where the Lady Bobcats and Lady Cardinals will meet for the third time this season. Both home teams won in the match-ups.
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