Friday Basketball Scores

Friday night the Bridge City Cardinals served notice they will be a factor in the district playoff hunt this season.  West Orange-Stark came to Bridge City riding a two-game district winning streak.  The Mustangs had their string snapped and the Cardinals are tied with them in district after a 50-43 victory at the Bridge City High School gym.

Both schools now have records of 2-2 in district play.  The schedule favors Bridge City next week with games against Orangefield and Hamshire-Fannett to complete the first half of the district games.  Orangefield and Hamshire-Fannett played Friday night both seeking their first district win.  West Orange-Stark goes to Little Cypress-Mauriceville on Tuesday and plays at home against the state-ranked Silsbee Tigers next Friday.

The Cardinals handled the Mustangs pressure defense relatively well.  They did commit 20 turnovers for the contest, but did a good job of spreading things out to setup more one on one situations which worked to their advantage for the most part.  Handling the ball were Graydon Glover and Ryan Mirabella.  Both scored in double figures.  Glover was high scorer in the game with 13, and Mirabella tacked on 10 as he made all 7 of his free throws to go with a 3-point basket.

Rebounding was another factor that was to Bridge City’s advantage.  The twin posts of Dane Piper and Hunter Wiegreffe were solid inside.  Piper scored all 12 of his points in the first half.  Wiegreffe tallied 7 for the Cardinals including two free throws late in the game.

Down the stretch free throw shooting was pivotal for the Cardinals.  Wiegreffe’s two were part of five straight points from the free throw line to close out the scoring for Bridge City.  The other three were made by Justyn Romero who finished the night with 8 points.  The Cardinals were 20 of 33 from the charity stripe on the night.  West Orange-Stark was 8 of 12 in free throw shooting, but compared to the 20 made by Bridge City that proved to be the difference.

The Mustangs substituted freely throughout the game keeping fresh legs on the court.  The result was West Orange-Stark’s subs outscored the Bridge City bench 10-0 led by Mandel Turner-King with six.  Starter Kentavious Miller scored 11 points.  The Mustangs’ leading scorer Thomas Wallace was held to a single 3-pointer until the second half when he added 8 points to end the game tied with Miller at 11.    -Dan Perrine, KOGT-

Hardin-Jefferson defeated LCM 53-35.  For LCM Katon Brown had 14 points and 10 rebounds.  For HJ Eli Parquet scored 28 and that included six 3-pointers.  The Bears fall to 1-3 in district.

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The Orangefield Bobcats travelled to Hamshire-Fannett on Friday night and came away with a 48-42 victory.   Leading the way scoring for the Bobcats was Wesley Frillou with 13 points and Payton Lathrop with 12. Alex Catt also added 7 rebounds for the Bobcats. The Bobcats will travel to Bridge City on Tuesday.

The Bridge City Lady Varsity Cardinal’s had another tough close battle against the Lady Mustangs losing 51-49 which came down to the last sec. This is the third loss by 2-3 points for the Lady Cardinal’s. This drops the Lady Cardinal’s to 1-5 in the District and 12-16 overall.
The Bridge City Lady Cardinal’s JV got back on a winning note tonight against the WOS lady Mustangs with a 15-13 win. Bringing there District Record to 1-5 and Over all record to 7-15. The Lady Cardinal’s will travel to Rival Orangefield Tuesday night for another District contest.

Orangefield Lady Bobcats jumped out to a 20 point halftime lead and went on to defeat Hamshire-Fannett 54-44.  For OF: Sabryn Crain 8 points and 10 rebounds, 2 assists;  Hanna Lowe 17 points and 3;  Paris Fregia 14 points, 4 steals, and 5 assists;  Emmi Lummus 4 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals.

Lady Bears defeated the Hardin-Jefferson Lady Hawks 55-52. Grace Chen led with 22 points & 8 rebounds. Sheridan Rogers added 11 pts and 6 boards.

OJH vs. Hamshire-Fannett: January 14, 2016

In the first game of the evening Orangefield’s 7th Grade B Team took on the Hamshire-Fannett Shorthorns.  The Cats started off hot with a quick 3 coming from Jordan Ritter and the team held a 3-2 after the first.  Then things took a turn for the worse for the Bobcats as they were outscored 12-2 in the 2nd quarter, which led to the halftime score being 14-5 in favor of the Shorthorns.  The Bobcats played much better defensively in the 2nd half only allowing 8 points, while also adding 7 of their own. Unfortunately they couldn’t recover from their poor 2nd quarter and fell to H-F, 22-12.  Orangefield was led in scoring by Garrison Hughes with 4 points and drops to 1-6 on the season.

The boys on the Bobcat 8th Grade “B” team were ready to build on their successful season last night as they faced off against the Hamshire-Fannett Shorthorns.  The Bobcats began the game with an impressive defensive stand, holding Hamshire-Fannett to a 4 point first half.  The defensive attack was led by Cade Kile, Kade Grozier, and Jacob Harvey who were all very active with multiple steals, blocks, and deflections.  The defensive trend would continue throughout the second half as well, keeping the average points allowed per quarter to a measly 2.  The Bobcats rallied behind the defense, producing solid offensive support with 23 points on the night.  The top offensive performers on the night were Cade Kile with 7 points and Jacob Harvey with 6 as Orangefield moved to 6-1 on the year with their 23-8 victory. 

With the season winding down, the 7th Grade “A” team Bobcats were ready for a showdown with the Hamshire-Fannett Shorthorns.  The Bobcats came out clawing with great effort, but the Shorthorns battled back with their dominating presence in the post.  The Bobcat defenders stood their ground for most of the game, but had trouble containing the Shorthorns in the 3rd quarter.  The shots just did not seem to fall last night for the Orange and White as the final score resulted in a 32-20 loss, thus dropping Orangefied’s record to 2-8.  Notable offensive performances were made by Cade Waguespack with 6 points and Aaron Miller with 5 points.

The 8^th Grade Bobcats saw their 2016 offensive struggles continue last night versus the Shorthorns of Hamshire-Fannett Middle School.  Orangefield had a very tough 1^st quarter in which they were outhustled and outscored to the tune of 8 to nothing.  The Cats fought back in the second and third quarter but could never quite make up the distance on the early deficit they found themselves in.  One bright spot was the play of guard, Chase Broussard.  Chase shot the ball at a high percentage on the night and drained a pair of three’s that helped him earn a team leading 10 points.  Kayson Dubois also pitched in 7 in the 31-19 defeat.  The loss moves the Bobcats to 3-6 as they look to get ready to cross Cow Bayou to take on the Cardinals next Thursday.