The Orangefield Bobcats took advantage of big halves by Bryce Bergeron and Pete Ragusa as they defeated the LCM Bears 63-50 at home Tuesday in a game heard on KOGT.
Ragusa scored all 15 of his points in the first half. Bergeron took over in the second half scoring 18 of his game high 26. Morgan Sampson added 4. The Bobcats are now 2-3 and will go to Vidor Friday. LCM (1-3) playing without Jesse Doucette who was on crutches, was led by Ben Elliott’s 24 and Brendon Brones with 13. LCM will host (4-0) Silsbee on Friday.
–
BC fell to Lumberton 75-41. The Cards are now 2-2 in district and 12-6 overall. The Raiders improve to 4-1. Cards will host WOS on Friday.
–
WOS lost a tough one to Silsbee 74-66 after being down by just 4 going into the fourth quarter. The Mustangs drop to 2-2 and Silsbee is 4-0. WOS was lead by Junior Michael Wardlow who once again had a big performance with 23 pts, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. Wardlow would slice and dice Silsbee’s half court offense all night long. Quintin Proctor would be the benefactor on a lot of those assists as he went for a career night 23 pts and 15 rebounds. WOS would get another spark from sophomores Darren Anderson adding 12 pts and 7 rebounds along with his teammate JB Brown 4 pts, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. West Orange’s full court pressure would turn Silsbee over 27 times with twins Adrian and Aiden Crochett-Hernandez not only each having 4 steals but they did a great job handling the ball all night long. Braden Gant, who was hampered with foul trouble most of the night would come up big in the 4th quarter with 2 big baskets to cut the lead to only 2. Silsbee would get some late calls which bailed them out in a lopsided free throw shooting contest with Silsbee shooting 26 on the night verse WOS 16. Coach Wilson said “proud of my young men for playing hard in a hostile environment tonight. We have to find ways to win the close ones on the road because that is what good teams do”. West Orange Stark moved to 2-2 in district play as they face Bridge City on Friday with JV starting at 5 and Varsity 6:30.
–
Vidor and Deweyville were off.
GIRLS
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats (4-2) traveled to LC-M (2-4) and defeated the Lady Bears 43-40. Leading OF: Greenlea Oldham- 14 points 6 rebounds 4 assists and 2 blocks; Joli Ponfick- 11 points and 3 assists; Madison Greenway- 5 points 10 rebounds and 2 blocks; Harleigh Rawls-9 points. The Lady Bobcats play Vidor on Friday at home and LCM will go to Silsbee.
–
BC lost to Lumberton 76-36. The Lady Raiders (6-0) stay undefeated in district and BC is now 3-3.
–
West Orange – Stark Lady Mustangs fell at home to Silsbee 76-37. The Lady Mustangs fell behind early 20-5 after the 1st quarter. “We came out flat and didn’t match Silsbee’s intensity.” said Coach Michael Bethea. The 2nd quarter saw WOS wakeup and be more competitive being outscored 18-13 to go to the half down 38-18. WOS was led in scoring by Aniah Henderson’s 11 points. Sidnye Antoine added 9 points and Nadia Watson chipped in 8 points.
–
Vidor and Deweyville were off.
Social Media