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Silsbee 75, LCM 60.  Jesse Doucette scored 23, freshman Da'Marion Morris 12, and Jackson Smith 11.  Felt like we did a pretty good job with Bush...and he still had 30.  

We go to Hamshire Fannett on Tuesday.  Win and we're in.  Lose and go home.  Should be a fun one.

LCM 63, West Orange Stark 41

Bears finally put together a good offensive performance for Senior Night.  Jesse Doucette had 22, Ben Elliott scored 13, and Jackson Smith had 12.  We're now 5-5 in district with Silsbee and Hamshire-Fanett left to go.

Lumberton 51, LCM 50.  Bears led by Jackson Smith with 16, Jesse Doucette 12.  Bears fall to 15-14 (4-4).  We'll be at Bridge City on Friday.

Joubert can flat out coach.  He's about as good as it gets.

We missed 12 free throws and that is a killer.  Also had some really bad turnovers that resulted in easy Hardin Jefferson layups.  Gotta give credit to HJ on that, though.  If we want to get in the playoffs and do anything, that stuff has to get cleaned up.  I agree that the HJ student section was really good.  That stuff makes for a great atmosphere and the games are so much more fun.  Hoping that our group will answer the bell for our Tuesday game with Lumberton.

HJ 67, LCM 50.  The lead was at 5 going into the final quarter, but we ran out of gas and couldn't buy a bucket late.  Jesse Doucette had 24 and freshman Ben Elliott had 14.  Baxter Wirth scored 23.  HJ is a solid two or three deep at every position and could really make some noise in the playoffs.  

LCM 38, Hamshire Fannett 34.  Bears led by Jesse Doucette with 16 and Jackson Smith had 6 points and drew a HUGE charge at the end of the game.  We need to play better, but this group has figured out how to win close games.  Bears finish the first half of district at 4-2.  We go to HJ on Tuesday.

Silsbee 90, LCM 60.  Led by Jesse Doucette with 21 and Ben Elliott with 16.  We got thumped tonight and have to get better.  Huge game Friday at home vs Hamshire Fannett.  

Don't have the complete statline for Silsbee, but Bush had what seemed like a quiet, easy 26.  Some college is going to get a steal.

LCM 45, WOS 44

We were led be Jesse Doucette with 19 and freshman Ben Elliott with 13.  We were very fortunate to come away with a win tonight and need to play better.  Bears will host Silsbee on Tuesday as we do our 2nd Coaches vs Cancer Benefit.

Bears jumped out to a 26-13 lead at the half, but really struggled in the 3rd.  Bridge City tied this one up with about two to go before LCM closed it out with a little run.  Final score 52-46.  Jackson Smith had a double double with 18 pts and 10 rebounds and Scout Denman scored all 9 of his clutch points in the 4th.  LCM (2-1) will go to WOS on Friday.

LCM 50, Lumberton 45.  Bears led by Jesse Doucette with 22 and 7 boards and Jackson Smith with 9 points and the go ahead bucket with 27 seconds left.  We'll be celebrating Hawaiian Shirt Night on Tuesday as we host Bridge City.  If you like a good student section and game day atmosphere, this is a game you want to come to.

HJ 79, LCM 50.  

LCM: 14, 7, 20, 9
HJ: 16, 18, 18, 27

Bears led by Jesse Doucette with 24 and Ben Elliott 11.  RJ Sears 18 for the Hawks.  

LCM 10-12 (0-1) will be off Tuesday and will go to Lumberton next Friday.

21 hours ago, oldman said:

For curiosity ...   what were the outcomes of the LCM/Port Arthur Sub varsity games played this morning.

i think it is awesome to included the sub-varsities in the classic.

 

They weren't necessarily part of the tournament, but we had some open time slots and those guys deserved some games.  PA won freshmen game by about 25 and the JV game by 11.

LCM/IP Classic All Tournament Team:

Ashtyn Lilly (Sulphur), Jacob Harvey (Huffman), Teraven Rhodes (Hudson), Keilohn Ferrell (Hudson), Coy Bryant (Orangefield), Jesse Doucette (LCM),  Jevarrick Butler(Cleveland), Gage Galloway (Vidor), Mario Black (Westwood), Austin Richardson (Bridge City), Khristian Curtis (PNG), Anthony Tezino (CE King)

Anybody not ready to go back to work should come check it out!

LCM 79, Woodville 69.  Jesse Doucette 29, Scout Denman 12, Da'Marion Morris 10 pts,9 assists, 8 boards.  Bears will travel to Tarkington on Friday.

LCM 51, Huffman 62. Bears led by Jesse Doucette with 25, Jackson Smith 10, Brendon Brones 10. Huffman led by Jacob Harvey with 30, Christian Oliphont 11. LCM 1-3 on the year will go to Liberty next Tuesday.

LCM 61, Buna 54.  Bears led by Jesse Doucette with 16, Jackson Smith 15, Cole Freeman 13, and Brendon Brones 12. LCM 1-2 on the year will go to Huffman tomorrow.

PNG 55, LCM 50.  Jesse Doucette led the way with 15 pts and 11 rebs, Jackson Smith scored 13.  Noah Marchak had 17 for PNG.  Congrats to Chris Smith on his first win at PNG.  Bears will play at Kelly Friday at 6.

I anticipate there being a second team published in the near future.

On 4/14/2019 at 7:26 AM, Hagar said:

I’m well aware of how difficult it is to narrow this down to five.  Virtually impossible.  Perhaps they should increase it to 10?  I know it may seem like it makes it less significant, but I wonder how many, like me, know a player and wonder, how did they keep him off.  Braden Bridges, from LCM, is one I think could’ve (should’ve?) been on there.  The kid is a shooter.  If you’re not in his face, he scores, and if you’re in his face, he still may score.  Jmo

And no, I don’t know the kid.  Wouldn’t recognize him if he walked up to me.  Just saw him a couple of games, and had a kid I know tell me he was the toughest guy he ever had to guard.  

Braden was an average player on a bad team as a freshmen.  Fast forward three years and he's averaging just under 27 points a game...on a team that only averaged 55.  He is a prime example of a kid putting in the work and ending up as a really good player.  He is committed to Coach Stan Bonewitz at Concordia and should sign soon so we are excited to see what the future holds.

As far as not making the Super Gold First Team, the five they chose were all very deserving of the honor.  With that said, you could probably pick an entirely different five and they would still be deserving.  There a lot of really good players in our area this year.  I do think that if you're going to call something the First Team it leads one to believe that there will be a Second Team.  Why not just call it the Super Gold Team?

22-4A Boys Basketball All District Selections

MVP: Jordyn Adams, Sr, Silsbee

Offensive MVP: Braden Bridges, Sr, LCM

Defensive MVP: Devon McCain, Sr, Silsbee

Newcomer of the Year: Brock McClure, Soph, Lumberton

Coach of the Year: Josh Mitchell, Lumberton and Joe Sigler, Silsbee

1st Team All-District:

B’Jan Arvie, Sr, West Orange Stark

Terron Brown, Sr, West Orange Stark

Braelon Bush, Jr, Silsbee

Bruce Green, Sr, Hardin Jefferson

Demetrius Johnson, Sr, Hardin Jefferson

Jason Persohn, Sr, Hardin Jefferson

Landyn Tyler, Sr, Silsbee

2nd Team All District:

Nakai Arnold, Sr, West Orange Stark

Jesse Doucette, Soph, LCM

Darius Johnson, Sr, Hardin Jefferson

Chris Martin, Jr, Silsbee

Jadon Wahl, Jr, Lumberton

Kolten Weeks, Sr, Bridge City

Honorable Mention:

DJ Williams (LCM), Reagan Koch (Lumberton), Cameron White (Silsbee), K’drian Cartwright (Silsbee), Austin Richardson (Bridge City), Ethan Oceguera (Bridge City), Grant Boudreaux (Bridge City)

LCM 70, HF 62.

Braden Bridges led the Bears with 34 (1834 career), Jesse Doucette 10, Landon Bearden 10, Ethan McCollum 8 pts/12 rebs.

Bears finish season 14-20 (4-8).

Silsbee 83, LCM 52

Jesse Doucette 21, Ethan McCollum 10, DJ Williams took five charges.

Braylon Bush 29, Jordyn Adams 20, Landyn Tyler 16.

LCM 73, Hamshire Fannett 53

Braden Bridges 23, Jesse Doucette 16, Landon Bearden 14.  Bears now 11-17 (2-4) on the year and we will host Hardin Jefferson on Tuesday for our Coaches vs Cancer Benefit.