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[KFDM COOP]

Final..

[Islander]

The game was a pleasure to watch.  Both teams played hard and the action was back and forth.  What I really enjoyed was the drum line that played constantly throughout the game.  The drum line consisted of several young fans hitting on buckets with drum sticks.  It was great!  I hope they come back to the next home game.  We need to get the kids involved with soccer at an early age.  This was a great way to do it.

[KFDM COOP]

Bear soccer squad stops Livingston, 3-1

Gary Bonneaux

The Orange Leader

LITTLE CYPRESS — Captain Seth Arteaga, and sophomores Garhett Bonneaux and Vance Foster each scored a goal to power the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears boys’ soccer team to a 3-1 victory over the Livingston Lions Tuesday night at Battlin’ Bear Stadium.

A strong defense was led by goalies Max Perkins and Christian Diaz and defender Brett Heil to a near shut-out effort by the Bears.

The game featured action up and down the field in a highly competitive contest on a cold night. Bears Coach Matt Wedel commented that “it was a nice, fun game to watch. I liked the way our team, especially our defense, played tonight.†“Livingston has some good players. It was a good, tough match.â€

The Bears scored the game’s first goal at the eighteen minute mark when sophomore Tommy Jones nicely placed a throw-in in front of the Lions’ goal. Seth Arteaga quickly took the pass and converted it into a close-range goal for a 1-0 Bears’ lead. Wedel noted that Jones “is good at throw-ins. It’s a strong point of his game.â€

The lead held until the Lions scored thirty-two minutes into the first half. After two shots bounced off the Bears’ goal, the Lions connected with a goal from five yards out.

Two minutes later, the Lions drove the ball deep into the Bears side of the field. Perkins left the goal to successfully deflect two Lion shots. Brett Heil instinctively stopped a third Lions’ shot directly in front of the Bear’s goal. “The play by Brett was phenomenalâ€, said Wedel. “He had a phenomenal defensive game.†The first half ended with the score tied at 1-1.

The Bears took a 2-1 lead at the fifty-seven minute mark when Bonneaux, surrounded by several defenders, converted a rebound in front of the Lion’s goal for a short lob shot over the goalie. Bonneaux’s poise impressed Wedel. “That was a pretty goal. Some players try to kill the ball when shooting at close range, but he put it in nice and easy.â€

The Bears’ final score occurred with approximately ten minutes left in the game as Foster received another strong throw-in from Jones at the twenty-yard line. Foster then blasted the ball to the back post for a goal. “He’s a smooth playerâ€, Wedel said of Foster. “He made a difficult shot and he made it look easy.â€

The Bears host cross-county rivals Vidor Pirates on Friday night at 7:00 p.m.

[Solo]

Coop,

Thanks for posting the article.  It is well written, I feel like I was there except for being able to skip the cold temperatures.

Solo

[lamarproud]

This was a well played game by LCM.  I enjoyed it despite the cold temperature.

[Islander]

Coop is one cool dude !