Soccer Recap: Silsbee Takes a Loss

After flying high against Little Cypress-Mauriceville last Friday, Silsbee came back down to earth. The Silsbee Tigers fell just short of the Bridge City Cardinals by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. The game was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Tigers couldn't quite close it out.

Their goal came courtesy of Abraham Orta, which was the first he's scored this season.

Silsbee's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Bridge City, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 10-4.

Looking ahead, Silsbee will square off against Lumberton at 7:00 p.m. on February 18th. Lumberton will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each matchup than the last. As for Bridge City, they didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next contest, a 6-0 win against Little Cypress-Mauriceville on the 14th.