Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The first district game was a big positive for Orangefield. This week is another important district game at home for the Bobcats. Orangefield's longtime rival the Buna Cougars came into last week's game with the better record on the season. The Bobcats played their best game of the year taking a big lead early before coasting to a 49-22 victory at Buna. Coach Josh Smalley described the game as physical between the two rivals, and his Bobcats took advantage of Cougar mistakes...
Bridge City and Little Cypress Mauriceville renewed their rivalry in volleyball just a few days after the two schools played a thrilling football game. The Lady Cardinals clawed their way to a tight four-set win over the Lady Bears during the match played on Tuesday, September 12, in Bridge City. The last three of the four sets were each decided by two points. The first set was very close as well with the Lady Cardinals winning it by only three points. Before the match began...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats remained undefeated in district volleyball through their first three matches. This set the stage for the big showdown at the district favorite Hardin on Tuesday, September 19. The Lady Bobcats played East Chambers on Friday, September 15, at Orangefield. It was a straight set win for the Lady Bobcats 25-5, 25-16, and 25-15 over the Lady Bucs. Lela Francis had a big evening for Orangefield serving 5 aces. Francis also had 3 kills and 1 block. Orange...
Last week was the first time all season Bridge City did not realistically have a chance to win the game in the fourth quarter. The Cardinals face another big challenge this Friday with their opening game in district against a top ten rated team. The first quarter last Friday night saw the Cardinals fall behind early against Lumberton. Bridge City played hard to the end but dropped its second straight game 63-28 to the Raiders. Cardinal Coach Chad Landry evaluated the effort by...
The Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears bounced back from their tough loss in the district opener to Bridge City with an amazing comeback against Vidor three days later. The Lady Bears dropped the first two sets before taking the last three to capture the win. The match was played Friday, September 15, at the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium at LCM High School. Vidor won the first set 25-23 and then the second 25-19 to be on the brink of victory. Little Cypress...
The first four weeks this year are following an eerily similar path to the same time last season for West Orange-Stark. The hope is that will change this week with the start of district action for the Mustangs. Just like a year ago after opening with two wins the Mustangs have dropped their last two games. The Newton Eagles rallied to come from behind 58-54 to beat West Orange-Stark the loss evened the season record for the Mustangs at two and two. WOS Coach Hiawatha Hickman...
The final game before the start of district action was a disappointing loss for Orangefield. Now the games really begin to count for the Bobcats with the first district game on the road this Friday night. The Bobcats played the Woodville Eagles last week and actually led late in the first half. Woodville scored in the last minute of the second quarter and then got another touchdown on its first drive of the second half after recovering a Bobcat fumble to win 19-7 at...
Football coaches emphasize how pivotal turnovers are in determining the winner of a game. Friday night in Orangefield proved that philosophy true when the Woodville Eagles made three take aways while surrendering a lone turnover themselves as they defeated the Orangefield Bobcats 19-7 at F. L. McClain Stadium. The two teams came into the game with identical records. With the loss Orangefield finished 1-3 in non-district. Woodville evened its record to 2-2 for the season. The...
Little Cypress Mauriceville held its own for one quarter against Kinkaid a private school from Houston. Things got out of hand after that as the Falcons flew away with a 54-14 win over the Bears on Thursday, September 14, at Battlin' Bear Stadium. The loss evens Little Cypress Mauriceville's record at 2-2 for the season. Houston Kinkaid improved to 3-1 on the year. The Falcons took the opening kickoff and drove 52 yards in seven plays to score their first touchdown. Manuel Roe...
Bridge City suffered its first loss of the season in an exciting game. The Cardinals finish their non-district schedule this week at home. Bridge City could have definitely earned the nickname of the Cardiac Cards after their game with the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears last Friday. The Cardinals scored two fourth quarter touchdowns to come from behind and take the lead twice in the contest only to surrender a late score which gave the Bears a 30-23 win in one of the most...
The Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears started a five-game home stand last week with a thrilling victory. This week the Bears play a strong private school from the city of Houston. The rivalry between LCM and Bridge City is an intense one, and last Friday was one of the best games in that series. The Bears and the Cardinals exchanged the lead four times in the fourth quarter with the home town Bears holding on for a 30-23 win. Little Cypress Mauriceville earned their nickname...
West Orange-Stark lost a tough overtime decision last week to a larger school. This Friday night the Mustangs renew their rivalry with another top team in this area from a lower classification. The Mustangs went to Port Neches-Groves and actually led the Indians until a late touchdown tied the game forcing overtime. The bigger PNG had more players rested through the game than West Orange-Stark who used several two-way players thus were more tired going into the overtime won...
Orangefield made a turnaround from its earlier football fortunes gaining its first win of the season. This week the Bobcats must avoid turnovers to win their second straight game. The Bobcats traveled to Shepherd last week where they took an early lead. The game began like it was going to be a Bobcat blowout as they took a quick two score lead with an opening touchdown drive followed by a scoop and score by the Orangefield defense. Shepherd rallied to tie the game 21-21 before...
District volleyball action began the first week of September for three of the four local high schools in Orange County. Bridge City, Little Cypress Mauriceville, and West Orange-Stark will compete in District 19-4A while Orangefield will play in District 22-3A. The Bridge City Lady Cardinals opened the district on Tuesday, September 5, with a sweep at Silsbee. The Lady Cardinals won the first set over Silsbee 25-19 and matched that same score in the second set. Bridge City...
It took a big play by the special team for the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears to pull out a thrilling win over their cross-county rival the Bridge City Cardinals. The Bears scored with less than two minutes to play to beat the Cardinals 30-23 at Battlin' Bear Stadium on Friday night. The victory improves LCM's record to 2-1 on the season. Bridge City suffered its first loss to drop to 2-1 on the year. The contest was exciting throughout with Little Cypress Mauriceville...
Youth coaches should always be concerned about the well-being of the players on their team. No matter what the sport the men and women that coach kids are responsible for looking out for their players. Sometimes the situation is more than just how well the young boy or girl throws or hits the ball. It can even be life changing for the youth involved in that relationship. Such a situation occurred on August 20 of this year in the Orange Youth Baseball League. Coach Michael Sear...
Things are looking up in Bridge City with two wins already this season, more than the Cardinals had all of last year. Another big rivalry game will be a good test for the Cardinals on the road this Friday night. Last week Bridge City played its first road game of the season and defeated the Buna Cougars 20-12. In their first two games the Cardinals have outscored their opponents 46-21 resulting in two victories. Cardinal Coach Chad Landry is proud of his young Cardinals...
Two losses to start the football season has Orangefield hungry for a win. The Bobcats will be looking for their first victory against an opponent this Friday night that they defeated twice last year. The first home game of the season for Orangefield last week was against Legacy Sports, a private school out of Spring. The Titans beat the Bobcats 48-10. Orangefield Coach Josh Smalley called Legacy a really good football team and predicted the Titans are going to win a lot of...
The Orange Bowl will stay where it is. The West Orange-Stark Mustangs won decisively on Friday night 33-6 over the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears to retain possession of the Orange Bowl. The Mustangs, 2-0, took an early lead and only expanded it as the game progressed against their crosstown rivals from Orange. The Bears dropped to 1-1 on their season after the loss. West Orange-Stark received the opening kickoff and drove 71 yards in ten plays to score the first points of...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats begin their district volleyball schedule this Friday at Kirbyville. The varsity game will start at 4:30 PM in the gymnasium at Kirbyville High School followed by the junior varsity and freshmen matches. The Lady Bobcats played their final non-district game on Tuesday. Orangefield traveled to Port Neches-Groves for the last match before district. Orangefield won two matches last week both in three straight sets. The Lady Bobcats beat Woodville...
Rivalry games always get the players, coaches, and fans excited. The Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears play their second straight longtime county rival this Friday night at home. Last Friday the Bears dropped the Orange Bowl 33-6 to the West Orange-Stark Mustangs. This week LCM plays the Bridge City Cardinals in a game that does not award a trophy to the winner just bragging rights for the side that comes out on top in the end. Bears' Head Coach Eric Peevey was disappointed...
For the second season in a row West Orange-Stark has started with two straight wins. The goal is to keep the victories rolling in and that will be a difficult task this week as the Mustangs must travel to face a team that played in the state championship game last season. The Mustangs got their second win of the early season by winning the Orange Bowl last Friday night against the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears. West Orange-Stark won convincingly 33-6 to retain the Orange...
Bridge City had a long wait but Friday night at Larry Ward Stadium it accomplished something it has been hoping for years to do again. The Cardinals beat the Orangefield Bobcats in football 26-9 to capture the coveted Bayou Bowl. The Cardinal victory means they get to take possession of the Buzzie Gunn Trophy which is awarded to the winning team in the football game between Bridge City and Orangefield. The Bobcats held the trophy for several years having won the last several...
The Lady Bobcats hosted the Orangefield Volleyball Tournament on Thursday and Saturday, August 24 and August 26. During the two days of play Orangefield went undefeated to capture the tournament trophy. On Thursday Orangefield swept all three of its opponents in straight sets in a best two out of three sets format in the tournament. The Lady Bobcats beat Bob Hope early in the morning 25-10 and 25-20 in their opening match. Orangefield bested Deweyville 25-17 in both sets...
The same week Bridge City and Orangefield were staging the annual Bayou Bowl in football the two schools played an exciting volleyball match. The Lady Cardinals defeated the Lady Bobcats in four sets on Tuesday, August 22, at the Orangefield Gymnasium. Playing on their home court the Lady Bobcats took an early lead in the first set when Orangefield won five of the first six points. Two later points went to the Lady Bobcats when serves by Lela Francis could not be returned by...
