Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Little Cypress Mauriceville advanced to the next round of the Class 4A state softball playoffs on Monday. The Lady Bears won the deciding third game 9-2 in their bi-district series with the Hardin Jefferson Lady Hawks. It was a joint pitching effort that got the important victory for LCM. Ella Stephenson started in the circle going four and two third innings with eight strikeouts allowing two runs only one of which was earned. Tessa Erickson pitched the final two and a third i...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats have advanced to the Class 3A Area Round of the state softball playoffs. Orangefield defeated the Central Heights Blue Devils out of Nacogdoches 5-0 on Saturday night, April 29, in Jasper. It was the twenty-third win for the Lady Bobcats. Orangefield pitcher Abigail Curphey threw her fifth shutout of the season. Curphey allowed only two hits and struck out seven Blue Devils in the complete game victory. The Lady Bobcats rapped out ten hits in the...
The Orangefield Bobcats finished their regular season as the undefeated champions of District 22-3A. It is the Bobcats' third straight district championship in baseball. The final game in district was played Tuesday, April 25, at Orangefield's Paul Cormier Field against the Anahuac Panthers. The Bobcats won 12-4 for their fourteenth victory without a loss in district play and improved their record to 23-3 on the season. Anahuac took the early advantage before Orangefield ralli...
Little Cypress Mauriceville won this season's District 19-4A softball championship. The Lady Bears completed their district schedule with a record of 11-1 finishing one game ahead of their cross-county rivals the Bridge City Lady Cardinals. A discouraging report came from doctors early last week concerning Bridge City's number one pitcher Carson Fall. The doctors indicated Fall has an injury to her right arm which is her pitching arm and the injury will keep Carson from throwi...
For the third straight season the Orangefield Bobcats are the champions of their district in baseball. After capturing their Class 4A district title the last two seasons the Bobcats won the District 22-3A baseball championship last week. Orangefield took a decisive step closer to the district title on Tuesday, April 17, with a 10-0 win over the Hardin Hornets at Paul Cormier Field. The victory raised the Bobcats to 12-0 in district to clinch the outright title with no chance o...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats won the softball district championship on Tuesday. The Lady Bobcats defeated the Hardin Lady Hornets in three innings 15-0 at Paul Cormier Field to clinch first place in District 22-3A. Orangefield Coach Rebekah Ragsdale was excited for her Lady Bobcats to be district champions. "It's awesome! Considering we missed the playoffs a year ago and then to be able to turn it around and do this it's something super special especially with the group that w...
Two more Bridge City seniors have signed scholarships to play their sports at the college level. Kaydence Corkran will play softball at John Melvin University and Amaris Larkin is going to Lamar University to do track and field. Corkran signed on Wednesday at the Bridge City High School gymnasium to attend John Melvin University in Crowley, Louisiana. Kaydence earned three letters for playing softball for the Lady Cardinals primarily as a pitcher. Bridge City softball coach...
This is the final week of the District 19-4A baseball season for the Bridge City Cardinals, the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears, and the West Orange Stark Mustangs. The state playoffs start next week. Of those three county teams Bridge City has the best chance to make the post season. The Cardinals pulled off a sweep of the Jasper Bulldogs last week to improve their district record to 7-3 and hold second place in district one game behind the first place Vidor Pirates with...
The West Orange Stark Mustangs are looking for their first win in district this season, but played a good game against the Silsbee Tigers on Tuesday, April 11, at Ronnie Anderson Park. Silsbee prevailed 11-5 over the Mustangs. The weather had an effect on the game. Officials called weather delays three separate times because of lightning strikes in the vicinity or actual precipitation falling down. The Mustangs started Diego Ibarra on the mound. The freshman left-hander...
Orangefield survived the three game gauntlet when it recently played the three other leaders in the District 22-3A softball standings over an eight-day period and now the Lady Bobcats are sitting in the catbird seat of first place. The Lady Bobcats (11-2) completed the trifecta this past week winning three games in four days and can claim the district championship with a win in their final game with Hardin. Orangefield beat Buna 4-3 in the earlier meeting between the two...
With two games to play before the post season Bridge City and Little Cypress Mauriceville were tied for first place in the District 19-4A softball standings. There is a very good chance the Lady Cardinals and the Lady Bears will be co-district champions when the regular season ends later this week. Little Cypress Mauriceville won both its games last week. On Tuesday, April 11, the Lady Bears defeated the Lady Raiders 7-3 at Lumberton. Ella Stephenson was the winning pitcher...
The Orangefield express is still rolling with just three games left before the start of the post season and the playoffs. The Bobcats were undefeated in first place of the District 22-3A baseball standings with a week left in the regular season. The Orangefield Bobcats won 8-2 on Friday, April 14, at Buna. The Bobcats improved their district record to 11-0 with three games remaining. Bobcat pitcher Jason Bodin threw seven innings giving up two runs on six hits and striking...
The best two softball teams in District 19-4A played Tuesday, April 4, in Bridge City. The Bridge City Lady Cardinals won the contest 2-1 over the Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears. With the victory Bridge City (7-1) moved to the top spot in the district. Bridge City Coach Raven Harris commented on moving into first place. "It's exciting, that's what we're working for. If there's any opportunity for us to continue the streak we're going to take it. We want to win every...
The district softball standings got even tighter last week as the Orangefield Lady Bobcats moved into a tie for first place. Three games were played in the last two weeks by Orangefield against the three other teams at the top of District 22-3A with the Lady Bobcats winning two out of three. The Orangefield Lady Bobcats beat the Kirbyville Lady Wildcats 3-2 on Tuesday, April 4, at Paul Cormier Field. The win moves Orangefield into a tie for first place with Kirbyville. Both te...
The Orangefield Bobcats remain undefeated and in first place in District 22-3A as the second half of the district schedule has started. The weather postponed one game so the Bobcats only played on Tuesday of last week. The Bobcats defeated the Kirbyville Wildcats 10-0 on Tuesday, April 4, at Paul Cormier Field in Orangefield. Pitcher Brycen Tait threw a shutout on a four-hitter with no walks and seven strikeouts. After tallying a run in the first inning the Bobcats added five...
A two game series between the Bridge City Cardinals and the Vidor Pirates to determine the lead at the halfway point of the District 19-4A baseball schedule was curtailed by the weather last week. The Cardinals and Pirates played only one game with Vidor taking the win in extra innings at Bridge City. The Pirates improved their district record to 6-1 with their 5-3 victory in eleven innings over the Cardinals who dropped to 3-2 in the district. The two teams started the...
The first half of the district games is complete with the Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears and the Bridge City Lady Cardinals holding the top two positions in the District 19-4A softball standings. The Lady Bears and the Lady Cardinals played their second game against each other in the district on Tuesday, April 4, at Bridge City. Little Cypress Mauriceville was 6-0 in district going into Tuesday's game in Bridge City with the Lady Cardinals right behind with a record...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats softball team are in the midst of a difficult portion of the district schedule. Orangefield Coach Rebekah Ragsdale termed it running the gauntlet for her Lady Bobcats. The first stop in the three game stretch of top district opponents for Orangefield was at Kountze on March 28. The Lionettes laid the Lady Bobcats low with a 10-0 pounding. It was only the second loss in district for Orangefield. The Anahuac Lady Panthers handed Orangefield the...
The Orangefield Bobcats are undefeated and in first place in the District 22-3A baseball standings. The end of March marked the halfway point of the district schedule of games. A shortage of umpires caused Orangefield to play the Kountze Lions on Monday instead of Tuesday last week. The Bobcats scored early and often in the 17-2 triumph that was shortened to five innings because of the 15-run rule. The Bobcats scored six runs in the fifth inning. The late rally was fueled by...
The Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears played games on Tuesday and Friday with the Vidor Pirates during the last week of March. The Pirates came away with wins in both games. On Tuesday Little Cypress Mauriceville had the advantage late but the Pirates rallied to pull out the 4-3 victory in Vidor. Two runs in the sixth inning gave the Pirates the lead which they did not relinquish. Bryce Bushelle got the win on the mound pitching the first six innings and Aiden Sims earned a sa...
Three outstanding student athletes at Orangefield High School signed scholarships on Wednesday, March 22, to play their sports on the college level. Mackenzie Haley will play volleyball at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, Morgan Sampson signed with Lamar University to play football in Beaumont, and Cameron Dischler will be going to Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas to play football. Dischler received more great news on Monday, March 27, when he was named...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals and their fans are excited to have their star pitcher back in the circle after she missed the first three district softball games. Carson Fall returned to the lineup to pitch a pair of gems for Bridge City at Lumberton on Tuesday, March 21 and then at home against Jasper on Friday, March 24. A leg injury kept Fall from pitching for almost three weeks in early March. Carson apparently was not hindered by anything on March 21 holding the Lady...
The Texas state boys powerlifting meet was conducted the weekend of March 24-25 in Abilene. Akilles Garcia from Orangefield High School placed in third place in the 220-pound weight class. Garcia lifted 1,570 pounds during the statewide competition....
County rivals Bridge City and Little Cypress Mauriceville played two times last week. The District 19-4A baseball schedule has opposing schools playing each other twice in the same week as opposed to the previous format of playing each district opponent once before repeating the pattern of playing the other teams. The Bridge City Cardinals won the first meeting 7-3 on Tuesday, March 21, at Don Gibbens Field on the Little Cypress Mauriceville campus. The Little Cypress...
The first half of district softball action is completed in District 22-3A. The Orangefield Lady Bobcats are tied for first place but have a difficult road ahead to start the second half of their district schedule. The Lady Bobcats won their fourth straight district game on Friday, March 24, at Hardin 12-3 over the Lady Hornets. The victory raised Orangefield's district record to 6-1 which is tied with Kirbyville for the best in the district and one game ahead of Kountze and...
