Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The local girls high school basketball season has come to an end for the local Orange County schools except Little Cypress Mauriceville. Coach Eddie Michalko and his Lady Bears advanced as the number two seed for District 19-4A to the first round of the post season which was played Tuesday, February 14, against the Hamshire-Fannett Lady Longhorns at East Chambers. Little Cypress Mauriceville dropped its final regular season game on Tuesday, February 7, at Jasper. The Lady...
The Orangefield Bobcats rebounded from two consecutive losses with a resounding victory over the Kountze Lions. The Bobcats beat the Lions 82-56 at Kountze on Friday, February 10. The win improved Orangefield's record to 10-3 in District 22-3A. The Bobcats needed a win at home on Tuesday, February 14, which was Senior Night against the Kirbyville Wildcats to secure the second seed going into the playoffs. The Bobcats took a 14-10 lead after the first quarter against Kountze....
Two of the starters for the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears football team last year signed scholarships to play at the college level next season. Da'Marion Morris and Brady Wright were honored during a ceremony on Wednesday, February 1, at the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium on the LCM High School campus. Morris signed to play at Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton, Texas. Wright will be at McNeese State in Lake Charles during the fall football season. The Bears' Head...
The Orangefield varsity boys golf team battle the nasty weather on Tuesday, January 31, in the Vidor Invitational at the Country Club of Texas in Beaumont. The Bobcat golfers finished in the top spot with a team total of 330 for the five member team. Orangefield's Lincoln Parks finished as the first place medalist with his score of 77. The second place medalist was Alex Montz of Orangefield with an 81, and Xander Parks finished as the third place medalist with a score of 82...
Two teams undefeated in district soccer action played Monday, February 6, at Larry Ward Stadium in Bridge City. The Cardinals suffered their first loss in district 4-1 to the Lumberton Raiders. Bridge City is 10-2 on the season, 3-1 in district action, and trail first place Lumberton by one game in the standings. The first half was scoreless but there were some good opportunities for both teams. Three minutes into the game the Raiders actual had a two on one break that led to...
The Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears clinched second place in District 19-4A with two wins last week. The Lady Bears closed out the regular season on Tuesday, February 7, at Jasper with the playoffs upcoming. The Lady Bears defeated the Vidor Lady Pirates on the road 56-41 the last day of January. The highlight of that game was LCM's Keylie Washburn scoring 14 points giving her 1,000 for her two year career so far with the Lady Bears. Three other Lady Bears scored in...
The Orangefield girls basketball team avenged an earlier district loss with a gritty win on Friday, February 3, against East Chambers. The Lady Bobcats beat the Lady Bucs 47-36 at the Orangefield Gymnasium. In the previous game at Winnie the Lady Bobcats could manage only 16 points. Orangefield bettered that on Friday with 18 in the first quarter. Brianna Moore got the ball rolling in the right direction for the Lady Bobcats hitting a three pointer to start the scoring....
The Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears built a comfortable twenty-three point lead in the fourth quarter of their game with the Vidor Pirates. The Bears survived a barrage of late three pointers by the Pirates to win 61-52 on Tuesday, January 31, at the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium. The Bears scored the first three baskets one by Ben Elliott and two by Jayden Benton to take an early 6-0 lead. Vidor's Bryce Loftin hit his first of four threes to cut the LCM lead in...
Sole possession of first place in District 22-3A was on the line Friday night in Orangefield. The East Chambers Buccaneers held off the Bobcats to capture an important 47-38 victory. The Buccaneers came into Friday’s game following a loss to the Kountze Lions on Tuesday, January 31, that dropped them into a tie with Orangefield for first place with one loss apiece in the district. Three district games remained for the Bobcats going into this week which are at Anahuac on T...
With two weeks remaining in the District 19-4A basketball schedule there is a log jam of teams battling for three of the four playoff positions. The Silsbee Tigers are undefeated in first place which barring a total collapse the top spot should be secure for them, but the other three positions are up for grabs. Two Orange County teams are in the tangled mix with the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears and the Bridge City Cardinals fighting the Lumberton Raiders and the Jasper...
The Orangefield Bobcats moved to 8-1 in district with two wins last week. The victories keep the Bobcats in second place behind the undefeated in district East Chambers Buccaneers who won their last two games by only a combined five points. The Bobcats had a thrilling game against their longtime rival the Buna Cougars on Wednesday, January 25, in Buna. The playing of the game was delayed one day because of the hazardous weather that passed through the area on Tuesday. The...
Bridge City has started the district soccer schedule with back-to-back wins. The Cardinals are 8-1 on their season and 2-0 in district. The Bridge City Cardinals got two goals from Austin Bellanger on Wednesday, January 25, to defeat the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks 2-1 at Sour Lake. Victor Hernandez and Eric Carranza were defensive standouts for the Cardinals. The Cardinals got a gutsy team win on Friday, January 27, against Jasper. It was a cold night in Jasper but Bridge City's...
The girls' basketball teams are down to their final week of the District 19-4A schedule. The Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears (7-2) have clinched a spot in the playoffs but need to close with three wins in their remaining games to ensure being the second seed for the post season. The West Orange Stark Lady Mustangs and the Bridge City Lady Cardinals both had two games remaining on their seasons. The Lady Bears had a bye early last week before playing the Lady Cardinals...
The last week of the district schedule for the Orangefield Lady Bobcats starts this week. The Lady Bobcats played at Warren on Tuesday and take on the East Chambers Lady Buccaneers on Friday at Orangefield before closing with the Anahuac Lady Panthers on the road next week. Orangefield (5-6) is battling for the fourth and final playoff position in District 22-3A. The Lady Bobcats split their two games last week losing by one point 45-44 to Buna and defeating Hardin 51-34. On...
Two longtime high school football coaches in Orange County were honored by the Southeast Texas Coaches Association (SETCA) on Saturday, January 28. Cornel Thompson and Randy Crouch were inducted into the SETCA Hall of Honor during a ceremony at the MCM Elegante' Hotel in Beaumont. Cornel Thompson is a native of Louisiana and was raised in West Orange. After beginning his coaching career in 1971 at Kirbyville, Thompson became the head baseball coach at Stark High School in Oran...
Just four games are left on the district schedule for the three local Class 4A girls basketball teams. Two of the three teams still have hope of a berth in the state playoffs in three weeks. The Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears (6-2) are tied with the Jasper Lady Bulldogs for second place in District 19-4A. The West Orange Stark Lady Mustangs (3-5) snapped a four game losing streak in district to be in fifth place a game out of the fourth and final playoff spot. The...
With five games remaining on the district schedule the Orangefield Lady Bobcats need probably at least three wins in the last two weeks to make the postseason. Three of those last five contests will be played away from Orangefield. The Lady Bobcats split their two games last week. The first place and undefeated Kountze Lady Lions defeated Orangefield 75-31 on Tuesday. Greenlea Oldham led the Lady Bobcats with 8 points and 8 rebounds. She even had two blocked shots. Kaylea Grav...
The first half of games for District 22-3A was completed on Friday, January 20. The Orangefield Bobcats (21-6) won their two games played last week in convincing style to occupy second place in the district one game behind the East Chambers Buccaneers with seven district games remaining. On Tuesday, January 17, the Bobcats played the Kountze Lions in Orangefield. The Bobcats took the early lead 16-6 after one quarter and coasted to a 70-47 triumph. Orangefield's Pete Ragusa...
The Bridge City Cardinals were looking to secure their position in second place for the first half of district when they played at West Orange Stark on Friday night, January 20. A victory over the winless in district Mustangs would move the Cardinals into a tie for second place with the Lumberton Raiders. The contest was anything but a walk-over for the Cardinals. The Mustangs led for the most part until late in the third quarter. Bridge City rallied and hung on in the fourth...
The Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears won their first district game at home this season over crosstown rival the West Orange Stark Mustangs. The Bears got a big lead early and outpaced the Mustangs 81-51 on Tuesday, January 17. Coming into the game Little Cypress Mauriceville had lost its two district home games to Bridge City and to Lumberton. The win over West Orange Stark improved the Bears’ record to 3-2 in district. Noah Fuller got the Bears on the board with the first ba...
The Orangefield Bobcats suffered their first loss in district last week but rebounded with a good win at home. The Bobcats occupied second place in the standings entering the final week of the first half in the district schedule. On Tuesday, January 10, Orangefield traveled to Winnie and played the East Chambers Buccaneers. The game was tied 27-27 at the half then East Chambers had a big third quarter outscoring the Bobcats 19-5 to take a lead that proved insurmountable. The...
A scheduling conflict caused the game between the Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears and the Jasper Lady Bulldogs to be postponed one day. The Lady Bears beat Jasper 55-46 on Saturday, January 14, at the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium. The game marked the halfway point of district action for both teams. LCM and Jasper entered the game with 4-1 records in district thus the win by the Lady Bears gives them a one game lead over the Lady Bulldogs and sole possession of...
The second week of December the Bridge Cardinals played the Vidor Pirates at the Orangefield Tournament and were pummeled 72-46 by the hot shooting Pirates. This past Tuesday, January 10, the Cardinals got some revenge by clipping Vidor 43-40 at Bridge City in an important district game. Bridge City improved its district record to 2-1 with a second straight win following the victory at Little Cypress Mauriceville the week before. "Two in a row in district that's huge. I said...
Little Cypress Mauriceville High School hosted a special signing ceremony for senior football defensive lineman Amier Washington on Wednesday, January 11. The event was held adjacent to the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium and the school's theater. Washington will be graduating from Little Cypress Mauriceville this spring and will play college football with Texas Tech University beginning in the fall. The official signing between Washington and the university was held...
Bridge City's Marlie Strong signed a scholarship to play softball at Otero Junior College. The signing ceremony was held in the Competition Gym at Bridge City High School on Wednesday, January 11. Strong has played on the Bridge City varsity softball team the last three years. Marlie is expected to be the starting shortstop for the Lady Cardinals in this her senior year. As a junior Strong was second team All-District in the infield. Marlie was selected to the first team on...
