Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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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...
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....
Last week began with three undefeated teams tied for first place in the District 22-3A baseball standings. This week there is only one team without a loss in the district and it is the Orangefield Bobcats. On Monday, March 20, the Bobcats handed the Buna Cougars their first loss in district by a score of 5-2 at Orangefield. Friday night the Bobcats did the same to the Hardin Hornets shutting them out 15-0 at Hardin. Orangefield pitcher Jason Bodin had been nursing a sore arm...
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...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats battled with the Buna Lady Cougars on Monday night. The Lady Bobcats got strong pitching and some timely hitting to beat Buna 4-3 in Orangefield at Paul Cormier Field. The win improved Orangefield to 5-1 in District 22-3A. The first half of district action concludes on Friday. Junior pitcher Abigail Curphey was a primary reason for the Lady Bobcats prevailing in the game. Curphey pitched seven innings to get the win yielding only four hits,...
The Orangefield Bobcats and the Buna Cougars were tied for first place in District 22-3A with matching 3-0 records entering action this week. The Bobcats beat Buna 5-2 on Monday night in Orangefield to remain undefeated and in first place. After a scoreless first inning the Bobcats scored two runs in the second. Rusten Traxler had one of his two hits in the game to start the rally. Adam Tran had a two-out hit to drive in a run. Two more Bobcats scored in the bottom of the...
The girls Texas state powerlifting competition was held Friday, March 17, in Frisco. Bridge City's Hallie Bearden is the state champion in the 114-pound weight class. Bearden lifted a total of 820 pounds in the three powerlifting categories. Hallie squatted 295 pounds, benched 195 pounds, and deadlifted 330 pounds to capture first place. Avery Weidner of Bridge City performed well too finishing in fourth place for the 97-pound weight class. Weidner squatted 225 pounds,...
Three games in to District 19-4A competition the Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears are undefeated and in first place. The Lady Bears improved to 3-0 in district defeating the Lumberton Lady Raiders 12-4 on Friday, March 17 at LCM. Little Cypress Mauriceville jumped to an 8-0 lead after three innings and led 12-2 after four. Lumberton scored two runs in the fifth inning to prevent the game being called on the ten-run rule. The Lady Bears took the lead in the first inning o...
The district opener on Wednesday, March 15, pitted two of the best teams in District 19-4A. The Bridge City Cardinals got a two out hit in the ninth inning to beat the Silsbee Tigers 1-0 at Chuck Young Field in Bridge City. The game was a classic pitchers' duel as the Cardinals went with their ace Braylen Collins and the Tigers threw their best pitcher Logan Simmons. There was no scoring until the game went into extra innings. Collins pitched six and two third innings for...
