Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Orangefield Bobcats won all five of their games over the weekend in the Orangefield basketball tournament. The five victories earned the Bobcats the first place trophy. Orangefield won two games on Thursday, one on Friday, and two more on Saturday to claim the tournament championship. It was a total team victory for the Bobcats as injuries to posts Morgan Sampson and Koen Maddox limited their ability to play during the tournament. The championship game on Saturday pitted...
This week the state high school football championships in all of the classifications will be played. The University Interscholastic League also released the names of the football players named to the Academic All-State Team. Bridge City, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, and Orangefield each had players so honored. Brayden Parker of Orangefield was the only local player named to the first team Academic All-State. Other Bobcats receiving Honorable Mention were Cameron Dischler,...
The district opener on December 9 for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears and the West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs was an exciting battle that went down to the final seconds. The Lady Bears made a late rally to pull out a 44-40 win at the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium on the LCM campus. Lady Mustang Marilynn Guillory scored the opening bucket to give West Orange-Stark the initial lead. The Lady Bears tied the game before Nathia Allison scored to give the Lady...
Two games into the district schedule the Orangefield Lady Bobcats had a win and a loss. The district games started on Tuesday, December 6 for the Lady Bobcats. The district opener was at Kountze and the Lionettes played a very good game. Kountze won 58-25 over Orangefield. The second game was better news for the Lady Bobcats at home on Friday, December 9. Orangefield defeated the Kirbyville Lady Wildcats 56-22 to even their record (1-1) in district. Post Greenlea Oldham was...
The start of December means it is just a few days before the start of the district basketball games for local high school teams. Most of the girls' teams begin their district games on Friday and the boys will start in a week. The Orangefield Lady Bobcats in Class 3A actually began their district schedule on Tuesday of this week against the Lionettes at Kountze. The Lady Bobcats play their first district home game against the Kirbyville Lady Wildcats on Friday. Leading up to th...
Members of the West Orange-Stark Mustangs and the Bridge City Cardinals football teams were selected to the 9-4A Division II All-District team. The names of the players selected as All-District were not to be announced until all the schools in the district were eliminated from the University Interscholastic League state football playoffs. The district champion Silsbee Tigers lost a thrilling triple overtime game 58-56 to the Cuero Gobblers on Friday, December 2. Leading the...
The annual pre-Christmas visit by Santa Claus to the City of West Orange was done on Monday night, December 5, at the City Hall. Santa took all the Christmas wishes from the numerous boys and girls who came to see him. In anticipation of Santa's arrival West Orange Municipal Judge Carl Thibodeaux read "The Cajun Night Before Christmas" for everyone. This year there was even a video on two large screens to show the pictures from the book as Thibodeaux read. Outside by the...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville made the playoffs last year in basketball, and the Bears enjoyed their finest post season run ever. LCM is looking to improve on its district record and at least match its best previous performance in the playoffs this season. The Bears were a little disappointed by adversity and were unhappy finishing third in their tough district last season. LCM landed in a nice spot though in the playoff bracket which led to victories in the first two rounds of...
This could be a rebuilding year for the West Orange-Stark Mustangs basketball team. Only one Mustang is back on the varsity that won a playoff game last season. West Orange-Stark was up and down most of Coach Chris Castille's first year leading the Mustangs. They struggled early before finding their groove near the end of the district games and making the playoffs. The Mustangs pulled off a bit of an upset winning a playoff game for the first time in four years defeating the...
There are three reasons the Orangefield Bobcats should be outstanding in basketball this season. The first is the Bobcats return eight players from last year's team, second the junior varsity should supply several new players to the varsity for this campaign, and finally Orangefield moved to the lower 3A classification making it one of the largest schools in its district. The Bobcat varsity was 25-11 last season finishing in second place in their district behind only the...
A young Bridge City basketball team took its lumps last season. The Cardinals are more mature now and look to be a playoff contender this season. Last year was a rebuilding campaign for Bridge City after a successful season two years ago. The Cardinals lost five seniors going into last season and played only two juniors, multiple sophomores, and a couple freshmen on the varsity. Coach Randall Robertson analyzed the uphill battle his Cardinals had with a lack of varsity...
The City of Pinehurst will have a new Chief of Police effective in December of this year. The Pinehurst City Council unanimously named Chris Humbe as their new Police Chief at a special meeting on Monday, November 21. Humble has served the last six to seven months with the Pinehurst Police Department. Humble replaces Jimmy LeBoeuf who is retiring as the Chief of Police effective December 2, 2022. Appreciation was the first response from Humble to be named the Chief of Police...
The All-District selections for two Orange County high school football teams have been announced. Coach Eric Peevey with the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears and Coach Josh Smalley for the Orangefield Bobcats announced which of their players have been so honored. Topping the list of District 10-4A All-District Superlatives for the LCM Bears were Da'Marion Morris and Amier Washington. Morris was named the Offensive MVP on the basis of his outstanding season leading the...
The West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs basketball team has a new leader in Jaden Spell who is starting her first year as their head coach. Spell was an assistant coach last season and knows the girls she will have playing for her during the current campaign. The previous year was a difficult one for the Lady Mustangs. "The girls could have done a lot better, it was just one of those years. All five starters for the Lady Mustangs were seniors so we've lost our whole starting...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals basketball team has a new head coach but it's a familiar face. Larry Sterling who previously coached the boys basketball team has returned to Bridge City to coach the girls. Sterling coached the Bridge City boys for three years when the Cardinals had some success in basketball. He coached four years at Nederland before making a decision to return to Bridge City. "The administration here I think is in place that really wants to see athletics...
Two important changes in the girls' basketball program at Orangefield go into effect this season. The Lady Bobcats have dropped in classification from 4A to 3A and they have a new head coach. Eric Girola comes to Orangefield from Buna where he was the Lady Cougars head coach the last 11 years. "When this job at Orangefield came open I decided to try something new, a new place, some new people, and so here I am," Girola replied. Buna has been an annual opponent for Orangefield...
Another hopefully successful season is underway for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears basketball team. The Lady Bears are shooting to at least match their playoff run of last season. Little Cypress-Mauriceville finished second place in district and then won two playoff games. The Lady Bears were defeated by Huffman in the third round of the state playoffs to end their season. Coach Eddie Michalko indicated the Lady Bears really came together towards the end of the...
A wonderful season for the Orangefield football team came to an end on Friday night. The Bobcats lost 42-19 to the Cameron Yoemen at Freedom Field in the Alvin School District. Orangefield (9-3) was trying to win an area round football playoff game for the first time in the school's history and concluded the season as bi-district champions. Cameron Yoe (9-3) with the win advances to the third round of the state playoffs. The Yoemen used a short passing attack combined with an...
For two quarters the bi-district playoff game between the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears and the Kilgore Bulldogs on Friday night was a tossup with only one point separating the two teams. The second half was dominated by the Bulldogs, and they won 28-6 over the Bears at Abe Martin Stadium in Lufkin. Little Cypress-Mauriceville took the opening kickoff and mounted a good sustained drive that took over six and a half minutes off the clock. The Bears opened with an end...
This football season began with optimism at Orangefield after the University Interscholastic League reclassified the Bobcats from 4A down to 3A where they could compete with other schools comparable to their number of students. In preparation for an Area Round playoff game this week the optimism has transformed to genuine belief the Bobcats are a really good football team this year. Last week Orangefield won a playoff game for the first time since 2015. The Bobcats smashed...
The selections for the All-District volleyball team in District 22-3A have been announced. The Orangefield Lady Bobcats had six members honored by being chosen by the district coaches. Senior Harleigh Rawls was named the Defensive MVP. Making the 1st Team All-District were Mackenzie Haley and Brianna Moore. On the 2nd Team were Kylie Mouton and Libby Thurman. Greenlea Oldham received Honorable Mention recognition for the Lady Bobcats....
For the second time this season the Orangefield Bobcats played the Shepherd Pirates on Thursday, November 10. The Bobcats have won both games and Thursday's was a Bi-District victory 55-12 at Panther Stadium in the Sheldon Independent School District. The triumph was the seventh straight for Orangefield (9-2, 6-0) and the Bobcats first playoff win since 2015. Shepherd (5-6, 3-3) has its season come to an end with the loss. The Bobcats established their dominance early scoring...
The All-District picks for District 19-4A volleyball have been chosen by the coaches in the district. The first place Bridge City Lady Cardinals and the second place Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears were both well represented. Demi Carter of the Lady Cardinals was selected the Most Valuable Player. Carter's teammates Lexi Nugier was chosen the Defensive MVP, Taryn Doiron was picked as the Setter of the Year, and Anna Kelly was the Newcomer of the Year. The Lady Bears'...
Three local high school athletes signed scholarships on Wednesday, November 9, to play their sports in college. Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Orangefield, and Bridge City High Schools held special signing ceremonies. Annabelle Fisher of Little Cypress-Mauriceville signed to play soccer at Texas State University. Fisher was the 2022 All-District Co-MVP, 2022 TASCO 2nd Team All-Region, 2022 Team MVP, and 2021 All-District Offensive Player of the Year. In addition to soccer...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville needed a win Friday night to clinch a playoff spot. The Bears mauled the Huffman Falcons 48-16 at Battlin' Bear Stadium. The win by LCM (6-4, 3-2) not only secured a berth in the post season it moved the Bears into the third seed for District 10-4A Division I. Huffman (3-7, 1-4) finished the season in fifth place and out of the playoffs. Field position was heavily in favor of the Bears who started six of their drives in Falcon territory and two othe...
