Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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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'...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals volleyball team continued its superb play through the first two rounds of the state playoffs. The Lady Cardinals were undefeated in 12 district matches and had not lost a set in advancing to the third round of the post season. In the Bi-District round Bridge City swept the Liberty Lady Panthers in three tight sets at Winnie on Tuesday, November 1. The Lady Cardinals won the opening set 25-21 which proved to be their easiest set. The second set...
A resounding win in the district finale has West Orange-Stark thinking positive with the playoffs starting this week. The Mustangs have a familiar opponent in the first round of the post season. West Orange-Stark rolled 53-7 over the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks last week at Dan R. Hooks Stadium. The Mustangs evened their record at 5-5 for the season and finished the district with a 3-3 mark which makes them the fourth seed in District 9-4A Division II. Coach Hiawatha Hickman said...
The Orangefield Bobcats needed a win last week to win the district championship and earn a better seed in the state playoffs. The Bobcats are the number one seed in their district and start the post season this week. The threat of severe weather caused Orangefield's game with East Chambers to be moved to Thursday last week. The Bobcats rallied to take the lead against the Buccaneers and then held on 28-21 to win the game that kept them undefeated in district action and enabled...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears achieved a much needed win last week to secure a berth in the post season. This week the Bears open the playoffs and hope to have an extended run like they did last season. LCM took an early lead against the Huffman Falcons last Friday, and withstood a brief rally by the Falcons to claim a 48-16 victory. The win earned the Bears a third seed in their district for the playoffs. Coach Eric Peevey saw the game as a triumph for the whole Bears...
A successful season for the Orangefield Lady Bobcats volleyball team came to an end Thursday, November 3, in Channelview. The Danbury Lady Panthers eliminated Orangefield in a five set Area Round match of the playoffs. The Lady Bobcats advanced to the Area Round with a win in the Bi-District Round over the Huntington Lady Devils on Tuesday, November 1, at Warren. Orangefield took the match in four sets. The first set was dominated by the Lady Bobcats. They took the set 25-11....
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...
The district schedule comes to a conclusion on Friday for the West Orange-Stark Mustangs. This will be a final preparation for the post season during which the Mustangs hope to make a run. Last week was the bye for West Orange-Stark. It gave the Mustangs the opportunity to get back to the basics and the fundamentals of the game of football. Coach Hiawatha Hickman provided the details of the Mustangs’ workouts during the bye week. “We worked on some stuff that we normally wor...
The opportunity to repeat as district champions is gone for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears after last week’s loss. The Bears are now playing to secure third place in their district and gain some momentum heading into the post season. The Bears were hoping for a win last week at Lumberton that would have moved them into a three-way tie for first place with the Raiders and the Vidor Pirates. The Raiders dominated LCM to remain undefeated and in sole possession of first p...
The Orangefield Bobcats remain undefeated in district with one game to play in the regular season. A Bobcat win on Friday will clinch the district championship for them. Last Thursday Orangefield played at home and clobbered the Kirbyville Wildcats 58-0 for the Bobcats fifth straight win. The Orangefield defense held the Wildcats to just over one hundred total yards while the Bobcats rolled up 451 yards of offense all on the ground thanks to a great job by the offensive line....
The Bridge City Cardinals play their final game of the football season on Friday. The Cardinals would love to finish their year on a winning note. It has been a difficult year for the football team in Bridge City. After a win in Week 2 of the season the Cardinals have lost seven straight games including a shutout last week to the state ranked Silsbee Tigers. Bridge City coach Cody McGuire was proud of his Cardinals who played hard against an excellent Silsbee team. "They're...
Orangefield needed five sets on Tuesday, October 25, to edge past the Anahuac Lady Panthers. The Lady Bobcats captured second place in their district with the exciting win. Anahuac won the first set 25-23 overcoming a 14-7 deficit to the Lady Bobcats in the process. Orangefield took the next two sets 25-16 and 25-20 leading most of the way in both sets. The Lady Panthers forced a deciding set winning 25-21 in the fourth set. The final set was very dramatic as once again...
The Bridge City Cardinals are the district volleyball champions for the second year in a row. The Lady Cardinals have not lost a district game the last two seasons. The final match in district for the Lady Cardinals was against the West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs on Tuesday, October 25, at Bridge City. The Lady Cardinals swept the three sets over the Lady Mustangs 25-16, 25-10, and 25-10. Bridge City's Demi Carter demoed 12 kills and served 3 aces in the match. Taryn Doiron...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears won their fifth straight volleyball match on Tuesday, October 25. The Lady Bears finished their district in second place behind Bridge City. LCM and the Silsbee Lady Tigers split the first two sets of their match. The Lady Bears won the first handily 25-15 before Silsbee edged them 25-22 in the second set. The Lady Bears found their groove after that. The last two sets went 25-13 and 25-10 to Little Cypress-Mauriceville. Several Lady...
There was concern in Orangefield the bye last week might cause the Bobcats to lose some of their momentum gained from four straight district wins including two consecutive blowouts. The worry was not necessary as the Bobcats rolled over the Kirbyville Wildcats 58-0 on Thursday at F. L. McClain Stadium in Orangefield. The Bobcats (7-2, 5-0) scored every time they had the ball except the last play of the first half and a drive by the second team that consumed about four minutes...
Bridge City celebrated homecoming on Friday night. The visiting Hardin-Jefferson Hawks celebrated their 21-7 victory which was their first win of the season by defeating the Cardinals at Larry Ward Stadium. In a special pregame ceremony Bridge City Cardinal football legend the late Steve Worster was honored. Worster's two children Scott Worster and Erin Worster Stephens were honored with framed Cardinal jerseys with the number 30 on them. That was Worster's number when he play...
To say this has not been a typical football season for West Orange-Stark would be stating the obvious. The Mustangs have their bye this week in preparation for the regular season finale in two weeks. West Orange-Stark entered this year with the highest winning percentage of any program in Texas high school football. The Mustangs have won over eighty percent of their games since the school began in the late 1970s and annually go several rounds deep into the post season. Last...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears celebrated Senior Night on Tuesday, October 18, with another volleyball win. Senior Lady Bears Kenna Peveto, Alyssa Brown, Savannah Crabtree, Chrissy Joseph, Mariah Ammons, Hallie Maddox, and Paola Robles who was injured early in the season were honored in their last home game at the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium. The Lady Bears defeated the Jasper Lady Bulldogs in straight sets. LCM dominated Jasper in all three sets. The...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals continued to fly high atop the district volleyball standings. The Lady Cardinals are undefeated in district play 11-0 through last week. On Tuesday, October 18, Bridge City defeated the Lumberton Lady Raiders in three sets and led practically from start to finish in all three sets. The scores reflected the dominance of the Lady Cardinals 25-18, 25-18, and 25-17 in the match. Demi Carter and Cambree LaComb provided strong serving in the first...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats battled the Buna Lady Cougars on Tuesday, October 18, in an exciting five-set volleyball contest. Orangefield won the match to improve its record to 9-3 in district play. The Lady Cougars playing at home won the opening set 25-18 before Orangefield took the next two sets 25-23 and 25-18 to take the lead in the match. Buna rebounded to grab the fourth set 25-20 forcing a fifth set. The Lady Bobcats captured the deciding set 15-10 to gain the...
The two preseason favorites in District 10-4A Division I play on Friday night. The winner of the game between the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears and the Lumberton Raiders will take a big step to winning the district championship. Little Cypress-Mauriceville is playing their best football the last two weeks with impressive district wins over Livingston and Splendora. The Bears blasted Splendora last Friday night 55-9 at Battlin' Bear Stadium. Within a couple of days of that...
