Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The bye week for a football team is always useful to rest and re-cooperate from injuries. The timing of a bye can be inconvenient at times when it breaks a team's momentum created by consecutive victories. That is the concern for the Orangefield Bobcats who won four straight games to start their district schedule before their bye last week. The Bobcats won their last two games by a combined 107 to 7 margin. Coach Josh Smalley is hopeful Orangefield will continue to perform...
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...
Bridge City has had a difficult football season. The Cardinals have lost a lot of their starters to injury, and they have lost all but one game this year with two more still to play. Last week was the district game the Cardinals hoped to win against Hardin-Jefferson which had not won a district game in two seasons. The Hawks broke three medium length passes into long touchdowns to gain their first win of this season 21-7 spoiling the homecoming for Bridge City. A couple of...
West Orange-Stark needed a win to even its record on the season and in district. The Mustangs won big 47-0 over the Bridge City Cardinals at Dan R. Hooks Stadium on Friday night. It has been rare indeed for the Mustangs (4-4, 2-2) to be playing only .500 this late in the season and in the district. Bridge City (1-6, 0-3) hung close for a quarter before two touchdowns in the last minute of the first half blew the game open for West Orange-Stark. The Mustangs scored on their...
West Orange-Stark enjoyed a big win last week. It is imperative the Mustangs follow up that game with a victory this week against one of the favorites in the district. The Mustangs defeated the Bridge City Cardinals 47-0 to even their record on the season at 4-4 and in district at 2-2. WOS dominated that game taking advantage of turnovers to build an insurmountable lead by halftime. Coach Hiawatha Hickman was happy with the points put up by the offense and was pleased with...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville has a winning record entering Week 9 of the high school football season. The Bears though will be looking for their first back-to-back wins this Friday night. Last Friday LCM travelled to Livingston to play the Lions who had won three straight games including a rout of district opponent Huffman. The Bears snapped the Lions winning streak to even both teams record to 1-1 in district. Coach Eric Peevey felt Little Cypress-Mauriceville played overall...
Injuries have taken their toll on the Bridge City Cardinals this season. The Cardinals will be looking for their first district win this Friday night. Last week Bridge City played West Orange-Stark close until late in the second quarter. Two late touchdowns just before half time by the Mustangs blew the game open resulting in another defeat for the Cardinals. Coach Cody McGuire of Bridge City observed the Cardinals played hard in the game at West Orange-Stark. "Our kids came...
The Orangefield Bobcats have their bye this week. The Bobcats are undefeated in their four district games sitting in first place. Last week was another blowout win for Orangefield. The Bobcats clawed the Hardin Hornets 61-7 after rolling up a forty point-lead in the first half for the second game in a row. Running backs Cameron Dischler and Gavin Perry-Koci had big nights again for Orangefield. With such a big lead both Dischler and Perry-Koci got few carries in the second...
The Bridge City Cardinals stayed unbeaten in district action but they had a tough match on Friday, October 14. The Lady Cardinals defeated the Vidor Lady Pirates in five sets at Vidor. The Lady Pirates won the first set 25-19 to grab the early lead. The Lady Cardinals rebounded and won the next two sets 25-17 and 25-18. Vidor forced a fifth set with a 25-23 win in the fourth set. Bridge City played a solid final set winning it 15-7 to capture the match. Coach Savanah DeLuna ad...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears defeated the Vidor Lady Pirates in four sets on Tuesday, October 11, at the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium. The win raised the Lady Bears record to 6-2 in district. LCM won the first two sets 25-21 and 25-19. The Lady Pirates played a very strong third set and won 25-8 over the Lady Bears. The fourth set was the tightest of the match with the Lady Bears taking it 25-22 for the win. Leaders for the Lady Bears were Hallie Maddox...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats avenged an earlier loss to the East Chambers Lady Bucs with a four set win on Tuesday, October 11. The Lady Bobcats have won their last six straight matches. East Chambers won the opening set taking the early momentum taking an 11-5 lead. The Lady Bucs closed out the set 25-15 over Orangefield. The second set was knotted at 6-6 before Orangefield took a 9-7 lead. The Lady Bobcats stretched their advantage to 15-9 before the Lady Bucs pulled to with...
The district schedule has entered the midway point for the Bridge City Cardinals. They will be looking for their first win in district on Friday. Last week Bridge City played hard but lost to the Jasper Bulldogs. This week the Cardinals will play cross-county opponent the West Orange-Stark Mustangs. Cardinal Coach Cody McGuire analyzed his team's play through three games in the district. "Our defensive line is playing real well. Bryce Linder, a sophomore, was our defensive...
The Orangefield Bobcats won big on their homecoming last week. This Friday the Bobcats travel to the Hornets' nest in Hardin to play a very good team. The coaches at Orangefield were concerned about the Bobcats focusing on the game against the Tarkington Longhorns and not on homecoming activities, but the players responded well rolling up a 40-0 lead by halftime. The big advantage allowed many of the Bobcat backups to get some playing time and a running clock the whole second...
The district schedule did not start the way Little Cypress-Mauriceville wanted it to last week. The Bears must go on the road this week to play at Livingston against the Lions who have improved as the season moved into district. Little Cypress-Mauriceville played cross-county rival the Vidor Pirates to start the district. The Bears fell behind the Pirates early, came back to tie the game at the half, before being out played in the second half, and losing by a touchdown. Coach...
Seven games into the season West Orange-Stark is under .500 overall in the middle of district for the first time in many years. The Mustang will try to even their record in district and for the year when they play on Friday at home. The Mustangs opened the scoring last week on their first drive against the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns. Turnovers, missed tackles on the Longhorns' elusive quarterback, and other missed opportunities allowed Hamshire-Fannett to comeback and beat...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears and the Vidor Pirates played their opening district game on Friday night in Vidor. The Pirates played a near flawless second half to beat the Bears 36-29 at Ivan Croak Field. Little Cypress-Mauriceville (3-3, 0-1) used a late rally in the second quarter to tie the game. Vidor (3-3, 1-0) scored its first three possessions of the second half to take a two score lead from which the Bears could not comeback. The Pirates jumped to a 15-0 lead...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats started the second half of their district volleyball schedule with two wins last week. The victories were against the Kirbyville Lady Wildcats and the Warren Lady Warriors. On Friday the Lady Bobcats won a tight match in four sets over Warren. Orangefield won the opening set 25-20 before dropping the second set 23-25. Two close sets followed with the Lady Bobcats taking both of them 25-22 and 26-24 to capture the match. Mackenzie Haley was a star...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals continue to rule the roost in district volleyball action. The Lady Cardinals remained undefeated through their first eight matches. Last week Bridge City swept both the Silsbee Lady Tigers on Tuesday and the second place Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears on Friday. Coach Savanah DeLuna of the Lady Cardinals was surprised by her assistant coaches and the players with a special banner recognizing her more than one hundred wins as a volleyball...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville christened its new playing field last week with a win. This week the Bears must go on the road to play their first district game at a field where they have not had a lot of success. Homecoming was part of the celebration for the first game played at Battlin' Bear Stadium with its new artificial turf. The Bears defeated the Legacy Titans from Spring 50-34 on Friday night. Coach Eric Peevey thought it was a great week for Little Cypress-Mauriceville...
The losing streak is history and now the prospects of a winning streak is in the minds of the West Orange-Stark Mustangs. The next game will not be a walk-over though for the Mustangs this week. West Orange-Stark scored its most points of the season in its 53-8 win over the Liberty Panthers last week. The victory evened the Mustangs' record to 1-1 in district. Coach Hiawatha Hickman said it was good for the Mustangs to score early against Liberty and get a comfortable lead all...
After their bye week the Bridge City Cardinals will be back in action this Friday. The Cardinals are recouping from the loss of several starters during the games prior to their bye week. Coach Chad McGuire said several injuries sustained by Bridge City against Lumberton and Hamshire-Fannett have proved to be season ending for some of the Cardinals. Caden Welch broke his collar-bone and is lost for the remainder of the campaign. Hutch Bearden injured his throwing arm and is...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals were the preseason favorites in volleyball, and they played up to their potential during the first half of the district competition. The Lady Cardinals are undefeated and in first place through their first six district matches. Last week Bridge City won both its matches decisively in three straight sets. The Lady Cardinals defeated the Jasper Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday, September 27, and the West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs on Friday, September 30....
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears won both of their volleyball matches last week to stretch their district winning streak to five straight. The Lady Bears are in second place behind Bridge City. The Lady Bears won on Friday, September 30, in straight sets 25-10, 25-13, 25-16 over the Silsbee Lady Tigers. Chrissy Joseph led the Lady Bears with 9 kills followed by Lindi Perry with 5 kills. Hallie Maddox had 19 assists and Lexi Tubbleville was the Lady Bear leader with...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats finished the first half of the district tied for second place. The Lady Bobcats were 5-2 when they played the Kirbyville Lady Wildcats on Tuesday, October 4. Orangefield plays Friday, October 7 at home against Warren. Orangefield won last Friday's match on the road in four sets over the Anahuac Lady Panthers. Anahuac took the first set 25-19 before the Lady Bobcats grabbed the next three 25-19, 25-22, and 25-23 to capture the match. Leaders for...
A full house on the home side saw the first game on the new artificial turf at Battlin' Bear Stadium on Friday night. The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears outscored the Legacy Titans 50-34 in front of their very enthusiastic fans. LCM (3-2) had its offense working both running and throwing the football for over 400 total yards in the game. Legacy (1-5) got yards in bunches too but could not keep pace with the Bears' offense. The game was homecoming for Little Cypress-Mauricev...
