Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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West Orange-Stark lost a tough overtime decision last week to a larger school. This Friday night the Mustangs renew their rivalry with another top team in this area from a lower classification. The Mustangs went to Port Neches-Groves and actually led the Indians until a late touchdown tied the game forcing overtime. The bigger PNG had more players rested through the game than West Orange-Stark who used several two-way players thus were more tired going into the overtime won...
Orangefield made a turnaround from its earlier football fortunes gaining its first win of the season. This week the Bobcats must avoid turnovers to win their second straight game. The Bobcats traveled to Shepherd last week where they took an early lead. The game began like it was going to be a Bobcat blowout as they took a quick two score lead with an opening touchdown drive followed by a scoop and score by the Orangefield defense. Shepherd rallied to tie the game 21-21 before...
Things are looking up in Bridge City with two wins already this season, more than the Cardinals had all of last year. Another big rivalry game will be a good test for the Cardinals on the road this Friday night. Last week Bridge City played its first road game of the season and defeated the Buna Cougars 20-12. In their first two games the Cardinals have outscored their opponents 46-21 resulting in two victories. Cardinal Coach Chad Landry is proud of his young Cardinals...
Two losses to start the football season has Orangefield hungry for a win. The Bobcats will be looking for their first victory against an opponent this Friday night that they defeated twice last year. The first home game of the season for Orangefield last week was against Legacy Sports, a private school out of Spring. The Titans beat the Bobcats 48-10. Orangefield Coach Josh Smalley called Legacy a really good football team and predicted the Titans are going to win a lot of...
The Orange Bowl will stay where it is. The West Orange-Stark Mustangs won decisively on Friday night 33-6 over the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears to retain possession of the Orange Bowl. The Mustangs, 2-0, took an early lead and only expanded it as the game progressed against their crosstown rivals from Orange. The Bears dropped to 1-1 on their season after the loss. West Orange-Stark received the opening kickoff and drove 71 yards in ten plays to score the first points of...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats begin their district volleyball schedule this Friday at Kirbyville. The varsity game will start at 4:30 PM in the gymnasium at Kirbyville High School followed by the junior varsity and freshmen matches. The Lady Bobcats played their final non-district game on Tuesday. Orangefield traveled to Port Neches-Groves for the last match before district. Orangefield won two matches last week both in three straight sets. The Lady Bobcats beat Woodville...
Rivalry games always get the players, coaches, and fans excited. The Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears play their second straight longtime county rival this Friday night at home. Last Friday the Bears dropped the Orange Bowl 33-6 to the West Orange-Stark Mustangs. This week LCM plays the Bridge City Cardinals in a game that does not award a trophy to the winner just bragging rights for the side that comes out on top in the end. Bears' Head Coach Eric Peevey was disappointed...
For the second season in a row West Orange-Stark has started with two straight wins. The goal is to keep the victories rolling in and that will be a difficult task this week as the Mustangs must travel to face a team that played in the state championship game last season. The Mustangs got their second win of the early season by winning the Orange Bowl last Friday night against the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears. West Orange-Stark won convincingly 33-6 to retain the Orange...
A big fourth quarter rally helped Bridge City win the Bayou Bowl in Week 1. The Cardinals will try to make it two wins in a row when they play their first road game of the season on Friday. Bridge City trailed Orangefield 9-6 after three quarters in the Bayou Bowl. The Cardinals scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to win the game 26-9 and gain possession of the Buzzie Gunn Trophy. Bridge City Head Coach Chad Landry said he had never even held the trophy until after F...
Week 1 did not start well for West Orange-Stark, but in the end the Mustangs won on the road. This week the Mustangs return home to play their crosstown rival in the Orange Bowl. Nederland is always a tough place to play and that was true last Friday for the Mustangs who trailed the Bulldogs at halftime. Adjustments were made and West Orange-Stark completed the come from behind game with a 40-34 win. Coach Hiawatha Hickman summarized the comeback victory for the Mustangs....
For three quarters the Orangefield Bobcats were leading their opening game of the season, but a decisive fourth quarter resulted in a loss. This week the Bobcats play a very talented private school out of the greater Houston area in Orangefield. The Bobcats led the Bayou Bowl against their big Orange County rival the Bridge City Cardinals 9-6 going into the fourth quarter. Bridge City scored 20 unanswered points in the final period to hand Orangefield their first loss in the...
It was an impressive Week 1 for Little Cypress Mauriceville with a win to start the season. This week would be even bigger for the Bears if they can come home with a victory in the annual Orange Bowl. The season opened at Sour Lake for LCM against the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks. The Bears rolled to a 42-7 victory in the game. Head Coach Eric Peevey said Little Cypress Mauriceville actually started off a little slow in the first quarter. "With the number of young players we have I...
Bridge City had a long wait but Friday night at Larry Ward Stadium it accomplished something it has been hoping for years to do again. The Cardinals beat the Orangefield Bobcats in football 26-9 to capture the coveted Bayou Bowl. The Cardinal victory means they get to take possession of the Buzzie Gunn Trophy which is awarded to the winning team in the football game between Bridge City and Orangefield. The Bobcats held the trophy for several years having won the last several...
The Lady Bobcats hosted the Orangefield Volleyball Tournament on Thursday and Saturday, August 24 and August 26. During the two days of play Orangefield went undefeated to capture the tournament trophy. On Thursday Orangefield swept all three of its opponents in straight sets in a best two out of three sets format in the tournament. The Lady Bobcats beat Bob Hope early in the morning 25-10 and 25-20 in their opening match. Orangefield bested Deweyville 25-17 in both sets...
The same week Bridge City and Orangefield were staging the annual Bayou Bowl in football the two schools played an exciting volleyball match. The Lady Cardinals defeated the Lady Bobcats in four sets on Tuesday, August 22, at the Orangefield Gymnasium. Playing on their home court the Lady Bobcats took an early lead in the first set when Orangefield won five of the first six points. Two later points went to the Lady Bobcats when serves by Lela Francis could not be returned by...
This is the third year at Little Cypress Mauriceville for Head Coach Eric Peevey to guide the football team. The Bears are young but hopeful for their third straight trip to the post season and a possible run in the playoffs. Little Cypress Mauriceville split its two preseason scrimmages in August. The Bears outscored the Orangefield Bobcats in the opening scrimmage and lost 20-14 to the big and physical Port Neches-Groves Indians who played in the Class 5A Division II...
Last football season is one Bridge City would like to forget. The Cardinals are looking to match their lone win of last year in Week 1 of this season. The final preparations for the regular season were the two scrimmages that Bridge City played. The Cardinals faced the Vidor Pirates and the Woodville Eagles in good scrimmages that fortunately left Bridge City with no major injuries getting set for the first game of the regular season. The Cardinals' new Head Coach Chad Landry...
West Orange-Stark is looking to rebound from a disappointing rare losing season last year. The Mustangs made the post season but were eliminated in the first round of the state playoffs to finish the year with an overall 5-6 record. The Mustangs performed well in their two scrimmages earlier this month. They scored four times while the WOS defense shut out Woodville in the first scrimmage and then rallied after a quick score by Vidor to beat the Pirates 14-7 in the final...
Summer workouts have concluded and scrimmages have been played leading to this Week 1 of the Texas high school football season. The Orangefield Bobcats open their season against the Bridge City Cardinals on Friday night. Orangefield faced two teams from higher classifications in its scrimmages. First was the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears from Class 4A Division I followed last week with the final scrimmage against the Silsbee Tigers a top team in Class 4A Division II in...
The district schedule for the Bridge City Lady Cardinals volleyball team starts in less than two weeks. The Lady Cardinals open district action at Silsbee on Tuesday, September 5. Bridge City has been busy before the district begins. The Lady Cardinals played a great Baytown Sterling team on Friday, August 18, dropping a four-set match. The first set went extra time as Sterling pulled out the 29-27 win over the Lady Cardinals. Bridge City won the second set 25-20 before...
The West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs will be playing for a new head coach this volleyball season. Aaliyah Griggs has been promoted from the assistant volleyball coach to the head position this season. Coach Griggs recapped last volleyball season for the Lady Mustangs. "We had a very young team. We only had four seniors, and last year we were actually trying to get ourselves together to improve on this year. We actually did that. We didn't have too great of a season, but this...
The queens of the volleyball courts in Orange County the last three years are the Bridge City Lady Cardinals. This season they will be attempting to win their fourth straight district title. Coach Savanah DeLuna helped her Lady Cardinals win their third straight district championship last season. "The Lady Cardinals went undefeated again and we got to the third round of the playoffs, so it was a great year last year. We've gone three rounds the past two years and they went...
Little Cypress Mauriceville has a new volleyball coach this year. Jonathan Snipes comes to LCM with lots of experience coaching at other area schools before moving here. Snipes spent ten years at Hamshire-Fannett as an assistant coach, transferred to East Chambers where he was the head track coach for seven years, and moved his family to the Little Cypress Mauriceville school district in 2021. When the volleyball coaching position became open Snipes applied for it and got the...
The high school volleyball season began this month for Orangefield. The Lady Bobcats will be playing in tournaments for the most part until the district games start in early September. Head Coach Ashlee Peevey of Orangefield said the Lady Bobcats had a successful season last year. "We played in a pretty tough district with Hardin and East Chambers which accounted for our three losses in district action. The Lady Bobcats made it to the second round of the playoffs before being...
The Orangefield Bobcats are three weeks away from kicking off a new football season and are hoping for a repeat of last year for themselves. The Bobcats were district champions for the first time in over three decades and won a playoff game. Head Coach Josh Smalley was obviously pleased with his 9-3 Bobcats in 2022. "It was a good season for us. We had a running back that set the single season rushing record with 2400 yards, we had a lot of positives, and we had a couple kids...
