Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Unlike the feeble Dallas Cowboys, the Houston Texans are pond-water weak without losing their franchise quarterback. They are horrible in both offense and defense and their 1-6 record so far in 2020 is proof positive. Many National Football League teams who experience this same malady opt to dump many of their high-dollar stars and rebuild their future teams with draft choices. However, several media outlets close to the Texans are speculating the team is seriously considering...
Games This Week LIVINGSTON over LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE—The Battlin’ Bears posted their first victory last week 14-13 when Lumberton failed on a two-point conversion to win and must know that this week’s foe will be a tougher task plus the game being on the road. Hopefully the Bears can build on that win and upset the Lions Friday night. LIBERTY over BRIDGE CITY—The Redbirds got soundly blanked by rival Orangefield in the Bayou Bowl last week and will face an angry b...
ROMEO, OH ROMEO WHEREFORE ART THOU'S BRAINS, OH ROMEO??? Last weekend was really a doozy as far as college and National Football League games were concerned. There were more than a dozen upsets and another game that should have been an upset, but wasn't. Coastal Carolina visited Cajun Country to play Louisiana-Lafayette and were a 7 ½ -point underdog, despite the fact they had an unblemished 3-0 record. The Chanticleer's (no joke-that's their mascot) booted a field...
KAZ’S FEARLESS FORECAST Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over LIBERTY—The Mustangs are well on their way down the road to another district championship, but must be wary of those media hacks who count their chickens before they hatch. The Panthers definitely will not be congenial hosts Friday night when the Mustangs arrive and will do everything possible to make their three-hour stay as unpleasant as possible. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over LUMBERTON—Hopefully this is th...
Kaz's Korner The Dallas Cowboys were in a scoring dogfight Sunday afternoon with the winless New York Giants in a game where the loser would pretty much be out of the post-season playoff picture. Dallas had posted only one win-a "miraculous" comeback against Atlanta that should have been a loss which would have made Sunday's meeting a battle of two winless teams. Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was looking for an open receiver mid-way in the third quarter and when he...
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over ORANGEFIELD-Both local teams are coming off impressive wins last week as the Mustangs surprised Silsbee 36-6 while the Bobcats upset Liberty 14-6. The 'Stangs had better be ready to stop a grueling ground attack while Orangefield had better be ready for anything. SILSBEE over BRIDGE CITY-The Cards are facing their third straight team that has been softened up by the Mustangs the week before. But the Tigers are mad and should take out...
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over SILSBEE—This could very well determine the District 11-4A-II champion. Both teams are loaded with talent, great defenses and stellar quarterbacks. Silsbee has the home-field advantage, but will probably need more than that Friday night. HUFFMAN over LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE—The Battlin’ Bears have had a difficult time putting points on the scoreboard and will have to in order to keep up with these explosive Falcons. But it’s a brand-n...
Kaz's Korner I have to apologize to the area’s Houston Astros fans for portraying them as a feeble team in their Wild Card Playoffs against the AL Central Division champion Minnesota Twins last week. I watched a Minnesota team that was feebler than the Astros ever were accused of being. But I really think the Astros merely remembered how well they have played in previous post-season years. I gained a lot more respect for Manager Dusty Baker by the impressive way he used the As...
Have you ever heard of a World Series champion that had a losing record in the regular season? How about a major league baseball team getting into the post-season with a losing record? The answer to those two questions should be no!! What I'm getting at is that our feeble Houston Astros played yesterday afternoon at Minnesota against the Twins in the first game of the 2020 best-of-three Wild Card Series against the team that won the American League Central Division pennant....
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over HARDIN-JEFFERSON—Both teams are coming off impressive district opening wins and should be sky-high for Friday’s encounter at Dan Hooks Stadium in West Orange. The Mustangs made a few mistakes at Hamshire-Fannett last week but should be ready to de-feather the Hawks at home this week. BRIDGE CITY over HAMSHIRE-FANNETT—The Longhorns are a much better team than Anahuac, which beat the Cards in overtime, but the Redbirds have had two weeks...
Sunday’s National Football League fans must be wondering which Lone Star State franchises can make the most mistakes in the first half of their respective games. The Houston Texans must decide whether their offense or defense is the weakest while the Dallas Cowboys figure out when an opening period of football was ever worst than in Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. The Cowboys proved to be the most resilient by never running up the white flag and having confidence th...
WEST ORANGE-STARK over HAMSHIRE-FANNETT—The Mustangs are fresh off a very impressive 70-0 blowout over former state champion Newton and are ready to open District 11-4A-II play at Hamshire-Fannett Friday night. The Longhorns also begin league competition on a winning note, nipping Splendora 34-30 last week. The ‘Stangs might have changed the name of their defense, but it still puts those zeroes on scoreboard under any name. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over HOUSTON KIN...
The first week of the 2020 National Football League action is now in the books but the two Texas franchises are both still without a victory. The Houston Texans was the first team to suffer a loss this season as the defending world champion Kansas City Chiefs annihilated the Texans 34-20 in a nationally-televised game that was not nearly as close as the final score indicated. The Dallas Cowboys played much better against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday Night Football before a...
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over NEWTON—The Mustangs were supposed to play Jasper last week, but the game was canceled due to Hurricane Laura. However, Jasper scheduled a game with Newton last week and really walloped the Eagles. I would have picked the Mustangs to beat Jasper last week, so consequently I believe WO-S will beat Newton Friday night based on my crazy philosophy. WOODVILLE over LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE—The Eagles had a state-ranked Class 3A team las...
Games This Week HIGH SCHOOL WEST ORANGE-STARK at JASPER—Cancelled by Hurricane Laura. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE-CARTHAGE—Canceled. BRIDGE CITY-HUFFMAN—Canceled. ORANGEFIELD OVER LIVINGSTON—The Bobcats pick up where they left off last year. While the hosting Lions do the same. VIDOR over BRAZOSPORT—The Pirates get the 2020 abbreviated season off on the right foot. COLLEGE Miami over UAB (Thursday); West Virginia over Eastern Kentucky, Appalachian State over Charlotte...
4 NFL SEASON OPENS TOMORROW If the National Football League’s 2020 season wasn’t beginning tomorrow at Kansas City, many of the cities with smaller franchises would be in for a huge financial hit. What I’m referring to is cities with franchises like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Cougars, Indianapolis Colts and even the Green Bay Packers would fall deepl...
NEW COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY RULES SHOULD HELP LAMAR & McNEESE After admonishing Lamar University for still wanting to play their Sept. 25 game at Rice, I was happy to see that they decided to cancel the only non-conference game on their 2020 schedule the next day after the Southland Conference canceled all games this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to an article by the Associated Press in last weekend’s newspapers, there are 257 Division I football programs (with 1...
KAZ’S FEARLESS FORECAST Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over WACO LA VEGA (at Madisonville)—This turned out to be a late-scheduled match-up which will be like a playoff game for the Mustangs with the teams pretty evenly matched and ranked in the state preseason polls. In fact, the ‘Stangs probably are the underdogs which should fire them up. WO-S doesn’t want their chance for an undefeated season ruined in August. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over HAMSHIRE-FANNETT—The Battlin...
If you were around in 1962, you would remember the last time the Houston pro football team (Oilers) hosted a championship game. If you’re somewhat younger, you may recall the last time Houston (Oilers) hosted an AFC championship game in 1979. Last season the Houston Texans had their best chance of hosting an AFC championship game if they could have held on to a 24-0 early lead in their divisional round playoff game that they eventually got blown out by the world champion K...
Most of the players on the other 29 major league teams are really happy today because the Houston Astros—the team that allegedly cheated to win the 2017 World Series—have lost five games in a row. If the Astros were playing a regular 162-game season, that losing streak would be 14 games. They hope the streak continues into early October and Houston finishes the abbreviated 60-game 2020 season 6-54. Of course, in reality this can’t happen, but the Astros certainly don’t...
National Football League players reported to their respective training camps the past few days and now must adhere to the restrictions and concerns created by the COVID-19 pandemic before they are allowed to prepare for the 2020 season. First, the players face a five-day period that will determine who will advance to the second phase which includes admittance into the team’s training facility, according to last week’s edition of the New Jersey Record. All players must pro...
Last week more than two dozen Division I conferences lobbied the NCAA’s highest governing body to delay a decision on fall football championships until a majority of the leagues determine whether to even have regular-season competition because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an Associated Press article. The NCAA Board of Governors agreed that it must continue to thoughtfully and aggressively monitor health conditions around the country and its implementation of the p...
There won’t be any peanuts or crackerjacks and nobody will care if they ever come back because there will be major league baseball starting tomorrow but in a shortened format. The season was supposed to begin on March 26, but due the coronavirus pandemic it was put on hold until further notice. That notice came from MLB without the approval of the Players Association a couple of weeks ago with all 30 teams seeing action either June 23 or 24. It’s the shortest season since the...
Any college or university that participates in football will see some kind of shortfall in their financial situation for the 2020-2021 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A couple of smaller-school conferences (Ivy League and Patriot Conference) in the Northeast already announced the complete cancellation of their respective 2020 football schedules. Most of the schools in these two conferences care more about academics than athletics, so the cancellation of football...
Another one bites the dust!! Last week the brain trust of professional baseball announced there will be no 2020 minor league baseball season due to the coronavirus. This hit close to home for me because more than a half century ago, I was playing minor league baseball with the Chicago Cubs organization. Back then, very few minor leaguers were in it for the money, because most of them were corralling less than a thousand dollars a month. And the minor league baseball season...
