Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Regional Final High School Playoff Games This Week FORT BEND MARSHALL (12-1) over PORT NECHES-GROVES (11-2) 7 p.m. Friday at Galena Park ISD Stadium. SILSBEE (13-0) over CUERO (12-1) 1:30 p.m. Friday at NRG Stadium in Houston. NEWTON (12-1) over GILMER HARMONY (8-5) 7 p.m. Friday at Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches. Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Northshore (13-0) over Atascocita (11-2), Katy (13-0) over C.E. King (9-4), Tyler Chapel Hill (11-2) over Kilgore (...
Besides getting stuffed with turkey last week, we also had to tolerate some “major moves” in the world of football as college and the National Football League made changes either with their quarterbacks or even canning a few head coaches. The most hilarious move was done by our feeble Houston Texans, who benched two-year quarterback Davis Mills for journeyman Kyle Allen, who was picked up in the free-agent marketplace last spring as the team’s back-up quarterback. Mills has t...
As the Dallas Cowboys surge and the NFC East Division-leading Philadelphia Eagles win by the skin of their teeth, it appears that a Christmas Eve showdown between the two teams at Jerry Jones’ Palace looks like it should take place. The Cowboys seem to have a thing for teams with only one loss (although I expect the Eagles to have more than just one loss by then) as they completely embarrassed Minnesota 40-3 Sunday afternoon in front of a sellout crowd of Vikings fans led b...
Regional Semifinal High School Playoff Games This Week Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Silsbee (12-0) over Madisonville (8-4), Cuero (11-1) over Hamshire-Fannett (9-3), Lumberton (11-1) over Tyler Chapel Hill (10-2), Port Neches-Groves (10-2) over Brenham (8-4), Port Arthur Memorial (11-1) over Longview (12-0), Newton (11-1) over Daingerfield (10-2), Kilgore (9-3) over Lindale (8-4), Columbus (11-1) over Cameron Yoe (9-3), Timpson (12-0) over Centerville (...
High School Playoff Games This Weekend ORANGEFIELD (9-2) over CAMERON YOE (8-3)—7 p.m. Friday at Freedom Field in Alvin--This looks like a pretty-even match-up. I don’t know much about the Yoemen except that several area teams have faced them in the state playoffs over the years with mixed results. The Bobcats are fresh off a lop-sided 55-12 bi-district win over Shepherd while the Yoemen took a 39-28 victory over Yoakum last week. It won’t be easy but I believe the Bobca...
A few of the playoff-bound teams hit a mental stumbling block in last weekend's games while others are showing signs of dramatic improvement during the first half of the 2022 National Football League schedule. The two Texas franchises appear to be headed in opposite directions as predicted by the Preseason Prognosticators, although the Dallas Cowboys have won only two of their last four games. The Houston Texans, on the other hand, would have loved to win two of their last...
High School Bi-District Playoff Games This Week BELLVILLE (10-0) over WEST ORANGE-STARK (5-5)—7:30 p.m. Friday at Splendora—In a normal year these won-loss records would be reversed. But this season has been anything but normal for the Mustangs. It looks like a One-And-Done for the ‘Stangs unless they can come up with a “miracle upset”. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE (6-4) over KILGORE (7-3)—7 p.m. Friday at Abe Martin Stadium in Lufkin—The Battlin’ Bears must really battle to up...
I have to apologize to the Philadelphia Phillies team for picking the Houston Astros to win the 2022 World Series in four games. I was unaware Houston could blow a 5-0 lead in Game One with their ace Justin Verlander on the mound. Yet, it happened and it apparently woke up everyone from the players and fans right up to the manager, general manager and even owner Jim Crane. The Phillies also blanked the Astros in Game Three in Philadelphia 7-0 to move ahead in the series two...
Games This Weekend WEST ORANGE-STARK over HARDIN-JEFFERSON—It’s always good when you start district play with the area’s strongest team and end it with the district’s weakest team, especially when it means a trip to the state playoffs. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over HUFFMAN-HARGRAVE—The Battlin’ Bears need a solid victory in the final game of the regular season and head into the playoffs on a winning note. That should happen Friday night at Battlin’ Bear Stadium. BRIDGE CITY...
The first two games of the 2022 World Series went the opposite way of what was supposed to happen in a two-game series. Ordinarily, it is the visiting team that hopes to leave town with a 50-50 split. But in last weekend’s two games it was the Houston Astros who hoped to win Game Two, so they could split the series. The Phillies returned home invigorated with the split. The three-game series that ends tonight in Philadelphia could very well spell the end of the 2022 World S...
Yordan Alvarez carried the Houston Astros on his back for the three-game sweep over the pesky Seattle Mariners in the ALDS last week. Or did he??? No one will deny that the two mammoth home runs Alvarez hit in Games One and Two carried to Astros to 9-8 and 4-2 triumphs after they were trailing late in both games. But there is a player who wasn’t even around during last year’s trip to the World Series—rookie shortstop Jeremy Pena. Pena was rushed into service at the major leagu...
Games This Weekend JASPER over WEST ORANGE-STARK—The Bulldogs have an unblemished record in District 9-4A while the Mustangs are struggling just to have a possible shot at the state playoffs as the No. 4 seed. This situation will probably be intact when this contest concludes in the Piney Woods Friday night. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over SPLENDORA—The Battlin’ Bears faced a high-scoring Livingston Lions team last week and shut them down methodically. They had better not l...
Games This Weekend WEST ORANGE-STARK over BRIDGE CITY—Hopefully this game won’t be a battle for the District 9-4A cellar, but at this time in the season in previous decades, the Mustangs fans would be guessing which fourth-place team they would be up against in the first round of the state playoffs. But with this new regime in place, the biggest worry for the Mustangs and their loyal fans is merely making the playoffs—even as the No. 4 seed. A win Friday night should ease...
The answer to the question of how the five days off affected the No. 1-seeded Houston Astros was learned last night. It shouldn’t have made much difference to the pitching staff, who always have five days rest between starts, but it could because most starters—including ace Justin Verlander who pitched last night’s opener against the Seattle Mariners in the best-of-five series—have had more than that time of inactivity. However, Verlander stands head-and-shoulders above t...
Games This Weekend WEST ORANGE-STARK over HAMSHIRE-FANNETT—The Mustangs finally got that first district victory with hopefully many more to come. This very well could be the start of another long skein of league wins, but it won’t be easy Friday night because it’s on the Longhorns’ home turf. The ‘Stangs just need to continue doing what they did last week at Homecoming against Liberty. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over VIDOR—I’m picking this as my Upset Special because with...
The grueling 162-game major league baseball season ends today with six teams having only one day off before swinging into the very important Wild Card Playoffs on Friday in a best-of-three series while our own Houston Astros and MLB’s winningest LA Dodgers enjoy a first-round bye. This year’s playoff format has expanded from 10 teams to 12 with each league having an extra playoff team. There will be no one-game playoff this year if the teams are tied at the end of the reg...
Games This Weekend WEST ORANGE-STARK over LIBERTY—I don’t EVER remember the Mustangs losing four games in a row and I’ve been following them since Day One back in 1977. It’s also been a long time since the ‘Stangs finished below the .500 mark. With all that said, I think the Mustangs will be .500 in District 9-4A after Friday night. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over SPRING LEGACY SCHOOL—I don’t care if the Battlin’ Bears are playing the Dallas Cowboys Friday night, they are det...
It doesn't matter whether it's high school, college or pro football, basic long-range trends can be observed after the first three games of the season. High school and college teams are more difficult to figure because most teams have cupcake opponents during the first month of play. But that's not what happens in the NFL where schedules are figured by factors such as travel distance and future weather conditions in cities where fall weather is extremely hot and humid and weat...
This has been a weird season for the Houston Astros as far as personal and team statistics are concerned. The Astros are near the bottom of the major leagues as far as their team batting average is concerned, yet at the top in American League victories and starting and relief pitching and near the top in home runs. It's no secret that the team has already qualified for the American League post-season playoffs, but going into Monday's game at Tampa Bay, either one more Astros...
Games This Weekend SILSBEE over WEST ORANGE-STARK—The defense that spurred the Mustangs on to win 18 straight district championships and has been one of the top models in the State of Texas for more than 40 years under Dan Hooks and Cornel Thompson, appears to be on vacation this year as it couldn’t stop the area’s best Class 3A team in the final minutes last week, so how can we expect it to even slow down our area’s best 4A team Friday night?? ORANGEFIELD over BUNA—Th...
Games This Weekend NEWTON over WEST ORANGE-STARK-We may be witnessing the end of a long, wonderful era that happens whenever the administration gets involved with the athletic program. Hopefully I'm wrong, but if I'm not, there will be some very unhappy patrons. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over HOUSTON KINKAID-The Battlin' Bears appear to be headed in the right direction again this season which should make the other members of District 10-4A shutter in their boots. They...
There was plenty of excitement in area college football games and even the two NFL franchises in Texas, but in the end of those games no football fans left their respective stadiums happy that their team won-except perhaps the Houston Texan faithful who saw their team play a 20-20 tie they were supposed to lose by more than a touchdown. Things got started late Saturday morning when the Texas Longhorns welcomed Alabama-the nation's No. 1 team and 20-point favorites-into...
While driving home from the grocery store in the rain Sunday after the handicapped and elderly customers like myself had to march back from the store into the parking lot in the rain to fetch an empty basket so we could spend our good money for that incompetent store manager’s paycheck, I heard an interesting conversation on the car radio. This was a national sportscast about the Big Ten Conference expanding to match the numbers that the Southeastern Conference will have in a...
Games This Weekend WEST ORANGE-STARK over PORT NECHES-GROVES—The Mustangs had a real “gut check” last week against the LCM Bears with many of their fans believing they were very lucky to escape with a win. This week’s match-up with the Indians looks even tougher. The ‘Stangs had better remember the “good ole days” when complacency was just a hard word to spell. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over BRIDGE CITY—Both teams played very well last week with the Battlin’ Bears...
Games This Weekend WEST ORANGE-STARK over LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE—Both the Mustangs and the Battlin’ Bears are coming off impressive opening season wins last week and are chomping at the bit for this annual grudge match which will be played tomorrow at Bridge City High School’s gridiron because LCM’s new field isn’t quite ready yet. Both teams got to the fourth-round of the playoffs last year, so things look pretty equal. But I like defense again this week and am going...
