Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Bridge City Cardinal senior baseball player Slade Foreman signed with Angelina College this week. Slade and his teammates gathered together for the signing. It was a great start for the Cardinals as the 2021 Texas high school baseball season gets underway. Coaches: Chad Landry, Shea Landry & Hunter Uzzle...
Each February for 19 years, countless volunteers spend 10 days on the water along the Texas coastline searching the bays for abandoned crab traps left to foul shrimpers' nets, snag anglers' lines, "ghost fish," and create unsightly views. To date, they've hauled off more than 38,000 of these derelict traps. From February 19th through the 28th, Texas coastal waters will be closed to crabbing with wire mesh crab traps to facilitate the annual volunteer crab trap cleanup. Any tra...
Our last high school track and field newsletter was sent from a completely different world than this one. We were starting to prepare for spring breaks and district meets. Then the Covid19 life began – a life unlike any previous existence. There went the abrupt halt of track season and it never returned. Now we hopefully begin with a new one. Plenty of dreams – team and individual – were shattered and or delayed to this year. So we have a different world and it’s going to require the assistance of many sources for us to be a...
Local waterfowl hunters finish off their main season this weekend and for many it will be welcome sight. Ducks and geese locally been beyond sparse and just down right non existent in many areas. A few hunters are still grinding away at some smaller concentrations of birds and having a few good hunts but those are few and far between. The biggest majority of the birds still hanging around locally are mostly green winged and blue winged teal without h a few gadwall thrown in...
The Orangefield Varsity boys golf team competed in their first tournament of the year last week. The tournament was hosted by Hardin-Jefferson at Idylwild golf course, in Sour Lake. Orangefield Sophomore, Xander Parks took first place, shooting a 77 with the team finishing in the top 5, 1st place PNG (333), 2nd Place Westbrook (360), Hardin-Jefferson (370), Orangefield (388), and Bridge City (391). On Monday the team will be traveling to Rayburn Country to compete in the...
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may be happy to get into Super Bowl LV Feb. 7, but they may not be overjoyed to be the first out of the last 108 Super Bowl teams to be playing in Raymond James Stadium-their home field-because they reached the ultimate encounter by winning all three NFL playoff games on the road. But the team appreciates the move the front office made last winter to obtain 43-year-old Tom Brady as their quarterback for the 2020 season. After all, this will be Brady's...
The Bear golf team opened the season at the Jasper Bulldog Invitational held at Rayburn Country in Jasper. Led by a sizzling -2/70 by Senior Jack Burke, the Bears took 2nd place with a 329 in the team division behind the Kelly Bulldogs (315). Burke's under par round landed him 1st place overall in the tourney followed by Patrick Miller (74) of Kelly. It was the fourth straight year Burke claimed the individual title in the tournament. Scores for the Bears: Burke – 70, Wyatt W...
The early morning call from Jay was a little unexpected as I had not heard from him in over a year. “News travels slowly up here, but Lisa just told us about your Mom. Our neighbor recently died from Covid-19 so I guess there isn’t any place to hide from it.” His condolences were appreciated as was his invitation. “I caught my first double digit fish of the year last Thursday and I think you ought to take a little break and come fish with me next week.” I do not consider it to...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Senior Jack Burke was honored for the third year in a row with an invitation to play in the Aggie Cup Invitational hosted by A&M Consolidated in College Station. The two-day event hosts some of the best high school teams and individuals in the state. Austin-Westlake, Austin-Lake Travis, Dallas-Highland Park, Georgetown, Vandagrift, and Houston Memorial where part of the tourney again this year. The field included nearly twenty D-1...
The second weekend of the 2021 Toyota ShareLunker season produced the first Legacy Class largemouth bass at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Angler Travis Moore reeled in the 13.44-pounder using a Carolina rig during the Bass Champs tournament Saturday January 9. "It was a great day on the water at Sam Rayburn," said Moore. "After about 15 or so casts and few good bites, I finally hooked into my first 2021 bass and it was a giant 13.44 - pounder. We initially weighed her in the boat...
With just a precious few days left in the 2020-21 hunting season most outdoors folks are scurrying around trying to finish up on a high note. Whitetail season is done except for a few special seasons or permitted hunts and waterfowl season is not far behind. Texas hunters have until the end of the month while those who hunt across the river will finish up this coming weekend. Most folks agree that if you haven't made it happen yet that more than likely you won't before the...
I predicted in last week's Korner that the Tampa Bay-New Orleans Divisional Playoff game would by hyped more than the other three match-ups. The focus of the media was about the head-to-head battle between the two oldest quarterbacks today in the National Football League-the Buccaneers' 43-year-old Tom Brady and the Saints' 42-year-old Drew Brees. I also pointed out that it was almost an impossibility for one team to beat the other three times in one season. Well, it didn't...
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) law enforcement reports. Penny Pinching A Shelby County game warden followed up on an ongoing investigation of a local individual who had hunted without a valid hunting license when he shot a buck in 2019. The subject confessed to not buying the license to save money for college. Case pending. Mama’s Got Your Back Two Harris County game wardens followed up on a local poaching complaint and discovered a suspect who had harvested a w...
From my perch on the poling platform I often have plenty of time to think while I push my little boat around the marsh. The standard stuff that goes through every fisherman's mind usually dominates my thoughts. "Where are the fish?" "Should I change locations?" "Is this the right bait?" Nothing out of the ordinary, just everyday fishing thoughts that happen to come to mind. Plenty of those moments routinely get interrupted by my fishing partner for that day and I snap back to...
The opening round of the National Football League-the Wild Card Round-was designed to give some of the league's better teams that didn't win a division crown a taste of the post-season playoffs and of course, to generate extra income for the league and the teams good enough to qualify. Nobody will ever deny that 2020 was an unusual year for almost everybody in some form or another. Sports suffered dramatically especially on the high school and collegiate levels with many...
Playoff Games This Weekend AFC BALTIMORE RAVENS (12-6) over BUFFALO BILLS (14-3) 7:15 p.m. Saturday at Buffalo (NBC)—MY PROJECTED SCORE—Baltimore 31- Buffalo 27 (Upset Special). KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (14-2) over CLEVELAND BROWNS (12-5) 2:05 p.m. Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (CBS)—MY PROJECTED SCORE—Kansas City 34-Cleveland 20. NFC GREEN BAY PACKERS (13-3) over LOS ANGELES RAMS (11-6) 3:35 p.m. Saturday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI. (Fox)-- MY PROJECT...
“I think we can get the boat in the water, but I don’t know if we can get it out,” said Cade Sensat as he and his fishing partner, Gail Livingston, took one more look before trying to launch their boat Monday evening. I have known Cade for a long time so it came as no surprise that they weren’t at all concerned with the miserable conditions. He stays mad at the fish whether it be bass or speckled trout. “We were going to run up to Rayburn,” said Sensat, “but Gail couldn’t...
If I asked you to name a good old fashioned rivalry it probably wouldn't take you very long to name off a few contenders. Family rivalries like the Hatfield's and McCoy's jump to the forefront at the mere mention of a rivalry. These families had epic grudges and hatred towards one another like few have ever seen. Sports rivalries such as The University of Texas and Texas A&M are historic and tradition rich. The great outdoors has plenty of contenders for great rivalries as...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Randy Crouch has announced his intentions to retire at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. According to Crouch, "After playing or coaching for 55 years, it's time. I want to thank Little Cypress-Mauriceville for the opportunity to be the AD and Head Coach for the past twelve years and for the four years I spent as an Assistant Coach. The support here is wonderful." He also thanked LCM Superintendent Stacey...
This is my annual National Football League "Wild Card" Playoff column and I had no idea what the Las Vegas odds were on the six games being played this weekend. Then a brainstorm hit me. Why not get some help from our newest resident Alexa. She supposedly knows everything. So, I asked her, "Alexa, please give me the odds on this weekend's NFL playoffs." She replied in her usual sweet voice, "Why, Mr. Joe, I'm waiting for your Korner to come out and tell ME the betting lines,...
5 NFL “Wild Card” Playoff Games This Weekend AFC Conference BUFFALO (13-3) over INDIANAPOLIS (11-5) 12:05 p.m. Sat. at Buffalo (CBS). BALTIMORE (11-5) over TENNESSEE (11-5) 12:05 p.m. Sun. at Tennessee (ABC/ESPN). PITTSBURGH (12-4) over CLEVELAND (11-5) 7:15 p.m. Sun. at Pittsburgh (NBC). NFC Conference SEATTLE (12-4) over LOS ANGELES RAMS (10-6) 3:40 p.m. Sat. at Seattle (Fox). TAMPA BAY (11-5) over WASHINGTON (7-9) 7:15 p.m. Sat. at Washington (NBC). NEW ORLEANS (12...
Okay….you only have 359 days left in 2021 to catch the largest bass of your life and you are burning one of them today. The game changed for bass fishermen in 1986 when limits were reduced to protect the resource and ever since that day, “catch and release” has become the accepted norm. More importatntly….it has worked even better than anticipated! While it was initially painful for anglers that had built their reputations on consistently returning to the dock with limits, goals were suddenly changed, but most of those e...
Football: Brandon Prouse – Deweyville Volleyball: Tammy White – Huffman-Hargrave Boys Cross Country: Kris Gilmore – Huffman-Hargrave Girls Cross Country: Todd Sutherland – East Chambers Boys Basketball: Jake McDonald – Orangefield Girls Basketball: Mike Fogo – Hardin-Jefferson Baseball: Chad Landry – Bridge City Softball: Rebekah Ragsdale – Orangefield Boys Golf: Jerry Honza – Port Neches-Groves Girls Golf: Bart Williams – Little Cypress-Mauriceville Boys Tennis: Jorge Lopez...
Here in Texas there are a few things that are common from Sabine to Baffin at this time of the year and everyone who calls the coast or saltwater home has an idea what those things are. Probably the biggest and most common factor is the wind, you just can't escape those big gusts that seem to come around every weekend. The wind is a constant factor and most anglers eventually figure out how to deal with the uncomfortable conditions, some seek shelter in protected waters while...
More often than not, the joy of receiving a new rod and reel for Christmas is somewhat diminished by inclement weather that is not conducive to spending even a few minutes on the water. That, however, has not been the case of late and eight-year old Joey Lane was already trying out his new rod at his Grandfather’s pond the morning after Santa left town. The only problem for Joey was that Santa failed to leave enough lures to get him through a morning of fishing.Spinner baits are not the best choice of lures for fearless y...
