Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Next week marks the annual hiatus from school that kids of all ages look for once the Christmas holidays are over, spring break is here! During this week off from the rigorous demands of reading, writing, and arithmetic you can rest assured that a cry will rise up from the masses that there is nothing “fun” to do. Video games have long been mastered and challenges are getting more difficult to come by every day, give your student a first hand look at some real life they may...
You ever wonder what a 64 pack of Crayola crayons, 31 flavors of ice cream at Baskin Robbins, or bags of assorted candy have in common? The answer is they offer something for everyone because we all don’t have the same taste. If everyone did things exactly like everyone else then life would be ridiculously boring and mundane. It’s choices and options that give each individual the opportunity to succeed and sometimes those options and choices are a little different than wha...
The Orangefield Bobcats completed a great basketball season with a 33-6 record and reaching the third round of the state playoffs. Orangefield was eliminated by Hitchcock which has advanced to the final four in Austin this weekend. Seven Bobcats were honored as All-District selections for District 21-3A. Jaden Scales was named the Offensive Player of the Year, and Zane Wrinkle was selected the Defensive Player of the Year. Chosen to the First Team was Kane Smith. Kadyn Rucker...
The annual Certa-Bearden WOS Classic was held February 29 through March 2 at West Orange-Stark. This year the baseball tournament was held in conjunction with a tournament by Kelly Catholic High School in Beaumont with several of the 12 teams involved playing at both schools over the weekend. Three local teams played four games over the three days. Little Cypress Mauriceville, Orangefield, and West Orange-Stark took part in the combined tournaments. The Little Cypress Mauricev...
Girl softball tournaments are leading up to the start of district action for the local high school teams. Orangefield actually played its first district game already last week. The Orangefield Lady Bobcats fell to the Kountze Lionettes 3-1 in the District 22-3A opener on Tuesday night, February 27. Pitcher Abigail Curphey took the loss for Orangefield despite giving up just 2 earned runs on 5 hits and 2 walks. Haylee Spears had the lone rbi and Abby Broussard scored the only...
Little Cypress Mauriceville participated in the Kountze Tennis Tournament on Friday, March 1. Two of the LCM team members brought home medals from the tournament. Carson Forester won the first place gold medal in the boys singles division. In the girls singles division Lucia Montoto won the third place bronze medal. Local high school boys golf teams traveled to the Babe Zaharias Golf Course in Port Arthur on Wednesday, February 28, to compete in the Nederland Invitational....
A steady dose of big south wind has just wreaked havoc on the local fishing scene and all but shut down the open water of Sabine Lake. As water conditions have improved the winds have ramped up so it's been tough to get out and take a look at much water. The river has cleared up somewhat after some heavier rains earlier in the month, so hopes are high that there is some nice water in the lake. A few folks I have talked with lately have been hiding in the protected waters...
Steady progress is being made in the rebuilding of the West Orange-Stark baseball program back to what it was less than a decade ago. More improvement is expected this year from the Mustang diamond devotees. Last year in preseason West Orange-Stark won several games in tournament action. The Mustangs were winless though in the very competitive District 19-4A against teams filled with players that participate in select baseball leagues throughout the year. "We're making...
The Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears were young in 2023 and just missed making the playoffs. With another year under their belts the Bears are prepared to make a run at the post season this campaign. The opportunity to make the playoffs last year for LCM came down to the last week of district action as the Bears needed to sweep their two games with the Silsbee Tigers. That did not happen so Little Cypress Mauriceville stayed home when the post season began. Bears' Coach...
Baseball has been very good at Orangefield the last several years. The prospects are high for another banner year on the diamond for the Bobcats this season. In 2023 Orangefield played a tough non-district schedule that got the Bobcats ready for district which carried over into the playoffs. At one stretch the Bobcats won a remarkable 23 games in a row. Coach Tim Erickson reflected on the performance of his Bobcats last year. "That win streak was big for our program. We made...
Bridge City baseball had a good year in 2023. The Cardinals will be younger this season, but have a good group of ball players that should carry them to another successful season this year. The Bridge City Cardinals finished last season with 25 wins which is the most for them in quite a few seasons. Huffman proved to be a tough opponent in the second round of the state playoffs, and the Cardinals were eliminated in a competitive three game series. Cardinal Coach Chad Landry...
Three local boys high school basketball teams Bridge City, West Orange-Stark, and Orangefield made it to the post season. Only Orangefield has advanced to round three of the state playoffs. The Orangefield Bobcats won a thrilling area round game 66-56 on Friday, February 23, in overtime against the Crockett Bulldogs at C.E. King High School near Houston. The Bobcats went into the post season as a second seed after tying with the Kountze Lions as the District 21-3A champions,...
The loud noises you have been hearing from your neighbors garage more than likely have been the sounds of fishing tackle emerging from winter hibernation. The combination of warmer weather and better water conditions have many anglers scurrying to knock the dust off their boats and head for the water. Both freshwater and saltwater anglers alike have benefitted lately from the conditions and the bite has improved in both places. If the current forecast holds true it looks like...
Last Saturday, the WOS baseball community came together to celebrate the cherished tradition of the annual alumni game. The event was held at Ronnie Anderson Park, Andre Robertson Field. One of the day's highlights was the induction of Bruce Aven into the prestigious Mustang Baseball Wall of Honor. Aven's contributions to the sport and the WOS community have left a mark, and his induction serves as a testament to his outstanding achievements. Additionally, the Homerun Derby...
The softball program at Orangefield had its most successful season ever last year. The Lady Bobcats won the district championship and advanced to the fourth round of the state playoffs before being eliminated by Grandview which at the time was the top ranked team in Class 3A. Coach Rebekah Ragsdale of the Lady Bobcats hopes to build on that success this season. "It was really good to see that kind of competition, we can use Grandview as a measuring stick for us. To be up...
The West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs have a new head coach who is a familiar face for their softball program. Ashton Gautreaux takes the position as head coach of the Lady Mustangs after serving the past two years as the assistant softball coach. In her two years at West Orange-Stark Coach Gautreaux has seen improvement in the Lady Mustangs. "I feel for sure we're moving in the right direction. We are doing a bunch of stuff differently than we have been in the past, and I know...
Last year was a great season for Little Cypress Mauriceville in softball. The Lady Bears won thirty games, finished first place in a very difficult district, and made it to the third round of the state playoffs before being eliminated by the always loaded Liberty Lady Panthers. LCM softball coach Dena Adkins assessed last season for her Lady Bears. "I am very proud of them. We finished first in district which is always our goal and the Lady Bears did that very well. We lost...
Boys and girls high school golf teams competed at tournaments last week in Jefferson County. The girls played at the Babe Zaharias Golf Course in Port Arthur while the boys competed in Beaumont at the Bayou Din Golf Course. The Larry Paine Memorial Invitational was held on Thursday at Bayou Din. Lincoln Parks of Orangefield played marvelously shooting a 69 to take home the first place medal by three strokes from the second place finisher. In three tournaments this season...
The final regular season basketball games were played by the four local boys teams on Tuesday, February 13. Three of those teams have more basketball to play as they will be going to the post season. West Orange-Stark captured a hard fought game with Bridge City at the West Orange-Cove Event Center. The Mustangs defeated the Cardinals 60-53 despite being outscored in three of the four quarters during the contest. The difference for the Mustangs was the third quarter when they...
I have no idea why we as anglers are constantly trying to complicate things, always re-inventing the wheel and adding corners. In our never ending quest to catch more and bigger fish we often stray down the path which we think leads to discovery only to find that out that if we had just read the street signs we’d be in much better shape. Over the years it seems like we have become so detailed and specific that the average fisherman suffers from “paralysis by analysis”. Fishi...
The state playoffs in girls high school basketball began Monday, February 12, with three local teams participating. Both Bridge City and Little Cypress Mauriceville in Class 4A as well as Orangefield in Class 3A earned spots to the post season. The Orangefield Lady Bobcats have advanced to the second round of the state basketball playoffs. Orangefield beat the Woodville Lady Eagles 51-48 in overtime at Kirbyville on Monday. The Lady Bobcats were led by their fantastic...
The local high school boys golf teams traveled to Chambers County last week for the Anahuac Invitational. The Orangefield varsity golf team brought home third place at the second tournament of the season. The Bobcats finished behind only Port Neches-Groves and Hardin-Jefferson in the team competition. Lincoln Parks of Orangefield captured the third place individual medal with a score of 77 or five over par. Joining Parks for Orangefield were Cole Sanches with an 88, Peyton...
A battle for first place in the district standings was fought Friday night, February 9, at Orangefield Gymnasium. The Bobcats captured a tense 60-55 victory over the Kountze Lions. Orangefield with the win moved into a tie for first place in District 22-3A with Kountze. Both teams are 12-1 in district with a game to play, so a seeding game will be played if the Bobcats and Lions both won their final games of the regular season on Tuesday, February 13. The gym at Orangefield...
Baseball and softball tournaments were conducted the last weekend of February for Orange County teams. The local teams got their first good opportunity to show what they have for the season ahead. The Bridge Cardinal Invitational was held Thursday through Saturday at Chuck Young Field. Eight teams each played four games over the three day baseball tournament. The highlight of the tournament was Friday night with the retiring of Cardinal great Jake Lemoine's jersey in a...
Last season was another winning one for the Bridge City Cardinals softball team. The record was very good but the Cardinals did make an earlier exit than usual in the post season. The new head coach for Bridge City softball who served as an assistant coach the last two years Kylie Bradley recapped the season. "I was proud of what these girls did because at the end of the day they came out and gave us all they've got. When it came to our playoff run we did fall a little short...
