Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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It isn’t unusual this time of the year for fishermen in this area to spend their work week trying to decide whether to chase big trout on Sabine or big bass on Rayburn or Toledo Bend Saturday morning.While we are blessed to be able to fish for either species year round, the next couple of months will produce the largest fish of the year. I was talking with Larry Picou, an angler equally passionate about fishing for both species, at Outcast Tackle earlier this week and he said Mother Nature had definitely helped him with t...
KAZ’S KORNER I’ve been covering high school sports in the Orange area for more than 50 years and have watched many young star athletes go on to the next level and a few hit the professional circuit. In almost every case involving the professionals, they always were seen playing their specialty sport under adult supervision when they were just little shavers. This also was true with the few outstanding young golfers who came out of Orange County—Brady Miller in the late 1960...
Dave Rogers For The Record Head games. Winning the head games when she is on the field for the Bridge City Cardinals has made Kassidy Wilbur a three-time District 22-4A MVP for her exploits both pitching and hitting. Last year, winning the head games made Bridge City the District 22-4A softball champions, a Region III semifinalist and owner of a 29-7-1 record. So now, the Cardinals are once again, playing head games. “I wish social media didn’t’ exist,” BC coach Kayla Gallard...
Picture: The Lady Bobcats practice in the batting cage Tuesday as the Orangefield softball players practice indoors. (Photo by Dave Rogers) Dave Rogers For The Record Over and over, the Orangefield girls practice the basics, so the results stand up when it’s time for something special. A 10-1-1 start this season, which the Bobcats have earned, would be pretty special for any squad. “Brick by brick,” softball coach Rebekah Ragsdale describes the process, at the same time repea...
KAZ’S KORNER Very seldom is a current-event topic discussed publicly by professional athletes. But the recent senseless shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School at Parkland, Fla. has really gotten the attention of major league baseball at most sites while the players are battling for their jobs this season. As a token of respect for the 17 slain victims and those who still are recovering from the tragedy, MLB has distributed baseball caps with “SD” on the front that each player, coach and even the spring train...
If everything is going as planned, I usually arrive at the boat launch thirty to forty-five minutes ahead of my clients for the day. That gives me plenty of time to run through a quick check list of preventable “uh-ohs” such as will the big engine crank, will the troll motor run, are the running lights and depth finders working and last, but not least, making sure the windows are up and the truck is locked. Once that is taken care of I make sure I have rain coats for everyone, even when it is not raining, check out rods and...
The Houston Astros seem to have done almost everything right the past few years and are enjoying the title of “Defending World Champions” in spring training this season. They rid themselves of costly, aging veterans a few years ago who didn’t do much more than elevate the team’s payroll numbers. They suffered the consequences of playing three seasons with rookie prospects who still were two or three years away from being bona fide major leaguers and watched their loss numbers exceed the 100 level. General Manager Jeff Luhnow...
Far too many times I have fished just a wee bit too long in a wind that continued to build only to find myself saddled with a long wet boat ride home. Monday, however, was an exception. There was no excuse…..the wind had the neighbor’s flag starched before I ever left the house. Having enjoyed a super afternoon the day before, I was determined to get in one more shot before the remainder of the week got washed out. The wind was already blowing at a 15 to 20 mile per hour clip when we pulled away from the dock, but I mis...
Photo: Bridge City head baseball coach Chad Landry, right, teams up with former West Orange-Stark head coach Shea Landry (no relation) in the dugout this year as the Cardinals seek to improve on last year’s Region III-4A semifinalist finish. Dave Rogers For The Record Chad Landry and Shea Landry are not related – other than being in the fraternity of Southeast Texas baseball coaches. Make that “highly successful” baseball coaches. And now they’re on the same Bridge City High...
“When my crappie lights start coming on after the evening news,” said Joel Lance, “I know it’s time to start checking out my staging areas for big bass. No particular month, although February has been a pretty consistent one over the years, has much bearing on when the big females start showing up.” “For that matter, even water temperature hasn’t seemed to play as big a role as more hours of daylight,” added Lance. “Here on Toledo Bend, however, the big bass bite seems to start even earlier for me than the lakes a little fart...
KAZ’S KORNER The day of the long-term, nine-figure major league baseball salaries may be coming to a screeching halt, at least that’s what it looks like from my point of view. There’s a long laundry list of very talented major leaguers who must feel like they are in a state of limbo because spring training for pitchers and catchers begins today and these players who opted for free agency rather than re-sign with their 2017 team are really getting nervous. Last weekend Japanese star pitcher Yu Darvish may have become the l...
On Thursday, February 1, Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School’s Tennis Sub-Varsity Team competed at Lamar University. The freshman Boys Doubles Team of Logan Gaddis and Nicholas Hanson earned Bronze Medals in competition. The Mixed Doubles Team of Jared Pierce & Bella Rogers also earned Bronze Medals. The team’s coach is Cory Parsons. Logan Gaddis is not pictured in the attached photo....
KAZ’S KORNER I try to read as many Super Bowl stories as I can during the two weeks between the National Football League’s conference championship games and the actual Super Bowl. Even if I spent most of my free time (and when you’re retired, you have quite a bit during the winter months) looking through the thousands of columns and media views on the upcoming event, I would just barely scratch the surface. It’s quite amusing reading about the Philadelphia Eagles players buying dog-faced rubber masks that symbolize the fac...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record As the mercury creeps up into a more comfortable range outside as well as on the water, don’t let that fool you into feeling too secure at this time of the year. January and February on the Texas gulf coast can be down right brutal with all the rank weather we receive at this time of the year. Bone chilling winds coupled with humid overcast days can make even the toughest fisherman wish for a warm spot in the truck and hot cup of coffee. W...
“Just about the time you think you have them figured out, Mother Nature serves up another unhittable curve ball,” said L’Rod Theriot, one of several southwest Louisiana bass fishermen currently spending a lot of time fishing the Sabine River. “I don’t chase bass as hard as we used to back in the 70’s and 80’s,’ laughed Theriot, “but there’s a long list of things I no longer do as aggressively.I thought I was going to have to drive to Jasper to find a crankbait that I have been using, but a friend told me about Rambo’s Tackl...
KAZ’S KORNER There was extreme jubilation in Foxborough, MA., Philadelphia, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. and Jacksonville, Fla. because their respective National Football League franchises are still alive and well for Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4. In fact, those Minnesota Vikings supporters are rubbing their hands together excitedly over the fact they could be the very first team in NFL history to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium. Last weekend’s four Divisional Championship games featured two upsets (Philadelphia bea...
Boys Basketball is hosting Silsbee on Friday, January, 19 at 7:30 and will be honoring all former and current military personnel before the game starts. All fans and students will also be encouraged to wear red, white, and blue as a show of support....
In the midst of catching redfish like we knew what we were doing just prior to this latest front, Doug Patterson posed a question for which I had no answer.“Why do you think the bass are hanging around right in the middle of all of these redfish and competing for the same meal,” he asked.“You’d think that they might feel like they are in danger of being part of that meal as well!” The size of the average bass running the river and bayous is very substantial, but while we also catch and release a few in the eight to ten inch c...
“I don’t know what will happen once they are actually on the water, but they both cast well and will fish from can-to-can’t,” said Gerald Johnson after giving his twin grandsons a trip for Christmas.“We are dedicated duck hunters so don’t worry about canceling due to the weather.” It turned out that Kane and Karlin were seven year old twins that had been hunting on the family rice fields with Geepaw virtually every day of the season since they were five years old.Kane agre...
KAZ’S KORNER There’s a good chance the four teams that were victorious in last week’s National Football League Wild Card Playoffs won’t even show up next month in Super Bowl LII at Minneapolis. In fact, the Atlanta Falcons are the only NFC team that made last year’s playoffs, getting to the Super Bowl before blowing a huge lead and losing to the New England Patriots. Because of their experience in last year’s playoffs, the Falcons are the only team winning last week that is favored in this week’s Divisional Round, holdin...
Dave Rogers For The Record It’s that time of year and Bridge City’s Matt Bryant has been a busy man. The 42-year-old place-kicker for the Atlanta Falcons has made 11 straight field goals in his last three games, leading his team to the second round of the NFL playoffs. The wild card Falcons, coming off an 26-13 upset win over the Los Angeles Rams, are favored by some to knock off the NFC’s top seed on the road at Philadelphia Saturday. “I’d say that even after 17 games we...
KAZ’S KORNER For the past decade or so, one or more of my favorite National Football League teams—the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks-- has been involved in the wild card playoffs. None of these three teams played well enough to earn a spot in the playoffs which begin this weekend. And all three teams were missing key players which played a huge part in their 2017 demise. The Texans lost defensive stalwarts J.J. Watt and Whitney Mercilus in the same quarter of the same game while amazing quarterback Des...
Photo: With heavy straps of Oklahoma ducks are Brock Carter, Jonah Lemoine, Hunter Uzzle and Jake Cowan. RECORD PHOTO: Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle Local waterfowl hunters got a late Christmas gift as the coldest weather our area has seen in quite some time came roaring into our area and decided to stay a while. Ahead of the artic blast was a strong push of ducks and geese from the north which helped to regenerate the hopes of local hunters. The numbers o...
I was watching an NFL game the other day when I saw a wide receiver make an over-the-shoulder catch in the end zone, run right through the end zone and leap into the stands to celebrate his touchdown. But, alas, when he was getting congratulatory back slaps, he dropped the football. After a five-minute review, the pass was called incomplete because he didn’t hold onto the football when he leaped into the stands. Of course, this is facetious and didn’t happen. But what really is happening in NFL games is almost as ludicrous an...
I certainly hope that in the event that you had an opportunity to fish the day after Christmas that Santa left a Frogg Togg rain suit under your tree. It was already cold enough, but a drizzling rain and stiff northeast wind tested one’s dedication to fooling a fish! Once you are more concerned with how cold you are than what your lure is doing….. it’s time to go home.Very seldom are the fish suicidal and that would have to be their mindset for you to catch them at that point.And, while it may come as a surprise to those that...
