Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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ORANGE’S 3 CLOSEST NFL TEAMS COULD ALL BE PLAYOFF-BOUND After the Dallas Cowboys’ pathetic showing against the ho-hum Tennessee Titans Nov. 4, the fans at AT&T Stadium were stirring with unrest, like there was something very wrong with the team. Word around the Dallas area was that The King (owner Jerry Jones) was going to make a major move by either firing Head Coach Jason Garrett or replace offensive coordinator Scott Linehan because of the lackluster offensive performance the past couple of games. Loyal fans were won...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record A steady stream of boats, hunters, and dogs crowded the local launches Saturday morning as the Louisiana duck season officially opened. Adams bayou, the Vinton Drain ditch, Cow Bayou, and Hiway 82 towards Holly Beach looked like a parade route as local hunters descended on the marshes in anticipation of legal shooting light and the first flight of ducks. As expected it was a very hit and miss proposition to say the least. The current state of the marsh is very different than in normal years...
Have you ever noticed that most National Football League teams that reach the playoffs each have an outstanding quarterback and a well-respected coach? Just take a look at the current standings at the halfway point in the 2018 season—all four teams currently leading their respective divisions in the American Football Conference fall into this category. Our Houston Texans would have to be classified as “newcomers” to his scenario as Head Coach Bill O’Brien continues to get accolades from his peers as he brings along young q...
Texas duck hunters opened the season on a high note. Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record Saturday morning will officially usher in the 2018-2019 waterfowl season for all our local hunters and expectations run the gamut from cautiously optimistic to gung ho. Texas duck and goose hunters cranked up last weekend and the initial reports were good overall. Many local marshes that are historically proven early season producers had limits on average which was a welcome sight. High...
Only last week, Gary Stelly and I were talking about night fishing the full moon on Toledo Bend in November. The major downside is the potential for arriving at the lake the same time yet another cold front rolls in.Cold is one thing….cold and a howling north wind is another! Back in the late seventies and early eighties when everyone with a bass boat, as well as some without, belonged to a local bass club the more determined members would opt to fish their monthly tournament at night.I was guiding full time and had never f...
“I was conflicted after your report,” moaned Gerald North as he huffed and puffed while struggling to pull his wader boot over his left foot.“I love to wade, but every year my feet seem to get a little further from my hands.” Due to the modest cold front it was the first time this year that I hadn’t wet-waded, but while the water is still warm enough to wade in shorts, it is miserably cold when you climb back into the boat. The only reason we had chosen to wade rather than drift the flats or work the shoreline was that Gera...
Congrats to the Bridge City 8th Grade Red Team Lady Cardinals ---undefeated district champs!!! Monday night was a great match between HJ Hawks & BC Cardinals who were both 6-0 in district play before facing each other. The Lady Cardinals swept the Hawks 25-18 and 25-15 claiming the sole title of Undefeated District Champions!! Coach Wiegreffe could not have been more proud of the team work and fight the girls showed in their last game of season. Gracelon Freeman, Kristine...
For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle It happens every year at this time, they come in huge numbers with that panicked look of “I am way behind schedule” etched all over their faces. They scurry to the shooting table with a rifle that has not seen daylight since last hunting season or a cleaning kit since who knows when? As they line up and start blasting away at the down range targets each one hopes that they can just put together a group that will kill a deer. Invariably these groups are sloppy and unpredictable at best, not...
The Houston Astros did what most defending champions do—win both games at home during the best-of-five American League Divisional Series (ALDS) last weekend. But they also led the major leagues with the best road record in 2018 and it showed Monday as they went into the seventh inning trailing the Indians in Cleveland 2-1 and then mauled the bullpen, scoring nine runs in the next two innings and winning the ALDS 11-3 with a three-game sweep—the first in franchise playoff history. Now the Astros must wait and see whether the...
Orangefield is on the move against Kirbyville as Kade Grozier picks up yardage for the Bobcats. Orangefield defeated Kirbyvile 31-20 at F.L. McClain Stadium. This week the Bobcats go on the road to take on East Chambers. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland Dave Rogers For The Record Now it’s for keeps. Friday’s football schedule includes the first district games of the season for West Orange-Stark, Bridge City and Little Cypress-Mauriceville. Orangefield, meanwhile, collected its...
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over JASPER—This could be the start of a winning streak that lasts past Thanksgiving. But it certainly won’t be an easy task. The Mustangs MUST play better than they have with district play just a week away. Oh! by the way, Jasper has won five straight games so far this season. VIDOR over PORT NECHES-GROVES—It looks like another impossible task for an Orange County team, but the Pirates played a great game against a super-tough Crosby team last week before losing in triple overtime. Thing...
If statistics could win athletic contests, the Cleveland Indians would be shaking in their spikes this week in anticipation of the opening game of the American League Division Series Friday against the Houston Astros in Minute Maid Park. First of all, the Astros had their best season in franchise history by winning 103 games, with 57 of them being road victories—a franchise best--and the second highest total of the expansion era (since 1961) trailing only the 59 by the 2001 Seattle Mariners. The Astros are flying high, c...
The bad news for Sabine Lake trout fishermen was that a 1.22- pound trout earned the first place check in the S.A.L.T. club’s monthly tournament.The good news for Phillip Pauling was that he caught that trout! Monthly fishing tournaments for the members are one of the many benefits of belonging to the family oriented club.Each month they target a different fish which keeps everyone in the hunt.The key to winning this month’s event was simply catching a keeper trout. Unfortunately, that pretty much sums up the dismal tro...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record All along the Texas gulf coast the pattern is the same, cool fronts signal the much anticipated frenzy that is fall fishing. Anglers of every description ready themselves with the latest technology and gear in hopes of finding flocks of gulls working over schools of hungry speckled trout and redfish. Shiny fiberglass cruisers masquerading as bay boats are stocked up with an array of tackle that would make most anglers drool with envy. It is the...
Last night the 7th grade lost another tough one to Buna 32-0 bringing their record to 0-2. Mason Houghton and Kane Smith tried to jump start the offense all night long but were unable to really get anything going with the smothering defense bearing down on them. Caleb Fregia was one of the defensive standouts opening the game with an interception. The 8th grade bounced back after a tough loss last week to get their first win of the season defeating the Cougars 26-6. Leading the way on offense was Gavin Perri-Koci who...
A short time back, almost forty years now, I was talked into guiding on Sabine Lake when I wasn’t pulling trips on Toledo Bend.At the time you could keep a zillion small trout and you couldn’t get away from twelve to eighteen inch redfish. The main problem with that scenario was that no dedicated trout fishermen with a little extra pocket money wanted to spend it chasing down multiple fish fries.They were looking for that one big trout and they had a better chance of cat...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record As the days grow shorter and the temperatures becomes slightly more tolerable it is plain to see that fall and hunting season are just around the corner. For local hunters, the first taste of hunting season came in the form of the opening of teal season which was followed shortly by the south zone opener for dove hunters. Wing shooters and waterfowlers aside, the most anticipated event here at home as well as all over the state will be the opening of deer season. On Sept 29th the archery only...
Pictured .. Coach Wiegreffe, Taryn Doiron, Makenna Carey, Daelyn Perry, Amaris Larken, Izzy Moore, Marlie Strong, Jayden Warren. Bottom row .. Gracelon Freeman, Kristine Cervantes and Kylie Bock Bridge City, 8th grade won the Bridge City Tournament on Saturday 9/15. Bridge City Defeated Deweyville, Co Wilson-Nederland, Port Neches in the Championship Game. Bridge City Jr High 7th Grade team took home 3rd place in tourney. From left to right Top row: Alyia Broussard, Demi...
After only two weeks, it’s difficult to verify new trends that seem to be evident so far in the National Football League. However, I’ve seen quite a few games in the last two weeks and have closely followed many franchises and have come to the conclusions that many of the teams that usually wereas in the top echelon of their division have already taken it on the chin. I’m referring to the World Champion Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots just to name a few. Of course, at this time of the season...
“A fly rod works great, but it’s a little too tight for a back cast,” said Kyle Easley as he lifted the tip of his 12-foot fiberglass crappie pole just high enough for the cork and eighteen inches of leader to clear the water. Attached to the business end was a one-eighth ounce chartreuse curly tail jig tipped with a tiny piece of a scented Magic Fish Bite slipped on the hook. “I cut them in half,” said Easley, “and a piece usually lasts about fifteen fish if a grinnel or bass doesn’t get it.” His small torpedo shaped...
I was fishing with Bill Keller earlier this week and we were discussing Hurricane Florence which had drawn a bead on the east coast at that time.“It seems like yesterday that we were going through the same thing with Harvey,” said Keller. “We could never have dreamed that we would flood where we built, but we lost our dream house which we had lived in only two months, both cars and our dogs.That is a helpless feeling when you are in such danger that you can’t even consider your home or pets!” Like too many other folks, Ke...
Staff Reports For The Record Gulf Coast residents should keep their eyes opened and their fingers crossed in regard to a system that could form in the Gulf of Mexico and move this way. A surface trough over the southeast Gulf of Mexico will shift northwest across the forecast waters, according to information from the National Weather Service in Lake Charles. Low pressure will develop along the trough, with a medium probability of developing into a tropical cyclone over the western gulf waters later this week. The forecast...
Photo: Teal season opens up this weekend and everyone including the dogs are ready. Capt. Chuck Uzzle In what has become a highly anticipated yearly ritual, wingshooters from all over Texas will make there way to the fields and marshes as the 2018-2019 waterfowl hunting season officially gets underway. The teal season opener has become a real gathering of sorts, almost a social get together if you will. Hunters eagerly awaiting each new hunting season head to the fields for...
KAZ’S KORNER Week One is in the books to the dismay of Orange Area National Football League fans as the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks each eliminated themselves from the pressure of having an undefeated 2018 season. Perhaps all four franchises had a common element that got them started on the wrong foot Sunday—costly mistakes that led to easy opponents’ points. The Cowboys couldn’t overcome Carolina’s goal to “sack Dak” and were successful six times. It was quite apparent that...
Labor Day weekend turned soggy Sunday evening and it looks as though we have more rain to come.Higher off colored water will slow a pretty good bite down initially, but some significant tide changes should help improve the bite in Sabine Lake. While most hard core bass fishermen wrote off the weekend to way too much recreational pressure on Rayburn and Toledo Bend, eighteen year old Zack Smith made it one to remember. “I fished at night for the first time last month and caught my largest bass ever, a four pounder, on a p...
