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West Orange-Stark High School held their Athletic Banquet on Tuesday, May 17. Students who received awards are listed below. Most Valuable Player Baseball – Payton Robertson Boys’ Tennis – Dwaun Guidry / Carlos Guiterrez-Vilches Boys’ Basketball – Kentavious Miller / Nicholas Peeples Girls’ Basketball –Eriel Jordan Boys’ Golf – Cruz Hernandez Girls’ Tennis – Rita Jenkins / Caitlin Bullington Powerlifting – Keyshawn Holman & Ja’Tayjah Vital Boys’ Track – Chaka Watson / Jared Dupree Girls’ Track – Aaliyah Teel Volleyball – Aal...
The WOS Mustangs baseball team will play the Bridge City Cardinals in a best of three series beginning Thursday, May 19, at Lamar University, at 7 pm. Game two will be played Friday, May 20, at Jasper High School, at 7 pm. If necessary, game three will be played Saturday, May 21, at 11 am, at Jasper High School....
Capt. Chuck Uzzle - For The Record For the majority of our area students school is almost over for the year and the much anticipated free days of summer are now upon us. This time of the year that is tailor made for taking a youngster fishing. During the school year everyone is confined to schedules that only allow free time on the weekends, which coincidentally is when everyone else is free. The crowds are much larger on the weekends and who knows if the fish have figured out what Saturday and Sunday mean. It is awfully...
Dickie Colburn - For The Record “This Swim Bait is tough to fish through this slimy moss,” barked Marvin Denmer as he hurried his slime covered lure back across the surface.“I know this goo is in patches, but if you don’t hit an open spot, ninety percent of your cast is wasted.” His analysis was on the money, but our better redfish and flounder were holding in the small pockets in the slime and, while it was a lot more work, we were catching some pretty solid fish. Needing only two more flounder to fill their limits, I...
The weather is heating up and that means high speed boat racing action is returning to Orange as the "Shootout on the Sabine" takes place Saturday, May 21, and Sunday, May 22, on Sabine River at the City of Orange Boat Ramp. The event is free and open to the public. A free concert featuring music by Kree Harrison will take place at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 21, at the Orange Riverfront Pavilion. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Two great days of exciting boat racing action and one fun...
District 24-4A continues to dominate opponents in the UIL Class 4A, Region III baseball playoffs as all four district representatives, including three Orange County teams, have advanced to the Regional Quarterfinals. The Bridge City Cardinals defeated Bellville 2-1 in the best of three game series over the course of the weekend and will now face the West Orange-Stark Mustangs, which beat the Giddings Buffaloes 2-1 in a best of three game series this past week. LC-M beat Caldwell 2-0 in the best of three series and will now ta...
Orange County was well represented at the state track meet this past weekend. The 2016 UIL State Track and Field Championships was held Thursday, May 12, through Saturday, May 14, at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, and athletes from Orange County schools looked to bring home some precious medals in several events. Jared Dupre of West Orange-Stark found himself on the medal stand Saturday at the UIL State Track and Field Championships as the Mustangs representative claimed the silver...
LC-M's Bass Club team members, Jack Tindle and Collin Currie won seventh place in a fishing tournament on Sunday at Lake Sam Rayburn. According to Nellie Miller, Bass Club sponsor for Little Cypress-Mauriceville, two teams placed near the top on Sunday at Lake Sam Rayburn. Jack Tindle and Collin Currie won seventh place with a 17.32 pound total and Justin Lee and Hunter Fant took eighth with a 17.23 total. LCM also had six teams in the top 50 with over 421 teams...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record With the 2016 major League Baseball season nearly one-quarter finished, our Houston Astros appear to be completely kaput as they continue to lose late leads with some boneheaded plays. Last weekend’s four-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park was proof-positive that Houston is merely handing over victories to the opposition. If the two teams were involved in a war against each other, the Astros could possibly be guilty o...
Big Thicket National Preserve invites the public to join us in celebrating birds on May 14, International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) 2016. The preserve joins more than 700 other sites throughout North, Central, and South America who are promoting festivals, educational programs, and conservation activities related to birds. Staff will be offering two guided bird walks in Big Thicket National Preserve on May 14, on the Sundew Trail and the Pitcher Plant Trail. Both walks begin a...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record Although Mother’s Day came a bit early (second Sunday in May) this year, it didn’t stop the world of sports from having big events on its calendar. The Kentucky Derby ran Saturday at Churchill Downs like it has for the past 142 years without an upset, baseball continued on the major league, collegiate and high school levels and the PGA Tour event had an exciting finish Sunday afternoon. For the second year in a row the undefeated Kentuc...
The Bridge City Cardinals baseball machine is on the march and moving on to the next round of the Class 4A baseball playoffs following a sweep of the Liberty Panthers this past weekend. The Cardinals defeated the Panthers 7-4 in game one on Friday evening in Liberty, and then secured a trip to the Area round of the playoffs with a 6-1, game two victory at home on Saturday, May 7. Cardinals pitcher Tanner Doiron had four strikeouts during Saturday's outing, while the Bridge...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals softball season came to a screeching halt this weekend courtesy of the Caldwell Lady Hornets. The Lady Hornets defeated the Bridge City Lady Cardinals twice this past weekend to claim the best of three series and will now advance to the Region III Area round of the Class 4A playoffs. The Lady Cardinals season ends with a 29-4 record. Caldwell, the runner-up team from District 21-4A, defeated the Lady Cardinals in game 1 on Friday (May 6) in Livingston by a score of 3-2 in an eight inning matchup...
WOS Baseball will play Giddings in a best of three series at Porter High School in the Area Round, beginning Thursday May 12, at 7 pm and then Friday, May 13, beginning at 5 pm. If needed a third game will start 30 minutes after completion of the second game Friday....
The West Orange-Stark High School Athletic Banquet, which is catered by Moncla’s, will be at 6:30 pm Tuesday, May 17, at the West Orange-Stark High School Cafeteria. Male and female athletes from the current school year 2015-2016 will be honored. Each athlete will receive one free ticket. Parents and other family members may purchase tickets for $7.00 at the West Orange-Stark Athletic office by May 13. If you need additional information please contact the Athletic Department at 882-5530....
West Orange - Stark High School's Taylor Colbert signed a track and field scholarship with Lamar University Friday. She is pictured with WOS High School Assistant Girls Track Coach Gwen Kelly-Hall. Head Girls Coach Desiree Boxie is not pictured....
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High SchoolBaseball team vs Huffman is Saturday, May 7, at 2 p.m. at LCM High School. Due to this high school baseball playoff game date and time, and the Texas STAAR tests for 6th graders Monday May 9, the 12U Beast Team will be taking this weekend off....
WOS Baseball will have a single playoff game against Splendora at Jasper High School on Friday, May 6, at 7:00pm....
The regular season is over and, for three local baseball teams, the road to Austin begins this weekend. The Class 4A high school baseball playoffs get underway for the District 24-4A Bridge City Cardinals, West Orange-Stark Mustangs and Little Cypress Mauriceville Battlin' Bears this Friday and Saturday as each team will face an opponent from District 23-4A. The Bridge City Cardinals are the runner-up in District 24-4A and will take on the Liberty Panthers, the third place team from District 23-4A, in a best of three-game...
Capt. Dickie Colburn For The Record Surrounded by lightning and miserably engulfed by a driving rain, Redfish Elite officials and the seven finalists patiently sought cover while hoping to out wait the storm and get Day 3 of the tournament under way.To avoid having to cross the open lake, the anglers had trailered around the lake to a more protected launch in the back of Johnson’s Bayou. If anything, the conditions the prior day had proven even more precarious as a full field of anglers found themselves struggling to s...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - ForThe Record The merry month of May has sloshed into Southeast Texas and Southwestern Louisiana with hopes that things will get better for our Houston Astros, Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys and Kentucky Derby fans wanting another Triple Crown winner. As far as the Astros are concerned, their month of April went almost exactly opposite as it did last year, with Houston finishing the month with a mere seven wins and a whopping 17 losses. The Astros...
Bret Johns, Matt Purgahn, Shane Johns and Brad Rutledge of Team Mann Insurance placed first in the four-person scramble of the Kiwanis "Glow" Golf Tournament. An exciting night of golf took place on the greens of Sunset Grove Country Club for the 3rd Annual Kiwanis “Glow” Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 23. Bret Johns, Matt Purgahn, Shane Johns and Brad Rutledge of Team Mann Insurance placed first in the four-person scramble with an overall score of 61. Two-time rei...
District champs pictured are, front row- Lacie Cochran, Jacie Miller, Jon’ee Villanueva, Justice Butler and Alicia Merritt; back row- Emily Landry, Caitlyn Robson, JoAnna Henry, Jayce Perry, Kaitlyn Huff and Shelby Smith. Not Pictured- Kaitlyn Avery. The Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School JV Softball Team recently claimed the District title. They were 22-1 for the year and 10-0 in district. According to Coach Melissa Brewer, “I am so proud of these young ladies, not onl...
Captain Dickie Colburn - For The Record The pro anglers fishing the first qualifying tournament of the year on the Elite Redfish Circuit are back on Sabine. The Pt. Arthur Convention Center will host this event, but the anglers will be plying the same waters they fished in the Classic hosted out of Orange only two weeks ago. The tournament kicks off Friday morning. Even with the benefit of having fished the area so recently, I don’t see the winner posting a heavier winning weight than Clark Jordan brought to the scales.I d...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record I remember when I was a little kid growing up in Upstate New York and my father would come home from work at exactly 3:50 p.m. every day like clockwork. Before he sat down to drink the fresh cup of coffee my mother had perked and poured for him, he’d ask me if I wanted to throw some when he finished his traditional cup of coffee. What he meant was that he was asking me if I wanted to pitch to his catcher’s mitt-- something I never rem...