Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Bridge City Independent School District Board of Trustees didn’t have to go far to choose their new head football coach and athletic director. Allen Deshazo, defensive coordinator for the Cardinals, was chosen unanimously as athletic director and head football coach at a special school board meeting Thursday night. Trustee Mark Anderson summed it up by saying the board was very, very excited to have Deshazo for the new post. Deshazo, likewise, said it was great to be n...
Cutline: Carl Svebek of Orange, weighed the winning catch in the June 2017 Bassmasters Open held in Orange. Dave Rogers For The Record The “NFL of bass fishing” is set to hit Orange next week and it’s bringing top-notch free entertainment with it. The Bassmasters Elite series will return to the city and the Sabine River for the third time in six years, June 7-10, and is expected to have an economic benefit of $2.5 million to $3 million to Orange County, Commissioner John...
For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle Easily one of the most alluring features of Sabine Lake area is the fact that you can catch so many different species of fish in a relatively small area. The brackish water holds both fresh and saltwater fish in good numbers as well as quality. It’s never uncommon to see a stringer of fish include flounder, redfish, speckled trout, and an occasional really nice largemouth bass. The potential for all these fish to be in the same body of water makes each strike that much more exciting because y...
“We either have to fish the ship channel or Keith Lake if we are going to catch any trout,” stated a frustrated David Lowe.“We’ve got no wind to speak of, the water clarity is better and we’re still not catching fish. Let’s run down south or go fish my brush piles for crappie on Toledo Bend!” I opted for the second choice as I’d rather eat crappie than any other fish, but because we were already on Sabine Lake we ducked into the Intracoastal and headed south.It’s a long boring run, but it proved to be a good decision. Wi...
The NBA playoffs have not yet been resolved but football is already popping into the pro sports picture as most National Football League teams—including the Houston Texans—began their annual organized team activities (OTA’s) Monday at Houston Methodist Training Center. According to Sunday’s edition of the Houston Chronicle, the nine-week off- season training program began April 21 and will conclude with three weeks of OTA’s. Head Coach Bill O’Brien and his staff will now get to coach the players in seven-on-se...
For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the majority of our area students school is almost over for the year, for some it’s already over. The much anticipated free days of summer are now upon us and it’s 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...
Bridge City Cardinal shortstop Gavin Green steps on the bag to out a would-be Jasper Bulldog base runner during state baseball playoff action on Friday. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn Bridge City’s 2018 baseball team ended its season with a 25-9 record. The end came last Friday, May 18, in Nederland, as Jasper took a 8-3 win to complete a best-of-three sweep of the Cardinals. Jasper had taken the opener 4-1, in Jasper, on Wednesday, May 16. In that game, Jasper pitcher Colton W...
Bridge City Cardinal pitcher Jacob Goodman fires a shot during playoff action against Hardin-Jefferson. The Cardinals defeated HJ in the first two outings of the best of three to advance to the Region III Quarterfinals this week. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn BASEBALL, Class 4A Region III quarterfinal Bridge City v. Jasper Game 1: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at Jasper Game 2: 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 18, at Nederland Game 3: if needed, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Lamar University...
Pic: Chasing big fish in shallow water is a favorite technique for many anglers. Capt.Chuck Uzzle For the Record The famous line from the movie “The wizard of Oz” where Dorothy tells her dog Toto “we’re not in Kansas anymore” came to mind as my small skiff settled out over a bright white endless Caribbean flat covered with air clear water. The whole sight was far and away different from my normal upper coast water where clarity is measured in inches rather than feet. Fro...
It was supposed to be a combination fishing tournament/levee clean-up day, but Mother Nature had different ideas and the fishing portion of the day was quickly blown out.Not one to waste an opportunity, Ronnie Moon quickly changed the game plan and no one complained. The group of anglers changed hats and rather than fish, spent the morning scouring the entire north revetment wall for trash and litter.Eric Roning said the amount of trash gathered up by the group in only half a day was incredible. When they huddled up for hot...
Picture: Bridge City Cardinal pitcher Peyton Havard delivers one of 95 pitches the sophomore tossed in Game Two of the bi-district round against Hunnington on Friday. Havard only allowed two hits in the Cardinal's 8-1 victory. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn BASEBALL, Class 4A area Bridge City v. Hardin-Jefferson at LU, Beaumont Game 1: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9 Game 2: 7 p.m. Friday, May 10 Game 3: if needed, 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11 After busting loose for 16 runs in a two-game...
Photo: Kameryn Henderson, left, and Tyler Shearin of the LCM Bass Team won last week’s Ford Championship high school bass tournament at Lake Sam Rayburn, with boat captain Lee Shearin. Nearly 400 teams entered the season-finale for the Southeast Texas High School Fishing Association. Dave Rogers For The Record The Battlin’ Bears were Fishin’ Magicians this spring and they proved it with back-to-back days last weekend by earning honors high enough for the nose-bleed secti...
A week of lighter winds was apparently all it took to light off the trout bite in Sabine Lake.The water hasn’t cleared up that much, but several local anglers I have talked with have been able to fish areas that have received little or no pressure since early January and they report better catches as well. I didn’t catch a trout over four pounds all week long, but we limited on 17 to 20 inch fish every day, but one.The first day we were naïve enough to think that alone we had ferreted out our own cove full of fish.The foll...
Now that the 2018 National Football League draft is complete, there are 32 football teams happy that they have made their respective teams stronger by filling in some of the weak spots in their respective rosters. The Houston Texans selected a free safety with their first pick in the third round and offensive lineman they expect will play in his rookie year along with an outside linebacker with a shoulder injury. New Orleans wanted defensive end Marcus Davenport so badly they traded up in the first round to get him. Dallas...
Picture: Brad Hankins with a gorgeous gobbler. Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record As this years spring turkey season got underway a few days ago here in the piney woods portion of the state, local hunters have been treated to plenty of opportunities in the east Texas counties in which they may hunt. This years crop of gobblers appears to be strong and numbers of birds surveyed are up as well are the numbers of hunters. Many folks overlook the opportunity to chase these ultra...
The Bridge City Cardinal baseball team takes District after taking Orangefield tonight, 2 to 0, at Cardinal Field in Bridge City. The Cardinals had their eyes set on winning District after last weeks game. After Peyton Havard’s one-hit, 11-strikeout shutout pitching masterpiece led the Bridge City boys to a 1-0 win in a pitchers’ duel with Orangefield April 20, the two teams met Tuesday to close the District 22-4A season. Bridge City carried a record of 20-7-1, 8-1 in dis...
Ryan Deutsch and Brett Fregia singled home runs and Ken Michael chipped in an RBI grounder as the Bobcats broke a 1-1 tie and made pitcher Johnny Armstrong a 5-1 winner in Friday’s game. Armstrong struck out seven batters in 5.1 innings. The Bobcats are 16-4 overall and 5-2 and tied for second in 22-4A with a pair of games left against Bridge City. Williams Robles knocked in the only WOS run, in the third. Havard K’s 14 as Cards take lead Peyton Havard threw a complete gam...
These are the results of the annual Orange Blossom Golf Tournament held last weekend by the women of the Sunset Grove Members Golf Association. 1st Place Gross 1st Flight--Pat Park / Theresa Williams 1st Place Net 1st Flight--Shirley Meadows / Kim Spurlock 2nd Place Gross 1st Flight--Valerie Conerly / Alice Schwing-Smith 2nd Place Net 1st Flight--Nancy Wood / Coretta Williford 3rd Place Gross 1st Flight--Debbie LeBlanc / Jane Roberts 3rd Place Net 1st Flight--Scottie Pillsbury / Diana Slocum 1st Place Gross 2nd Flight--Tani...
Our original schedule listed this Friday’s Area 11-6A track meet to be held by the Galena Park ISD. That is incorrect and thanks to West Brook’s Eric Peevey for letting me know of the venue. The 21-6A and 22-6A qualifiers will compete at the Deer Park 9th grade north campus track…. Congratulations, East Chambers…. Given their dominance at the 23-3A district track and field championships, congratulations certainly are in order to the East Chambers to girls coach Johnathan Snipes and boys coach Chris Fontenot for not only wi...
Capt. Dickie Colburn For the Record Just an early reminder, the S.A.L.T. Club will once again host the longest running tournament in Texas, their annual Memorial Day Classic, May 26, 27 28 out of their club house on Pleasure Island.For more information call 409-626-2501 or drop by Outcast Arms and Tackle in Groves and visit with Steve.He has a stack of entry forms as well as information concerning everything that will be going on across the weekend. After two days of howling...
For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle Fishing too fast is a common problem that many anglers have, especially when the fish tend to gather up and school in big bunches. Saltwater anglers who chase schooling fish along with freshwater fishermen who also key in on flocks of birds over hungry groups of stripers, hybrids, and whites are perhaps the worst. The frenzied activity puts everyone on the boat in high gear often leaving the majority of the water column untouched. It’s a proven fact that smaller more aggressive fish will be t...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River presented by Econo Lodge, which was postponed last week because of heavy rains and unsafe boating conditions in the Sabine River watershed, has been rescheduled for June 7-10 at Orange, Texas. Citing concerns for the safety of anglers and other boaters on the Sabine River and its tributaries, B.A.S.S. Tournament Director Trip Weldon said last week that he and other B.A.S.S. officials “felt compelled to pos...
One of the most controversial scenarios occurring in National Football League games was the interpretation of whether a caught ball was ruled a completion or no-catch because the football moved once the receiver hit the ground. It was an event that prolonged football games nearly 30 minutes because of the lengthy delays for reviewing replays and then letting some bozos in New York City make the final determination after one of the head coaches threw his red flag disputing the call on the field by the game officials....
The much anticipated Bassmaster Elite tournament scheduled to take place this week has been postponed with hopes of rescheduling it at a later date.The logistics around making that happen are daunting, but we will hope for the best! A line of thunderstorms that passed through quickly and initially appeared to have spared the immediate area, dumped an incredible amount of rain north of Orange. Additionally, the SRA was forced to open eleven gates on T-Bend and generate 24/7 in...
For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle In all my years on the water I can’t remember ever having this much wind for this long during the month of April. It has just absolutely howled for nearly a month straight and according to the forecast it doesn’t look like it plans to let up any time soon. For obvious reasons the folks wanting to get out on Sabine Lake or Calcasieu has been pinned down to very small areas that offer the most protection. These spots tend to get crowded in a hur...
