Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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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...
KAZ’S KORNER When the Houston Astros open the 2018 major league baseball season tomorrow at Arlington, TX. against the Texas Rangers it will feature two teams that finished spring training on the opposite end of the spectrum. After Sunday’s action, the Astros were the second-best team in Florida’s Grapefruit League with a .679 (19-9) winning percentage trailing only the Boston Red Sox’ .690 (20-9). The Baltimore Orioles were a distant third at .586 (17-12). In Arizona’s Cactus League, the Milwaukee Brewers led the spring tr...
Even as vendors were still hooking up their food trailers and rolling up awnings, an excited youngster stood in awe watching the last of the visiting Bassmaster Elite pros ease out onto Simmons Drive.“When are they coming back,” he shouted in my direction before joining his friends. Well…….they are back! It wasn’t like the tournament went unnoticed the last time they were in town hoping to chase down enough bass to earn both a big check and points toward qualifying for the coveted year end Classic. The daily weigh-in...
KAZ’S KORNER Pablo Torre, a regular panelist on ESPN afternoon show “Around the Horn” can legitimately say “I told you so” to the millions of viewers and fellow panelists who laughed at him for harping on his theory that this is the year a No. 16-seeded team will knock off a No. 1 in this year’s NCAA Men’s basketball tournament. Torre was adamant whenever the topic was mentioned on the daily 4 p.m. show for the past two weeks and sticking to his guns about a No. 16 upset victory has made him some sort of a psychic among his p...
Invariably, just about the time you feel like the spawn is possibly in full swing….it’s already winding down.That hasn’t happened as of yet thanks to a colder than usual winter and higher than usual lake levels.The window is, however, rapidly closing on cashing in on your best opportunity to fool a double digit bass. Regardless of your skill level and tenacity, you still have to be a tad lucky to make your dream of catching that bass of a life time a reality.Your chances of putting your lure in front of that coveted largemout...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record Just about any Texas fisherman who ever wet a line knows that the spring is full of many things, most of which fall into the category of uncertainty and unpredictability. The all time #1 villain is the weather man and his friend the marine forecast, aka “that #$%@ wind”! For plenty of us who take advantage of every season the waders that were used during duck hunts have become your best friend as the gears switch in favor of chasing trophy tro...
KAZ’S KORNER For most folks today is March 14 and just another day—one day before the Ides of March and three days before St. Patrick’s Day. But at 3 p.m. today, the National Football League officially begins the 2018 season, which means teams can immediately begin to sign free agents from other teams. Two days ago--on Monday--all teams compiled the needy positions on their shopping lists and began negotiations with agents who represent players who’ll become unrestricted but were not allowed to reach agreements. That should...
Rahul Patel and James Menard won 1st place in Varsity A Doubles at the PNG hosted tournament Friday March 2nd. Julianna Sylestine and Erin Beard also won 1st place Consolation bracket in the PNG Freshman tournament Thursday March 1....
Photo: Joshua Sehon of Bridge City displays a nice redfish caught on Bailey’s Road at Sabine Lake. For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle 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 master...
