Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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While waiting in line to see if I was old enough to qualify for my vaccine shot, this burly dude with a white beard and straggly white hair comes barging in a shoved his way ahead of me in the line. “Hey buddy,” I told him, “you can’t just break into line like that!!” “I’m in a big hurry and besides I’m older than you, so I belong ahead of you,” he retorted. “Just because you look older doesn’t mean you are,” I told him as I was starting to lose my patience. “Now get your...
Winter fishing heats up when you locate productive structure. It's a common known fact that we have some of the craziest weather in the world here in Texas, especially on the coast. December, January and February have historically been some of our worst weather months, the conditions at this time of the year coupled with low water temps can make it down right miserable. During these periods the average fisherman may defer from the outdoors to a warmer climate by the fire...
BOWL GAMES NEW ORLEANS BOWL—2:30 p.m. Today in New Orleans (ESPN)—Georgia Southern over Louisiana Tech. MONTGOMERY BOWL—6 p.m. Today in Montgomery, Ala, (ESPN)—Memphis over Florida Atlantic. NEW MEXICO BOWL—2:30 p.m. Thursday in Frisco, TX, (ESPN)—Houston over Hawaii. CAMELLIA BOWL—1:30 p.m. Friday in Montgomery, Ala, (ESPN)—Buffalo over Marshall. GASPARILLA BOWL—11 a.m. Sat. in Tampa, Fla. (ABC)—UAB over South Carolina. CURE BOWL—11 a.m. Sat. in Orlando, Fla. (ESPN)...
Unfortunately, I don’t know that I have ever had a more inclusive idea as to what is going on both here on Sabine Lake and Toledo Bend than I do right now.Thanks to Covid, however, I have been unable to put even a single tip to use for the better part of two weeks. I have been absolutely overwhelmed by the non-stop texts I have received wishing me well.In my case, however, that is a little misleading as I don’t text and trying to answer even one can tie up the remainder of any...
Winter time fishing can be worth the effort when everything comes together. To the casual observer or holiday traveler the sight of a fishing boat during winter is a cry for help, somebody has lost their mind and needs psychiatric evaluation. The raw elements associated with this time of year are no place to place enjoy a sport meant for warm weather. To the hard core fishermen pulling that boat all the traffic on the roads means less on the bay and that brings a smile to...
Today Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School senior, Karson Friar signed to play softball for East Texas Baptist University. The Lady Bear’s standout left-handed pitcher had a great start to her 2020 season last spring before it was cut short by the Corona Virus Pandemic. Karson and the Lady Bears are looking forward to being able to play the entire season in 2021. Karson’s parents are Matthew and Amanda Friar....
A few years ago, I was playing in a bridge tournament and during one of the breaks I got to talking with a gentleman from the Houston area about high school football. "So, you're from Orange," the man said after reading it on my name tag. "You must be proud of the team from West Orange-Stark that has won all those state championships," he asked already knowing the logical answer. I told him that I had the opportunity to watch several young men play well enough to go on to the...
Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage (13-0) over Gilmer (14-1), Hallettsville (13-2) over Tuscola Jim Ned (14-1), Franklin (11-2) over Canadian (14-1), Mart (14-0) over Windthorst (14-1), Argyle ((14-0) over Lindale (13-2, Shiner (13-0) over Post (15-0). Class 6A and Class 5A Bi-district Games---Beaumont West Brook over Pasadena Memorial, Manvel over Port Arthur Memorial, Barbers Hill over Galena Park, Beaumont United over Goose Creek Memorial, Crosby o...
If you are headed to the lake this weekend and you are looking for a hot tip, you would be hard pressed to do any better than talking with Tyler Shearin or Kameryn Henderson. The Orangefield duo just blew the rest of the field away in last week’s Texas Elite Student Anglers Tournament hosted on Rayburn. Shearin and Henderson’s 18.81 pound bag earned them a $400 check and their 6.83-pound bass took big bass honors as well. Two of the LCM teams managed top ten finishes as wel...
For months the faithful waited in anticipation for opening day and in what seems to be the blink of an eye the 2020-21 duck season is just about gone. With a few weeks to go before the end many water fowl hunters have resorted to road trips to get that last little fix in before the party ends. For many hunters the coast has been the destination, especially the Rockport and Port O' Conner areas since they have been covered up with ducks for most of the season. The stories about...
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) law enforcement reports. Lost and Found Two Angelina County game wardens responded to a call about a lost hunter in Angelina National Forest. Upon arrival at the scene, the wardens found out the man had been missing for several hours and was a diabetic. Temperatures were dropping because of an approaching cold front so the wardens called UAV operators from TPWD’s Wildlife Division and a Tyler County game warden, and a TPWD K-9 handler f...
The Upper Coast Kayak Association hosted the final event of their One Fish Wonder Series out of The Salt Club on Pleasure Island and the winner came as no surprise to the rest of the field. Each competitor is allowed to weigh in only one redfish and once again, Blaze Roberts made his way to the scales with that coveted fish! A single redfish can actually win one of seven different prizes at each event, but the largest red eventually earns the biggest payday. An angler earns...
Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage (12-0) over Wimberley (11-3), Gilmer (13-1) over Graham (11-1), Llano (13-0) over Hallettsville (12-2), Waskom (12-2) over Franklin (11-2), Mart (13-0) over Falls City (11-2), Argyle ((13-0) over Canyon (12-1), Lindale (12-2) over Austin LBJ (9-2), Shiner (12-0) over Timpson (14-0). over Beckville (10-3), Refugio (11-0) over Shiner (12-0). Class 6A and Class 5A Bi-district Games---Beaumont West Brook over Pasadena M...
Here it is December with Christmas less than three weeks away and the football post-season only a month away. Most of the scheduled college games are between arch-rivals with most of them being meaningless as far as having a bearing on conference championships and bowl games. But this is 2020, the year of strange happenings both on the field and off. The coronavirus pandemic has been dictating most of what goes on, like avoiding crowds and wearing masks. As far as football is...
The Upper Coast Kayak Association hosted the final event of their One Fish Wonder Series out of The Salt Club on Pleasure Island and the winner came as no surprise to the rest of the field. Each competitor is allowed to weigh in only one redfish and once again, Blaze Roberts made his way to the scales with that coveted fish! A single redfish can actually win one of seven different prizes at each event, but the largest red eventually earns the biggest payday. An angler earns the Angler of the Year title with the heaviest...
With the Texas duck season closed for the split season the only game in town is for folks chasing ducks is hunting in Louisiana. This weekend will be the final weekend of the first half of Louisiana's duck season. The second half will re-open on December the 19th one week after Texas re-opens their duck season once again on December 12th. So far the overall report has been very good from both sides of the Sabine River as local hunters have cashed in on a solid population of...
Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage ( 11-0) over China Spring (10-2), Columbus (11-2) over Hallettsville (11-2),Waskom (11-2) over Elysian Fields (11-2), Mart (12-0) over Tenaha (10-2), Argyle ((13-0) over Paris (9-4), Lindale (11-2) over Kilgore (10-3), Geronimo Navarro (11-2)) over Wimberley (10-3), Columbus (11-2) over Hallettsville (11-2), Timpson (13-0) over Beckville (10-3), Refugio (11-0) over Shiner (12-0). Regular-Season Games---Beaumont West B...
National Football League fans from the Lone Star State really got short-changed by both the Houston Texans and the Dallas Cowboys who suffered different maladies which resulted in similar outcomes-a team that was clouded from the post-season playoff picture before the season was even half over. The Cowboys had a new head coach (Mike McCarthy) with plenty of head coaching experience while the Texans had a leader (Bill O'Brien) who supposedly learned from the best (Bill...
Big Thicket National Preserve issues two temporarily closures of approximately 566 acres in the center of the 10,688-acre Big Sandy Creek Unit hunting area. Starting December 4, 2020 and ending on December 15, 2020, this closure is in place to facilitate an important resource management survey and study at these two locations. No additional hunting areas are affected by this temporary closure. All other parts of the Big Sandy Creek Unit remain open (as indicated by the...
As might be expected, the West Orange-Stark Mustangs dominated the superlative honors when coaches chose the District 11-4A, Division II All-District football team for the 2020 season. Mustangs quarterback Jerren Terrell earned Offensive Most Valuable Player after finishing with 1,226 yards, completing 72 of 133 passes with 15 touchdowns and just three interceptions during the regular season. Defensive Newcomer of the Year is Jailen Brown although he could easily have earned...
STEELERS LOOK UNBEATABLE; COWBOYS COULD WIN NFC EAST I know that when I figure out my Pro Picks on the weekly Fearless Forecast that I’ll have two automatic wins if I pick the Pittsburgh Steelers to win and the Dallas Cowboys to lose. That was true during the first half of the 2020 National Football League season, but it may not be entirely true in the second half. I believe that if the Steelers can get past tomorrow night’s meeting at Baltimore against the hot-and-cold Rav...
Regional Semifinal High School Playoff Games This Week Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage ( 10-0) over Salado (11-1), Yoakum (9-2) over Columbus (10-2), Omaha Pewitt (8-3) over Elysian Fields (10-2), Mart (11-0) over West Sabine (7-4), Argyle ((11-0) over Waco La Vega (10-2 ), Huffman (10-1) over Kilgore (10-1), China Spring (9-2) over Sealy (9-2),Geronimo Navarro (10-1) over Navasota (7-3), Wimberley (9-3) over Sinton (8-3), Lorena (9-2) over H...
And then there were none. After a dominating march through the 2020 high school football regular season, the West Orange-Stark Mustangs were poised to roll through the playoffs. China Spring had a different idea in mind altogether. The Mustangs fell 35-22 in the Class 4A, Region III Area round this past Friday night, ending the 2020 prep football season for Orange County as its last lone representative on the gridiron. The loss left WO-S with a final 8-1 won-loss record but th...
The first half of duck season for most Texas hunters in our area will end on Sunday and will not re-open until December 5th for the North zone and December 12th for the South zone. Reports from all along the coast were almost mirror images of one another, "either you got ducks or you don't". The birds that still remained in the area after the opening week or so got educated real fast and headed for areas with little or no hunting pressure. A few really dedicated souls who had...
“Meet Bill and I at that little boat ramp in Bridge City at 3:00 and bring your waders. ”I didn’t even know who sent the text, but the unexpected message merited a return call at the very least.” “Hey man, this is Marler Cal and I have limited on trout up to four pounds twice this week wading the north end of your lake and today looks perfect.” I hadn’t waded in over a year so in agreeing to meet them for a quick trip, I had no intention of exercising that option. On th...
