Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Bridge City Powerlifting Team recently participated in the Vidor Invitational Meet. Overall the girls placed first and the boys placed second. Individual results are as follows: On the girls' side: Sophomore, Shania Dies placed first in her weight class, by lifting a total weight of 490 pounds. Junior, Tina Radinovic placed 5th in her weight class, by lifting a total weight of 390 pounds. Sophomore, Lauren Groom placed first in her weight class, by lifting a total weight of 755 pounds. Junior, Alyssa Fukuda placed first...
Trey Haverty has been named defensive coordinator announced Lamar University head football coach Ray Woodard Tuesday morning. Haverty replaces Craig McGallion who announced his retirement in November. “Trey has got a very good background,” said Woodard. “He gained experience at TCU under Gary Patterson, coached at Texas Tech and has served as a coordinator. He has coached with some very good people and is very knowledgeable about the sport. He is eager to be defensive coord...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Bear Iron Powerlifting Team got the season off to a good start Thursday, Jan. 22, at the WOS Meet. The Boys Team took first place, with eight individuals earning recognition: Victor Davilla, first in the 165 pound division; Hunter Fontenot, first in the 181 pound division; Alex Reed, second in the 181 pound division; Trenton Brown, second in the 198 pound division, Garrett Johnson, first in the 242 pound division; Grant Leceaur, third in the 275 pound division; Jeremiah Armstrong,...
Redfish continue to provide most consistent bite. Dickie Colburn - For The Record Seldom if ever do I make the short walk from the front doors of the H.E.B. on 16th street to my truck without running into someone that wants to talk about the local fishing. I don’t know if that’s because more fishermen shop H.E.B. or simply because my grocery shopping consists of picking up only two or three items nearly every day. Either way, it is amazing how much you can learn about fishing...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record What a difference a weeks makes. A week ago all four visiting teams in the “Wild Card Round” came up with victories on the road advancing to last weekend’s Divisional Round. However, the four home teams that played Saturday and Sunday all had a week off to rest up for the second-round games. And it certainly must have paid off because all four home teams emerged victorious, although the results of all four games were within a touch...
GetDaNet Fishing Club held its January tournament on Saturday, Jan. 16, at Toledo Bend with weigh-in at Six Mile Public Boat Ramp. Windy, cold conditions put a damper on most of the good bites, but it wasn’t enough to dampen the spirits of club participants. Partners Chris Baggett and Mike Moore once again topped the standings with a winning bag of five fish weighing 12.76 pounds. The pair also lead the Big Bass portion of the event with Moore turning in a 3.84 pound first place specimen and Baggett submitting a similar 3...
Professional angler and Jasper-native Todd Faircloth will be one of six professional anglers serving as instructors as The BASS University event to be held Saturday, Jan. 23 and Sunday, Jan. 24, in Orange. Courtesy Photo School will be in session for amateur anglers as The BASS University rolls into Orange this month. Stemming from the massive success of Bassmaster Elite Series fishing tournaments held in Orange in 2013 and 2015, officials with The BASS University, in...
GetDaNet Fishing Club will host a bass tournament on Jan. 16, at Toledo Bend. Weigh-in will be held at Six Mile Public Boat Ramp, but participants will not be required to launch there. Trailering for the tournament is permitted. This is not an open tournament. Participation has the condition that at least one angler from a boating pair must be a registered member of GetDaNet Fishing Club. If you would like to join the fishing club, yearly dues are $30 for an individual and $50 for a husband-and-wife couple. Please contact...
Kaz's Korner - Joe Kazmar A quick glance at the NFL Playoffs reveals that the Wild Card Round begins Saturday with our Houston Texans kicking off the action at 3:35 p.m. against the Kansas City Chiefs at NRG Stadium in Houston. But further scrutiny shows that this year’s four wild card teams are perhaps stronger than the eight division champions. It sounds strange, but Kansas City, the Green Bay Packers, the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers have a combined total o...
Capt. Dickie Colburn For The Record The catching had been far too good to take a chance on the weatherman blowing a forecast once again for us to cancel the trip. His educated guess was calling for 20 to 25 mile per hour south winds which would preclude the option of fishing the open lake, but Jason and Delaney were determined to give it a try. Unfortunately, the weather man did in fact miss the forecast and as usual it was on the low side. By the time I eased out of East...
The Lamar University Athletics Department has joined forces with ESPN to deliver live coverage of home men’s and women’s basketball games for this season and home football games beginning with the 2016 season. The package starts tonight with a basketball doubleheader against the University of New Orleans. The women’s game will start at 5 p.m., with the men’s game slated for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff. All nine remaining women’s home games and eight of the nine remaining men’s games will be on ESPN3. The Jan. 11 men’s game vs. Texa...
Jack Dallas, West Orange-Stark quarterback, was named the Record Newspaper's Most Valuable Player for 2015. Mark Dunn - For The Record The Record Newspapers are proud to announce the 2015 All-Orange County Football Team. The team combines players selected from all Orange County’s football teams and is likely the best collection of football players in Texas. The team includes football players from three Orange County playoff teams and is highlighted by state champions the W...
Captain Dickie Colburn - For The Record “This isn’t what I wanted to do,” snapped Wayne Hollier while glaring at me with an incredulous look on his face. At that moment he was huffing, puffing and struggling to get even one leg into the stocking waders. Having seen him only twice in the past thirty years, I had taken no chances and thrown a pair of large and x-large waders in the rod locker. It proved to be a good decision as even the largest pair provided a marginal fit at best. While he is now, by his own admission, appro...
Texans Have Come A Long Way The Houston Texans looked anything like a possible playoff-bound team during the first two months of the season when they started off at 2-5, which included two games where they trailed by more than 40 points before halftime. To say “they’ve come a long way baby” would almost be an understatement as the Texans enter the final week of the 2015 National Football League season in first place in the AFC South Division with an 8-7 record and optim...
Captain Chuck Uzzle - For The Record For months the faithful waited in anticipation for opening day and in what seems to be the blink of an eye the 2015-16 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 rafts of red...
Mike Moore and Chris Baggett with their winning stringer from the GetDaNet Fishing Club's December tournament at Lake Sam Rayburn. GetDaNet Fishing Club held its December club tournament on Saturday, Dec. 19, at Lake Sam Rayburn with weigh-in at Caney Creek Park. Participants braved a bitterly cold early morning that yielded to beautiful sunshine later in the day. While it was a day for Rat-L-Traps and Carolina Rigs, anglers also reported finesse worm bites on shaky, wacky and...
Superintendent Rickie Harris holds up the state championship trophy before presenting it to Head Coach Cornel Thompson. Meri Elen Jacobs - For The Record His 17th birthday will be one that he never forgets. And neither will the thousands of fans who watched and cheered or his team mates that helped him make it the best birthday ever. The Mustangs showed up for quarterback Jack Dallas’ birthday celebration at NRG Stadium this past Friday at 4, hungry for a state championship a...
Chuck Uzzle - For The Record I stood at the edge of my driveway with my head cocked to one side and a smile on my face, the big group of speckle bellied geese finally came into view and the picture was now complete. I turned to walk back into my yard to continue working with my 6-month-old lab puppy and I froze again, this time it was snow geese that stopped my forward progress. I don’t know what it is but it seems I hear geese almost everywhere these days, sort of like you th...
There will be a community pep rally for the WO-S High School football team Thursday, Dec. 17 at 6:00 pm in the WOS High School varsity gym. The Mustangs will play in the State Championship football game Friday at 4:00 p.m. in Houston. The entire community is invited to attend the pep rally in showing support for this team. Also, immediately prior to the community pep rally, WO-S High School cheerleaders will be set up in the school parking lot from 4:45-5:45 p.m. to decorate...
Capt. Dickie Colburn - For The Record Okay, Mom……how many times since throwing away the last of the Thanksgiving turkey, have you asked Santa’s number one helper what he wanted for Christmas? The answer is always that same less than helpful, “I don’t need anything.” While that answer is not altogether truthful, more especially if you have a pot of money remaining after taking care of everyone from the kids to second cousins, it is at least honest and doesn’t necessitate a...
Capt. Dickie Colburn - For The Record Okay, Mom……how many times since throwing away the last of the Thanksgiving turkey, have you asked Santa’s number one helper what he wanted for Christmas? The answer is always that same less than helpful, “I don’t need anything.” While that answer is not altogether truthful, more especially if you have a pot of money remaining after taking care of everyone from the kids to second cousins, it is at least honest and doesn’t necessitate a...
State Championship Playoff Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK (14-1) over CELINA (15-0) 4 p.m. Friday at NRG Stadium in Houston—The Mustangs have been waiting more than 360 days for the opportunity to return to the state championship game. Ironically, they will be playing the Celina Bobcats who defeated 14-0 Gilmer—the team the ‘Stangs lost to in the 2014 state championship game—by a score of 49-44. If the Bobcats surrender 44 points to WO-S, the Mustangs, with their touted Chain-Gang defense, will have made their year-lo...
MANY TEAMS CLOSING IN ON NFL PLAYOFFS The two National Football League franchises from the Lone Star State found out first hand Sunday what it takes to be a playoff-bound team. The Dallas Cowboys went to Green Bay and discovered why the Packers are so good in the month of December. The two teams played the entire game in a rainstorm and unseasonably warm temperatures, which is very unusual at this time of the year in Green Bay. But the Packers are accustomed to using bad winter weather conditions to assist in their...
Steven Tims leads the pack to stop Cuero's Jordan Whittington. Tims leads the defense in total tackles for the year with 195. Meri Elen Jacobs - For The Record In true fashion, the Mustangs came out and put on a show from the first play of scrimmage, but it wasn’t a one man show as every player, both offense and defense, had to do their part for the Mustangs to beat the stubborn Cuero Gobblers. The 41-28 win over the Gobblers sends the Mustangs to NRG Stadium this Friday to p...
Orangefield's 7th Grade and 8th Grade Boys Basketball teams competed in the Port Neches-Groves Middle School Basketball Tournament over the weekend. Both teams were faced with a challenging opponent in the first round as they took on the Canines of Central Middle School. In the first game the 7th grade was defeated handily by a very athletic Central team 50-10, but the 8th grade battled for four full quarters and made a game of it with their great defensive effort....
