Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Christmas break has limited the games being played by the boys basketball teams in the eastern part of Orange County. All four teams will be participating in tournaments during the week leading up to the New Year. The Bridge City Cardinals had a home game with Buna scheduled for Tuesday, December 19, cancelled because of a shortage of players for the Cougars. Three local Orange County teams took part in the Battle of the Border Tournament held in Lake Charles, Louisiana....
For months the faithful waited in anticipation for opening day and in what seems to be the blink of an eye the 2023-24 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...
Young Cris had been going fishing since he was old enough to walk. Gramps, as he had called him, was raising Chris as best he could, living on a fixed income. Cris’ parents were taken from him in a car crash wen he was only six months old, and his Gramps was just like a dad to him. Gramps had lost his wife to cancer a year before Cris was born, so the two of them needed each other very much. Living within a mile of one of Texas’ largest bays, Cris enjoyed the time he and his g...
Bridge City native Josh Smalley is going home. Smalley has been chosen as the new athletic director and head football coach at Bridge City High School. Superintendent Dr. Mike Kelly submitted Smalley as the candidate to fill the two positions of athletic director and head football coach at a meeting of the Bridge City school board on Wednesday, December 13. The school trustees unanimously approved the superintendent's recommendation. Dr. Kelly said he and the school trustees...
District action started for three of four local boys basketball teams the second week of December. Bridge City, West Orange-Stark, and Orangefield all have played one game in their respective districts while Little Cypress Mauriceville will play their first district game on January 2. Bridge City, Little Cypress Mauriceville, and West Orange-Stark are members of District 19-4A. Other district opponents include Jasper, Lumberton, Silsbee, and Vidor. The opening night in the...
Local girls basketball had its second week of district action last Friday. All four of the teams but Little Cypress Mauriceville had played three district games at that time. The Lady Bears had their second district game against the Silsbee Lady Tigers on Tuesday, December 12, at the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium. Silsbee won 76-30 dropping LCM to 1-1 in district action. The Bridge City Lady Cardinals took on the tough Lady Tigers the following Friday night in Bridge...
Cooler water and air temperatures along with overcast days conjure up a recipe for the coastal plugger and big fish are the main course on the angling menu. These conditions dictate a different approach and a different mentality from the rest of the year. Some things are obvious, slowing down and paying attention to water temps and tides go without saying. The more subtle approach and bait presentation are also high on the list. At this time of the year many folks revert to...
Orangefield stubbed its toe in its opening game of district for girls basketball. The Lady Bobcats fell 42-24 to the Kountze Lady Lions at the Orangefield Gymnasium on Tuesday, December 5. Kountze never trailed in the game taking the opening tipoff and scoring the first basket just seconds into the action. The Lady Bobcats kept the score close in the first quarter trailing 4-3 after Mikayla Locke sank two free throws before the Lady Lions made the last three points of the...
Bridge City High School held a college signing event for one of their student athletes on Monday. Haley Munoz signed her scholarship to play softball with the Seahawks at Lamar State College Port Arthur. Haley is thrilled for the chance to play softball at the next level. "I'm so excited and very thankful to have another opportunity to play softball and to go off to college. I am going for a nursing degree. I want to be an intensive care nurse," Munoz responded. Last season...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats played Kountze in their district opener on Tuesday, December 5, losing at home. This past weekend the Lady Bobcats were at home as the host team in a round robin format for the girls in the Bill Tennison Memorial Tournament. Orangefield went 5-0 during the three day tournament. The Lady Bobcats won two games on Thursday, two more on Friday, and closed with a blowout on Saturday. The first game on Thursday was really the toughest for Orangefield aga...
The local girls basketball teams began playing their district games this month. Bridge City, Little Cypress Mauriceville, and West Orange-Stark all compete in District 19-4A which played their opening games this past Friday. The Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears opened district play on the road against the West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs. The Lady Bears won the game 46-21 and never trailed after scoring the first points. The Lady Mustangs stayed close pulling to within a...
The annual Bill Tennison Memorial Tournament was held the second weekend in December at the Orangefield High School and Junior High Gymnasiums. Three Orange County teams finished one, two, and three over the three days of exciting basketball games. The host team Orangefield won all five of its games to be the tournament champions. Bridge City's only loss was a thrilling contest to Orangefield in the final game on Saturday to finish in second place, and West Orange-Stark lost...
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 thinking that the fishing won't be worth the effort, big mistake. F...
The all-district selections in football for District 9-4A Division II were released this week. The West Orange-Stark Mustangs and the Bridge City Cardinals had players chosen for the honors. Of special note was Nicholas Crosson of the Mustangs who made the First Team Defense as both a corner back and as the punt returner in the district. Crosson was also named to the Second Team Offense as a wide receiver. Nicholas Lejeune of the Cardinals made the First Team Defense in the de...
Little Cypress Mauriceville took third place in the Best of the Bay Tournament held in Aransas Pass the first weekend in December. The Bears beat West Oso 59-46 to grab the third place trophy. LCM's Alantheon Winn scored 20 points in the win. Bryson Price tallied 11 for the Bears who improved their record to 5-6 on the season. Little Cypress Mauriceville will play at the Hardin Jefferson Hoops Marathon beginning this Thursday. In other tournament action the Bridge City...
The Orangefield Bobcats took home the championship trophy the first weekend of December from Big Sandy. The Bobcats played the host school the Big Sandy Wildcats ranked fourteenth in the state for class 2A on Saturday and won 36-26 to be the champions. The game proved to be a battle of two stout defenses as open shots were hard to come by. The Bobcats were led in scoring by Zane Wrinkle with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Kadyn Rucker also played well, turning in 8 points...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats finished up the West Kolache Tournament with a win on Saturday, December 2, against Coolidge. Orangefield went 3-1 in the tournament which took place near Waco. The Lady Bobcats were led offensively by Mikayla Locke who had 17 points and also had a team high 7 steals. Greenlea Oldham pulled down 5 rebounds, made 2 steals, and scored 12 points for Orangefield. Other Lady Bobcats with good games were Rebecca Durbin who fought for 5 rebounds, Steeley...
Bridge City graduate Taryn Doiron has earned First Team All-America volleyball honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III (NJCAA DIII). Doiron is a freshman at Dallas College Eastfield. Taryn is the setter for the Harvester Bees at Eastfield. She put up some impressive statistics in her first year with Eastfield by assisting on 736 points, making 259 digs, and serving 48 aces. In all but one of her 35 matches this past season Doiron recorded...
Last year was a history making season for boys basketball at Little Cypress Mauriceville. Matching that excellent record is the goal this year for the Bears basketball team. The 2022-23 season was arguably the best ever for the Bears with 27 victories, a strong second place finish in district, and two wins in the state UIL playoffs. A loss to an excellent Center team in the third round of the post season was all that prevented LCM from reaching the regional tournament for the...
Last year was deemed a rebuilding season for the West Orange-Stark Mustangs in basketball. With several returning Mustangs to the varsity this could be a very good year for boys basketball at West Orange-Stark. Only one returning Mustang was on the varsity last year. West Orange-Stark had mostly sophomores and juniors making up the lineups on game nights. Coach Chris Castille of West Orange-Stark believes the Mustangs should be better this year. "With just sophomores and...
Bridge City just missed qualifying for the boys basketball playoffs last season. The Cardinals have several key players back that gives them the hope for a shot at the post season this year. The record was 19-16 for the Bridge City boys last season. A tough close loss at Jasper in the last district game cost the Cardinals their shot at making the state playoffs. Cardinal Coach Randall Robertson assessed last season. "We fell short of our overall goal of getting into the...
The recent battle of Highway 105 was won by Orangefield over West Orange-Stark. The Bobcats beat the Mustangs 68-48 in a non-district basketball game on Saturday, November 25, at the West Orange-Stark High School Gymnasium. The margin of the score was not indicative of how competitive the contest was except for the first six minutes in the second quarter. Orangefield scored sixteen unanswered points to start the second period to grab a 28-13 advantage and never allowed the Mus...
The Orangefield boys basketball team has been post season participants the last few years. The Bobcats have a new coach whose goal is to have them continue to play that same playoff caliber game with the round ball on the hard court. Orangefield hired Bryan Whitmire to replace successful boys basketball coach Jake McDonald who left the Bobcats to coach the Class 5A Montgomery Bears. Raised in nearby Buna, Whitmire played basketball with East Texas Baptist University, coached...
Last year did not go as planned for the West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs in basketball it was a little bit of a struggle. The outlook for the Lady Mustangs this season is optimistic and hopefully will be a success. West Orange-Stark won several key district games early last season making the prospects of a playoff berth a possibility. The loss of several girls on the roster was the cause for the Lady Mustangs not making it to the post season. Lady Mustang Coach Jaden Towner Spe...
The Orangefield girls basketball program played its first season under their new head coach last year. The Lady Bobcats should be even more competitive in this second season with a new mentor. The Lady Bobcats had a good year, but it was a frustrating season. Orangefield lost several games on last second shots including four district games by a combined total of eight points. Orangefield Coach Eric Girola summarized the season for him and the Lady Bobcats. "Last year was a lot...
