Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Kaz's Korner - Joe Kazmar The excitement and anticipation of the 2017 National Football League’s Draft ended at the end of last month and most of the draftees already have agreed to the terms of their contracts and bonuses and are ready to become members of their new teams. However these rookies know very little about how the teams in the NFL actually operate and find out very quickly the NFL is nothing like college football--the terminology and verbiage are completely different, the plays are much more complex and the p...
REAL WORK BEGINS FOR TEXANS DRAFT CHOICES AT MINICAMPS The excitement and anticipation of the 2017 National Football League’s Draft ended at the end of last month and most of the draftees already have agreed to the terms of their contracts and bonuses and are ready to become members of their new teams. However these rookies know very little about how the teams in the NFL actually operate and find out very quickly the NFL is nothing like college football--the terminology and verbiage are completely different, the plays are m...
Pessimist or not, you have to believe that as sure as you are reading these words, the wind will blow this weekend.Perhaps it is because it is howling out of the southeast right now and its only Wednesday! In spite of how many tough trips you have already endured due to wind and muddy water, there is a bit of good news to report.The water is a little clearer along the Louisiana shoreline (you would have to have seen it last week to agree) and the flounder bite continues to improve. Also of interest to the folks fishing one...
ESPN TRYING TO SURVIVE THE CHANGING TIMES I enjoy watching the talk shows on ESPN much more than any of the sporting events or programs featuring either a sports figure or a specific location of these sporting events. As a frequent viewer of ESPN, I was concerned of the blockbuster news last week that ESPN gave pink slips to over 100 of their employees, many who have been around that network for a long time. The first was Chris Berman, who was involved in the network’s initial program back in 1979. Berman announced r...
I was both surprised and disappointed following a pair of road trips immediately after the most recent torrential downpour hit the area.I knew that we took a pretty good one day pounding locally, but I apparently slept through just how much rain they got north of us. Two days after that rain event, I was still unable to reach my destination located on the east side of hwy. 87 due to the flooding.On Friday, while driving to Lufkin, I noticed that there was no longer any standing water on the road, but the surrounding woods and...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School’s JV Lady Bears Softball Team finished their season as district champs for the second consecutive year. Team member are: Top row left to right - Raven Fuss, Paytin Smith, Zoe Levens, Carly Cogar, Bree Mays and Jaden Wilson; Middle row left to right - Coach Jayme Kugler, Alyssa Billingsly, Shelby Smith, Emily Landry, Alisha Merritt and Coach Melissa Brewer; Bottom left to right - Kaylyn Newman and Ashlyn Newman...
SPORTS CELEBRITY IN TOWN SATURDAY TO ATTEND WEDDING It’s funny how you can just look at a stranger and decide he must be some kind of former athlete or a present-day coach. Wife Susan and I were invited to the largest and most orchestrated wedding Saturday evening we’ve ever attended which united Loretta Edwards, a pharmacy tech at Krogers in Orange, to Orangeite Jonathan Stewart at North Orange Baptist Church. The wedding had to be held at the huge church mainly because Loretta’s mother Helen Edwards, long-time cashi...
If you are a student in Jr. High or High School and between the ages of 12 and 18 it is time to start making plans to fish the Orange County Chapter sponsored CCA Redfish tournament on May 20^th .Both the Captain’s meeting and weigh-in will take place at the Orange Boat Club located on DuPont Drive. Not unlike the High School Team bass format, each team must include a designated Captain at least 21 years of age and everyone in the boat must be a member of the CCA.The entry fee for the tournament is $50 per team. For all of t...
Volleyball- MVP ~ Madison Caraway Offensive Player of the Year ~ Reyna Owens Defensive Player of the Year ~ Abby Faulk Heart-Desire Award ~ Hope Hill Cross Country- Heart Award ~ Caitlin Denison Male MVP ~ Ruben Valencia Female MVP ~ Brittany Fonville Newcomer of the Year ~ Brooklin Sheffield Football- Offensive MVP ~ Cayce Draper Defensive MVP ~ Justyn Romero Heart Award ~ Byron Trahan Outstanding Offensive Lineman ~ Joseph Adams Outstanding Defensive Lineman ~ Seth Green...
Cardinals of Character for the 5th grading period are: Pre-k, Mayreli Barriga, Sara Scott, Natalie Nguyen, Phabian Charles Kindergarten, Phrianka Delarosa, AnnaLynn Doguet, McKayla Willis, Payton Hornsby, Jacie Bell, River Dietz, Kaylee Chong, Weslee Brown, Graison Court, Ansley Lopez, Kinzley Barnes. 1st Grade- Lorialye Bergeron, Brooklyn Rasberry, Mirella Lobatos, Remington Higginbotham, Madison Turner, Kinley Legate, Camden Fall, Lilly Cook, London Kennedy, Zachary Murphy,...
Dates have been set for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Boys Basketball Camp. Sessions for incoming third through sixth graders will be May 30 through June 2. Third and fourth grades will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. and fifth and sixth from noon to 2 p.m.Incoming seventh through ninth grader camp will be June 12 through 15, with seventh and eighth practicing from 9 to 11 a.m. and incoming freshmen from noon to 2 p.m.Early registration (before May 18) is $50, May 19-30 is $60. Sessions will be held at First Baptist Church Orange,...
New line officers for the Honey Bears were announced at the 46th Annual Installation Tea on Thursday evening, April 20. The officers are Lieutenant Harli Foreman, Lieutenant Daisy Sutton, First Lieutenant Albanie Calais, Co-Captain Allison Ball, Captain Tilor Armfield. Kimberly Scott is the drill team’s sponsor....
Extremely dirty water and just enough wind most days to limit running around the open lake has made things tough recently on Sabine lake anglers.Falling back into an even dirtier river has not been a viable option either. The majority of the bass caught in last week’s SETX High School tournament were caught in the Neches and Taylor’s bayou. The water doesn’t look a whole lot better in the Neches, but the drains and back lakes are in much better shape than those on the Sabine....
KAZ’S KORNER The ideal scenario for being a successful major league baseball team is to have a winning record in the home stadium and break even on the road. After a dozen games thus far in this early season through last weekend, the Houston Astros are sitting in first place in the American League West Division with an impressive 8-4 record going into the first game of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Angels which began at Minute Maid Park on Monday night, Unlike years gone by, the 2017 squad seems to be able to d...
KAZ’S KORNER Almost every ESPN sports show on the tube or radio has a segment about Richard Sherman’s desire to leave the Seattle Seahawks, even though he has two years left on his present contract which is worth $11.431 million for 2017 and $11 million for 2018. Nine of the 11 defensive starters are under contract for the next two years. Sherman always seems to be the focal point of attention whether he is on the field or off. The 29-year-old four-time All-Pro cornerback for the Seahawks appears to have convinced gen...
Even before the police officer directed me off Simmons Drive and into the Public Boat launch parking area, it was evident that there were more trailered bass boats parked in the massive lot at one time than I had ever seen before. It was well-controlled chaos as no less than 476 teams, friends and relatives emptied their live wells, compared notes and made their way to the weigh-in tent. Orange and the Sabine River Park were hosting the fifth SETX High School Bass fishing...
When it comes to rising to the top in spring sports, Little Cypress-Mauriceville has had a big last few days. Tuesday, the Bear boys and girls swept the District 22-4A golf tournament at Orange’s Sunset Grove Country Club. Last Thursday, the Bears boys track team won the district team title at Silsbee. The next day, LCM’s girls advanced to the finals of the Region III soccer tournament – one win away from the state tourney – by beating Bay City 3-2. Kourtney Baldwin scored the...
It seems like only yesterday that James Chargois and I stopped fishing long enough one morning to discuss everything from the river itself to the ospreys nesting on the same high line tower every year. At the same time we were absorbing the shade of an over-hanging gum tree on the east side of the river, they were clearing land immediately across from us for the new Public Boat launch on Simmons Drive. “Well…there goes the neighborhood,” said Chargois with a look of genui...
Only time will tell if the extra millions of dollars the Houston Astros spent on more talent will reap huge dividends after the 162-game 2017 season ends for them on October 1. General Manager Jeff Luhnow, who is beginning his sixth year for owner Jim Crane, believes that this is the best team he has put together on paper. Luhnow is on his third manager in A.J. Hinch, who has taken the team to the AL West playoffs during his two-year tenure where he has compiled a record of 170-152. According to Sunday’s edition of the Housto...
The LCM Bear Varsity Tennis team competed at the Ms. Sheila Invitational Tournament held at Lamar University on Friday, March 31st. The Boys B Doubles team of Jaxon Collier & Luke Hanson took the Gold Medal with the following record: vs. Hamshire Fannett – 8-4 vs. Sabine Pass – 8-3 vs. Hull Daisetta – 8-4 vs. Memorial – 8-4 Battlin’ Bear Tennis will travel to the Beaumont Tennis Center next week to compete in the District Tournament....
KAZ’S KORNER National Football League owners are meeting this week in Scottsdale, Ariz. with the most important item on the agenda being the owners’ vote on the Oakland Raiders’ move to Las Vegas. Raiders’ owner Mark Davis has secured $750 million in public money and backing from Bank of America to build a stadium that could end up costing around $2 billion. Davis needed 24 votes from the 32 franchise owners and Monday afternoon got the necessary votes making Oakland the third NFL franchise to move in just over a year. T...
Both the Houston Boat Show and the Holder Fishing Show are much anticipated by both fresh and saltwater fishermen all across the state, but this past weekend bass fishing alone ruled as the Bassmaster Classic was front and center from downtown Houston to Lake Conroe Park. Larry Cole said, “We attended Friday and Sunday and never ran out of something to see or do.I thought the trip from the Park to downtown Houston was going to be a nightmare, but Hwy. 105 proved to be the most problematic.Not so much the traffic as the f...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Education Foundation, Inc. is hosting a Golf Tournament on April 24, at Sunset Grove Country Club. This is the not-for-profit organization’s spring fundraising event, and all proceeds will go toward its Grant-To-Educators program, which has funded 163 grants for a total of just under $197,000. Since 2004. Registration begins at 7:15 a.m. and the shot gun start is at 8 a.m. There will be trophies awarded first place, and all players’ names wil...
BEAUMONT – Northwestern State put up two crooked number innings early, but Lamar University baseball never let it get a shutdown inning and poured on runs when the Cardinals downed the Demons 12-6 in non-conference action at Vincent-Beck Stadium Wednesday night. David Fry opened up the game for NSU (5-14) with a two-run home run to left center in the first inning, but Big Red (12-10) wasn’t going to be outdone and put together six-RBI base knocks for seven runs, topped by a two-run double from Cutter McDowell, in the bot...
KAZ’S KORNER If your NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket didn’t get busted in last week’s opening round, it sure got mutilated in last weekend’s second round, especially when defending champion Villanova felt the wrath of Wisconsin, which is headed for its fourth straight Sweet 16. The eighth-seeded Badgers overcame a 57-50 deficit to sneak past the East Division’s No. 1 seed 65-62 Saturday and retained their “giant-killer” image by taking down the No. 1 seed for the third time in four years. Much of the chatter on ESPN...
