Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Captain Dickie Colburn - For The Record It wasn’t until we unpacked the computer that I realized that I had failed to send in my column last week.It got packed up and moved to higher ground along with other items that my wife deemed irreplaceable when the emergency center declared a mandatory evacuation for our area. When I hooked it back up, the amount of unread emails was endless. Many of them were from folks asking why my column wasn’t in the paper, but the majority of the...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record College basketball fans were treated to some entertaining contests during last week’s first and second rounds of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, better known as March Madness. And topping that list of games with exciting finishes were three of the Lone Star State’ five teams that qualified for this year’s 68-team field—the Texas Longhorns, Texas Aggies and the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. Unfortunately, whenever the dust se...
Mike Moore’s and Chris Baggett show off their winning stringer from the GetDaNet Fishing Club's March tournament at Toledo Bend. Staff Report - For The Record Unprecedentedly high lake levels and rain were not enough to deter GetDaNet’s anglers from going after some Toledo Bend lunkers on Saturday, March 12. The muddy waters were not as bad an omen as would have been thought as several teams brought excellent stringers to the weigh-in at Fin & Feather Resort. In fact, new clu...
“Howdy Tex” was a common greeting from other anglers as Bink Grimes and I strode down the sidewalk towards our waiting boat. “I wonder how they know we’re from Texas” I thought to myself, then I looked down at my rods and it hit me as gazed at the fist full of baitcasters. We were in Florida and baitcasters are a dead giveaway that you are from the Lone Star State, down in the Sunshine State spinning tackle rules the angling world. Now before you go get in a fired up huff and quit reading this article because you think it...
The 3rd Annual Kiwanis “Glow” Golf Tournament has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 23, at Sunset Grove Country Club. For information on team registration, tee sign sponsorship, and/or donations, please call 886-4411 or visit the Kiwanis Club of Orange, TX Facebook Page....
While fishing at Toledo Bend this past Monday with his grandfather, Seth Chataignier, a fifth grader at Bridge City Intermediate, caught a 7 lb. 4 oz. largemouth bass. His grandfather, Mike Chataignier, asked Seth if he wanted to keep the bass to have it mounted by a taxidermist. Being a true conservationist, Seth insisted on releasing the large female bass so she could spawn and possibly grow into a bigger trophy for some other fisherman. Since the bass was released, Seth's...
The WOS Baseball games for this week, today and Thursday, have been cancelled due to the impending weather issues....
Spring is right around the corner and one of the most popular annual spring fundraisers has been scheduled. The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce has announced its 14th Annual Golf Tournament for Saturday, May 14 at Babe Zaharias Golf Course, which is located at 3500 Jimmy Johnson Blvd. in Port Arthur, Texas. The deadline to register for the event is Saturday, May 7. The cost is $60 per player and the registration fee includes golf, green fee, cart, beverages, food and door prizes. Mulligans are available for $5 each with a lim...
More than once it has happened, you and your best fishing buddy are standing side by side using the same lure but only one of you is really catching fish. The next time this happens you need to examine you partners lure a little more closely, especially when it comes to topwater plugs. There are plenty of serious fishermen out there who just take a plug out of the package and start using it without any thought of checking several key components. Hooks are the main thing, inferior hooks cost fishermen more fish than anything....
The WOS Softball games for this week have been cancelled due to the impending weather issues. They are: The Home WOS Softball game vs Hamshire-Fannett on Tuesday, March 15 The WOS Softball game at Silsbee on Wednesday, March 16...
The WOS Home Varsity Softball game that was scheduled for March 8, has been rescheduled to Saturday, March 12 at 10:00 am....
Capt. Dickie Colburn - For The Record High school bass fishing may well be the fastest growing team sport in southeast Texas and I have been amazed at the winning weights posted in several of these tournaments.The fact that they have very little time to pre-fish due to minor obligations like going to class and in many cases, even participating in other sports, makes those numbers even more impressive. My only concern thus far with the rapid growth of the sport is the equally rapid growing number of youngsters that cannot...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record Now that Peyton Manning has officially hung up his cleats, the number of teams in need for a starting quarterback for 2016 has increased by one. The Denver Broncos have been accustomed to playing with a competent NFL-caliber quarterback for several years, with Manning directing the team for the last few years and General Manager John Elway the quarterback for many years before the millennium. It wasn’t earth-shattering news that M...
Aaron Sprayberry was the lone medalist from Orangefield in this tournament. He placed third in the Boys A Singles division. The Orangefield varsity tennis team competed in Nederland on Friday, March 4. Girls A Singles, Kara Ficken and Girls B Doubles, Taylor Decker and Megan Ibeck advanced to the quarterfinals. Advancing to the finals in the consolation bracket was Mixed Doubles, Rebekah Newell and Ty Hawkins; Girls A Doubles, Abby Green and Ashlyn Turley and Boys A Doubles,...
If you enjoy checking off bucket list items, this is your chance to ‘Swing for the Swing’ during a glow-in-the dark golf tournament scheduled for Saturday, March 26, at Sunset Grove Country Club. The Kiwanis Club of Orange, Texas is hosting its 3rd Annual “Glow” Golf Tournament to raise funds to purchase a special needs swing for Northway Park. The four-person scramble has a 5 p.m. shotgun start. The last nine will start at 8:30 p.m. using glow-in-the dark golf balls. “It’s like watching shooting stars,” says Kiwanis board...
Girls take Second in Team competition Pictured is Lauren Cox, who won first individually in the Warren Golf Tournament at Wildwood Country Club. The Lady Bear golf team finished second in the Warren golf tournament at Wildwood Country Club on Monday, Feb. 29. Lauren Cox won first individually with a one under par of 72. Teresa Beckett shot a personal best of 99, Kacie Nichols shot 103, Jessica McLain shot 115 and Marlee Bird shot a personal best of 134. Team scores included:...
Pictured are Brady Anderson; Dayne Seay; Adian McAllister; Mathew Erb; Peyton McKee; Coach Shane Johns; Chris Braquet; Tiger Carpenter; Coy Darby; Adrian Willingham; Zach Keseg; Bryce McAllister; Jaggar McCollum and Thomas Abshire. St. Mary Catholic School is proud to announce that the boys basketball players ended the season tying for second place in our division. The boys worked really hard and gave it their all each game. The players were recognized at morning announcement...
Local Fishing with Capt. Dickie Colburn Dickie Colburn - For The Record The talk in local tackle shops and fishing department aisles is more about bass fishing on the river than anything going on in Sabine Lake and for good reason. Backwater areas off the river and bayous continue to clear up and not only are local bass fishermen catching better numbers, but larger bass as well. After returning from a tough morning of looking for trout in the lake last week, I ran up the river just to check out the water clarity.I ran only as...
The 24-4A Girls Basketball All-District selections were recently made. Those honorees are as follows: MVP: Eranishia Carmenar, Silsbee Offensive POY: Eriel Jordan, West Orange-Stark Defensive POY: Emmi Lummus, Orangefield Newcomer of the Year: Tunisha Strong, Hardin-Jefferson First Team: - Bailee Bacon – Bridge City - Lizzy Cossey – Hamshire-Fannett - Sheridan Rogers – Little Cypress-Mauriceville - Sabryn Crain - Orangefield - Ashlyn Martin - Silsbee - Dakota Matthews – Silsbee - Nakaiya Platt – West Orange-Stark Second Te...
Orangefield Tennis team participated in the Orange County Varsity tournament last Friday. Advancing to the quarterfinals this week was Aaron Sprayberry in Boys “B” Singles as well as Mixed Doubles team Taylor Decker and Jeremy Broussard and Boys “A” Doubles, Slade Granger and Dakota Harrison. Orangefield had several advance to the semifinals. Adam WInfree lost out in this round to Silsbee in the Boys “B” singles. In the Boys “B” Doubles, Ty Hawkins and Griffin Patterson lost to Bridge City, while the team of Abby Green and...
The West Orange-Stark JV baseball game vs. Little Cypress-Mauriceville has been changed to Monday, March 7, beginning at 5:00 pm....
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record After thinking about it a lot, I admit I’ve been very critical about Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien’s inability to spot a competent, qualified quarterback to lead his team. But the more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the lunkhead is not O’Brien, but rather General Manager Rick Smith. All O’Brien can do in each NFL game is play those on the 53-man roster which is formulated by General Manager Rick Smith. Last Friday...
The 24-4A Girls Basketball All-District selections were recently made. Those honorees are as follows: MVP: Eranishia Carmenar, Silsbee Offensive POY: Eriel Jordan, West Orange-Stark Defensive POY: Emmi Lummus, Orangefield Newcomer of the Year: Tunisha Strong, Hardin-Jefferson First Team: - Bailee Bacon – Bridge City - Lizzy Cossey – Hamshire-Fannett - Sheridan Rogers – Little Cypress-Mauriceville - Sabryn Crain - Orangefield - Ashlyn Martin - Silsbee - Dakota Matthews – Silsbee - Nakaiya Platt – West Orange-Stark Second Te...
Special To The Record A crowd 3,563 people watched as what looked to be a Top 5 team overpowering its opponent turned into a wild comeback, twice. It watched as the Lamar University battled back from being down 8-0 after 1 ½ innings to down the fifth-ranked LSU Tigers Wednesday night at Vincent-Beck Stadium, its second win over Top 25 team in three days. Several things went into the Cardinals (5-0) chipping away at the lead that size, but at the forefront had to be Brett Brown’s appearance on the mound. Several things we...
After three weeks of wondering why the water clarity in Sabine Lake would not clear up, it did just that in one night.Gusty daily winds are a given this time of the year and contribute to the problem on a temporary basis, but even after the SRA shut the gates on Toledo Bend the water clarity was still more akin to a day old chocolate shake than tea. I could have caught almost as many fish in the Wal-Mart parking lot as I did in the lake the previous week and while I believe...
