Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record More National Football League teams should follow the example of the Houston Texans who conducted 39 seminars for rookie transition into the NFL prior to training camp that is set to begin the last week of July. The Texans front office explains that these seminars that are conducted by their assistant coaches are designed to help the team win on and off the field. The Houston Chronicle had a feature article in Sunday’s edition about t...
Capt. Dickie Colburn - For The Record While the bass fishermen would very much like to see the lake level a little lower on Toledo Bend, Sabine Lake anglers are benefiting from the lighter discharge of water out of the massive impoundment.The water continues to clear up not only in the lake, but in the bayous and river as well and more folks are now enjoying more consistent catches. Depending on where you are at the moment, daily local rains have had little effect on clarity or salinity.If you are in the wrong place at the wr...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle - For The Record In many ways our freshwater counterparts have it made; no tides to worry about, no fish stealing sharks, and you couldn’t step on a sting ray if you tried. The saltwater folks on the other hand have plenty of positives as well like how many hard pulling species of fish one can encounter on a single trip, or the simple fact that you have the potential to hook a creature that may indeed be bigger than your boat. Both sides have great arguments that back up their claims to being the best b...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record Back in 2007 Argentina’s Angel Cabrera won the U.S. Open golf tournament at the difficult Oakmont course with a total score of five over par. After the completion of Sunday’s final round, Port Neches-Groves alumni Andrew Landry fired that same five over par in the 2016 U.S. Open at the same Oakmont course and finished in a tie for 15th place. In those nine years the members at Oakmont worked real hard to make their home course the mos...
Ants of the Big Thicket region of Texas were researched by JoVonn Hill of Mississippi State University and the data was formally presented in a paper to the Mississippi Entomological Association. The project was organized through the Thicket of Diversity, a project of the Big Thicket Association, a non-profit group that works to preserve and promote conservation of biodiversity and resources of the Big Thicket. The goal of the Thicket of Diversity is to inventory every living...
Joe Kazmar - For The Record When the Houston Astros’ Cy Young Award winning lefty Dallas Keuchel was asked in spring training this year what he expected in 2016, he replied, “Same old team, it’s just another year, We’re still going to have fun, That’s pretty much it. It’s boring.” Keuchel was right on a couple of predictions because it’s pretty much the same old team and it really is just another year, but I guarantee you, he’s not having any fun. He was awarded the Cy Yo...
Capt. Dickie Colburn - For The Record I was mired in my own world and strolling aimlessly through the fishing department of the Beaumont Academy store last Monday when I snapped to the fact that I was being followed by a young teen-ager. When I glanced at him he would widen the gap, but he was never far behind. Finally, before he could hastily retreat once again, I asked him if he was looking for a particular lure or just killing time while his Mom shopped. “I don’t know how you knew my Mom was shopping with my sis...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle - For The Record One of the biggest and most intriguing factors that keep fishermen coming back day after day is the process of discovery, figuring out the puzzle so to speak. The task of sifting through all the variables and making sense out of all the factors in order to establish a pattern is what drives many anglers. Unknowingly we all go through the same process every time we fish but without the fanfare. Most of us don’t realize we are even doing it, establishing a pattern, but just as sure as water i...
Kaz's Korner - Joe Kazmar I can remember back when I was just a little tow-headed kid, every Friday night I would be allowed to stay up past my bedtime and watch “The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports” which featured really good boxing matches on our black-and-white 12-inch television set. Some of the fighters from that era included Willie Pep, Kid Gavilan, Sugar Ray Robinson and classic battles between heavyweights Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott just to mention the few I can...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin' Bears remarkable baseball season has come to an end. The Waco Robinson Rockets beat the Bears in the best -of-three-game series, 2-0, this past weekend. Robinson defeated LC-M 12-2 in a run-rule, water-logged six-inning game which shifted to the University of Houston from College Park High School in Conroe because of the large amount of rain on Thursday and then held off LC-M for an 8-5 win Friday evening at Sam Houston State in...
Staff Report - For The Record The All-District 24-4A Baseball Team has been announced as selected by the head coaches of the district. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Tod McDowell, Bridge City OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Adam Burgason, Hamshire-Fannett DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Bradley Thibodaux, Bridge City PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Trevis Sundgren, Silsbee NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Jase Rupert, Hardin-Jefferson FIRST TEAM Pitchers: Chase Partain, Silsbee; Mitchell Lee, LC-M; Tanner Doiron, Bridge City; Jack Dallas, WO-S Catcher:...
L.J. Riggs shows off his winning flounder. The monsoon that roared across the area last Thursday was apparently not severe enough to temporarily waterlog what has been a steadily improving bite in Sabine lake.The S.A.L.T. Club was blessed with a weekend of favorable fishing conditions for their two day tournament and the winners posted very impressive numbers in every division. As expected, when you fish 198 entries not everyone is going to catch fish and even the winners...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record Last week the world came crashing down on the Baylor Bears’ football program as the board of regents said they will fire Head Coach Art Briles, demote president Kenneth Starr to chancellor and suspend Athletic Director Ian McCaw after a plethora of sexual assault incidents involving football players came to a head at the Waco campus. On Monday the school announced that former Wake Forest head football coach Jim Grobe will replace B...
One local team's quest for a state baseball championship continues, while another local team's season came to an abrupt end this past weekend. The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin' Bears won 5-4 over the Jasper Bulldogs in thrilling fashion this past Saturday, while the Bridge City Cardinals were just two outs away from a victory which slipped from their grasp as the Cardinals lost to the Waco Robinson Rockets, 6-5. LC-M's victory on Saturday at Gibbens Field at LC-M High School came in the bottom of the eighth inning...
As we approached the Memorial Day weekend, and many visitors are heading outdoors to enjoy a long weekend, the National Park Service would like to remind everyone that the use of fireworks of any kind is prohibited within the preserve boundaries. Also, the use of drones and other remote controlled aircraft is also prohibited in all National Park Units around the country, including Big Thicket National Preserve. Fireworks including sparklers, fountains, and firecrackers are...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville secondary schools have placed 50 LCM anglers (26 teams), in the two-day "South East Texas High School Fishing Championship” on Lake Sam Rayburn on June 18 and 19. Nellie Miller is the coach for this group of bass-catching Bears. Students include Wesley Deramus and Taylor Doyle, Paige Greer and Loryn Johnson, Alora Lee and Ryen Howard, Tyler Miller and Chance Stanley, Jayce Perry and Jayce Doyle, Jack Tindle III and Collin Currie, Jordahn Cockerham a...
Tuesday, May 24, Austin Moore of Orangefield was honored at the Spring 2016 Super Gold banquet, presented by Howell Furniture, at the MCM Eleganté Hotel and Conference Center in Beaumont. He took home the MVP plaque for male Powerlifter of the Year....
Capt. Dickie Colburn - For The Record “Lots” is not a very definitive word when it comes to speculating as to how many bass fishermen filled every cove and creek on Toledo Bend last weekend in search of a big pay day, but I can assure you it was a “lot”! There was no doubt that it was going to take a double digit bass to win the Sealy Big bass Splash event, but even the most seasoned T-Bend anglers were shocked by the numbers of quality bass brought to the scales over the thr...
Joe Kazmar - For The Record Ever since the new year began in January there had been speculation about how some of the new faces the Houston Astros acquired during the off-season will help the team improve even beyond the success it enjoyed last season. The Astros were supposed to be an average team at best, with a high-water goal of playing .500 ball and finishing in the middle of the mediocre American League West Division. But Houston jumped off to a surprising 18-7 start...
Two local baseball teams continue their impressive run in the state high school baseball playoffs for another week. The Bridge City Cardinals and Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin' Bears and the each won their respective baseball series in the Class 4A Region III Regional Quarterfinals this past weekend to advance to the fourth round of the high school playoffs. The Regional Quarterfinals this past weekend featured all four representatives of District 24-4A. In a battle of District 24-4A rivals, the Cardinals defeated the...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle - For The Record The horizon was filled with black clouds gathering over the gulf and lightning strikes were just enough to make you wonder “what am I doing out here?” A close look at the Louisiana shoreline through binoculars revealed no rain but that was just a matter of time. All of us in the boat were in agreement that we stay put until the weather began to clear. While we waited to see if we were going to get to fish or have to run for shelter I noticed the streams of finger mullet and shad rolling out...
West Orange-Stark High School held their Athletic Banquet on Tuesday, May 17. Students who received awards are listed below. Most Valuable Player Baseball – Payton Robertson Boys’ Tennis – Dwaun Guidry / Carlos Guiterrez-Vilches Boys’ Basketball – Kentavious Miller / Nicholas Peeples Girls’ Basketball –Eriel Jordan Boys’ Golf – Cruz Hernandez Girls’ Tennis – Rita Jenkins / Caitlin Bullington Powerlifting – Keyshawn Holman & Ja’Tayjah Vital Boys’ Track – Chaka Watson / Jared Dupree Girls’ Track – Aaliyah Teel Volleyball – Aal...
The WOS Mustangs baseball team will play the Bridge City Cardinals in a best of three series beginning Thursday, May 19, at Lamar University, at 7 pm. Game two will be played Friday, May 20, at Jasper High School, at 7 pm. If necessary, game three will be played Saturday, May 21, at 11 am, at Jasper High School....
Capt. Chuck Uzzle - For The Record For the majority of our area students school is almost over for the year and the much anticipated free days of summer are now upon us. This time of the year that is tailor made for taking a youngster fishing. During the school year everyone is confined to schedules that only allow free time on the weekends, which coincidentally is when everyone else is free. The crowds are much larger on the weekends and who knows if the fish have figured out what Saturday and Sunday mean. It is awfully...
Dickie Colburn - For The Record “This Swim Bait is tough to fish through this slimy moss,” barked Marvin Denmer as he hurried his slime covered lure back across the surface.“I know this goo is in patches, but if you don’t hit an open spot, ninety percent of your cast is wasted.” His analysis was on the money, but our better redfish and flounder were holding in the small pockets in the slime and, while it was a lot more work, we were catching some pretty solid fish. Needing only two more flounder to fill their limits, I...
