Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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How many times have you had it happen to you? After hours of fishing, struggling, changing baits, and changing tactics it finally happens, the fish finally decide to cooperate and all is right with the world again. That brief period of euphoria wipes away all the memories of cold boring hours spent probing empty acres of water; it’s the opportunity we all search for yet only few find on a consistent basis. Those few fishermen who routinely find these brief periods where fish g...
Head Football Coach Eric Peevey released the names of players for the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears named as all-district selections. Nineteen Bears were chosen to the First Team, Second Team or Honorable Mention by the coaches in District 10-4A Division I. Here are the Honorees: FIRST TEAM OFFENSE FIRST TEAM DEFENSE Dylan Payne QB #16 Luke McDow LB #5 Jonah Fuller RB #22 Tucker Floyd LB #28 Khayden Reed WR #1 DeMarco Bandiero DT #44 Carson Phelps OL #79 Eddie Winters DE...
Last year was a good campaign for Little Cypress Mauriceville in girls basketball. The Lady Bears will look to rebuild this season and still make the playoffs with a young group of players. LCM finished in second place during district and completed last season with an excellent 28-10 record. The Lady Bears won their first playoff game before losing and being eliminated in the second round of the post season. Lady Bear Coach Eddie Michalko was proud of the performance by his gi...
The Bridge City girls basketball team was very young last year so had to play through some growing pains. The Lady Cardinals are showing the promise this season that they will make the playoffs and contend with the top opponents in the district. Coach Larry Sterling moved back to Bridge City last year and took over the girls basketball program. "We had kind of an up and down season, but we had a young team last year sporting five freshmen and four sophomores. We have a lot of...
A steady stream of boats, hunters, and dogs crowded the local launches Saturday morning as the Louisiana duck season officially opened just one week after Texas got started. Adams bayou, the Vinton Drain ditch, CowBayou, and Hiway 82 towards Holly Beach looked like a parade route as local hunters descended on the marshes in anticipation of legal shooting light and the first flight of ducks. As expected it was a very hit and miss proposition to say the least. The current state...
The football season came to end for Orangefield the second weekend of November, but Bobcat fans can begin to root for their boys and girls basketball teams. Orangefield had a great weekend for the girls varsity and junior varsity basketball teams. The varsity Lady Bobcats won 57-20 over Newton at the Orangefield Gymnasium on Saturday, November 11. The win moved Orangefield to 2-0 on the young season. The Junior Varsity played in the Bridge City Classic over the weekend. In...
All four of the teams from District 10-3A in the UIL state playoffs including the Orangefield Bobcats were eliminated in the first round held Thursday and Friday, November 9-10. The district's coaches have released their All-District selections. Below are the Bobcats that were chosen for All-District honors. Defensive Newcomer if the Year - Kaleb Menard (SOPH) 1st Team Offense Running Back - Mason Manning (SOPH) Offensive Line - Ethan Brown (JR) Punter - Caleb Fregia (SR) 1st...
The All-District selections for volleyball in 19-4A as selected by the coaches were released the second week of November. The Bridge City Lady Cardinals and the Little Cypress Mauriceville Lady Bears were well represented in the coaches' choices. Demi Carter of Bridge City was honored as the district MVP by the coaches. Lady Cardinals Lexi Nugier and Cambree Lacomb were named the Defensive Player of the Year and the Setter of the Year respectfully. Three Lady Bears got...
The football season for Orangefield came to an end on Thursday, November 9, at Lumberton. The Bobcats were crushed by the Woodville Eagles 51-7 in the first round of the state playoffs. Orangefield (5-6) finished the season losing its last three games. With the victory Woodville (8-3) advanced to the area round of the post season. A steady drizzle fell throughout most of the game. The wet conditions did not seem to bother the Eagles very much who lost the ball the only time...
Two outstanding student athletes at Bridge City signed their letters of intent on Wednesday, November 8, to play their sports at the collegiate level. Carson Fall signed to play softball at the University of Kentucky, and Demi Carter signed to play volleyball at Angelo State University. The signing ceremonies took place in the competition gym at Bridge City High School. Jamie DeShazo the Girls Coordinator for athletics at Bridge City led the event. DeShazo introduced Carter...
The volleyball season came to an end for Bridge City on Tuesday, November 7, after reaching the regional quarterfinal of the state playoffs. The Lady Cardinals lost in four sets to the Huffman Lady Falcons at Lee College in Baytown. The two teams finished in first place in their respective districts. Bridge City won two matches with Lumberton and Vidor to determine the champion of District 19-4A. Huffman went undefeated in its district. The Lady Cardinals advanced to the...
There are very few things that are as satisfying as a well thought out plan coming together and for many local hunters that’s exactly what this past weekends opener provided. Nice temps and light winds greeted local hunters as they took off into the woods and marshes as the 2023-24 Texas general hunting season opened up on Saturday. Deer hunters and waterfowlers converged on their favorite spots as months of anticipation, planning and waiting turned into great expectations a...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals have reached the regional quarterfinals of the UIL state volleyball playoffs. The Lady Cardinals will face the always tough Huffman Lady Falcons on Tuesday, November 7, in Baytown's Lee College at 6:00 PM. This is a rematch of last year's third round of the playoffs between Bridge City and Huffman. The Lady Cardinals advanced to this round with a four set win in the area round over Henderson played Thursday, November 2, in Huntington. Bridge...
Little Cypress Mauriceville finished the regular season with a win last week. Now the Bears open the post season against a team they faced two years ago in the fourth round of the playoffs. The Bears went to Huffman with second place in district already sewn up for themselves. LCM defeated the Falcons 42-28 to improve to 6-4 on the season and conclude district with a 4-1 record. Coach Eric Peevey thought it was a great week for his Bears. "We finished off district with a road...
A blowout win by West Orange-Stark concluded the regular season. Up next is a post season date with a familiar foe for the Mustangs. The final district game of the year saw West Orange-Stark go to Sour Lake to play the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks. The Mustangs came home with a 61-7 victory to even their record at 5-5 for the overall season and 3-3 in district. Coach Hiawatha Hickman of the Mustangs reflected on their lopsided triumph. "It was good to finish things up in district...
Orangefield received a double dose of bad news last Thursday, and both items will impact this week's game for the Bobcats. First was the injury status report for one of the team's leaders, and that was followed by a loss which dropped the Bobcats into third place in the district standings. Starting inside linebacker Kyle Michael hurt his knee in the previous game against Kirbyville. Michael, his parents, and eventually the Orangefield trainer were informed on Thursday prior...
The Orangefield Bobcats scored first but the East Chambers Buccaneers came back and scored four times to take control of the game. The Bucs won the game 28-6 to earn second place in the district over the Bobcats on Thursday night at F. L. McClain Stadium. Orangefield (5-5, 4-2) closes the regular season with back-to-back losses to East Chambers and last week to the district champion Kirbyville Wildcats. East Chambers (8-2, 5-1) won its fifth straight district game since...
“You remember when….” is a question that I am hearing all too often these days, especially when I am talking to water fowlers. Less than a decade ago our area marshes were a haven for all types of migratory birds, world class wing shooting at its best. The skies were filled with ducks and geese and the local hospitality and great Cajun cuisine made this part of the world a magnet for hunters from all around the globe. Well the food and hospitality are still here but the birds...
The Bridge City Cardinals will close out their football season on Friday. The game will be played for pride by the Cardinals and for a teammate who will not be able to make the trip to this final game of the year. Bridge City played a physical game last week with the Silsbee Tigers. The Cardinals lost 33-7 to the state ranked Tigers. The game was close up to about half time when the Tigers scored late in the second quarter to open their lead and swing the momentum in...
The battle for the district championship did not turn out the way Little Cypress Mauriceville wanted it to go. The Bears will play their district finale before preparing for the start of the post season next week. Little Cypress Mauriceville fell behind the Lumberton Raiders 24-0 before scoring a touchdown for the final points of the game. The Raiders clinched the championship staying undefeated in district with a single game left on the schedule. LCM Coach Eric Peevey...
This past week was the bye week for West Orange-Stark. This week is the final game of the regular season and then next week is the first round of the state playoffs for the Mustangs. With their bye week so late in the season the Mustangs took the time to heal up some injuries from the first nine weeks of the year and especially the Week 9 contest. "The Jasper game was a real physical game. We had some Mustangs banged up. We were able to get those guys some rest and get some tr...
There will not be a district championship this year in football for Orangefield. The Bobcats will be playing this week for second place in the district with the playoffs a week away. The Bobcats played at Kirbyville last week and suffered their first loss in district action 34-19 to the Wildcats. Kirbyville completed district 5-1 to claim the district championship since the best Orangefield can do is match the same district record but the Wildcats own the tiebreaker by virtue...
Sole possession of first place in the district was on the line Friday night. The Lumberton Raiders led most of the game and defeated the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears 24-7 at Battlin' Bear Stadium. The two teams came into the contest with identical 5-3 records and were 3-0 in district. With the win Lumberton is now 4-0 in District 10-4A Division I one game ahead of LCM with one game remaining on the regular season schedule. The Bears received the opening kickoff and got a...
The queens of Orange County volleyball had their crowns jostled in the middle of October before getting them straightened last week. The Bridge City Lady Cardinals are the champions of District 19-4A, and topped that by winning their bi-district match with Hardin-Jefferson in four sets to advance to the area round of the state playoffs. The Lady Cardinals came out and took the first two sets 25-16 and 25-21 before Hardin-Jefferson narrowed the lead taking the third set 18-25....
The West Orange-Stark Mustangs lost another heartbreaker at Dan R. Hooks Stadium on Friday night. The Mustangs failed to hold a seventeen-point lead in the second half and lost 41-38 to the Jasper Bulldogs. With the loss West Orange-Stark (4-5, 2-3) will be able to finish no better than fourth place in the district and will be forced to play the first place team in District 10-4A Division II which will most likely be Bellville which eliminated the Mustangs in last year's...
