Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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“How does he cast?” “Does he drive his own boat?” “Who ties his lures on for him?” Those were just a few of the questions members of several high school bass teams whispered to one another as they crowded nearer to talk with Clay Dyer.The Alabama pro fishermen was on hand to speak to the huge crowd at the First Baptist annual fish fry and he was already amazing folks well before he ever picked up a microphone. One of the youngsters summed it up best when he stated, “I’ve been standing here twenty minutes just watching him si...
For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle You ever wonder what a 64 pack of Crayola crayons, 31 flavors of ice cream at Baskin Robbins, or bags of assorted candy have in common? The answer is they offer something for everyone because we all don’t have the same taste. If everyone did things exactly like everyone else then life would be ridiculously boring and mundane. It’s choices and options that give each individual the opportunity to succeed and sometimes those options and choices are a little different than what some people con...
For The Record In nearly a decade and a half on the job, Chad Landry knows baseball coaching. It’s coming in handy with the 2017 Bridge City Cardinals. He said “never” in 14 years as a head coach, nine of them at BC, has he had a team this young. Eleven of the Cardinals’ 15 varsity players are new this year, about what you’d expect after losing 12 seniors from last year’s Region III-4A semifinalist. “It takes a good mixture of patience and knowledge,” Landry admitted. “But...
KAZ’S KORNER Jerry Jones must either be an eternal optimist or is just plain stupid. After announcing last week the flamboyant Dallas Cowboys’ owner would release 14-year veteran quarterback Tony Romo, he got wind that the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans are VERY interested in obtaining his services to their respective NFL teams. So Jones applies the brakes to his original plan and tests the marketplace to find out just what his fragile signal-caller is really worth. He checked his phone lines several times to make sur...
For The Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle This week marks the annual hiatus from school that kids of all ages look for once the Christmas holidays are over, spring break is here! During this week off from the rigorous demands of reading, writing, and arithmetic you can rest assured that a cry will rise up from the masses that there is nothing “fun” to do. Video games have long been mastered and challenges are getting more difficult to come by every day, give your student a first hand look at some real life they may have never see...
The Orangefield softball team traveled to Sabine Pass tonight and defeated the Lady Sharks 14-0 in 5 innings. Kaylee Ancelot went 5 innings giving up 1 hit with 9 strikeouts. Top Hitters: Junior Kinley Gipson was 3 for 4 with a double and 3 RBIs and 1 run scored. Junior Kristin Broussard was 3 for 5 with a double, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Junior Kaylee Ancelot was 2 for 5 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI. The Lady Bobcats are scheduled to play Huffman Friday night with the JV beginning at 4:30....
KAZ’S KORNER Most of the big businesses and corporations in the United States are striving to expand globally. This also is true for what used to be America’s favorite pastime—the sport of baseball. Quite a number of sports are played by the same rules around the world including soccer, golf, tennis, track and field just to name a few. Baseball has been expanding its territory from North and South America, Korea and Japan to many other countries, which is evident in this year’s field in the World Baseball Classic which w...
For The Record Capt. Dickie Colburn In the pre-dawn darkness Saturday morning, Nellie Miller was racing around encouraging anyone launching their bass boat to sign up at the last minute and fish the LCM Project Graduation tournament. While the odds of adding any unsuspecting anglers to the field were not in her favor, she would, surprisingly enough, still be rewarded for her persistence! With the tournament scheduled to kick off in the next few minutes, as far as Miller was co...
Photo: Steven Juranka took this 9 pound 5 ounce largemouth from the south end of Toledo Bend on shallow flat near much deeper water. For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle Show me an angler who shuns deep water and I’ll show you a fisherman who’s missing plenty of fish. With so much attention being paid to shallow water angling these days it’s no wonder your local fishing hole is growing more crowded by the day, everybody wants to be in the “skinny water” because that’s where the g...
CUTLINE: Bridge City High School football players Cayce Draper, left, and Trace Moore take a beat Monday after signing letters of intent to continue their football careers at Louisiana College, a NCAA Division III program in Pineville, Louisiana . Trace Moore and family at signing. Willie Ray Smith Nominee and All District running back Cayce Draper and All District Offensive Lineman Trace Moore from Bridge City High School signed Letters of intent to the Louisiana College...
The Lady Bobcats went 1-1 today at the Woodville tournament. Defeated Kirbyville 3-1. Kaylee Ancelot got the win on the mound giving up no earned runs on 2 hits with 5 strikeouts and 1 walk in 5 innings of work. Top hitters: Junior Kristin Broussard was 1/3 with a double and a run scored. Junior Kaylee Ancelot was 1/3 with a HR. Freshman Tiffany Ciangclione was 1/3 with a run scored. Faith Fregia had an RBI. Lost to Huntington 5-4. Ancelot took the loss going 5 innings with 6 strikeouts, 7 hits and 3 earned runs. Top...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Honey Bears traveled to Goose Creek Memorial High School this weekend for an HTE Dance Competition. They scored enough points for a Division 1 rating in each of their four routines, which earned them a Sweepstakes Award. Their High Kick Routine won 1st Place Kick in its category. They also won a special award for Choreography. The team includes Juliann Jennings (Captain), Hanna Sadler (Co-Captain), Allison Ball (Lieutenant), Tilor...
KAZ’S KORNER When I was a tow-headed kid growing up in Upstate New York, March was an exciting month because I knew that in just another few weeks the bell would ring to begin the major league baseball season. Although the snow was still waist deep on most of the baseball fields around town, I knew it would soon be gone and we could start playing pitch-and-catch and fielding grounders and fly balls. Once the season began, I knew the starting lineups of at least five major leag...
FOR THE RECORD: Capt. Dickie Coburn The revelation for local anglers in regards to consistently catching trout and redfish in Sabine lake when the wind seemingly howls every day has been that the fish are still there and can be caught.It is absolutely critical that you do not challenge Mother Nature when she is in an especially bad mood, but you can still safely catch fish on days best suited for drying the wash on a back yard clothes line. Aside from the inconvenience and perhaps being forced to fish an area that you did...
For The Record - Capt. Dickie Colburn After all but striking out the previous day in perfect conditions, I was less than excited about the prospect of catching fish the following day.I was even less excited when I got home and saw the miserable weather forecast. A quick courteousy phone call to inform my clients as to how tough it had been and discuss the approaching storms for the following day proved to be a waste of time.“We are coming anyway,” was not the response I was...
For The Record - Capt. Chuck Uzzle It is always the intent of any fisherman to do battle with a mighty fish, a giant of epic proportions that will live forever in memories for years to come. For most folks who do not regularly inhabit offshore waters your choices of really big fish to catch are rather small. The occasional redfish of 35 to 40 inches are often the biggest boys in the neighborhood next to alligator gar or maybe a big catfish. You can add another name to the...
For The Record - Joe Kazmar GRANDSON LOGAN SMITH MAKES COLLEGE BASEBALL DEBUT AT LSU It was fairly early last Wednesday morning when my physical rehab therapist Teresa Caraway was working me out hard enough to see a couple of beads of sweat on my brow when the telephone rang, interrupting her torture tactics. It was my grandson, Logan Smith, who sounded excited over the news he was about to tell me. “I made the traveling squad, Pa Joe,” he blurted out. This was a great follow-...
WILL ASTROS INCREASED PAYROLL BUY THEM THE 2017 PENNANT? For The Record- Kaz Kazmar It’s hard to believe that New England’s unbelievable comeback to win Super Bowl 51 has barely sunk in (it probably hasn’t yet around the Atlanta area) and major league baseball’s spring training already is beginning this week at the various sites in Florida and Arizona. After spending decades training at their site at Kissimmee, Fla. the Houston Astros have moved their entire caravan to their brand new location at West Palm Beach with their m...
For The Record- Capt. Dickie Colburn We had finally caught three or four trout on consecutive casts after struggling most of the morning when 14-year old Jordan Leander’s cork bobbed once or twice before slowly sliding beneath the surface.“That is a weird bite for a trout or red,” I thought as the cork remained in place even as Jordan reeled in the slack line. His hook set resulted in a serious bow in his rod, but it was obvious that he wasn’t making any headway as we continued to drift across the flat. The only time he gain...
For The Record- Capt. Chuck Uzzle Any tackle geek knows they are the next great weapon in the angling arsenal, saltwater spinnerbaits have come to the coast and the redfish have a new enemy. They come in array of different colors and each one does a little something different that sets it apart from the competition. Truth be told there are 2 basic styles and they both do a great job catching fish. The most common style is the “safety pin” style, famous in bass fishing circles and the one most known by Texas anglers. The oth...
PATRIOTS VALIDATE THEIR DYNASTY THEORY For The Record - Joe Kazmar Super Bowl LI very well could have been what the National Football League was in desperate need of—a super-exciting game that set many Super Bowl records. After wallowing through a tough season marred by non-competitive games, declining ratings, terrible officiating and awkward national anthem protests, Sunday night’s game may have righted an NFL ship that was appeared to be slowly sinking. Once again the combi...
For The Record -For The Record- By Capt Dickie Colburn Afternoon after afternoon and weekend after weekend, Michael Vaughan and his seven year old daughter Karsyn climbed into their deer stand and waited for a shot at a special deer.From Day 1 until the final day of youth season and regardless of weather conditions, they repeated that scenario. It was not that she had not had several other opportunities that she patiently passed on nor was it the mounting pressure of having...
For The Record -Capt. Chuck Uzzle As far as I am concerned February and the weeks leading up to March have to be some of the best times on the calendar for a wide variety of reasons. Spring is closing in and everything starts to heat up, especially the fishing. Anglers all over the state look forward to this month with great anticipation every year because in just about any body of water you fish, fresh or salt; you stand an excellent chance of doing battle with a career fish. Freshwater anglers have long known the magic...
For The Record -For The Record- By Capt Dickie Colburn How can you be absolutely sure it’s the first day of the High School baseball season?You climb out of your truck wearing shorts and a wind breaker only to notice that every other parent or grandparent huddled behind the backstop is wearing an insulated jacket or wrapped in a blanket.Only the women were practical enough to bundle up in sleeping bags! I mention this only because I, too, initially had on shorts Saturday morning, but fortunately also had warmer clothes in t...
SB 51 FEATURES HIGHEST SCORING TEAM VS. STINGIEST TEAM For The Record- Joe Kazmar I’m hoping that Sunday’s Super Bowl is not as disappointing as the 2017 National Football League playoffs have been so far. Only two games were exciting until the final play and coincidentally they were the only ones of the entire three playoff rounds that were categorized as bona fide upsets. In all of the other games, the team that was favored won and covered the point spreads. Our Dallas Cowboys were favored by four points to beat the Gre...
