Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Games This Weekend WEST ORANGE-STARK over HAMSHIRE-FANNETT—The Mustangs finally got that first district victory with hopefully many more to come. This very well could be the start of another long skein of league wins, but it won’t be easy Friday night because it’s on the Longhorns’ home turf. The ‘Stangs just need to continue doing what they did last week at Homecoming against Liberty. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over VIDOR—I’m picking this as my Upset Special because with...
Orangefield stormed out of the gate, sagged in the middle, and closed with a big bang in its first district game. The Bobcats defeated the Buna Cougars 28-14 on Friday night at F. L. McClain Stadium in Orangefield. The Bobcats (1-0, 3-2) dominated the first half and enjoyed a 21 point lead with less than five minutes left in the second quarter. The Cougars (0-1, 1-4) took advantage of a turnover early in the third quarter to cut the margin to seven points but could not get...
The district schedule began last week for the Orangefield Bobcats with a win. This Friday Orangefield plays only its second road game of the season at Anahuac against the very good Panthers. The Bobcats took a 21-0 lead against the Buna Cougars and appeared to be on their way to a romp. The Cougars fought back and actually had a tying touchdown called back because of a penalty for an illegal forward pass. A video of the play clearly showed Buna's Jacob Johnson lined up in the...
Texas hunters do everything big and that includes purchasing their firearms. Now the bigger is better theory has some merit but not when it comes to smaller hunters such as women or children. Picture this, the moment all hunters prepare for is at hand, the first big buck or giant Canada goose has come in to range and it's time to take the shot. The trigger is pulled and a shot rings out followed closely by a howl of agony from the shooter and a big "oh no" from their hunting...
The OJH cross-country team took on the Tony Munson Invitational course this weekend. The first to cross the line was Jaxon Agerton with a time of 12:07, which was good enough for the 5th place finish out of 237 runners. Next to cross the finish line was Nate Claussen, who ran a 12:58 for 24th place. Koa Sides would beat his personal record by two whole minutes to earn a new PR of 14:40. Our lone ranger, Kinslee Rush, would get a new PR as well. She ran a 17:19 to earn the...
Games This Weekend WEST ORANGE-STARK over LIBERTY—I don’t EVER remember the Mustangs losing four games in a row and I’ve been following them since Day One back in 1977. It’s also been a long time since the ‘Stangs finished below the .500 mark. With all that said, I think the Mustangs will be .500 in District 9-4A after Friday night. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over SPRING LEGACY SCHOOL—I don’t care if the Battlin’ Bears are playing the Dallas Cowboys Friday night, they are det...
It doesn't matter whether it's high school, college or pro football, basic long-range trends can be observed after the first three games of the season. High school and college teams are more difficult to figure because most teams have cupcake opponents during the first month of play. But that's not what happens in the NFL where schedules are figured by factors such as travel distance and future weather conditions in cities where fall weather is extremely hot and humid and weat...
The West Orange-Stark Mustangs started their district games last week at Silsbee hoping to snap a two-game losing streak. The Mustangs had a narrow lead in the second half before the Tigers rallied and won the game. The loss was the first for the Mustangs in a district game since Silsbee beat them in 2009. West Orange-Stark must bounce back this week to have any realistic chance at a district title. Dakarion Judge of the Mustangs started the scoring by stripping a Tiger...
The Bridge City Cardinals have their bye week, so there will be no game this Friday. The Cardinals are looking to regroup after losing their district opener a week ago to the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns. Bridge City's next football game will be against the Jasper Bulldogs on Friday, October 7, at 7:30 PM in Larry Ward Stadium....
The bye week for Little Cypress-Mauriceville is over, and the Bears resume game action on Friday. LCM plays the Legacy Titans on its new artificial turf field at Battlin' Bear Stadium. Coach Eric Peevey believes the Bears had a great week working out on the new field for the first time. "We were able to get on the field. We had some very competitive practices last week which was a great thing. We needed that to get those competitive juices flowing again to get back to playing...
The first place Bridge City Lady Cardinals remain undefeated in volleyball. The Lady Cardinals won both their matches last week over the Vidor Lady Pirates on Tuesday and the Lumberton Lady Raiders on Friday. Bridge City won the first two sets 25-16 and 25-13 against Vidor. The Lady Pirates won the third set 26-24 before the Lady Cardinals closed out the match in a tight fourth set 25-23 at the Bridge City High School gym. Three Lady Cardinals served 4 aces each Demi Carter,...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats won their match with the Buna Lady Cougars on Friday, September 23, in straight sets. The victory makes the Lady Bobcats 3-2 in district. Two of the three sets were actually very close. The Lady Bobcats won the opening set 25-22 before taking the second one 25-19. The third set was the toughest for Orangefield requiring extra play before the Lady Bobcats won 26-24 to win the match. Mackenzie Haley and Greenlea Oldham tied with 8 kills each. Lela...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville volleyball team won its third straight match on Friday, September 23. The Lady Bears swept the Jasper Lady Bulldogs in three sets at Jasper. The first two sets were dominated by the Lady Bears with LCM winning 25-6 and 25-9. The third set was a little closer with a final score of 25-16. Chrissy Joseph was the leader for the Lady Bears with 9 kills followed by Lindi Perry with five. Ava White served 5 aces to lead Little Cypress-Mauriceville. Hal...
Last Thursday, the Deweyville Pirates and the Buna Cougars came rolling into F.L. Mclain for a three-game extravaganza. The combined B team took the field first to try and sink the ship of the rival Pirates. The offense struggled early but found traction later on. Mikey Lecea was the lone offensive stand-out, as he easily had over 100 yards rushing and scored the only points for the Bobcats, with a touchdown run and a 2-point conversion. The defense did the best they could but ran out of gas as Deweyville sailed off into the...
All along the Texas gulf coast the pattern is the same, much anticipated cool fronts on the horizon will signal the frenzy that is fall fishing. Anglers of every description ready themselves with the latest technology and gear in hopes of finding flocks of gulls working over schools of hungry speckled trout and redfish. Shiny fiberglass cruisers masquerading as bay boats are stocked up with an array of tackle that would make most anglers drool with envy. It is the same...
Last Friday Bridge City lost more than a football game. The Cardinals had fewer points on the scoreboard when the game ended, but they also had fewer players available for this week's game which is the start of district action. The Bridge City loss to the Lumberton Raiders was a miserable game according to Coach Cody McGuire. "We're just ready to move on. It was a terrible game in all three phases. We lost a lot of kids early, and that had a huge effect on us," McGuire...
This has been a weird season for the Houston Astros as far as personal and team statistics are concerned. The Astros are near the bottom of the major leagues as far as their team batting average is concerned, yet at the top in American League victories and starting and relief pitching and near the top in home runs. It's no secret that the team has already qualified for the American League post-season playoffs, but going into Monday's game at Tampa Bay, either one more Astros...
Games This Weekend SILSBEE over WEST ORANGE-STARK—The defense that spurred the Mustangs on to win 18 straight district championships and has been one of the top models in the State of Texas for more than 40 years under Dan Hooks and Cornel Thompson, appears to be on vacation this year as it couldn’t stop the area’s best Class 3A team in the final minutes last week, so how can we expect it to even slow down our area’s best 4A team Friday night?? ORANGEFIELD over BUNA—Th...
The district games start this week for Orangefield against an old rival. The Bobcats enter district play though coming off their weakest performance of the season so far. The Bobcats travelled to Woodville and were beaten decisively by the Eagles 33-7. The loss evens Orangefield's record at 2-2 for the year. The defeat to Woodville was a combination of several factors for Orangefield. The number one factor according to Bobcat Head Coach Josh Smalley is the Eagles are very...
It was a seesaw battle between two good teams on Friday night in Newton. In the end the Newton Eagles grabbed a 24-21 win over the West Orange-Stark Mustangs. The loss was the second straight for West Orange-Stark (2-2). Newton (3-1) won its second straight game over opponents from two divisions higher. The Mustangs took the lead three different times in the game. Each time the Eagles would answer with a score of their own. The difference in the game was points after...
The district schedule begins this Friday for West Orange-Stark. The Mustangs start district carrying a rare two-game losing streak when they play state ranked and undefeated Silsbee. Two weeks ago the Mustangs lost at home to the bigger Port Neche-Groves Indians. Last Friday West Orange-Stark travelled to Newton and dropped a 24-21 decision to the Eagles. The Mustangs have not lost three straight games since the 2001 season. Coach Hiawatha Hickman of the Mustangs reminded...
This is the bye week for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears. They will be preparing for their next game in two weeks against Legacy School of Sport Sciences out of Spring. The Bears will have two weeks to put their last game behind them. Kinkaid a private school defeated LCM 23-6 in Houston last Friday. Little Cypress-Mauriceville is 2-2 on the season. The bye week is not really an off week for the Bears according to Head Coach Eric Peevey. "One thing we're going to do as...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals have opened district play with two wins. The first victory was three straight sets against the Silsbee Lady Tigers. Bridge City followed with a thrilling five set match against the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears which took two days September 13-14 to complete because of a power outage at the Dr. Pauline Colburn Hargrove Gymnasium. The Lady Cardinals won the first set and were leading in the second set when the power went out at the gym....
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears swept their match with the Vidor Lady Pirates on Friday, September 16. The win evened the Lady Bears record to 1-1 in district action. The first set was tied before the Lady Bears captured the last two points to take it 26-24. Little Cypress-Mauriceville had an easier time in the last two sets winning them 25-14 and 25-16 to complete the sweep. The Lady Bears were led by Hallie Maddox, Mariah Ammons, and Chrissy Joseph all with 4...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats lost for the first time in district to the East Chambers Lady Bucs on Friday, September 16. It was the third straight five set match for the Lady Bobcats since the start of district. Orangefield and East Chambers alternated winning sets. The Lady Bucs took the first and third sets while the Lady Bobcats won the second and fourth sets. The scores were 20-25, 25-23, 23-25, and 25-20 in those sets. The Lady Bobcats battled but came up short 13-15 to...
