Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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In all the major bay systems along the Texas gulf coast die hard big trout hunters are licking their lips in anticipation of finding that one truly big speckled trout of a lifetime. The late fall and winter months are regarded as the best times to pursue real wall hanger size trout, and here on Sabine lake we are no different. In years past we have seen some amazing things come our way to change the way we as anglers looked at fishing. Some or most of these ideas are not for...
Saturday was one of the biggest days of our granddaughter Jennifer Whitehead's life-she was the only female graduating from Lamar University with a degree in chemical engineering. And she received it with magna cum laude honors, after making nearly all straight A's during the four years in college and all straight A's during her four years at Barbers Hill High School. The whole clan was at the Montagne Center in Beaumont for that 10 a.m. ceremony and then went to Bruno's...
Written by Rick Reilly Sports Illustrated You can take all your Tiny Tims and your Grinches and your Miracles on Whatever Street and stuff them in your stocking. The best Christmas story is about a boxer. It starts the day in 1918 when a doctor tells a slender heavyweight named Billy Miske that his bum kidneys give him five years to live, if he's lucky. Turns out he's dying of Bright's disease. This comes as rotten news to Billy, who's only 24 years old and not half bad in the...
Bowl Games This Week Armed Forces Bowl—7 p.m. Today at Fort Worth, TX. (ESPN)—Army over Missouri. Frisco Football Classic—2:30 p.m. Thursday at Frisco, TX. (ESPN)—North Texas over Miami, O. Gasparilla Bowl—6 p.m. Thursday at Tampa, Fla. (ESPN)—Florida over Central Florida. Hawaii Bowl—7 p.m. Friday at Honolulu, HI. (ESPN)—Memphis over Hawaii. Camellia Bowl—1:30 p.m. Saturday at Montgomery, Ala. (ESPN)—Georgia State over Ball State. Quick Lane Bowl—10 a.m. Monday at Detroit, MI...
Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Class 6A Div. I—Galena Park North Shore (14-1) over Duncanville (13-1); Div. II—Austin Westlake (15-0) over Denton Guyer (14-1). Class 5A Div. I—Paetow (14-1) over College Station (15-0); Div. II—Dallas South Oak Cliff (14-1) over Liberty Hill (13-2). Class 4A Div. I—Stephenville (15-0) over Austin Johnson (15-0); Div. II—China Spring (25-0) over Gilmer (14-1). Class 3A Div. I—Lorena (13-2) over Brock (15-0); Div. II—Frankli...
The "Big Game" that everyone was waiting for with baited breath is happening Sunday at Jacksonville when the Jaguars are hosting the Houston Texans in the battle for the 2022 No. 1 draft pick, which would go to the team finishing the season with the funkiest record. One of the biggest reasons both of these teams are playing in the Super Bowl for Losers is that both first-year coaches Urban Meyer of the Jags and David Culley don't have a clue what it takes to win football...
In every sport there are different levels of accomplishment, different levels of skill. In baseball you have rookie leagues, minor leagues, and then you have the guys in the majors who are at the top of the food chain so to speak. Far too many times in publications just like this one, writers just like myself take for granted that everyone out there fishes just like we do. Nothing could be farther from the truth if you just get right down to it. I am by no means better or more...
The 2021 football season finally concluded for the last two teams in Southeast Texas, as the Bears and Mustangs both lost in the Regional Finals this past Friday night. The No. 4 state-ranked West Orange-Stark Mustangs finished the season with a record of 11-2 following a 31-14 loss to the No. 5 state-ranked China Spring Cougars this past Friday night at Tomball ISD Stadium in Tomball. China Spring (14-0) moves on to the State Semi-finals to face Cuero. The Mustangs jumped out...
This past weekend, the Orangefield Junior High Lady Bobcats traveled to Hardin-Jefferson for a tournament. Both teams had a strong showing, as they brought home 1st and 3rd place finishes! The 7th grade A-team took on Hardin-Jefferson for the first game on Friday night. The Bobcats went up early and never looked back! The leading rebounder and leading scorer, Madison McCormack, made sure the Bobcats stayed on top throughout the game. Coming out of the half, Olivia Smith...
Major League Baseball is on the verge of its first work stoppage since 1994--when the World Series was canceled for the first time--and will likely put a halt to all offseason activities such as signing free agents, extending existing contracts, modifying the 40-man rosters, players not being able to work out at team facilities and players having to rehab at a non-team facility. The lockout officially began at 12:01 a.m. last Thursday, but management negotiators left the MLB...
Some of the best days I have ever had as a fisherman happened in the Sabine River so to say I hold a fondness for that place would be an understatement. I have seen all manner of fish caught in those waters from bream to sharks and everything in between. I enjoy seeing other fishermen find success in the deep water and I really like it when it happens in the winter. For years we had such a solid program starting in the summer months and going all the way to January at times,...
State Semifinal High School Playoff Games This Week CLASS 6A Div. I—Southlake Carroll (14-0) over Duncanville (12-1), Austin Lake Travis (12-2) over Galena Park North Shore (13-1); Div. II—Denton Guyer (13-1) over Tomball (11-3), Katy (14-0) over Austin Westlake (14-0). CLASS 5A Div. I—College Station (14-0) over Mansfield Summit (11-3), Paetow (13-1) over Flour Bluff (12-2); Div. II—Dallas South Oak Cliff (12-1) over Lubbock Cooper (13-1), Crosby (12-2) over Liberty Hill (1...
West Orange-Stark senior Elijah Gales was named Most Valuable Player and Cornel Thompson Coach of the Year on the District 10-4A Division II All-District team. Two other Mustangs – Carmello Jones and Keyshawn Robinson – were named Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, and 10 other Mustangs were named first-team All-District, including two in two positions. Cristian Quiteno Polio was named first-team kicker and punter; Dakarion Judge was named first team wid...
WEST ORANGE-STARK (11-1) over CHINA SPRING (13-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Tomball ISD Stadium in Tomball-The Mustangs were defeated by the Cougars 35-22 at this time last year, but the Mustangs had several starting players sidelined after testing positive for COVID-19. This time the Mustangs are at full strength and in a revengeful mood and will pull of the big upset Friday night in Tomball. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE (11-2) over TYLER CHAPEL HILL (10-3) 7:30p.m. Friday at Cy-Fair F...
When West Orange-Stark beat Little Cypress-Mauriceville 39-20 on Sept. 3 for what turned out to be the first of 11 straight wins, few knew it was setting up what could be a December to Remember for Orange County football. Both LCM and WOS have made it to the Elite Eight round – the Region 3 finals – of their respective playoff brackets. The Battlin' Bears (11-2) take on Chapel Hill (10-3) in the Class 4A Division I regional finals at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Cy-Fair's Berry Cen...
It was a black Friday indeed for several teams in the high school football playoffs around the state of Texas as six defending state champions lost games. Better still is the fact that the last two teams standing representing Southeast Texas are both from Orange County. The No. 4 state-ranked West Orange-Stark Mustangs (11-1) did what the team always does and that is play a solid game of football and defeated what was considered by some to be a better Bellville football team,...
The first half of duck season came to an abrupt end for most local Texas Hunters this past weekend and on Sunday it closes for Louisiana hunters as well. Reports from all along the coast were almost mirror images of one another, plenty of water meant plenty of food and areas for birds to get comfortable. The biggest key to success for most hunters was plenty of scouting and being able to adapt to changes in flight patterns that seemed to happen daily. Despite the excess water...
I've been banging on a typewriter or computer for over half-a-century and can't remember a time when the city of Orange sent two football teams to the regional finals in the state tournament. Some of you gray-bearded old-timers running around town may remember something before I arrived on the scene in 1966, but I surely don't recall a phenomenon like this. What I'm trying to point out is that both the West Orange-Stark Mustangs and the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin'...
Playoffs: Regional Semi-final Results WOS 36 Bellville 17 LCM 24 El Campo 21 Texas High 44 PN-G 21 Waskom 42 Newton 6 Chapel Hill 41 Kilgore 35 China Spring 27 Carthage 17 Crosby 53 A&M Consolidated 50 Playoffs: Regional Finals No. 4 West Orange-Stark Mustangs (11-1) vs No. 6 China Spring Cougars (13-0), 7 p.m., Friday, Tomball ISD Stadium, Tomball Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin’ Bears (11-2) vs Tyler Chapel Hill Bulldogs (11-1), 7:30 p.m., Friday, Berry Center, Cypress...
Playoffs: Regional Semi-finals No. 4 West Orange-Stark Mustangs (10-1) vs No. 6 Bellville Brahmas (12-0), 6 p.m., Friday, Randall Reed Stadium, New Caney Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin’ Bears (10-2) vs No. 3 El Campo Ricebirds (11-1), 6 p.m., Friday, Woodforest National Bank, Shenandoah Playoffs: Area Results WOS 20 Jasper 7 LCM 42 Columbia 21 PNG 49 Montgomery 42 Carthage 42 Hamshire-Fannett 14 Newton 36 Dekalb 6 Columbus 42 Anahuac 34 Bremond 55 Evadale 19 Lorena 50 Woodville 6 Academy 42 East Chambers 33 Wortham 38 W...
WEST ORANGE-STARK (10-1) over BELLVILLE (12-0) 6 p.m. Friday at Randall Reed Stadium in New Caney-This very well could have been a battle of the unbeatens if inclement weather hadn't interrupted the Mustangs' season opener in the third quarter at Nederland with WO-S behind 13-7. If the 'Stangs can upset this foe Friday night, their reward will be facing another undefeated team-either China Spring (12-0) or Carthage (11-0) in the regional finals. EL CAMPO (11-1) over LITTLE...
Houston area fans who follow the city’s pro football, basketball and even baseball franchises haven’t had much to cheer about this fall. Baseball fans enjoyed a great regular season and most of the playoffs until Atlanta defeated the Houston Astros in six World Series games when they had only two healthy starting pitchers they could depend on. The need for both starting and relief pitchers was the top priority before spring training begins in February. The Houston Texans fan...
The 2021 football season continues for one more week for the Bears and Mustangs as both had solid victories this past Friday night in the Area round of the playoffs. Now each team will face its toughest opponent of the season. The No. 4 state-ranked West Orange-Stark Mustangs (10-1) defeated the Jasper Bulldogs 20-7 this past Friday at Beaumont ISD Memorial Stadium in a defensive slugfest. The Bulldogs struck first on a 61-yard touchdown pass for a quick 7-0 lead early in the...
As a youngster growing up fishing every piece of water I could find from canals to stock ponds as well as the occasional trip to the river or lake I can always remember carrying what I thought was the ultimate arsenal of fishing lures. On the top tray of my little orange 2 drawer tackle box was always a couple of spinner baits because they were just "money in the bank" as far as I was concerned. Beetle spins and H-n-H's in all manner of colors still attached to the cardboard...
Bridge City track standout Caryss Carpenter signed a letter of intent Monday with Sam Houston State to continue her sports career. An honor roll student with a 4.1 grade point average, Carpenter won District 22-4A titles in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump was twice all-district in volleyball and a four-time All-American cheerleader. Seen with Caryss is her mother Jill Mahan and father Roman Carpenter....
