Patriotism and pride are the order of the day for Old River-Winfree Founders Day, coming Oct. 12 at the community east of Mont Belvieu.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Lee College’s Cinderella slipper finally fell off Tuesday night.
Beaumont West Brook’s Hastin Dugas (1) is able to score against Clear Brook during Friday’s Region III-5A playoff game at Lee College. West Brook lost 74-68.
NORTH SABINE: Redfish are fair to good at the discharge canal on peeled shrimp. Black drum are fair around rock groins. Sand trout are good in the deep holes on shrimp.
A friend of mine spent four days on the bay last week and had a hard time finding enough profitable water to float duck decoys.
The Robert E. Lee Lady Ganders moved to 8-15 overall and 1-4 in District 24-4A play with Friday night’s easy 56-23 victory over Galena Park.
When was the last time you attended a Christmas parade in flip-flops and a short-sleeved shirt? When was the last time you wore shorts under waders for a week-long stretch of goose hunting? When was the last time you set your thermostat to 70 for an entire week in December?
The Ross S. Sterling Rangers have done a lot of wacky things during their two-year run of losing football games.
LA PORTE – The La Porte Bulldogs put together their best overall game of the season in scoring an easy 52-7 victory over Beaumont West Brook a couple weeks ago.
After falling to Crosby 35-17 to open District 19-4A play, the Barbers Hill Eagles easily could have folded up their tents and started planning for next football season.
MONT BELVIEU – There’s a reason the Barbers Hill volleyball team is a perfect 11-0 in District 19-4A play, and it’s very simple: A killer instinct.
The Robert E. Lee Ganders are slowly, but surely making believers out of some long-time football fans in Baytown.
CHANNELVIEW – The North Shore Mustangs look determined to win back the District 21-5A championship they lost to La Porte a year ago here on Friday night.
CROSBY — While Crosby’s football team certainly has some offensive weapons, it paled in comparison to what Summer Creek had on display Friday night.
It wasn't as easy as most folks expected, but the Baytown Christian Academy Bulldogs managed to pull out a 24-12 victory over the winless Northside Lions in a six-man football game on Friday night at Goose Creek Memorial High School.
SHELDON – It wasn't pretty on Friday night at Crenshaw Stadium, but the Dayton Broncos stayed unbeaten at 5-0 with a 24-6 victory over C.E. King in District 19-4A football action.
MONT BELVIEU – It’s only the third game of the District 19-4A football season, but for Barbers Hill and Kingwood Park, it is the biggest game of the year.
CROSBY – Over the last three weeks, the Crosby Cougars have played football teams with a combined record of 10-1.
TMK IPSCO and the American Red Cross are saying “thank you” by inviting military personnel, their spouses and dependent children for a day at Pirates Bay Water Park.
Mackenzie Carroll pitched a no-hitter over Channelview to lead Huffman to the 11-year-old Little League softball Texas East state championship. Front row, left to right, are Mackenzie Collins, Allie Humphries, Allyse Martin, Savannah Smith, Gabbie Forlini, Mackenzie Carroll, Bethany Sousa, K…
The Dirty Bay Banditz 12U won the 2012 Nations “Premier” Ultimate World Series. The Banditz went 7-1 and hit six home runs during the tournament. During the 2012 season, the team finished 78-23-6 and won 12 of 21 tournaments. They were second in state in the USSSA tournament. Front row, from…
HOUSTON — In front of a sold-out crowd at BBVA Compass Stadium, the Houston Dynamo defeated the New York Red Bulls 2-0 on Friday to move into first place in the Eastern Conference.
Satchell McElroy, a baserunner with Chuck McElroy New Balance, is called safe at third base just ahead of Allen’s John Waling last weekend during a summer league baseball game at Robert E. Lee.
NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on topwaters and soft plastics. Redfish are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains. Some birds have worked over trout.
NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on topwaters and Corkies. Flounder are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains. Redfish are good in the marsh on topwaters and Gulps.
America’s favorite pastime has become America’s favorite nap time.
Ross S. Sterling High School had two basketball players recently sign college scholarships.
Crystal Beach on Bolivar Peninsula was a rendezvous point for hundreds of teenagers in the late ’80s. Armed with pearl and red-tailed, tandem-rigged Lil’ Fishies, my buddies and I shouldered next to a dozen other anglers wading the edge of the pass.
HUNTSVILLE – The Barbers Hill Lady Eagles finished fourth in the Region III-4A golf tournament after shooting 351-346 – 697 over the 36-hole event at Raven’s Nest Golf Course.
NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on topwaters and Corkies. Flounder are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp and Gulps around marsh drains.
Brown University’s Madison Pepper (Ross S. Sterling) was just one of three to earn Collegiate Water Polo Association-Southern Division Awards last week.
MONT BELVIEU - The Barbers Hill Lady Eagles softball team found its proper footing on day one of the Huffman Tournament as it hosted two games Thursday and did so as a very inhospitable host.
The Sterling Rangers are 5-0 this season after a 7-0 win over Second Baptist Thursday on the first day of the Pasadena Invitational.
Bayou Bowl rosters named
The state has been allowed to reopen according to Gov. Abbott’s proclamation Tuesday in the wake of the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Goose Creek Memorial baseball team dropped to 1-3 Tuesday despite a strong pitching performance in a 1-0 defeat at home against La Porte.
The Goose Creek Memorial boys soccer team maintained a solid foothold on second place in District 22-5A with a 3-2 come-from-behind win Tuesday at home against Manvel.
Strong starting, finishing runs by Panthers leads to Patriot defeat
Avant Coleman of Goose Creek Memorial goes after the shot attempt by Crosby’s PJ Haggerty during Saturday’s Region 3 quarterfinal at Barnett Stadium. GCM prevailed 79-76 in overtime to advance to 7 p.m. today’s semifinal against Katy Paetow at the M.O. Campbell Educational Center in Houston.…
Patriots cement soccer sweep
Late 6-0 run in OT sends Patriots past Crosby in Region 3 quarterfinal
Houston Northside turned Thursday Class 5A Region 3 area basketball title game into a street fight, but the Goose Creek Memorial Patriots delivered the knockout blow.
It all comes down to two local rivals playing it out for a shot at the Class 5A sweet 16 in boys basketball.
The Barbers Hill softball team stands unbeaten after four games following a 4-0 win over Kingwood Friday afternoon.
It was quite the Barbers Hill High School way to open up a collegiate softball season.
By Alan Dale
Clutch free throws send GCM to Saturday matchup against Crosby
In a season where the Goose Creek Memorial boys basketball team recorded its first ever playoff win, could it be that it may go hand-in-hand with its inaugural postseason run?
In a matchup between the two top teams in District 22-5A boys soccer, the host Goose Creek Memorial Patriots fell behind early and couldn’t recover in a 4-1 loss to first-place Friendswood.
Check off chapter one in the new Baytown softball championship battle for the Sterling Lady Rangers.
Second straight year Crosby on to Region 3 hoops quarterfinals
GCM's first boys playoff win, Crosby moves on, Eagles are eliminated
The baseball season is upon Goose Creek CISD high school fans as it saw its first pitch Monday as Robert E. Lee played host to Dayton.
Lady Eagles bounced in area
The first live ocelot I ever saw was in a cage outside a furniture store in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico in the ‘60s. It was the most beautiful cat I had ever seen.
Barbers Hill graduate and University of Texas women’s basketball standout Charli Collier teamed up with Roppolo’s Pizzeria owner Marc Roppolo to give back to the Austin community in the wake of the winter storm.
As anticipated, the boys and girls basketball playoff schedule was sent scurrying following the winter storm and its aftermath this week.
Big time potential was in store for the Barbers Hill baseball team a year ago before it had to shut everything down in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Things were going so well last spring for the Anahuac Panthers baseball team.
Updated times, dates, locations of games as announced
It’s hard to talk about Barbers Hill basketball without mentioning Gaven Barber.
The Baytown high school softball programs were all hoping to make notable progress last spring and it appeared that objective could be met.
The Barbers Hill Lady Eagles basketball team will face No. 1 Richmond Foster 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Shadow Creek High School in a Class 5A area round playoff.
Maybe l should stick my hat around the door on a stick to see if anybody is going to take a shot at it since I’ve been saying Texas has the best winters in America. The forecast is now calling for a low temp of one degree above zero, Fahrenheit! Broken limbs and sometime entire trees litter …
Advance to play No. 1 Foster on Wednesday
First trip to postseason since 2015 could set tone for future
It’s playback time.
GCM wraps record-breaking regular season with win
Woody Raymond Walker, the first boys basketball coach at Sterling High School, passed away at the age of 90 Tuesday.
Three area girls basketball teams will begin their playoff journey this week and it starts tonight in Port Arthur when the Sterling Lady Rangers – making their first playoff appearance in six years – tip off against undefeated Beaumont United.
The Manvel Mavericks scored in the first minute of the match, added some insurance before halftime and used that start to gain pole position in a 3-0 victory against Robert E. Lee in Baytown Tuesday night.
With a chance to potentially improve its District 22-5A standing, the Sterling Lady Rangers basketball team dropped a 55-45 home decision against La Porte Saturday.
The Friendswood Mustangs used a 13-3 run to end the first quarter and used that momentum to hold on for a 55-42 victory Saturday in Baytown.
Every year about this time, some men and women go into something akin to mild depression. And please don’t think I’m belittling the post combat malady known as PTSD when I call it “After Hunting Season Downer”, or “AHSD”.
Barbers Hill drops contentious battle with unbeatens
Baytown schools stumble
It was a good day to be a senior and former prep football player in the Baytown-area.
The Super Bowl means something to a lot of people, but it doesn’t necessarily impact everyone equally.
The Goose Creek Memorial girls basketball team battled district heavyweights Manvel to a tight ballgame through the first half to see the Lady Mavericks pull away for a 54-40 win Thursday night.
Sterling splits two road games
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