pigskinmom

i don't know about it going as far as being an indicator of manhood or not, but i think it is a little overkill for something that is only used a handfull of times each year...especially when you consider that just across the parking lot, you have classrooms that leak when it rains :

They could mix all 4 school colors and be the Fighting Rainbows.  ;D

...i dunno, i think when you mixed the red & orange & green & blue you'd get...mud

they could be the mighty mudbugs

I’d never say, “Never,†but there’s a lot of history and emotion working against it.

Long ago, before most of you were born—and aren’t those words enough to turn you off—so why don’t we take a break so all disinterested parties can tune out.

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OK, if anyone is still here: Back in the mid-1960’s Orange Stark was the big 4A school, 4A being what 5A is now. And this was back in the days of segregation. Bridge City was 3A (today’s 4A), West Orange was 2A (3A), Little Cypress and Mauriceville were separate schools, and Orangefield was Orangefield.

Stark had the size, but West Orange had the money. The Orange people wanted to tap into the money, and so they tried to push the idea of a big merger. Stark and West Orange for sure, plus Bridge City and Little Cypress. And maybe Orangefield.

When it was put to a vote, the people in Orange always approved it. The people in the other communities always voted it down by a huge margin. So Orange went to Plan B. They dissolved the Orange ISD, and forced the West Orange ISD to take them over. I think the court battles over that went on for years.

At the same time the integration process resulted in a lot of “White Flight†to the West Orange schools. And with West Orange ISD in control, the West Orange schools got the best of everything, and the Orange schools got the meager leftovers. There was a lot of bad blood between the two high schools.

In the late 1970’s economics finally forced a merger between West Orange and Stark, but there was still a lot of mutual animosity to overcome.

So don’t expect Bridge City, Orangefield and LC-M to go along with any merger with Orange. They’ve been fighting to maintain their independence for decades and are not going to just give it up.

very interesting, i never knew the parts about bridge city orangefield & lcm

The season is not over yet. I say they beat Lumberton tommorow night everyone charge the field and take down the goal post...party at LCM tommorow night Whooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

just don't touch the scoreboard...it might cause the bear graphic to emit that awful sound that passes as a growl.. ;D

what a NIGHTMARE!  for grins...add to the thought who would be the ad?

;D ;D ;D Some of Silsbee players was talking that crap earlier in the season. Kirbyville will be too much. Hopefully our defense get right and it could turn out to be a blowout just like Newton did yall.

now my man makes a positive reference to the mighty purple whom he scoffs at on another thread?!  maybe the guy can be taught! ;D

i see...kind of like siblings who argue amongst themselves...

it's all for grins & giggles unless you speak out against wos or the l-rain...then the smite god sends fire down upon you!

an indian rooting for big ned?????

im confused.  ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

don't you get kicked out of the wigwam for that kind of stuff?! ;D

Bottom line is...all of these kids LIVE in the WOS district.

they thomas guys had a parent employeed with lcm district at the time.  that is how they went to lcm...i don't know facts about the others.

How close are you to the LC-M situation pigskinmom?????  I bet we know each other or at least have some common friends

very possible

how about every team play one friday night at a time!

LC-M over Lumberton

could happen...never look more than one week ahead

Gee, we've already played this game hundreds of times this week. The real game could be anti-climatic. lol

haha

With the assumption that Lumberton beats LCM. You got to be careful of those " we've already won " games.

too true

For as long as I can remember, LC-M has accepted WO-S rejects.  There is a reason they left WO-S and it usually means baggage or problems.  If they can play, they will stay there.  LC-M needs to change the entire mindset of the community.  It is tough to discipline there because this parent or that parent is friends with the Supt. or a board member and if you try to take care of an issue, you get a call.  The years that LC-M was successful, they had a great core group that worked very hard and understood how to win.  I think the expectation of the program is to be competitive and not have parent calls.  I don't know how many times I have heard that we produce good citizens here at LC-M.  If that is the measure of the football team, then don't get on the coach for going 3-7.  It all starts at the top and very few elementary teachers that move up the ladder in administration understand how improtant a successful football team is to a school, a town and a community.

pretty close to hitting the nail on the head with that one.  i would have to add that within the district as long as everything looks good on the outside, to the public, then all is well... :

the field that was awful, but that was not the reason that wos had problems.  that was a different lcm team out there then.  they busted their butts that night.  maybe that is what hurt them for the year, to hold wos & go into ot, maybe they got overconfident?  i kind of doubt it though.  i think the problems are run, run, run & those little squib kicks...

good post wos87

It's hard to believe Hillsboro only has 461 students.  Passing thru it on I-35, it appears to look larger. 

that's just the outlet mall!  ;D 

make a negative statement about kirbyville & my sad little karma drops even further.  good thing i don't have a delicate ego!

1 state trophy...how cute that would be...compared to how many that are sitting just a few miles away?

As far as the actual playing surface HJ has to be the worst.  Soccer pounds it so tight it's like playing on concrete in spots.  No grass on some areas of the scoreboard end also due to soccer.  Liberty runs a close second.  HF stands are horrible as are EC and Buna.

you are telling me that 6 months after soccer season ends, they can't have a field in shape?  grass seed...they sell it almost everwhere...

mess with the bull, you get the horns!

GET READY FOR KIRBYVILLE IN 2A NEXT YEAR!

blah blah blah...the khs/nhs games were some of the most anticipated years ago....it would be great to see them face off again.  i'm sure barbay & co. are ready for the bull, it's horns & all of the other bull (from the other end)too....

just what were the stats from when nhs & khs played?  hhuummm?

LC-M's athletic program is not a joke. . just the football team. Check the facts before you make another ignorant statement

many of the schools other teams are dominate in their sports, football is just uuummm...lacking...

if kville goes to 2a, could they end up playing newton again?  they are afraid of purple... ;D