Kalairn Keaton is the WO-S Valedictorian and Chelsie Daniel is the Salutatorian.
LaShya Cole of West Orange-Stark signed a track scholarship to New Mexico State on Wednesday.
West Orange – Cove campus Teachers of the Year were honored Thursday night. They are Kurt Reeves, West Orange – Stark High School; Ola Conner, North Early Learning Center; Superintendent James Colbert; Yokishia Hope, WO-S Middle School; and Callie Orebo, WO-S Elementary.
West Orange-Stark’s Casey Chapman was crowned the 3A state champion in Headline Writing. He also placed 6th in Feature Writing
West Orange-Stark held its prom Saturday night. Chris James and Daijah Roberts were crowned King and Queen as they were selected by the senior class of 2014.
Winners of the WOS Athletic Banquet held Monday
WOS 4×200 picked up the silver medal for their second place finish Saturday with a time of 1:27.5. Kennedale won 1:26.3
Wednesday night former West Orange-Stark football coach Dan Hooks was inducted into the Greater Houston Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The event was held in the Carl Lewis Center at the University of Houston. Presenting Hooks with his wall clock is GHFCA President Mark Byrd.
Tuesday Derreashia Breaux Daughtery of West Orange-Stark signed to play basketball at Howard College in Big Spring, Texas
Lamar University softball coach Holly Bruder announced that three student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent this week to play for Lamar starting in the 2014-15 season. Signing with Lamar are outfielder Sarah Ragsdale (WOS), infielder Sabrina Reyes (Spring, Texas) and pitcher Annika Seedborg (Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.). With the four players signed in the fall, the Lady Cardinals will have seven new players next season. Ragsdale, a 2012 graduate of West Orange-Stark High School, is completing her sophomore season at San Jacinto College-South, where she hit .414 as a freshman with 33 RBIs. Ragsdale was San Jacinto College’s Student-Athlete of the Year and earned first-team All-Region XIV and All-South Conference honors.
Area Track Meets held Wednesday – Regional Track Qualifiers
3A Regional is at Turner Stadium in Humble April 25-26
WOS-Boys: 4×100, 4×200, 4×400, T.Fontenot (100), D.Thompson (HJ, LJ), W.Johnson (110H, 300H), C.James (200), D.Spencer (400), D.Bundage (800), A.Hogan (800). Girls: B.McDonald (100), L.Cole (400,LJ,TJ), A.Teal (200), 4×100, 4×200, 4×400. WOS girls team finished 2nd to Huffman and the boys finished 2nd to Coldspring.
21-3A Track Meet Results
Elijah Teel of West Orange-Stark committed to playing football at Kilgore Junior College next season. Teel was the leading tackler for the Mustang defense last season.
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs received their sixth oral commitment for the Class of 2015 on Tuesday. Tre’ Spencer, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound cornerback from West Orange-Stark has committed to the Bulldogs. Spencer played as both a wide receiver and defensive back last season as a junior. He caught 10 passes for 208 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. He is projected as a cornerback in college.
| 2014 All-KOGT Basketball Team | |
| Boys | Girls |
| LaQuarious Paige, WOS | Alexus Henry, BC |
| Ty Thompson, WOS | Kelsey Fults, BC |
| Trumaine Elmore, LCM | Eriel Jordan, WOS |
| Jace Robertson, LCM | Cassidy Webster, LCM |
| Alex Bingham, BC | Tori Thompson, LCM |
| Carmichael Wiley, OF | Caylin Choate, BC |
| Coach-Jason Wilkins, WOS | Coach-Jennifer Willis, BC |
| 21AAA All-District Basketball Selections District MVP: Kesha Broussard Sr. Hardin-Jefferson Offensive Player of the Year: Hannah Hulet Sr. Hamshire-Fannett Defensive Player of the Year: Deja Briscoe Sr. Buna Newcomer of the Year:Shayla Bratton Jr. Bridge City |
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| First Team All-District: Becca DeLord Sr. Hamshire-Fannett Camry Martin Sr. Silsbee Alexus Henry Jr. Bridge City Kelsey Fults Sr. Bridge City Shay Garsee Jr. Buna Eriel Jordan So. WO-S |
Second Team All-District: Derreashia Daugherty Sr. WO-S Morgan Worthy Jr. Orangefield Savannah Galloway Jr. Buna Caylin Choate Sr. Bridge City Eranishia Carmenar Fr. Silsbee Delani Crowder Jr. Hamshire-Fannett |
The district missed three days because of the recent weather. The state is waiving one of the days missed for students. Teachers will have to make up three days and students will have to make up two days. Students will have an early-release day of school on Good Friday, April 18. The teachers will stay that day for staff development. Schools in the district will also have classes on May 23 is now a full day instead of an early release day. Everyone will also go on May 26, which had been set aside for a possible make-up day. The last day of school for students will be June 6, which is a half-day for them. Teachers will have June 10 as a teacher work day.
| Coaches 21-3A All District Basketball TeamDistrict MVP- Laquarious Paige, WO-S, SR. Offensive MVP- Zjori Bosha, HJ, SR. Defensive MVP- Patrick Reed, Silsbee, SR. Newcomer of the Year- Michael McCain, Silsbee, Fresh. Co-Coach of the Year-Jason Wilkins, WO-S, Joe Sigler, Silsbee |
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| First Team All-District Chris Elam, Silsbee, SR. Dylan Mays, HJ, JR. Brandon Joubert, WO-S, SR. Zayon Jackson, Silsbee, SR. Alex Bingham, BC, SR. Carmichael Wiley, OF, SR. Ty Thompson, WO-S, SR. |
Second Team All-District Deonte Thompson, WO-S, JR. Kreston Richardson, Buna, JR. Matthew Kress, OF, JR. Paul Schneider, HF, JR. Tyler Edwards, Buna, JR. Jalen Hardaway, Silsbee, SR. Michael Saladin, HJ, Soph. |
For the first time, WOS had two finalists for the Willie Ray Smith Award. WOS’s Elijah Teal and Deionte Thompson were Defensive finalists with Deshawn Washington of Ned and CJ Levine of Memorial. . Offensive finalists include: Justin Hervey, RB, WBrook; Patrick Reed, QB, Silsbee; Jeremiah Rose, WR, PNG. Winners are in bold.
Chris James of West Orange-Stark signed to play defensive back with the University of Illinois.
The season came to an end for the West Orange-Stark Mustangs Friday with a 28-14 loss to Carthage in the 3A Division I Quarterfinal in Beaumont. Carthage took advantage of three first half turnovers to take a 20-0 lead at the half. But Thomarcus Fontenot changed that with a 98 yd. kickoff return to open the third quarter. WOS got the ball right back after the Bulldogs fumbled the kickoff but they gave it right back to them when a Dillon Cole pass was intercepted. Chase Rutledge came into the game for Cole and lead the Mustangs to their first offensive TD. Jack Dallas added the PAT to make it 20-14. WOS got the ball at their own 7 at the beginning of the fourth and put together a 13 play drive and had the ball at the 12 when Rutledge threw an interception in the endzone. Carthage took over at the 20 and the Mustangs looked to get the ball back after putting the Bulldogs in a 4th and 12 call from their own 17. Carthage Coach Scott Suratt made the gutsiest call of the night by going for it and QB Blake Bogenschutz ran 17 yards for the first. That kickstarted a 16 play, 93 yd drive that also took 8 minutes off the clock. They capped it with a TD and 2 point conversion for a 28-14 lead. WOS would commit their sixth turnover of the game as it came to a close, giving the Bulldogs the two touchdown victory.
WO-S basketball player Laquarious Paige signed Wednesday to play basketball at Indiana State University. Pictured are West Orange-Stark Athletic Director Cornel Thompson, Head Basketball Coach Jason Wilkins and Paige’s mother, Henrietta Paige. Indiana State finished the season 18-15 a year ago, finishing fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference. Paige will have a Texan for a teammate. Charles “Tre” Bennett III of Lamar-Port Arthur also signed a letter of intent Wednesday to play for ISU next fall.
The WOS Band received a 3 at the marching contest Oct. 19
The former Anderson Elementary School is ready to be turned into offices for the West Orange-Cove school administration. The move is expected to come in December after a slight delay in the renovation of the 1981 building. Contractors putting a new concrete parking lot on the Park Avenue side of the block had extra work to do. They uncovered concrete and rebar along with from a previous Anderson School. Was it the foundation of the first or the second Anderson school? The one standing now is the third Anderson, though it no longer has the name ‘Elementary School’ behind the title. Anderson Elementary was the first ‘suburban’ school for the city of Orange. The original town grew along the crescent of the Sabine River in what is now downtown or the southern side near the Port of Orange and the Cove neighborhood.
Friday night Derreashia Breaux-Daughtery was crowned homecoming queen at West Orange-Stark High School. The Mustangs beat Hardin-Jefferson 46-6.
Students at West Orange-Stark high school and middle school will be getting bus service home this year when they participate in after-school activities like sports and academic activities. The service will be offered only Mondays through Thursdays. The school board in a special meeting Monday night, Aug. 5 had a split vote for that decision. The board had spent nearly three hours during the past two weeks discussing the proposal. Then last night before a standing-room crowd, board members had almost two hours of discussion. The vote came after a strange development. The director of the transportation department, who oversees buses and bus drivers, said he needed to ask the school district’s attorney a question. Board President Pete Amy suddenly called a closed-door executive session for the board to meet with the lawyer. After coming out of the session, Board member Tony Dallas made a motion to delay the bus decision because of what he learned in the closed session. No one seconded the motion. Amy, who has argued the district can’t afford the bus service, moved not to offer the service. His motion, too, had no second. Board members Bryan ‘Chop’ Thomas Mohammed and Andrew Hayes made and seconded the motion to provide the four day transportation to a vote. Members Mary Ann Kirksey, Hardy O’Neal, Eric Mitchell, Mohammed and Hayes all voted for the service. Dallas after the meeting said he supports the bus transportation but wanted to delay the decision a week. Superintendent James Colbert and Finance Director Melinda James presented the prices on different options for service. The after-school bus service was provided for 30 years to participants in boy sports. The board in December 2008 voted to eliminate the service because of the costs. Amy was a member of that board. The reinstated service will be for boys and girls and all after-school activities including tutorials. Several board members are concerned about children walking home late at night after sporting events but the costs would be about $121,125 a year. The four-day-a-week after-school service will cost about $66,000 a year. The district already started a new budget. The option for paying for the service is for the costs to be absorbed by not hiring a new maintenance employee that was budgeted, and cutting back on all supplies 5 percent. The board will vote on the budget changes at a future meeting.
The West Orange Stark Mustangs had another banner season in 2012 going 13 and 1 before being eliminated in the regional finals by eventual state champion Navasota. Head Coach Cornel Thompson evaluated last season for the Mustangs. “We had a number of people that were returning especially on the defensive side of the ball and some on the offensive side of the ball with experience,” Thompson said. “It was a great run.” One advantage of advancing that far in the playoffs, Coach Thompson admitted, is it gave the coaches at West Orange Stark a chance to look at younger Mustangs brought up to the varsity. “Those extra days of workouts especially for your young kids, that looms huge,” Thompson explained. “We got four extra weeks of work with some of the young kids out here, so you start looking off of those workouts who may be your players for the next year that would be coming back and maybe what positions they would be in,” Thompson concluded.
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