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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In a season of record breakers, first place finishes, and conference titles, Yasmin Austridge has etched her place as one of the most decorated athletes to ever step foot in Lamar University’s track and field program. Looking to continue her historic season, the London, England resident arrived to the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA DI Track & Field West Regionals.

NEDERLAND — Officials with the Nederland Independent School District say upgrades that stem from a $150 million-plus bond issue are back on track. “The past six to eight months, things have really started coming together,” said Superintendent Dr. Stuart Kieschnick. “The supply chain issues have been straightened out.” Issues previously caused by inflation have also […] The post Nederland campus upgrades on schedule for summer completion; football press boxes next appeared first on Port Arthur News.

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont Emergency Hospital Babe Zaharias open wrapped up Friday afternoon at the Beaumont Country Club. Ou Olankitkunchai out of Thailand ran away with the title, finishing with a four round total of 21 under par. That was six strokes better than Canada's Mary Parsons. It's...

BRIDGE CITY — Chad Landry was named Bridge City’s interim head football coach less than a week ago, but he’s already setting the tone for the upcoming season. The Cardinals football program is entering a transition period following the unexpected resignation of previous head coach Cody McGuire. Despite the uncertainty surrounding the team’s future, Landry […] The post Bridge City’s Chad Landry talks about opportunity to lead football program appeared first on Orange Leader.

LAKE CHARLES, La. — The No. 1 seed Nicholls State University baseball team used a strong pitching performance by the SLC Freshman of the YearJacob Mayers to stay in the winners' bracket, eliminating Lamar University with a 4-0 victory Thursday afternoon in the 2023 Southland Conference Tournament at Joe Miller Ballpark.

BEAUMONT, Texas — Lamar University continued to put Nicholls’ pitching staff in tough positions throughout the game but the Cardinals never managed to get the key hit when they needed dropping a 4-0 decision to Nicholls on the second day of the Southland Conference Championships Thursday at Joe Miller Ballpark.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Harlingen cross country and track and field standout Dominick Luna will remain a Cardinal on the collegiate level. Luna signed a letter of intent to continue his running career at Lamar University in Beaumont. “Pretty exciting, I’d say,” Luna said. “Actually extremely scary, since it’s...

PORT NECHES, Texas — After leading her alma mater Nederland for seven seasons, Allie McDaniel is heading across the tracks to serve as Port Neches-Groves' head volleyball coach and women's athletics coordinator. McDaniel takes over the Rock-A-Noos after former Lamar volleyball player Bre'Ala Box stepped down following her one...

A year that started with great expectations, was plagued by an injury along the way, and ended with exaltation for Xander Parks the last week and a half of May. The Orangefield senior won the Class 3A individual state championship for golf during the two-day tournament held May 22-23 in Austin.

BRIDGE CITY, Texas — Bridge City's Cody McGuire has handed in his resignation after two seasons leading the Cardinals' athletic program and football team. The move will become effective in June. Superintendent Dr. Mike Kelly tells 409Sports he will serve as the interim athletic director until the position is...

BEAUMONT — A Beaumont man was recently approved by city council to continue providing swim lessons from his home. After an anonymous complaint was made to the city, Raymond Ford Jr. is glad to have official permission from Beaumont City Council to continue teaching others to swim. "It gave...

The Orangefield Bobcats have found their man to run the boys basketball program. Bryan Whitmire was officially introduced at Monday’s school board meeting. Whitmire spent this past season as an assistant at The Woodlands High School. Before that he spent 14 years in Buna, the last 12 as the head coach. The last eight seasons he took the Cougars to the playoffs.

Orangefield senior Xander Parks is the 3A State Golf Champion after shooting 142 at the Jimmy Clay Course in Austin. Parks, who recently signed to continue playing golf at Jacksonville College, was in second place after Day One. Day Two was a tougher day for most of the golfers but Parks kept a steady hand to bring home the victory. The first State Champion in a sport for Orangefield since Eric Eshbach won the pole vault in 1999.

The school board has final say in the new name of the stadium, but "Doggett Toyota" will be incorporated. The school board also has final say in renderings.

BEAUMONT, Texas — It's not an understatement to say that Lamar University had an exciting finish to the 2023 regular season. The Cardinals won four straight and six of seven to close out the year and moved from seventh in the conference standings up to third. The Cardinals will try and turn that momentum into a hot start at the Southland Conference Championships as they open the tournament against No. 4 seed New Orleans (33-22/13-11 SLC).

LAKE CHARLES, La. — For the first time in school history, Lamar University has won the Southland Conference Women's All-Sports Trophy announced league officials Wednesday morning at the conference spring meetings. Riding the success of team titles in soccer and outdoor track and field, and strong finishes in cross...

FRISCO, Texas — Lamar University senior catcher Ryan Snell has been named Southland Conference Player of the Year announced league officials Monday evening. Snell's honor headlines of list of three Cardinals receiving five honors on the 2023 SLC All-Conference team, and comes less than 24 hours prior to the start of the conference tournament in Lake Charles, La.

The Orangefield Bobcats saw their incredible season end Saturday in the third round of the 3A playoffs, losing to Central Heights 4-0 and the best of three series 0-2. Morgan Sampson got the call to start Game Two and he did not disappoint. The senior kept the Blue Devils off balance for five innings, posting one zero after the next.

Lone Star Gridiron's Tony Blalock sits down with coach Cody McGuire from Bridge City and they discuss what we can expect in 2023 from the Cardinals. Don't forget to subscribe so you can catch them all!

These are the young ladies who were chosen to be members of the 2023 22-3A All-District softball team as selected by the coaches. The teams that represented the district in the playoffs were Orangefield, Kirbyville, Kountze and Anahuac. Superlatives. AwardName(s)ClassSchool. District MVPJaden WheelerSrKirbyville. Offensive MVPEmily SmithJrKountze. Defensive MVPBecca DeHoyosSrAnahuac. Newcomer...