Orangefield

[tabasco]

Orangefield seems to have a pretty good team this year by beating Nederland. Who all do they have?

[KFDM COOP]

OF boys 52, Nederland 49

NEDERLAND — The Orangefield Bobcats improved to 6-2 on the year with a 52-49 road win over the Nederland Bulldogs.

Orangefield’s Zach Hayes led all scorers with 19 points while also collecting 11 rebounds. Jeremy Granger finished with six points and 10 boards.

The Bobcats took a 14-7 lead after the first period and held a 25-18 advantage at halftime.

The Bulldogs came out strong in the third by outscoring the Bobcats 17-10 after the break to tie the score at 35.

Orangefield then outscored Nederland 17-14 in the game’s final eight minutes to grabbed the three-point victory.

Orangefield will play host to the Orangefield Tournament this weekend and start action at 7:30 p.m. Thursday by taking on the winner of the Buna-Sabine Pass.

[DP#1FAN]

Orangefield has a very good team this year. Do not look past them or you could end up with a lose. That district race will be much better this year with alot of teams playing better.

[baller001]

they will be a huge part of the 3rd place race in this district

[bobcatfan]

I've watched Orangefield play this year and they have a good team, they are improved from last year.  They have a few returning players, including point guard Jared Helton, and their best player from last years team, Jeremy Granger.  Granger is a post who isnt very tall for this district, but is very athletic, smart and can make shots and finish around the basket.  The biggest addition to the team this year is their talented 6'1 sophomore guard Zach Hayes.  He played the 2nd half of the year on varsity as a freshman getting some experience as a role player.  But this year he has stepped up and playing at a high level, rebounding, driving, and is draining 3's.  I think he's one of the players by the end of the year you will have to mention when you name the good players in this area.  In addition to Hayes, they a couple good three point shooters and have some good role players who hustle and play defense.  Orangefield isnt the type team though that will be winning in shootouts, more like lower scoring games.  The majority of their scores in which they win will probably be anywhere from the 40'-60's.  So far, HJ and Silsbee have shown they are very good and for real, but nobody else in the district has really stepped up and shown a lot yet.  If Orangefield can keep improving and playing to their strengths and abilities, its very reasonable to think they cant make the playoffs this year. 

On a side note, Orangefield's JV team (comprised mostly of sophomores) is very good, with only one loss this year.  2-3 of them could probably play on varsity, but i imagine they figured the boys would be better served getting a lot of minutes and experience on JV.  These guys will be able to step right into varsity next year and be as good as this years team or better.  So watch out for this team for the next 2 years after this year and beyond... 

[baller001]

if we are going to the JV level HJ JV is 8-0 on the year and if there wasnt 9 seniors on varsity atleast 4 of their players would be huge contributors on the Varisty level