Mason Youngblood, a swim coach at Silsbee High School and a social studies teacher at the middle school, has accepted the position of head swim coach for men and women at Dordt University in Sioux Center, Ioway. He begins duties there in July.He started swimming at the age of eleven competitively…
Less than two weeks after flooding had closed highways between Silsbee and Kountze, new storms in Hardin County and to the north brought flooding again to the area last week, and this time caused damage to several properties in the area.The first heavy storm came on Monday of last week, with an…
There were not just one or two, but several signs up and down FM 418 and Hwy 327 the latter part of last week and early this week stating, “Road Closed Due To High Water.”Barricades accompanied each sign, making it necessary to go off the highway and onto the shoulder in order to go around them and…
A poster in the window of a flower shop reads: Mother: First friend, best friend, forever friend.How true that is. There may not be a lot communication while the baby is still in its mother’s womb.But after the pain and suffering of giving birth, a big smile crosses that mother’s face when someone…
School BoardsThe Lumberton ISD Board of Trustees meet the first Thursday after the first Monday each month at 7 p.m. at the Administration Building, 121 South Main Street.The Silsbee ISD Board of Trustees meet at 7 p.m. the secondTuesday each month in the Administration Office, 415 FM 327W.The…
Up-and-coming racer Ryder Wells and Seaboard Controls entered a long-term partnership, marking the company’s first venture into motorsports as Ryder relocates from Lumberton, Texas, to stock car racing’s home turf in North Carolina.Seaboard Controls’ founder, Philip Muro, shared that the order of…
All District girls and boys team members have been selected District 19 has selected its All District golf team for the 2024 season. Most Valuable Player for the year in girls’ bracket is Annie Whitehead from Lumberton. “Newcomer of the Year” is Aubrey Carpenter of Bridge City, and “Coach of the…
A Bi-District win by a fourth place team over a first place team in a three game playoff is almost unheard of. Silsbee finished fourth in the District 19-4A race and had to battle to the very last game to ensure themselves of the fourth place spot. Their reward was the opportunity to take on the…
The Silsbee Tigers are Bi-District champions after two hard fought wins against the Huffman Hargrave Falcons Saturday. Silsbee will advance to the area round by facing Carthage at Hudson High School, with the first game at 7 p.m. Thursday.This game showed impressive pitching by the Tigers as Matsyn…
The Silsbee Tigers baseball team lost in the series opener to the Huffman Hargrave Falcons 4-7 last week, before defeating the Falcons in the next two games to advance to Area competition (see separate story).In the first game against the Falcons, Michael Moshier stepped to the mound for the Tigers…
