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I will be absent as well work is sending me to Fort Worth for fri-mon  In the words of the old gospel hymnal I'll Be Somewere Listening !!!!

Game will be on Cool 92.5.  You can listen in the IHeart radio app.

Yeah, I think my brother and I got there around 6:00 and it hadn't backed up yet. We got a pretty good parking spot as well. I'll probably follow the same game plan for this Friday night. See y'all there. GO INDIANS!!!

It's hard to play a game in a phone booth all night long and not have some extracurricular activity at some point. I think both sides got flags thrown on them fairly when they played beyond the whistle. As for all the other missed calls, I think the refs just really went out there and just let the kids play. Both team could've had more holding penalties called on them, I thought Vidor's slot back got away with early movement several times and Crosby probably got away with playing past the whistle at least two times. It was playoff football though, I don't think the refs were calling anything that wasn't egregious.

I didn't see either team way out of line. It was a physical, emotional game. It got heated a time or two but I thought both teams kept it under control and both teams left it all on the field. It's not checkers. It's a physical and emotional game. 

I would say several times this year I have personally just face palmed myself with some of the penalties.  These are 15-18 yr old kids.  You see the same thing on Saturdays and Sundays.  At least last night they weren't 30 yards away from the play. I would say it's interesting when the Refs are brought up, normally it's when a team starts losing.  I was sitting with a couple of my PNG buddies last night and we were seeing pretty much the same things. Both big plays from both teams that set up TD's appeared to be illegal lineman downfield that weren't called.  All in all I think the kicking game might end up being Crosbys undoing this year.  I also saw a post earlier that said the Crosby kids wanted it more.  I would disagree with that, all of those kids on the field last night played their heart out.

I am proud of them Pirates, and unfortunately, Crosby was as good as I thought lol.  I felt like Vidor had to win the turnover battle, but the Coogs weren't going there.  Good luck to Crosby.  The further you go, the better it makes Vidor look, imo.  You're a class act yourself Red Dawn.  Go Cougars.

Crosby gets Fort Bend Marshall Friday in Deer Park @ 7pm. Fort Bend Marshall beat Houston Sterling 58-12 tonight. They also lost to Manvel 63-6. Good break for Crosby to get another game on this side of town. 

Great game. Much respect to the Pirates. 

You haven't played in Crosby. Great stadium but worse parking. 

Was a very physical game by both teams. Vidor impressed me. I've said all along this would be a tough W vs the 22-5A district champ. Wasn't perfect but we're on to round 2. 
You should be proud of your boys Vidor. I'm very proud of ours!!!

Yes sir, it was a great game. Missed calls both ways, it's football. Good luck to y'all going forward. One thing that folks not from Vidor is that Mathews loves his kids. He's at the Jr High games encouraging and congratulating them just like the High school kids. He's a good man all around

Love ya 14.2 but disagree. His kids played their hearts out (as did ours). I'd have taken the points down to be sure the record books showed this game to be as close as it was, out of respect to his seniors that gave him all they had. I also say calling our kid classes for returning the interception is ridiculous. He's a kid. He caught a ball. He ran. 
Good game Vidor. Safe travels. 

That 23 from VIDOR is tough as nails 

I'll be there Friday night with Indians. Good luck to y'all too Matt. Take it to Barbie's Hill!

You have all exceeded the expectations of us family and fans. Not supposed to make the playoffs, picked in the bottom third, IH10 - Vidor 0. Too small, too slow. We heard all of that this year. Read the Vidor vs. Crosby (Stallworth) thread...you might as well not show up. After the first 10 games of the year you're 8 - 2, you won at Bulldog Stadium for the first time in 35 years, you won a district championship for the first time since 1978 by beating the #11 team in the state rankings. I'm reposting the Kenny Chesney video from the Nederland pump up not because of the song but because what some of the coaches on there have to say. Listen to them, in particular, one of the last coaches at the end. He says and I'm paraphrasing, "for a lot of you this might be your last game of football. How do you want to be remembered?" You've made the playoffs, do you want it to end now? 2011 went 3 rounds deep, 1964 three rounds took them to the state semifinals. After the video is an article about the 2011 Pirates compared to the 1964 Pirates. Read the article!!!! How about adding the 2016 Pirates to that list? Win, lose or draw, we love you guys and are extremely proud of you...how do you want to be remembered? Play every play like it's your last boys, PLAY HARD!
 
BEAUMONT — 
This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  gently rests the green Army uniform he wore during his two tours of duty in Vietnam on his couch, pointing out a brown badge on the right pocket that he won for expert marksmanship. With the touch of his hand, he notices that one side of the badge has come loose — he doesn't see it because his eyesight has deteriorated to the point that he's legally blind. Next, he opens up a gray box holding the Bronze Star he won for superior performance as a teletype and cryptographic repairman, helping the Army break down Morse code to keep track of where the North Vietnamese were located. It's one of his proudest accomplishments, along with his wife, 11 children, 28 grandchildren and being a starting defensive tackle on the 1964 Vidor football team that reached the Class 3A state semifinals. That team is well-known in the small Orange County town for being the final Pirates team to reach the third round of the playoffs. That is, until this year's team, which lost 55-30 to Angleton on Friday in the Class 4A Division I playoffs. Related Stories
This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up The untold story of the 1964 team has been somewhat of a lasting legacy for the players.
Some have gone on to success in the corporate world and other fields.
And then there are four, like Sellers, who served their country in Vietnam, and one — Don Minton, a Marine — who never came home from the war. At 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds, Minton was undersized as a fullback but was great at running one of the team's favorite plays that year — the quick trap. His talent was enough to impress the coaches at 
This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  in Abilene, who offered him a spot on the football team after he graduated. “They told him they'd make him bigger,” said  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , Don Minton's uncle. Minton never got the chance to play college football. He was drafted in 1965. His induction group for the Army was told they needed two people to volunteer to be Marines.   When no one volunteered, Army officers decided to pick from the group of close to 100. Minton was selected — a decision that would put him on the front lines.
A photo on the Oct. 28, 1966, cover of 
This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  showed Minton helping a wounded fellow Marine. In May 1967, Minton was shot in the leg by a sniper and bled to death. Word spread quickly to his former football teammates. While most found out by word of mouth back home, Sellers got the news in a letter from his wife. A large crowd attended Minton's funeral that year at Memorial Funeral Home in Vidor. “He was very likable, a best buddy, friendly and cheerful,” said Sellers, who couldn't make the funeral because he was still in Vietnam. “That whole senior class (of 21 players) was very close, so it was hard on us.” Beamon Minton named his son after Don as a tribute. His son's birthday is the same day Don Minton was scheduled to return from the war. Sellers, 65, is the only surviving Vietnam veteran from the team.  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , a guard on the team, died in a crash in California on his way home from his first tour of Vietnam with the Navy. Starting center  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , who served in the Army, died at 41 of lupus. Many of his former teammates, however, speculate that his death was caused by exposure to Agent Orange. Sellers said Agent Orange, which was widely used where he was stationed in Da Nang, may have caused his blindness. Doctors diagnosed him with retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary eye condition, but Sellers said he has a hard time believing that diagnosis because no one in his family has ever had the condition. He said he had perfect vision before he entered the Army in 1965. After he returned from Vietnam, Sellers said, his vision deteriorated until he became legally blind and had to leave his job as an electrician at Mobil Oil in 1987. Sellers, who now lives in a spacious home north of Vidor, hasn't kept in touch with many of his teammates aside from class reunions. The last time they all reunited was during a 30th anniversary gathering in 1994, when they were honored at a football game. He  hasn't been to any of Vidor's games this year but has followed their success. Sellers hopes the team had as much fun on its playoff run as his crew did back in '64. “When you're that age, you're not thinking about the future; they should enjoy life as it presents itself,” Sellers said. “They're all going to grow old and get health issues. These are going to be some of the best times of their lives." Players from the 1964 team see several similarities between their team and the 2011 Pirates. “I've gotten phone calls and emails from them telling me how much our team reminds them of their teams,” said Vidor football coach  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Both teams are small and quick. Vidor's defensive line in 1964 featured the 156-pound Sellers, 160-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , 175-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  and 182-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , who went on to become the superintendent of the Orangefield Independent School District. That 1964 team had three running backs in its wing-T offense, just like this year's team in its slot-T, although the 1964 team threw the ball a lot more. Wingback Jerry Wheeler still is in the Texas record books, tied for fourth in touchdown receptions in a game with five and tied for eighth in receiving yards in a game with 280. And as Mathews has made a point of trying to use his football team to change the perception of Vidor as racist, the coach in '64,  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , also had a reputation he was trying to change — that Vidor was a “hick town.” Payne had the booster club buy the team gold blazers with black ties that said “Pirates” in gold letters down the front. The players wore the blazers and ties when they traveled to games. “It was to show class,” said  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , an offensive guard and defensive tackle who was one of the 1964 team's captains, along with  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  and quarterback  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . “A lot of teams dressed up on game day back then.” Both teams played their first playoff game at  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  in front of a packed home side — the 1964 team drew 14,000 for its opening round game against Cy-Fair. When the 1964 team returned from its state semifinal loss against San Marcos, fans packed Main Street awaiting their arrival. The team actually had to get off the charter bus and walk the rest of the way to the high school because the streets were so crowded.

Absolutely awesome posts. From the bottom of my heart Congrats to Vidor. A community of good peopled. Its well deserved. Good luck tonight against a really good CRosby team. If Vidor proved anything its that they can play with the big boys last week.

just like i said. the team lose a game and the roaches go back into hiding...and look who still standing....THIS IS WHY I CAN CALL KIDS BAMBI AND COACHES XBOX ETC.....I MADE ALL 10 GAMES THIS YEAR DRIVING A 100 MILES EACH WAY AND GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFF GAME FRIDAY TOO!!! PLEASE, DON'T COME BACK...I DON'T NEED YOU. proved my point and some peter parker wanna be had the nerve to say what he said about be smh...THE TEAM DON'T NEED FAIRWEATHER FANS... THEY NEED FANS THAT'S HONEST WITH THEM AND SUPPORT THEM. IT'S OKAY TO CONGRATULATE THE YOUNG MEN, BUT THE WAY SOME OF THE  SO CALLED LOYAL FANS TREAT THEM, IT SEND THEIR LITTLE EGO TO THE MOON. WHICH IS PARTLY WHY VIDOR LITERALLY RAN OVER THEM. THEY NEED TO KNOW GOOD JOB, BUT YOU ARE FAR FROM PERFECT. anyway, this ONE  fan will represent.

Per Beaumont Enterprise 
Total yds
Vidor 397  
Memorial 244

Lamar is playing Howard Payne. Parking will not be a problem. LU will be lucky to draw 1,000 fans. 

Hey man , to say I was shocked is a understatement , I was flabbergasted at the start going down 24 : 0 lol , I can't see how Kenny let the kids come out flat like that for a District title game , they didn't seem ready until the second half and made a furious comeback , but I'll say it again and I know I'm beating a dead horse , but I'll never understand the onside kick with 8:40 left in the 4th , 3 straight unanswered touchdowns , crowd in a frenzy , Defense coming out with 3 straight 4th down stops prior , game 21 : 24 and you make that move , I still just can't understand it lol , it took all the life out of the team and the air out of the crowd  , and it was visible , never seen nothing like it up close and personal , the sneaky onside kick that Vidor did was brilliant , they weren't even lined up and it was a hell of a call , again I tried to give Kenny the edge in coaching but I was wrong , oh well much props to Vidor man , them boys run hard as hell , especially the Humbolt kid , in the end I figure Co.champs don't sound so bad , and I'm still proud of the kids and my nephew , time to take the show on the road to Porter , and btw Vidor will beat Crosby they are on a mission..

Glad to see the Pirates prove everybody wrong! Time for 22 5A to handle business in the playoffs!

Woodville takes the 3rd set, 25-23
and the fourth set 25-23
Hardin wins the 5th set, 15-11 and the match

TD Keaton Jones for 70 yds
49-7 3:31 left

Have you had a chance t review the tape and what's your honest opinion? I have and it was not an offside call, it was illegal block in the back and you can see it and watch the official thow the flag. Only thing is that it was an PNG player that hit the Vidor player in the back and when he fell to the ground it knocked him into an PNG player. That's when you see the ref throw the flag 12 yards down the field. I'm not trying to say that cost us the game, just talking about that play.