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I truly believe thatn the HC being gone had a lot to do with all that. 

This game proves that coaching matters. 

The play calling  did suck. Just sayin'

Good luck Bears!! 

Good luck Bears!! 

Score enough to win comfortably, but I hope Peavy is able to keep a few surprises in the bag for Lindale or El Campo.  Bears can go deep with a timely break or two.
We got a new club here in Orange County and I’m in - Pirates for Bears!  Go on with your bad selves LCM.
Don’t see this on TexanLive.   What a crock!

Sorry I'm late to the party. But congratulations on the W Friday night, Bears!!!

Continued prayers for Ben, his family, friends, and the Lumberton community as a whole.❤️

Thank y’all. This young man is incredible. Your prayers and God’s loving Grace has made all the difference. 

For those that have been following:
(Please continue to pray and give the glory and success of Ben’s condition to God)
11/14/2021
What a beautiful sunny Sunday in Texas.  Ben’s 24th floor room and windows look out over NRG stadium and the iconic Astrodome.  Today is Ben’s 46th day at Texas Children’s and he is slowly improving. 
      We have come a long way in 46 days.  Ben’s multi-system organ failure had him as close to death without touching it as one can be.  Drs have shared that upon arrival, if Ben’s condition was a medical test question, the answer would have been one sentence, “not compatible with sustaining life.”  
     Ben has outlasted the ECMO, ventilators, 10 plus surgeries, reduced IVs from 20+ down to 4-5, chest tubes/drains reduced from 8 to 1.   And today he is alert, awake and last night had 4 phone calls with friends.  
     4 Weeks in an ICU bed without movement zaps ALL your strength.  After starting and stopping and starting Phys Therapy (PT) over the last two weeks, Ben is already recovering a lot of strength and is progressing. 
     In spite of hundreds of tests looking for the origin of Ben’s illness, it has not and probably will never be determined.  Tissue samples were sent all over the country to specialists and yet no identification has occurred.  Many, many diseases and viruses were ruled out, including that the origin did NOT have anything to do with  COVID or the associated vaccines.  
     Likely what strange bug that sent his immune response into overdrive was killed in the first 10 days of his illness, leaving his exaggerated immune response to continue.  Drs see Ben’s originating disease as a one in a million+ chance of happening.  
    Whatever it was (viral, bacterial, food borne, toxic algae, or tick bite) does not change how he is being treated at this point.  Albeit, it would be nice to have some disease name to be pissed at. 
     As you know, Ben’s legs were amputated just above the knees two weeks agosto result of prolonged profound shock and compartment syndrome.  A decision not easily come to, but one at the time necessary to save his life. 
     He is progressing well and Rehabilitation Drs have already been consulted to get Ben back up and running when he is well, including temporary prosthetics as soon as he is strong enough.  
      Challenges remain that keep him in very serious condition, such as antibiotic resistant infections, and getting his stomach/intestines back working.  This is a very delicate thing when a gut has not worked for over a month.  Getting the gut working is key to getting the rest of his organs ( liver, kidneys) functioning normally.  This is a priority, but a very slow process!
     As Cardiac Surgeon Hickey told us early on,  this will not be a day to day thing, it’s a week to week thing.  He was so right, two steps forward, one back.  And this journey will take a long time. 
     Although Ben has fought the ICU delirium, he is much better.  His speech has gotten stronger the last week.  Ben remains in very serious condition, but everyday he gets a little stronger.   
     Ben smiles, jokes and is dealing with losing his lower legs bravely.   He recognizes the instant battle he is in and the longer term battle ahead.  Our hope and unrealistic expectations for recovery are fast, but in reality this will take a while (general healing and then rehabilitation). Week to week, Ben has made incredible progress, some people here and in Beaumont, call it a miracle.  They are right!
Ben recognizes he must keep up the fight with a goal of being back at UT and scuba diving this time next year! Sometimes that is hard when you see how sick he is, but he never wavers when asked to make an effort to get better.  
     Lastly, Ben’s strength and ours is derived from you, our beloved friends, family, Drs and nurses, that fight for Ben every day.  Prayers work with God’s actions through these Drs and nurses hands.  Last night Ben had 4 phone calls and talked with his buddies about food, College, football, and he also told his awesome buddies “I love you.”   Something, weeks ago,  we worried he would never do again.  Now he is sitting on the side of the bed with help and working to get stronger.  And he told the Orthopedic Surgeon (when she told him his stumps looked very healthy) “ then get me a wheel chair and roll me out of here.”
     As I write this the roller coaster continues, his infection attempts to make him more sick and his fever spikes.  We don’t panic any more, we just deal with it.  But compared to 4 weeks ago (relating to  his favorite toy as a kid, character Buzz Lightyear”) we are light years from where were!
     Ben’s body continues to heal and he continues to be strong.  Your love, care outreach, gifts have supplied us with incredible energy and continue to help Ben heal.  As one of his Orthopedic Drs told him “ You are going to have incredible story to tell some day!”   
      “To infinity and beyond!” Thank you and Love to All from the Featherstons

This thread is a bit um..... Well...... Interesting. 

You wrote this like he is going somewhere, did I miss an announcement about him?

Prayers up for Coach Matthews.  🙏🙏✝️🙏🙏

I truly appreciate that man, he left it all on the field after every game!
But let's suit him up in the green and gold, his new name could be Yordan Schmidt and he's got platinum blonde hair right now, they'll never know.🤣🤣

Ive thought the same thing. His presence was definitely missed. This team played with a big heart all season but Mathews is what made that heart thump!

Ive thought the same thing. His presence was definitely missed. This team played with a big heart all season but Mathews is what made that heart thump!

Yes terrible timing for sure.  Still doesn't feel right but got a referral to a gastroenterologist today.  Feels awful about missing the game, especially missing the seniors final game,  his first absence in 30 years for workouts, practice or game. Gotta be tough on him for sure.

This season was such a fun ride and see the Pirates have so much success especially with it being my nephews last season. It was definitely a tough loss Friday, and som of the play calling at the end of the game, I'll never understand. But it is what it is, and a reason why I'm not a coach! lol and I'll never make excuses for what could have been. Great season Pirates, can't wait til next year!

Sorry I'm late to the party. But congratulations on the W Friday night, Bears!!!

Great win for the Bears. Wing T gave our defense some trouble, but we stood tall when we had to. Offense was unstoppable most of the night. As far as officiating goes, this may have been the worst i've seen. We will see the winner of West Columbia and North Forest next week

Hey man I got a jersey for him. We can suit him out Friday night. He’s heck of a football player!!!

This season was such a fun ride and see the Pirates have so much success especially with it being my nephews last season. It was definitely a tough loss Friday, and som of the play calling at the end of the game, I'll never understand. But it is what it is, and a reason why I'm not a coach! lol and I'll never make excuses for what could have been. Great season Pirates, can't wait til next year!

Good season Vidor, can’t call it great because no matter the Pirates history when you play from the 1-hole you need to win your playoff game, period. 
 
Injuries suck, but they’re a part of the game and if you’re going to run that type of offense then those rb injuries are going to be waaaayyyy more impactful than the will be for other teams. 
 
I’m sure one of your Pirate fans can correct me on the particulars but I’ve been on here since 2011 and I don’t remember Vidor having a defense as stiff as they did this year in a decade? I don’t care what your history says, you hold Jeff Riordan and those level athletes to 25 points you’re supposed to win the game, period. 
 
Much like when Liberty Hill won their state titles, Vidor is the big boy on the block now. Weeks ago I talked about Vidor at the line of scrimmage and if you go back and look at the two long runs CH’s qb made, that’s where Vidor lost it.
 
Even when the Pirates were bad in 5A they had better offenses than the one they do now on the regular. If you can’t drop down a class and consistently put 35+ on hood competition then it may be time to revisit what you have going? Y’all aren’t the little kids trying to make up for a talent deficiency anymore. 

Just FYI.  I found this interesting.  The kid they put in front of Jordan Smith, #66, is listed at 5’10” at 417 pounds.   😂🤣😂.   Jordan ate his lunch.  😂☠️😂

Oh just facebook. Lol