Sports

By Randall Luker

The varsity Vidor Pirate baseball team had their way with the Ozen Panthers Tuesday, winning 20-0 in five innings. the five innings, scoring two runs in the first, one in the second, three in the third and seven each in the fourth and fifth innings. The Pirates had 13 hits and zero errors in the game. Leading batters for the Pirates were Noah Bunting and Taylor Lee with two hits each. Lee also had an RBI.

Kory Kizer lead the Pirates in RBI’s with three. In addition to Lee and Kizer, other Pirates knocking in runs were Braiden Baker, Kelby Odom, Brendan Dunigan, Mason Brown, Asa Droddy, and Cade Jones. Kory Kizer was the winning pitcher, going three innings, giving up two hits, two walks and striking out five batters with 52 pitches.

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Randall Luker

The Lady Pirate Soccer Team is making its 9th straight appearance in the playoff rounds. The team will travel to Texan Drive Stadium in New Caney to take on Kingwood Park on Thursday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m.

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Randall Luker

A late rally in the seventh inning was a case of too little too late as the varsity Vidor Pirates fell to the PNG Indians 4-3 in Vidor Friday. Scoreless after two innings, the PNG bats awoke in the top of the third with two runs scored, but Vidor came right back with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning when Noah Bunting scored off a Braiden Baker single to make the score 2-1 PNG.

A scoreless fourth inning was followed by a two run fifth for the Indians, the last of the scoring for PNG. The bats remained quiet until the bottom of the seventh when the Pirates fought back. With one out, Kory Kizer singled. A single by Brendan Dunigan saw Kizer get tagged at second for the second out of the inning.

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Randall Luker

Vidor High School’s Brady Price traveled to Abilene to compete in the boys state powerlifting meet Saturday in the 114 pound weight class after qualifying at Regional competition.

According to VHS powerlifting coach Rodney Burks, Price weighed in a little light after the long trip.

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Playing at home in Vidor after a month long string of away games, a strong first half performance saw the Golden Triangle Seminoles take a 24-6 lead at halftime, but a determined Houston Red Raiders team roared back in the second half to score 42 points and take a come from behind victory 48-40 in Pirate Stadium Saturday.

The Seminoles dominated the first half with quarterback Trey Green connecting for three touchdown passes, two to Anthony Lee and one to Bradley Greene with 54 seconds left in the half. Kicker Juan Perez was perfect, adding three PAT’s and a field goal in the first half. The Red Raiders managed to get on the board with an 11 yard toss with with 1:48 left in the half. The two point conversion try failed.

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By Randall Luker

The varsity soccer Vidor Pirates held Senior Night Tuesday as they played their final game of 2018 at Pirate Stadium against the Lumberton Raiders.

After a scoreless first half, Lumberton got on the board with a goal at 29:28. The Pirates came right back with a goal of their own by Jackson Lapray, with an assist by Dylan Houseman, at 24:29 but Lumberton scored once more at 6:11 and that one went unanswered to secure the win for the Raiders.

The varsity team was senior heavy with nine of 11 starters. Seniors on the team include: Jose Aguirre Jr., Darren Garza, Robert Gonzales, Eddie Guevara, Garrett Healy, Dylan Houseman , A.J. McGill, Brent Odom, Bridger Quirante , Cory Scott, Hunter Weir and Cameron Wilson.

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The LCM Boys Golf Team won second place at the Warren Golf Tournament held Tuesday at Country Club of Texas (formerly called Brentwood). The Bears were led by Jack Tindel with an individual second place finish and Blade Broussard with a sixth place finish.

Nederland was the tournament winner with a 333 total score.

The 4-A District Golf tournament will be held Monday and Tuesday March 26 and 27 at Sunset Grove Country Club.

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By Randall Luker

Three Lady Pirate powerlifters that qualified for State competition joined 208 of their peers from across Texas to participate at the State Girls Powerlifting Meet in Waco last week. The Lady Pirate team finished 28th of the 77 schools attending.

Lifting in the 123 pound weight class, Hayley Kinard placed 4th with an 800 pound total lift.

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By Randall Luker

The varsity Vidor Pirates swept the Central Jaguars to begin district play with a 2-0 record.

The Pirates kicked off the sweep in Beaumont Tuesday with a 14-2 win over the Jaguars. Kelby Odom went the distance on the mound for the Pirates. The Pirates racked up 11 hits in the win and committed 4 errors. Kelby Odom homered in the second and Dylan Van Metre added another in the fourth. Others getting hits include, Braiden Baker (2), Cade Purcell (2), Noah Bunting, Zach Seigrest, Ethan Majors and Taylor Lee.

Playing Central at home Wednesday, the Pirates completed their sweep with an 8-1 win over the Jaguars. Vidor’s eight runs came on 7 hits with no errors while the Jaguars got 4 hits for one run with one error.

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The LCM Boys Golf team won Third at the Hamshire Fannett golf tournament on Thursday March 8 with a combined score of 327. PNG place First with a team score of 300 and Nederland came in Second with 312. In individual scores, LCM freshman Jack Burke broke the school record with a tournament winning 66.

Second place was Tim Feemster from PNG with a 68 and Third place was Brendon Marley from Nederland with a 70. Jack Tindel of LCM shot a personal best 78. Bear Scores: Jack Burke 66, Jack Tindel 78, Blade Broussard 88, Mason Sterling 95, and Landon Beardon 96.

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