Sports

 The Vidor Pirates earned a share of the District 22-5A championship with an impressive 31-21 victory over the previously unbeaten Port Arthur Memorial Titans in a packed Pirate Stadium Friday. Along with Vidor and Memorial, the Port Neches Groves Indians are the third distict tri-champion.Beaumont Central clinched the district's fourth place playoff spot. The Pirates will face 21-5A Crosby in a district playoff game Thursday, November 10 at Baytown's Stallworth Stadium. Kickoff is 7 p.m.

By Randall Luker

Coming off a lopsided win over Baytown Lee and then a bye week, Vidor Head Coach Jeff Mathews has had ample time to prepare for perhaps the Pirates’ biggest challenge of the season, the undefeated Port Arthur Memorial Titans. “Anytime everyone can play it is a good game,” Mathews said of the Pirates romp over the Ganders. Mathews pulled most starters after the first half.  

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By Capt. Bill Watkins

It was a beautiful fall morning on Monday this past week. The wind was light east with a little bit of a slant to the northeast and the water was that pretty, clear Sabine Lake light coffee color. We were catching speckled trout in one of the larger sized bayous that drain into the lake. The fishing was fast and the trout small but plentiful and we already had a good box of fish going on.          

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By Randall Luker

The Baytown Lee Ganders proved no match for the Vidor Pirates Friday as the Pirates cruised to 45-14 victory in Stallworth Stadium, Taking the opening kickoff, the Ganders were quickly forced into a three and out, foreshadowing how much of the evening would go. 

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