Vidor unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They lost 40-15 to the Silsbee Tigers on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while the Tigers are ranked 107th).
Jacaleb Johnson went supernova For Silsbee., rushing for 152 yards and four TDs while picking up 9.5 yards per carry, and also throwing for 91 yards and one touchdown. Johnson was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 59 yards. Ty'Zavion Hafford was another key player, rushing for 132 yards and one score while picking up 7.8 yards per carry.
Coming up, Vidor is headed away from home for the first time to take on Santa Fe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Silsbee, they will host Little Cypress-Mauriceville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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