The Vidor Pirates will square off against the Liberty Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Liberty took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Vidor, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Vidor finally turned things around against Lumberton on Friday. They snuck past the Raiders with a 34-28 win. The Pirates pushed the score to 34-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Raiders cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, a victory for Liberty just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt a 38-7 loss at the hands of Little Cypress-Mauriceville. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 764th, while the Bears are ranked 247th).
Vidor's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-5. As for Liberty, they dropped their record down to 1-6 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.
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