The Giddings Buffaloes are on the road again on Friday to play the Vidor Pirates. Giddings will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while Vidor is ranked 96th).
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Giddings had no problem doing just that on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Leopards a 2-0 shutout. Giddings' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last 15 matches.
Meanwhile, Vidor entered their tilt with Hardin-Jefferson with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They won by a goal and slipped past the Hawks 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Vidor was the better team in the second half.
Giddings' win bumped their record up to 20-0-3. As for Vidor, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season.
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