KFDM COOP Posted August 13, 2009 Report Posted August 13, 2009 Local gridders have scrimmages lined up Van Wade The Orange Leader After battling the elements and each other for nearly two weeks, local highschool football squads will get to see someone in another uniform this week as scrimmages take centerstage. Little Cypress-Mauriceville will look to turn the corner this season under the direction of first-year head coach Randy Crouch. The Bears will scrimmage Texas City Saturday at Crosby High School with the freshmen starting at 5 p.m. followed by the JV (6 p.m.) and varsity (7 p.m.) LC-M will host Silsbee in a scrimmage Aug. 21 with the freshmen starting at 5 p.m. followed by the JV (6 p.m.) and the varsity (7 p.m.). The Bears will also scrimmage at Baytown Sterling Aug. 27. The Bears open their 2009 campaign at home Sept. 4 against West Orange-Stark. West Orange-Stark will be on a quest to capture its sixth straight District 21-3A title. The Mustangs have yet to drop a game since dropping to the Class 3A classification five years ago. The Mustangs will scrimmage Dayton at home Saturday starting with the freshmen at 5 p.m. followed by the JV (6 p.m.) and the varsity (7 p.m.). They will also go to Vidor for a scrimmage Aug. 21 to face the Pirates with the times also being 5 p.m. for the freshmen followed by the JV (6 p.m.) and varsity (7 p.m.). The Mustangs open the 2009 campaign at home Aug. 28 against the Nederland Bulldogs. Over at Bridge City, the Cardinals and coach Cris Stump look to improve on last year’s 4-4 mark. The Cardinals will scrimmage at Lumberton Saturday starting at 6 p.m. and will also scrimmage at Shepherd Aug. 20 with a time yet to be determined. Bridge City opens the season at home Aug. 28 against Liberty. First-year Orangefield head coach Brian Huckabay will guide the Bobcats into a home scrimmage with Vidor at Saturday with the freshmen and JV starting at 9 a.m. followed by the varsity at 10 a.m. The Bobcats open the season on the road Aug. 28 in Winnie when they face East Chambers. The Vidor Pirates return more starters, 18, than any other squad in District 20-4A this season as they look to make the postseason for the first time since 2000. Coach Jeff Mathews’ Pirates will scrimmge Orangefield Aug. 15followed by the WO-S scrimmage at home Aug. 21. The Pirates open their season on the road at Beaumont Kelly Aug. 28. The Deweyville Pirates look to improve on their 4-5 season under second-year coach Russell McDaniel. The Pirates will visit Silsbee Saturday to face both the Kirbyville varsity and the Silsbee JV and will travel to Hull-Daisetta in their second one Aug. 20. Deweyville will open its season at home against Sabine Pass. print this story comment on this story
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