GLADEWATER, Texas — The Gladewater Bears are 2-3 this season, most recently coming off a 41-12 loss to Jefferson 41-12.
But, head Coach Jonny Louvier is optimistic about his team. He says the Bears are young, but they've grown a lot this season. That being said, he wants some of the players become better leaders.
Now that the Bears are in district play, there's been a slight shift in their program to prepare them better for the upcoming schedule.
"You kind of have three seasons, you have your preseason, district, and then your postseason," said Coach Louvier. "So we have, we've changed a little bit, but we're really trying to stay as consistent as possible and keep our kids engaged and doing the same stuff. We're at the point now where we're starting to add little wrinkles to this pass play or to this run play, but we just have to be able to execute that."
Gladewater is led by junior quarterback Luke Brown. But he suffered bruised ribs after taking a big hit in last week's game. He's questionable to play Friday.
The Bears will take on the Sabine Cardinals Friday at 7 p.m.