Sports

In the first district meeting between Austin County rivals this season last Friday night, junior Neelie Schiel provided the game-winning layup with 8.8 seconds remaining in the game to lift the host Bellville Brahmanettes over the Sealy Lady Tigers, 50-48.

The Faith Academy Lady Knight girls’ basketball team split their first games of 2021 where they fell 37-15 to Cornerstone Christian on Jan. 5 and beat The Connection School 30-21 on Jan.

The Sealy Tiger boys’ soccer team started on the right foot in the 2021 regular season and picked up two wins over the Weimar Wildcats, 6-0 last Tuesday at home and 4-2 last Friday on the road. Ricky Avila and Jose Guerrero both scored two goals in the season-opening, 6-0 win where Angel Guerrero and Angel Rodriguez also scored a goal each.

A pair of Brazos Cougar student-athletes recently signed their National Letters of Intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at the collegiate level. D.J.

The Faith Academy Knight boys’ basketball team fell to 0-3 on the early season after it dropped both contests last week on the road against Cornerstone Christian Academy 63-29 on Jan. 5 and Southwest Christian Academy 74-35 on Jan. 7.

Bellville’s Sybil McKay (2) and Sealy’s Avery Oliver (40) fight for the tip-off that opened the District 24-4A contest between the Brahmanettes and Lady Tigers last Friday in Bellville. The game needed all 32 minutes to decide a winner, head to the sports section for the full story. Cole McNanna

The Sealy Lady Tiger basketball squad reached the district portion of its schedule earlier this week on a road trip to Brookshire to face the Royal Lady Falcons in the first game in the new District 24-4A.

Sealy senior outside hitter Brylie Nedd gathered another postseason honor and was recently named to the all-state team for Class 4A by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. In addition, five more Lady Tigers landed on the academic all-state list awarded by the TGCA.