February 2022

The Sealy Tiger baseball team opened the regular season earlier this week when it hosted the Columbia Roughnecks Monday night at Aubrey “Mutt” Stuessel Stadium. Sealy closed the scrimmage season last Friday in Fulshear against the Jordan Knights where the final preps were made.

The Sealy Lady Tiger softball team opened the regular season last week and will head to the Spring Branch Tournament this weekend for more early-season action. Sealy opened its 2022 campaign with a 14-0 loss to Hallettsville last Tuesday at home before competing in a tournament in Katy this past weekend.

A discussion was held during last Wednesday’s regular meeting of the Wallis City Council on annexing Brazos High and Middle School into the city limits. School officials have not contacted the council to ask to be annexed in but any city that provides water or sewer to an entity is available to be annexed.

The Sealy Lady Tigers fell in a 53-50 nailbiter to the Worthing Colts in the bi-district round of the playoffs in their first postseason trip since the 2017-2018 season last Tuesday at Morton Ranch High School.

In the final games of the season, the Faith Academy Lady Knight basketball squad fought through two rounds of the Texas Association of Independent Athletic Organizations’ (TAIAO) State Tournament and finished on a high note. By the end of it, Faith Academy fell to Temple Christian 54-24 and Tribe Homeschool 27-21.

Sam Houston senior Clayton Fritsch not only claimed the Western Athletic Conference pole vault championship last weekend in New Mexico but he also set the conference’s all-time indoor record and the meet record with a final clearance of 18’ 9.5” (5.73m).

The Sealy City Council approved an ordinance that dealt with the development moratorium waiver from BSR Properties and Hunter’s Crossing during its regular meeting in the council chambers Feb. 15.

The Sealy Tiger tennis squad hosted a quad match with East Bernard, Rice and Columbus last Wednesday at Sealy Junior High. The Tigers have three regular-season matches remaining before the district championship.

Sealy senior Karsen Anderson fires a fadeaway, baseline jumper during the Tigers’ home finale against Wharton Feb. 11. The Sealy Tiger basketball team found the end of the road last Tuesday night in Brookshire where the Falcons earned a 66-43 win to eliminate Sealy from playoff contention. Anderson, as well as classmates Logan Eschenburg, Myki Harris and Connor Krenek, closed their Tiger basketball careers. COLE McNANNA