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Austin County Investigator Rocky Bustamante recently earned top marks at the Houston Police Department Basic SWAT School. Bustamante graduated top of his class and was selected as Honor man above all other graduates. He will serve as a member of the Austin County Special Response Team in addition to his duties as an investigator according to Sheriff Jack Brandes. Pictured is Lieutenant Matt Walls congratulating Bustamante at the graduation ceremony April 16. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Sealy City Council and Austin County Commissioners Court reached an interlocal agreement concerning plats and related permits in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction during a special meeting of the city council April 12 at the Hill Center.

Early voting began earlier this week in Austin County for the May 1 general election with school board and city council races to determine. Voters were eligible to hit the polls at early voting locations around the county starting Monday morning.

Both Sealy Tiger track teams earned first place at the Area Championship hosted at T.J. Mills Stadium last Wednesday. Sealy athletes earned 10 gold medals and qualified for 37 events in the Regional Championship this weekend at Challenger Columbia Stadium in Webster.

The Sealy Tiger soccer team lost a 2-0 lead over the Splendora Wildcats within 4:13 in the final minutes of regulation and was eliminated in the regional semifinals in its first fourth-round appearance in program history by a 3-2 score last Tuesday evening at Cy Park High School.

The Sealy Tiger baseball team closed the first round of play within District 24-4A with a 5-0 win over Navasota last Friday at Aubrey “Mutt” Stuessel Stadium and improved its record to 4-1. Sealy’s senior starting pitcher Rhys Reichardt allowed only two hits and struck out eight Rattler batters over the course of his complete-game shutout.