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TRAIL RIDE ARRIVES

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The Salt Grass Trail Ride – the oldest and original trail ride for promoting the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo – made its way through Austin County Feb. 19-21. Initially organized by Pat Flaherty, Reese Lockett, E.H. Marks and John Warnasch, the trail ride dates back to 1953.
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Martinez earns first chair in all-state band

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Sealy High School's Wyatt Martinez was named the first-chair trumpet for the Association of Texas Small School Bands’ Class 4A All-State Band.

It is Martinez’ second time qualifying for the all-state band and it marks Sealy’s second first-chair all-state honor in program history.

The ATSSB All-State concert will be held Saturday, Feb. 12, at 9:40 a.m. at the Lila Cockrell Theater in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio.

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Clark, Krenek add all-state honors

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Sealy’s Connor Krenek (utility) and Thomas Clark (linebacker) were honorable mentions on the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 4A All-State team released Friday morning.

Krenek was District 12-4A’s utility player of the year and Clark was a first-team all-district wide receiver and linebacker for the Tigers. Krenek represented Sealy on the THSCA first-team academic all-state and Thomas Clark landed on the second-team academic all-state.

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Hometown Happenings with Hans

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This is the first edition of a new monthly Man on the Street portion of The Sealy News where Austin County residents and visitors have an opportunity to voice their opinion on a variety of topics. Interviewees were selected through opportunity sampling; participants were approached throughout the community and agreed to answer a question on the spot. This month’s question was: