Sealy

After competing in its first two scrimmages of the preseason, the Sealy Lady Tiger volleyball team opened the regular season Tuesday evening at home with a dual-match against Fort Bend Kempner and Katy Paetow.

The Sealy High School Tennis Camp opened last Monday morning for student-athletes entering kindergarten through high school. In the evening, high school student-athletes hit the court with Head Tennis Coach Joni Baxley running informal drills. For more information on the Sealy tennis teams, stay tuned for the fall sports preview magazine and be sure to like and follow The Sealy News on social media for all the instant updates.

The fall sports season in Texas is officially underway after Monday marked the first day of practices for football, volleyball, cross country and tennis. Sealy Tigers were running wild over Sealy ISD starting before the sun came up on the first day of two a-days.

The Sealy Brazilian Jiu Jitsu dojo had three representatives at last weekend’s Grappling Summer Slam tournament at the Zone Sportsplex in Houston and two came away with gold medals from their bracket.

Nearly 100 studentathletes from elementary school to incoming freshmen participated in the first days of the Sealy Tiger Youth Football Camp at Sealy High School this week. Head football coach Shane Mobley and his staff worked techniques and fundamentals to developing Tiger athletes in the final weeks of summer. For more pictures, visit sealynews.com

Ed Marcinkiewicz, a former track and field coach at Bellville High School and Texas A&M, lost his battle with cancer Friday at the age of 59.

Members of the Sealy Tiger football team wrapped up 7-on-7 action in the Taylor High School passing league last week and enter the final phase of their offseason with only a month to go before two-a-days start.

As the football regular season inches closer, the Katy 7-on-7 league that members of the Sealy Tigers have been participating in enters the final week of exhibition play. Last week, Sealy won both of its games over Mayde Creek and Jordan.

Clayton Fritsch, a member of Sealy High School’s Class of 2017 and current redshirt junior at Sam Houston State, took fourth place in the pole vault competition at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship meet in Oregon June 9. The top-eight finish secured his fourth All-American honor in his fifth national championship meet on the collegiate circuit.