Sealy

Softball teams competing in the University Interscholastic League hit the practice fields a week before their baseball counterparts and the Sealy Lady Tigers’ preseason opener on Feb. 2 is quickly approaching.

Sealy High School and Texas A&M alum Ricky Seals-Jones is headed to the Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs after they defeated the Buffalo Bills, 38-24, in the AFC Championship game last Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Seals-Jones is the first Sealy-born NFL player to make a Super Bowl, and the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will kick off on Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. CST. The Buccaneers will become the first team in NFL history to play a Super Bowl in its home stadium.

The Sealy Tiger soccer team opened play within District 20-4A with a 4-1 win on the road over Hempstead last Friday. Earlier in the week, Sealy traveled to Altair to face the Rice Raiders before it hosts the Harmony School of Discovery Tigers to end this week on Friday night for the first home district game of the season.

The Sealy Lady Tiger basketball squad opened the second round of district play with a 54-39 loss to the Royal Lady Falcons last Friday evening at home. The loss dropped Sealy to 1-5 within District 24-4A with only four games remaining in the regular season.

The Sealy Tiger basketball team picked up its first win in District 24-4A play last Friday on the road over the first-place Royal Falcons, 47-44. It was their first action in a week after the contest scheduled for last Monday in El Campo was postponed.

The Sealy Lady Tiger soccer squad won its districtopening contest in convincing fashion by a 10-0 score over the Hempstead Bobcats behind four goals from freshman Rebeca Garza. Sealy traveled to Hempstead last Friday evening to open play within District 20-4A and got a strong defensive effort from senior goalkeeper Hailey Arteaga to supplement the scoring efforts.

The Sealy Tiger varsity tennis team competed in its first tournament of the season and came away with a consolation bracket winner as well as plenty of experience for a younger team. Head coach Joni Baxley said after last season got cut short at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, she was grateful to hit the courts once again.

Sealy senior Megan Schaaf provided a put-back bucket with only 19.06 seconds remaining and the Lady Tiger defense made one last stop to secure their first win in District 24-4A play last Tuesday at home over Wharton by a 48-47 final score.

The Sealy Tiger boys’ soccer team wrapped up non-district play with a 3-1 win over the Giddings Buffaloes Monday night at T.J. Mills Stadium thanks to second-half goals from Amador Lopez and Ricky Avila to complement a strong defensive effort.