Sports

The Faith Academy Lady Knights were back in action this week and came away with a pair of wins. After almost three weeks of struggling through injuries, the Lady Knights, with a healthy roster, took on The Connection School and Hill Country Christian (San Marcos).

The Brazos Cougars cross country team competed in the HOKA-McNeil Invitational on Friday in Round Rock. The varsity girls team finished 10th in the 1A-3A with 265 points, but were the fourth place Class 3A team in the race.

Despite muddy water crossings, quite a few switchbacks and steep up and down hills, both Faith Academy runners ran season best times at the 9th Annual “Cougar Classic” Cross Country Meet hosted by Kempner High school.

The Sealy Lady Tigers are sitting at 1-1 in District 25-4A and used a nice win over St. John’s 23 to prepare for a grueling stretch ahead in district.

Sealy finished in second place for the division with 58 points while Rockdale took home first place with 41 points. In the Men’s 5,00 meters varsity black division, sophomore Gavin Almaguer finished third with a time of 17:26.23 while junior teammate Fernando Garza finished fifth with a time of 17:43.61.

TOTAL OFFENSE: 320 Yards YARDS PER PASS: 13.5 RUSHING ATTEMPTS: 35 YARDS PER RUSH: 4.1 RECEVING COMPLETIONS: 13 YARDS PER CATCH: 13.5 D’VONNE HMIELEWSKI: Comp 13 Att 19 yards 176 TD 1 RUSHING Bryson Johnson Att 9 YDS 53 Kane Kilough att 1 yrds 38 RECEIVING Haden Wernecke rec 3 yds 81 avg 27.0 A’vonte Nun Rec 2 yds 41.

The Sealy 7th grade A volleyball teams opened its season Sept. 15 by dropping a three-set match with Giddings.

The Brazos Cougars cross country team came away with a couple of third place finishes in the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islander Splash Cross Country Meet held Sept. 17. The varsity girls team finished 11th in the 1A4A Varsity Girls race with 368 points, but were the third place Class 3A team in the race. Individually, Esmeralda Garcia placed 31st, Rubi Garcia finished 40th, Lily Bertrand was 105th, Denise Hauer 112th, Hannah Gonzalez 139th, and Gracie Arteaga 172nd. There were 260 runners and 33 teams in the race. 1A-4A Varsity Girls (2 miles). Brazos runners times and finishes were as follow: Esmeralda Garcia 13:51 31st; Rubi Garcia 14:07 40th; Lily Bertrand 15:26 105th; Denise Hauer 15:32 112th; Hannah Gonzalez 16:08 139th and Gracie Arteaga 16:50 172nd.