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Although they only trailed by two runs, the Sealy Tiger baseball team used a pair of five-run innings to erase a deficit to visiting Wharton and escape with a bounce-back, 11-3 win. Senior Jose Bludau and junior Garret Nedd provided crucial RBIs in the big innings and both provided a solid pitching performance to boot.

Sealy’s Eric Wilson punched his ticket to next week’s Region III Championship in Bryan after a second-place finish in the boys’ singles bracket at the District 24-4A Championship last week. Colby Eschenburg and Hayden Havel also medaled with a third-place finish in the boys’ doubles bracket at the district match.

Behind the individual district champion Ethan Doyle, the Sealy Tiger golf team finished second at the District 24-4A Championship and advanced to the Region III Championship in Huntsville April 20 and 21.

The Sealy Tiger soccer team found the end of the road in the Area Championship after a 5-1 loss to Waco La Vega last Tuesday. With the end of the season also came the release of all-district awards and the runner-up Tigers earned multiple selections.

All three Brazos Cougar representatives at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association’s Division 3 State Championship registered personal-record totals to close the season. Joey Townsend (4th place – 165-pound class) and Kasey Zientek (5th place – 220-pound class) both returned with medals with totals that surpassed 1,000 pounds.

With a 5-0 win over Smithville in last Friday’s Bi-District Championship at Columbus Memorial Stadium, the Sealy Lady Tigers collected their first playoff win since 2016 and shattered another one of the team’s preseason goals.

The Sealy Tiger soccer team staked claim to its home turf and earned its third straight playoff win on Mark A. Chapman Field at T.J. Mills Stadium last Friday over Caldwell 5-0 in the Bi-District Championship.

Sealy High School’s lone representative at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association’s Division 2 State Championship, Jeremiah Metzgar Jr., recorded personal-record lifts and finished seventh in the 148-pound weight class.