Sports

Caleb Smidt’s tie-down roping competition at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is underway. He won the second round in the Super Series I last Tuesday and qualified for Semifinal 1 scheduled for March 16.

The Faith Academy Junior High and High School basketball teams participated in the Texas Association of Independent Athletic Organizations’ State Tournament in Round Rock last month. Although both teams played well and improved their scoring, they came up short.

Eleven Sealy Lady Tigers competed in the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association’s Region 2 Division 2 Championship in Dublin last Friday and three earned a trip to the state meet. Ana De La Portilla (148-pound class), Mason Infante (181) and Jenyfer Sanchez (220) all used top-three finishes in their respective weight classes to punch a ticket to March 17’s State Championship in Corpus Christi.

Both Sealy soccer teams have started the second round of play within District 20-4A unbeaten following wins over Rice and Dis covery last week as well as Columbus earlier this week. The Tigers beat Rice 8-0 last Tuesday, Discovery 5-0 Friday and Columbus 6-1 Monday.

Sealy High School alum and Sam Houston State senior Clayton Fritsch competed in the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships last weekend in Washington and just missed the qualifying mark for the World Championships in pole vault.

The Sealy Tiger baseball and softball teams are in full swing into their regular seasons. Both teams had an individual game and tournament action last week.

The Sealy powerlifting teams competed at the Swamp Strength Booster Club Invitational Feb. 19 to close the regular season and 19 lifters – 10 Lady Tigers and nine Tigers – finished in the top 12 of the regional rankings for their weight class which qualifies them for the regional championships this weekend.

The Sealy Tiger tennis team traveled to Wharton Feb. 24 and came away with plenty of hardware including first place in boys’ doubles in both the A and B Division.