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The Sealy Lady Tiger softball team opened the regular season last week and will head to the Spring Branch Tournament this weekend for more early-season action. Sealy opened its 2022 campaign with a 14-0 loss to Hallettsville last Tuesday at home before competing in a tournament in Katy this past weekend.

Last week in Brazos sports, baseball and softball teams scrimmaged and both basketball teams honored their seniors. This week in Cougar sports, the Brazos golf teams opened their seasons and the tennis squad competed against Sweeny.

determine the winner of the No. 3 I the teams’ third meeting to seed heading into the playoffs, the Sealy Lady Tigers warded off a late comeback from the Bellville Brahmanettes and won a 45-38, tiebreaking contest last Friday in Columbus.

Sealy’s Connor Krenek (utility) and Thomas Clark (linebacker) were honorable mentions on the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 4A All-State team released Friday morning. Krenek was District 12-4A’s utility player of the year and Clark was a first-team all-district wide receiver and linebacker for the Tigers.

Senior Sealy Tiger basketball players competed in their final home game last Friday against Wharton and fell on a buzzer-beating shot 53-50. Sealy’s postseason remained on the line going into Tuesday’s regular-season finale against the Royal Falcons.

The Sealy Tiger nine hit the field for live competition for the first time last Tuesday with scrimmages against Burton and Brazos at home. Sweeny also traveled to Aubrey “Mutt” Stuessel Stadium for a Friday night scrimmage to close the week of play.

Both Sealy Tiger soccer teams finished the first round of play within District 20-4A with their six wins good enough to top the standings entering play this week. Last week, the Lady Tigers took down Bellville 1-0 Monday and beat Royal 4-1 Friday to move into a tie for first place with Navasota and Bellville with identical 6-1 district records.

The Sealy Tiger powerlifting team competed in the Weimar Invitational Feb. 9 and came away with a class championship and a second-place finish as a team.

The Sealy Lady Tiger softball team was set to open the regular season earlier this week at home against Hallettsville. Before that, Sealy faced Rice and Bay City in scrimmage action last week and Head Coach Brittney Whitehead was already starting to see improvements from the first scrimmage of the preseason Feb.