Sports

Last week in Brazos sports, Esmeralda Garcia added recognitions to her record-breaking junior season on the cross country course and both Cougar basketball teams readied to open district play. In November, Garcia recorded the best finish at the state meet in Brazos history (second place overall with a time of 11:48.9) and recently added an allstate and all-star nod from the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA).

After he qualified for the 2020 National Finals of Rodeo but was sent home following a positive COVID-19 test, Bellville native Caleb Smidt, and his horse Pockets, returned for the 2021 NFR and secured their third World Championship in tie-down roping last weekend in Las Vegas, NV.

The Sealy Tiger basketball team earned a non-district win over Needville last Tuesday then split tournament action over the weekend to move to 4-6 overall entering this week’s play. Sealy opened this week by hosting Columbus before it travels to Caldwell Friday for non-district tilts that will serve as early-season rematches.

The Sealy Lady Tiger basketball squad dropped both of its nondistrict games last week, 66-54 on the road in Gonzales last Tuesday and 47-30 to East Bernard at home last Friday. Sealy entered this week of play with a 5-9 overall record and a lone game earlier in the week Tuesday at home against Cuero who entered with an 11-5 overall record.

A large crowd of proud parents and athletes were welcomed by Athletic Director Chuck Tomlinson to the Faith Academy Bellville Fall Athletic Banquet Monday, Dec. 6.

Dave Campbell, the founder and editor-in-chief of “the bible of Texas football,” the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine, passed away last Friday at the age of 96. It didn’t take long for me to be told about the legendary magazine that serves as a must-have for any Texas football fan at the end of the summer leading into the fall seasons.

After the Tidehaven Tigers were eliminated in the regional semifinals of the playoffs, the District 14-3A- D2 awards were handed out and Brazos Cougar seniors Bryan Maldonado and Elijah Johnson were named the Utility Players of the Year.