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With a 7-0 loss in Game 6 of the World Series last Tuesday, the Houston Astros fell to the Atlanta Braves four games to two and dropped their second consecutive championship appearance. Eventual World Series MVP Jorge Soler launched a three-run home run to get the visiting Braves started in the third inning and shortstop Dansby Swanson added a tworun jack in the fifth to push the margin to its final resting place.

The Sealy Tiger cross country teams both finished 16th in their respective races at the Class 4A State Championship meet Saturday morning in Round Rock. It was the first time since 1991 that any team represented Sealy at state and it was the first time since 1990 that both teams qualified for the last meet of the year.

Bellville senior Lawson Meiers also represented Austin County at the state meet as an individual qualifier for the Brahmas and finished 61st overall.

The Sealy Tigers closed the regular season with a 43-0 win over the La Marque Cougars to secure the No. 2 seed from District 12-4A-D2 behind strong performances from members of the Class of 2022.

Sealy is set to face Silsbee in the bi-district round of the playoffs next week with details still to be determined as of postgame.

After forcing a three and out to open the game, Sealy held the ball for 2:10, built a 16-point lead and never looked back to help earn 58-7 win in the Battle of the Tigers in Wharton Friday night at Eddie Joseph Memorial Stadium.

The Sealy Lady Tiger volleyball squad opened the playoffs with a forfeit win over North Forest Monday to claim a second consecutive bi-district championship. The second-place team from District 24-4A matched up with the third-place North Forest Bulldogs from Houston’s District 23 but COVID-19 issues amongst the North Forest roster forced the team to forfeit.

The Sealy Tiger cross country teams will travel to Round Rock for the UIL Class 4A State Championship meet Saturday morning. It will mark the first time both teams represent the black and gold at state since 1990.

As of press time, the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves were returning to Minute Maid Park for Game 6 Tuesday night with the visitors leading three games to two in the best-of-seven series. If the Astros won Tuesday, Game 7 was scheduled to follow Wednesday night in Houston as well.

This week in Brazos sports, the Cougarette volleyball team opened the playoffs with a bidistrict sweep of New Waverly Monday and Esmeralda Garcia will represent Brazos at the UIL Class 3A State cross country meet Friday morning, Nov. 5. Last Friday, the Cougar football team honored its seniors and will play its season finale at the end of this week.