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The Sealy Tigers used a touchdown on their opening drive to seize momentum out of the gates of their non-district finale in Bay City Friday night and cruised to a 38-14 win over the Blackcats thanks to five different scorers.

Sealy senior Ethan Hart provided the bookending scores, both from 12 yards out, and executed the decision given to Offensive Coordinator Chris Carruthers on the coin flip by Head Coach Shane Mobley.

Similar to how Stafford was a better team than its 0-3 record implied, the Spartans’ 28-14 win over Sealy Friday was not as close as it looks on paper. Stafford took a 21-0 lead in 2:19 midway through the second quarter after it recovered a fumbled kickoff and cashed in on two interceptions to steal nearly all of the momentum the host Tigers had on homecoming night.

The Sealy Lady Tiger volleyball team closed non-district play with two wins and was set to open play within District 24-4A earlier this week on the road in Brookshire. Last week, Sealy’s early-week match against Conroe was canceled with Tropical Storm Nicholas tracking its way toward the Texas coast.

The Sealy Tiger cross country teams both took third place in the team competition from the Region III Championship preview meet at Kate Barr Ross Memorial Park in Huntsville. Last year, the preview meet was canceled due to the condensed season through the pandemic but this year, Sealy Head Cross Country Coach Anthony Branch said how important it was for his runners to get a glimpse at what could be awaiting them in just over four weeks.

This week of football started with an entertaining Thursday night showdown between the New York Giants and the Washington Football team that came down to the wire. In the final minutes, Sealy and Texas A&M alum Ricky Seals-Jones caught his first pass of the season and it served as the gametying touchdown with 4:33 left in the contest that helped host Washington earn its first win of the season.