Sports

The Brazos Cougar cross country team competed in the Frio Friday Night Lights Cross Country Meet last Friday in Sealy. Individually in the varsity girls’ division, Esmeralda Garcia was third, Denise Hauer finished sixth and Rubi Garcia placed 28th.

The Brazos Cougarette volleyball squad competed in the Schulenburg Tournament last weekend and came away with a 7-1 record and second-place finish. Senior Meagan Demny and junior Haiven Harris-Alvarado were named to the all-tournament team for their efforts. Brazos was set to face Bellville earlier this week before it competes in the Anderson-Shiro Tournament this weekend to wrap up tournament play. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Coming off a home scrimmage against Columbus last week, the next time the Sealy Tiger football team hits Mark A. Chapman Field at T.J. Mills Stadium, it will be for Friday’s regular-season opener against the Brazosport Exporters at 7:30 p.m.

After appearing in only one game in 2020 and six in the early portion of the 2021 spring season, Sealy High alum and Texas redshirt freshman Justin Eckhardt saw his summer opportunity in California as both a redemption tour and a coming-out party.

After the Sealy Lady Tiger volleyball team dropped a three-set match to Giddings at home last Tuesday, the squad competed in the BCS Classic in Bryan and competed well against opponents from bigger schools.

The Faith Academy Lady Knight volleyball squad split last week’s action with a win over Royal and a loss to Sealy JV in non-district play. The Lady Knights took three of four sets (25-19, 16-25, 25-21, 25-13) from Royal where head coach Deborah Boudoin said the team took a step forward.

The Sealy cross country team opened the season with a host meet last Friday night and came away with the team championship in the JV girls’ and varsity boys’ divisions. The Tigers hosted two regular-season meets last year but this year’s Frio Friday Night Lights meet changed the course up a bit where the finish line was on the softball field for the runners to own their moment in the limelight.

The Faith Academy Cross Country Team went to The Woodlands Christian Meet Saturday, Aug. 21, and faced a true cross-country course with sand, mud ditches, branches and hills. There were 21 teams at the meet.