Sports

The Sealy Tiger baseball team returned to Aubrey “Mutt” Stuessel Stadium last Tuesday night and fell to former district foe Needville 6-4 exactly one year since its last home game. Despite coming up on the short end of the scoreboard, head coach Dane Bennett said he was pleased with the Tigers’ effort throughout the competitive contest but most of all enjoyed being back at the team’s home stadium.

Sealy ISD track had records broken last week at the junior high and high school level.

Despite a 2-0 loss to first-place Bellville earlier this week, the Sealy Lady Tiger soccer squad locked up second place from District 20-4A heading into the playoffs and will face the third seed from District 19.

The Sealy Tiger soccer teams capitalized on home-field advantage and earned four wins in as many games to inflate their District 20-4A record to 9-2 with only three games remaining in the regular season.

The Sealy Lady Tiger softball team hit the field for real 350 days after the previous campaign was cut short due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Head coach Brittney Whitehead, who missed the first district games of last season on maternity leave, said it was extra special to return to their home diamond last week.

Both offense and defense were solid for the Blinn College softball team in the Buccaneers’ home opener in order for them to sweep Kilgore College Saturday at Hohlt Park. Blinn’s strong pitching led to a 7-1 victory in the first game of the doubleheader, while its explosive offense led to a 14-5 run-rule win in five innings to finish the day.

In the first tournament action of the season, the Sealy Tiger baseball team traveled to West Columbia for the Hit and Run Tournament where it dropped three games and won one to move to 2-3 overall on the season.

In what was his last shot at an indoor conference championship, Sealy High School alum and Sam Houston State pole vaulter Clayton Fritsch collected his first Southland Conference title in the event last weekend in Alabama.

The Sealy Tiger track and field teams opened their regular seasons last Friday at the Calhoun Relays and had five athletes win the heat in their individual events. On the boys’ side, Manny Aguilar took first in the 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter intermediate hurdles.