Sports

The Sealy Lady Tiger basketball squad opened the second round of district play with a 54-39 loss to the Royal Lady Falcons last Friday evening at home. The loss dropped Sealy to 1-5 within District 24-4A with only four games remaining in the regular season.

In their fifth regular-season game of the year, the Faith Academy Knights fell to the Cornerstone Christian Academy Cougars 64-38. The visiting Cougars held a 34-17 lead at the halftime intermission and outscored the Knights 30-21 in the second half despite a 20-point night from Faith Academy junior Kaleb Shepherd.

The Faith Academy Lady Knight basketball squad hosted the Cornerstone Christian Academy last Thursday, Jan. 21, for the teams’ second and final meeting of the regular season and the visitors walked away with a 34-19 victory.

The Sealy Tiger basketball team picked up its first win in District 24-4A play last Friday on the road over the first-place Royal Falcons, 47-44. It was their first action in a week after the contest scheduled for last Monday in El Campo was postponed.

The Sealy Lady Tiger soccer squad won its districtopening contest in convincing fashion by a 10-0 score over the Hempstead Bobcats behind four goals from freshman Rebeca Garza. Sealy traveled to Hempstead last Friday evening to open play within District 20-4A and got a strong defensive effort from senior goalkeeper Hailey Arteaga to supplement the scoring efforts.

The Sealy Tiger varsity tennis team competed in its first tournament of the season and came away with a consolation bracket winner as well as plenty of experience for a younger team. Head coach Joni Baxley said after last season got cut short at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, she was grateful to hit the courts once again.

Sealy senior Megan Schaaf provided a put-back bucket with only 19.06 seconds remaining and the Lady Tiger defense made one last stop to secure their first win in District 24-4A play last Tuesday at home over Wharton by a 48-47 final score.

The Sealy Tiger boys’ soccer team wrapped up non-district play with a 3-1 win over the Giddings Buffaloes Monday night at T.J. Mills Stadium thanks to second-half goals from Amador Lopez and Ricky Avila to complement a strong defensive effort.

The Sealy Tiger boys’ basketball team dropped their first two district contests last week, on the road in Wharton 53-32 and at home against Navasota 66-62, and have two road games this week at El Campo and Royal.