Sports

This one stung a little. Sealy started off strong, but penalties and a key injury allowed West Columbia to claim a vital 24-15 victory over the Tigers in the District 10-4A opener for both squads last Friday night.

The Brazos Cougars cross country team competed in the Coach Ed Invitational Cross Country Meet Saturday in Sealy. Individually, in the varsity girls’ race, Lily Bertrand finished 33rd, Stephaniah Phillips placed 37th, and Hannah Gonzalez was 48th.

The Sealy Girls cross country team captured second place while the boys placed fourth in the Coach Ed Cross Country meet held Saturday at Sealy High School. This is the fourth year Sealy has hosted the event to honor the memory and contributions of Ed Marcinkiewicz to the Sealy cross country program.

There is always one game during a football season that will rise up and bite you where it hurts. For the Brazos Cougars, that came was last Friday when they traveled to Van Vleck.

Last week, the Sealy Team Tennis team traveled to Navasota for their first match of the season. After a close fought competition, Sealy had their first victory of the season with a score of 10-9 over Navasota.

The Faith Academy Knights hosted the High Island Cardinals on Thursday, Sept. 21, at SAB Stadium. The Knights jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. The Knights eventually won the contest 56-8, at halftime.

The Sealy Junior High 8th A team traveled to Brenham this Saturday, Sept. 16th and played some very tough competition at the Brenham Tournament. They were first matched up with Weimar and came out strong and defeated them 25-18 and 25-20.