July 2021

July 28, the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) rescued 22 dogs and four cats from a property on the west side of Sealy.

“It was one of the worst cases of deplorable living conditions Houston SPCA Animal Cruelty Investigators said they have seen in their many years of field experience in animal welfare,” a Wednesday press release said.

The Brazos High School athletic department hosted summer youth camps for elementary through junior high school student athletes last week. Head football coach Ryan Roecker and head volleyball coach Amanda Hatton, as well as their respective staff, took advantage of droves of campers who spent parts of their last weeks of summer putting in work ahead of the season. Roecker reported more than 120 athletes attended the first day’s sessions Monday, July 26, between over 70 football campers and over 50 volleyball campers. For more pictures, visit sealynews.com.

Austin County 4-H member, Hunter Schumann, was awarded a $10,000 Richard Wallrath Educational Foundation Scholarship at the Texas 4-H Roundup event held in College Station, Texas. District 11 4-H members were awarded over $303,000 in 4-H scholarships in 2021 and Austin County 4-H is proud to have a recipient contributing to this total.

Nearly 100 studentathletes from elementary school to incoming freshmen participated in the first days of the Sealy Tiger Youth Football Camp at Sealy High School this week. Head football coach Shane Mobley and his staff worked techniques and fundamentals to developing Tiger athletes in the final weeks of summer. For more pictures, visit sealynews.com

Skye Youngblood, representing Cat Spring, racked up a host of awards at the National Rifle Association National Competition at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, IN, earlier this month as the youngest competitor at 14 years old. Youngblood then traveled to Camp Perry in Port Clinton, OH, to compete in the CMP National Match, which started earlier this week. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

The Houston Astros entered this week of play off a sweep of the interstate rival Texas Rangers to help bolster their first-place lead in the American League West. Houston started a west-coast road trip at the start of this week with stops scheduled in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles before returning to Minute Maid Park to face the Minnesota Twins Aug.

The Sealy Brazilian Jiu Jitsu dojo had three representatives at last weekend’s Grappling Summer Slam tournament at the Zone Sportsplex in Houston and two came away with gold medals from their bracket.

July 20, Missouri University of Science and Technology announced the names of students who made the honor list for the Spring 2021 semester. To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or above out of a possible 4.0.

The EEA (Extension Education Association) of Austin County, which is a direct part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, converged to participate in the summer Cultural Arts workshop held at the County Extension Office July 15.