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Sealy Tiger football trying to avoid 1-2 start in district play Sealy Head Football Coach Shane Mobley knows not much has to be said this week in order to get the Tigers up for their opponent. Sealy will host the undefeated Bellville Brahmas Friday night at T.J.

For the third year in a row, Sealy’s girls cross country team captured first place at the District 24-5-A meet while the boys brought home the district title for the second year in a row. “This is a three-peat for the girls and the guys have now gone backto- back so I was super proud of the effort,” said Sealy Cross Country Head Coach Anthony Branch.

For the first time since 2003, the Brazos Cougars faced off against East Bernard and walked off the field celebrating a win. Brazos exploded for 21 points in the second half to claim a 31-13 win over the Brahmas and move to 2-1 in District 14-3A while East Bernard fell to 0-2 in district play with the loss. “It was phenomenal for our kids, our community and our coaching staff. Our kids did a heck of a job and our coaching staff did a great job,” said Brazos Head Football Coach Ryan Roecker. “It was awesome.” The win over the perennial powerhouse East Bernard was big for a program that has struggled on the football field in recent years. “When we started the week, we just focused on us. We knew we couldn’t overcome 50 years of tradition in one game. We knew we weren’t playing the 50 other teams over the years but just playing the 2022 version and a kid in a jersey. I think our kids bought into that and I told them before the game this isn’t a shock the world situation. People say that when they are in negative situations that they know they can’t win. We prepared for this. Our seniors were 9-1 as freshmen and we have spent four years working on changing the tide and culture of this program. We just had to be ourselves and do what we had to do to win. This is a confidence that can never be taken away from this team. I told them we have a chance to change a community,” Roecker said.

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As Sealy prepared to enter the bye week, the Tigers are standing at 1-1 in District 10-4A and 3-3 overall. While some coaches might want to get right back onto the field after a district loss, Sealy Head Football Coach Shane Mobley believes the bye week is coming at the right time for the Tigers.

Sealy came away with second and third place finishes in the Shiner Invitational Cross Country Meet held Oct. 1. The Sealy boys finished in second place behind East Bernard in the 5000-run while the Sealy girls finished in third place overall behind East Bernard and Yoakum. “I think it went fine. We were missing a couple of runners on the girls’ side, but it was good to see some other kids run well,” said Sealy Cross Country Head Coach Anthony Branch.

Brookshire defensive pressure too much for Sealy oming into Friday’s district contest with Brookshire CRoyal, Sealy Head Football Coach Shane Mobley knew his squad would have to be ready to make adjustments on the field against the Falcons. The talented and upstart Falcons came into the game undefeated and managed to hold off a late Tiger rally to stay that way with a 13-10 victory over Sealy at Brookshire’s Falcon Stadium.