The Lady Tigers were sitting on a 4-4, district record going into last week’s action before drop-ping games to George Ranch and Ridge Point, which will force them to fight for their playoff lives going into Spring Break.

In an afternoon game on Monday, March 12, the first day of Spring Break, the Lady Tigers proved that they were keen for the fight when they demol-ished the Lady Spartans from Stafford by the score of 6-0.

The Lady Tigers faced off against the Lady Spartans and won big. Brittany Stevenson scored 4 goals for the hat trick plus 1, along with two assists to lead the Lady Tigers in scoring. Joining Stevenson were Josseline Vital and Elizabeth Brown, who each scored a goal off of a Stevenson assist.

Although the Lady Tigers put together quite the offensive barrage against Stafford, Head Coach Bo Magehee feels that his team has the potential to do better.

“I don’t feel like we hus-tled too much or played as well as we should, but the

good news is that the score didn’t reflect that today,” he said.

The Lady Tigers began their offensive fireworks roughly eight minutes into the game when Vital scored a goal from a Stevenson pass at the 32:51 mark. With 16:08 left to play in the first half, Brown knocked a header into the Stafford goal from another Stevenson assist for the second Sealy goal of the game.

Stevenson made the score 3-0 with 3:17 left in the game when she worked her way through the Lady Spartan defense to set up her own goal, and with only 19 seconds left in the open-

ing half Stevenson made the score 4-0 when she knocked in her second goal.

In the second half Sealy started off a little slower until Stevenson earned her third goal of the day when she kicked one past the Stafford goalie with 12:27 left in regulation. She picked up her fourth goal with only 2:09 left to play to put the visitors away by the score of 6-0.

Whitney Peters had sev-eral saves during the game, but thanks to the tenacity of the Lady Tiger defense Stafford was able to put together only a handful of serious attempts at scor-ing, to giving Peters and Sealy the shutout.

Despite the blow out win against Stafford, Sealy is still in a precarious situa-tion regarding the playoffs due to the shut out losses to George Ranch on March 5 and to Ridge Point on March 10, which makes their district record 5-6 with three games remain-ing.

“We are tied for fourth place with George Ranch right now, but I believe we are behind in the goal count so as it stands right now we need to win out,” said Magehee. “We’re defi-nitely on the bubble where we need someone to beat them and we need to take care of our business and win the games left on our schedule.”

The JV Lady Tigers defeated George Ranch by the score of 2-0 on March 5 and on Monday the JV team defeated the Stafford JV team 4-0. Yadhira Rivera, Yulissa Arredondo, Pamela Lizcaino, and Mackenzie Christoferson scored one goal each.

The Lady Tiger soccer team continues its cam-paign to earn a spot in the 2012 playoffs when it faces off against Royal on the road on Friday, March 16, with JV playing at 11 a.m. Varsity’s first kick is at 12:30 p.m.

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The Lady Tiger golf team is looking strong during regular season tournament play. The team traveled to Wharton on March 8 and placed first in the tournament among 10 other teams.

With a wind gust of more than 25 miles per hour all day, the team turned in a combined score of 386. Individual scores were: Andrea Newsome, 93; Phoebe Browne, 96; Mackenzie Strickland, 105; Madison Anderson, 92; and newcomer Caroline Owen, 120.

The team has only two tournaments left before they travel to Pecan Lakes in Navasota for the district tourna-ment in April.

The team is coached by Jerry Brantly.

Following the theme that prevailed last week, the Sealy Tiger baseball team dealt with cancellations and postponements due to inclement weather, but before the storm clouds rolled in Tiger bats cracked like thunder against the Royal Falcons.

In the blowout, Sealy scored 18 runs and allowed none before the coaches from both teams decided to implement the mercy rule after five innings.

On the mound No.4 Carlton Fogle and No.1 Zach Terrel combined for a 1 hitter in their outstand-ing pitching effort against the Falcons, also combining for 11 strikeouts. Fogle started the game and picked up the win with

Terrel coming in to shut down the last six Falcon batters in a row.

At the plate:No. 1 Zach Terrel went

2-3, was walked once, reached on an error, scored 2 runs and hit 3 RBIs.

No. 19 Conor Reding went 0-0 and was walked once.

No.10 Zach Wills went 1-2 reached on an error, was walked once, scored 3 runs, knocked in 2 runs.

No.6 Seth Hill went 2-2 scoring 3 runs, was walked once and knocked in 3.

No.12 Tyler Eckhardt went 1-2.

No.2 J. W. Moore went 1-1 with 1 hit, scored 1 run, was walked once, hit by a pitch and picked up 2 RBIs.

No.7 Reed Hoffpauir went 1-2 scoring 1 run and knocked in 1.

No.4 Carlton Fogle

reached on a fielder’s choice, was hit by a pitch twice, scored 2 runs and knocked in 1 run.

No.14 Byron Simpson went 1-2 scoring 2 runs and knocking in 4 RBIs.

No.15 Jacob Berger went 1-1, was walked once and scored 2 runs.

No.11 Ryan Klepser went 2-4, was walked once, reached on an error, scored 3 runs and hit 2 RBIs.

No.5 Dylan McCallum went 1-2 scoring 2 runs and knocked in 1.

No. 3 Zach Pleasant went 1-1, was walked once, scored 1 run and hit 1 RBI.

No.9 Dustin Schultz went 2-3, was walked once, scored 1 run, and hit 2 RBIs.

As a team the Tigers went 16-27 and scored 18 runs at the plate and allowed no runs and only 1

hit during five innings on the hill to bring home the victory, making their record 4-4 overall and 1-0 in dis-trict play.

According to Sealy Head Coach Brett Montier, the Tigers are doing all they can to stay sharp for dis-trict competition despite limited time on the field due to bad weather.

“It has been difficult keeping our focus with all of the rainouts,” he said. “When we are in the gym I have been telling the play-ers to focus on their hitting mechanics and when the field is dry we optimize our field time by working on our fielding.”

The Tigers face district rival Columbus on the road on March 13 before playing Houston KIPP at home on Friday, March 16, at Stuessel Field.

The Sealy News/COURTESY PHOTOMackenzie Strickland, Caroline Owen, Phoebe Browne, Madison Anderson and Andrea Newsome after the tournament with Coach Jerry Brantly.

By JASON GUILBEAUSports Writer

Lady's golf wins first in Wharton

Girls soccer fights for playoff spotBy JASON GUILBEAU

Sports Writer

The Sealy News/JASON GUILBEAUA Lady Tiger player moves the ball down the field as the team takes on the Lady Spartans.

The Sealy men pulled off a shutout victory against George Ranch by a score of 3-0 on March 5 before being rained out against Ridge Point on March 9.

At halftime the score was knotted at zero before the Tigers set off the offensive fireworks in the second half.

Javier Arriaga, Eduardo Ortiz and Giancarlo Santana each scored 1 goal each with Carlos Rodriguez and Agustin Juarez making assists. On the defensive side of the field goalkeeper Ruben Preciado earned a shutout by combining with the Sealy defense in keeping the Longhorns from scoring.

In JV action Sealy fell to the Longhorn team by a 3-1 margin.

The Tigers next com-pete on the road against Stafford on March 13 before facing off at home against Royal on March 16.

Soccer shuts out George Ranch

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