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The group’s scholarship recipients include: senior Avery Grigar, who will continue her career at UT Arlington; seniors Kara Kram and Karly Kram are both headed to Temple College; Nathaly Velazquez will join Alvin Junior College after graduation; Isabella Galvan will play for Oklahoma Wesleyan University as a college freshman; and junior Caylee Syzdek has already committed to UT Arlington, despite having another year to demonstrate her leadership through another stellar season.
WHAT ARE THE SECRETS TO THIS TEAM’S SUCCESS?
“Take it one game at a time, while striving to be mentally and physically tough in preparation for high pressure moments and high intensity games,” Coach Whitehead said, adding that during the season they worked on “getting faster, stronger and tougher every day, as well as fine tuning our skills… learning how to become one unit by building trust and team chemistry.”
Sealy High School Varsity Basketball Coach Greg Cranfill helped his boys to win the bi-district championship last year, with a 16-9 season. The coach said, “This year we are starting with a new group, and one of my goals for these athletes is for them to be the best version of themselves they can be. We want to develop young athletes into men who will be great husbands, great fathers, and great role models to younger generations.”
Varsity Baseball Coach Will Cerny for Sealy High School said his emphasis for this season involved incremental improvement: “We focus on getting 1% better every single day.” After a 14-16 finish and bi-district finalist status last year, his team worked hard this spring on fundamentals and mental preparation, in hopes of positioning themselves to make it to the next level.
For this year’s National Signing Day in February, Sealy High School celebrated scholarship awards for a handful of fall sports athletes as well. Erik Sanchez and Javien Grant will play football for Schreiner University, Case Lyons accepted an offer from Southwestern University for football, Kane Killough was awarded a spot on the U.S. Air Force Academy football team, and Ivan Cerda received a scholarship from Jacksonville College for track & field.
BRAZOS ISD ATHLETES SHOW UP TO WIN
While the Brazos Cougars Varsity Baseball team had not advanced past the first round of playoffs in the past two years, Coach Scotty Dougherty and his players were focused on changing that narrative this spring. With returning varsity players, including five seniors, on the roster, they were determined to compete for a District Championship and a healthy playoff run.
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