There were several WHS student-athletes on the road Thursday and many achieved some awesome results. The Varsity Girls Tennis Team was in a large invitational in Ark City and finished 5th as a team out of 16 teams! The Varsity Girls Golf Team was in Circle at their invitational. Freshman Peyton Ginter finished 5th, another of (4-5) Top 10 Finishes this season.
The 7th & 8th grade Football Knights hosted Ark City Thursday at Sellers Park...ended up being a split // the 7th graders struggled against the Bulldogs coming up short 00-36.
In the nightcap, the battle was on and the 8th graders were tied at 20 a piece at halftime. Wellington 8th grade Knights were able to pull away in the 2nd half (against a larger Ark City squad) and the final score was WMS 8th Graders 48 Ark City 34.
The 5-0 Lady Crusader Freshman Volleyball Team hosted a QUAD Thursday at WHS vs Andale, Circle and McPherson...here are the outcomes and they are awesome - they are now 8-0 on the season!)
vs ANDALE
Set 1: AHS 23 WHS 25 - the Lady Crusaders were down 3-14 in this first set and fought back for the WIN!!
Set 2: AHS 22 WHS 25 - the Lady Crusaders were down 5-11 in this 2nd set and fought back for the 2 set match WIN!!
The Wellington JV Girls Tennis Quad was held Thursday afternoon at 9th St, it was hot as we knew September might be after such a pleasant August! The young ladies stayed hydrated and it was a close finish with Eisenhower just edging out the JV Lady Crusaders to claim 1st place team finish.
#1 Singles Natalie Henning 1-2 / 4th
#1 Doubles Shilynn Gustason & Adaysia Love 3-0 / 1st
#2 Singles Olivia Brand 3-0 / 1st
#2 Doubles Raeawna Nutt & Jennifer Walters 2-1 / 2nd
Our Varsity and Jr. Varsity Volleyball squads were in action at HOME for the first time this season on Tuesday. The Triangular featured host Wellington and also Wichita Collegiate and Rose Hill. The Lady Rockets were 4A State Champs last season and are ranked #1 at the present time. In the first varsity game vs Rose Hill the Lady Crusaders jumped out to a 6-1 lead but couldn't hold it as the action progressed. Here are the Wellington outcomes from Tuesday evening:
VARSITY
WMS will be having another informational Chromebook meeting September 20 at 5:30PM at the Middle School for parents of BOTH 7th and 8th graders. Feel free to check out the information below prior to the meeting!
The WMS 7th Grade Volleyball squads hosted both Ark City and Haysville West middle schools on Monday at WMS. The 8th grade Volleyball squads road tripped to Ark City with the same opponents - here are the outcomes from both venues and MANY PICS from the action here at HOME.
8A (@ Ark City)
vs AC: 19-25, 14-25
vs HW: 20-25, 25-19, 15-12
Season Record: 2-1
8B (@ Ark City)
vs AC: 25-14, 19-25, 15-17
vs HW: 17-25, 17-25
The WHS Girls Varsity Golf Team hosted their first ever Tournament on Monday out at Wellington Golf Club. Here are both the TEAM and INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 Finishers:
TEAM (9 holes)
1st Winfield - 196
2nd Buhler - 225
3rd Andover Central - 229
4th Mulvane - 244
5th Wellington - 261
Our Varsity Girls Tennis Team was in action for the 4th time this season at the Pratt Invitational and they did what they do best - win! 4 Meets 4 Team Victories! This group of young ladies are "4-midable"!!!
Congratulations to #1 Doubles Mekenna Adams and Kylie Aufdengarten who finished first...on the day cumulatively, the duo played 33 sets of tennis and won 32 of them.
Congratulations to #1 Singles Jacelyn Buck who finished 2nd. Lost 7-8 (5) in a tie-breaker in the final match.
The annual Wellington Cross Country Invitational was held Saturday morning out at Hargis Creek Watershed, featuring 677 runners from 30 or so HS's and MS's combined. The weather was perfect, sunshine, no wind, nice temps...great morning to run (or watch). Wellington MS and HS had several runners in the mix - here are those with top 20 finishes, all finishers can be found at links below - great job Knights, Lady Knight, Crusaders and Lady Crusaders!
