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Wellington High School hosted its 5th Annual Powerlifting Meet this past Saturday, and the Crusader crushed it!!  Eighteen schools had team entries to the event and the Wellington women's team took 1st, the junior men's team (comprised of freshmen and sophomores) took 1st, and the men's team (juniors and seniors) took 7th!  Several individuals PR'd or otherwise improved their overall weight lifted from last weekend's virtual Goddard meet, too!  Well done, Crusaders!!  View the compiled Wellington results and photos from the event taken by WHS Digital Media Team member Gaby Mason below!

The Wellington basketball teams squared off against the Circle Thunderbirds on homecoming night February 3.  This was the second meeting between the boys varsity team and Circle.  They earlier played in the Championship of the Roadrunner Classic, in which the Thunderbirds eked out a 1-point win over the Crusaders in the final seconds after trailing the entire game.  The girls varsity team last played Circle in the Sub-state Championship last season.

Homecoming Week is a wrap!  Catch up on the full week's coverage of the daily dress up themes for Winter Homecoming, the Friday Pep Assembly, Coronation, and the Homecoming Dance in the galleries linked below!

The WHS Powerlifting Team participated in their second meet of the season with another virtual meet, this time hosted by Goddard High School.  The women's team took 3rd, and the men's team took 5th overall in the meet which boasted nearly 530 lifters.  The Crusaders had a several individuals place in the top 3 of their weight division, and the coaches reported that nearly every Wellington powerlifter PR'ed at this meet.  

Winter Homecoming kicks off this week, culminating in the Duke coronation at halftime of the varsity boys basketball game Friday night versus Circle.  The Duke candidates were announced a week ago Friday, and the traditional WELLINGTON.CC formal candidate photos were taken this afternoon!  

Check out the full photo set of candidates Jax Cornejo, Keaton Hartman, Cope Henry, Hudson Lawrence, and Jack Wright below!

The young men are escorted by Heidi Gulick, Emma Stover, Jensen Lynnes, Kasiah Richmond, and Jordyn Brown, respectively.

The Lady Crusaders are bringing home the championship plaque from the Wildcat Classic for the second straight year!  One-seed Wellington played host #3 Mulvane on Saturday night for first place.  The Wildcats put up a mighty fight, at one point closing within four points of Wellington, but the Lady Crusaders kept up the pressure defensively and ran away with the game in the fourth quarter to cinch the game with a 16-point lead.  

Three players from Wellington made the All-Tournament selections: sophomores Britt Zeka and Val Norwood and freshman Kylan Gregory.

The high school student council announced the themes for Spirit Week, which runs from January 3 to February 3.

Check back each day for photos from every theme day!

Results from Tuesday night's away games below!  Keep up the great work, Crusaders!!

Boys Varsity

WELLINGTON 65

Rose Hill 47

Individual Scoring:

Wright 16

Rogers 13

Hinshaw 12

Tate 10

Burnett 7

Weir 4

Henry 3

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Boys JV

WELLINGTON 62

Rose Hill 52

Individual Scoring:

Ayers 18

Bannister, D. 16

Burnett 9

Hatfield 8

Norris, G. 4

Newman 3