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2021-2022 SEASON

 (ROSTER)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Winfield
Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Cope Henry 122121

The Crusader squad has been on a roll the last two games, beating league opponent (Rose Hill) last Friday, there, by 1 point, I guess the 1 pt victories are as good of win as any, last night, in OT, the 0-4, now 0-5 Varsity Winfield Vikings, lost by 1, giving Wellington a 3-4 record going in to break. Kudos to Head Coach Joe Newman last Friday, kudos to Asst, move up to Head Coach, Chad Whaley last night. Head Coach Newman was ill and could not attend. Chad stepped up to help and snagged the 2nd victory in a row! Here’s the scoring on them, and scoring on JV and C Teams. It’s Christmas almost, and for two games in a row, with 2 different coaches, the CRUSADERS gave both coaches the best present they could give - VICTORIES!! Merry Christmas!!

VARSITY BOYS

WINF 70 WELL 71 (OVERTIME)

Cope Henry 17
Montel Tate 16
Jack Wright 14
Banks Hinshaw 9
Malachi Rogers 4
Logan Swingle 4
Korbin Jones 3
Deitrek Gill 2
Rylan Biles 2

JV BOYS

WINF 39 WELL 48

Keaton Hartman 11
Brody Weir 9
Dusty Bannister 7
Carter Burnett 6
Malachi Rogers 6
Cope Henry 5
Landyn Glenn 3

"C" TEAM BOYS

WINF 34 WELL 60

Brody Weir 11
Jagger Norris 9
Axl Norris 9
Greer Buchanan 6
Carter Burnett 6
Nick Giefer 6
Tristan Tencleve 4
Dusty Bannister 4
Grady Norris 3
Skyler Branam 2

WHS BOYS BASKETBALL vs WINFIELD 122121 PICTURES

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Rose Hill
Friday, December 17, 2021

vs El Dorado 120621

(VARSITY)
WHS 52 ROSE HILL 51

Montel Tate 19
Jack Wright 9
Deitrek Gill 7
Banks Hinshaw 6
Malachi Rogers 5
RJ Clift 4
Korbin Jones 2

(JR. VARSITY)
WHS JV 63 ROSE HILL 49

Carter Burnett 15
Dusty Bannister 11
Sky Branam 7
Brody Weir 7
Cope Henry 6
Malachi Rogers 5
Nick Giefer 4
Hunter Lough 2
Maddox Burns 2
Landyn Glenn 2
Grady Norris 2

(C TEAM)
WHS C 53 ROSE HILL 24

Grady Norris 17
Greer Buchanan 10
Axl Norris 5
Carter Burnett 4
Sky Branam 4
Brody Weir 3
Dusty Bannister 2
Zander Strader 2
Tristan Tencleve 2
Nick Giefer 2
Andrew Helpingstine 2

 

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Andale
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

vs El Dorado 120621

WHS 42  ANDALE 67

Banks Hinshaw 8
Jack Wright 6
Keaton Hartman 6
Korbin Jones 5
Malachi Rogers 4
Cope Henry 4
RJ Clift 3
Montel Tate 2
Logan Swingle 2
Deitrek Gill 2

WHS JV BOYS BASKETBALL

WHS JV 52 ANDALE 50

Cope Henry 14
Brody Weir 14
Keaton Hartman 6
Malachi Rogers 4
Dustyn Bannister 4
Nick Giefer 3
Landyn Glenn 3
Carter Burnett 2
Sky Branam 2

WHS C TEAM BOYS BASKETBALL

WHS C 53 ANDALE 49

Brody Weir 11
G. Norris 10
Axl Norris 8
Dustyn Bannister 6
Carter Burnett 6
Jagger Norris 5
Sky Branam 3
Nick Giefer 2
 

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WHS CRUSADER BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Cheney HS - 5th Place Game
Saturday, December 11, 2021

Basketball Boys @ Cheney 121121

The Varsity Crusaders were in action early Saturday afternoon, going up against TRINIITY CATHOLIC in the 5th place match-up at this season's "EARLY SEASON CHENEY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT" @ Cheney HS. The outcome for the Varsity and Jr. Varsity boys was positive! The Varsity secured 5th with a 58-31 victory. Congrats to Coach Newman and the squad, their first win of this young season and JV Boys, also with a win over TRINITY CATHOLIC 45-32. Congrats to Montel Tate as well, for his selection to the ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM!

SCORING

VARSITY (58-31 win)

Jack Wright 19
Banks Hinshaw 14
Deitrek Gill 8
Korbin Jones 4
Montel Tate 4
Malachi Rogers 3
Logan Swingle 3
RJ Clift 2
Rylan Biles 1

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
Montel Tate

JR VARSITY (45-32 win)

Bannister 10
Weir 10
Burnett 6
Glenn 6
Branam 5
Norris 4
Burns 2

Congratulations to ALL!!

VARSITY PICS @ Cheney HS 121121 

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WHS CRUSADER BASKETBALL
@ Cheney Tournament vs Cheney
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

vs El Dorado 120621

VARSITY BOYS (0-3)

WHS 30 CHENEY 76

Malachi Rogers 4
Montel Tate 4
Keaton Hartman 4
Cope Henry 3
Rylan Biles 3
Carson Rademacher 3
Jack Wright 3
Banks Hinshaw 2
Korbin Jones 2
Deitrek Gill 2

JR. VARSITY BOYS (2-1)

WHS 32 CHENEY 75

Brody Weir 8
Keaton Hartman 6
Landyn Glenn 5
Malachi Rogers 5
Hunter Lough 2
Maddox Burns 2
Cope Henry 2
Carson Rademacher 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (3-0)

WHS 60 CHENEY 52

Brody Weir 16
Dusty Bannister 14
Carter Burnett 10
Grady Norris 9
Colten Clift 3
Axl Norris 2
Sky Branam 2
Nick Giefer 2
Greer Buchanan 2

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CRUSADER BASKETBALL
VS EL DORADO
@ HOME
Monday, December 6, 2021

vs El Dorado 120621

"C" TEAM BOYS ACTION (2-0)

EHS 29 WHS 51

Grady Norris - 15
Sky Branam - 12
Axl Norris - 9
Dusty Bannister - 4
Greer Buchanan - 3
Jagger Norris - 2
Trystan Tencleve -2
Kaleb Hamilton - 2
Andrew Helpingstine - 2


JV BOYS ACTION (2-0)

EHS 24 WHS 61

Carter Burnett - 16
Malachi Rogers - 9
Cope Henry - 9
Dusty Bannister - 7
Brody Weir - 4
Keaton Hartman - 4
Carson Rademacher - 3
Nick Giefer - 2
Landyn Glenn - 2
Jaxson Irey-Hurt -2
Sky Branam - 1

VARSITY BOYS ACTION (0-2)

EHS 68  WHS 55

Banks Hinshaw -11
Montel Tate - 11
Deitrek Gill - 9
Jack Wright - 8
Malachi Rogers -7
Korbin Jones - 5
RJ Clift - 2
Logan Swingle - 2

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WHS CRUSADER BOYS BASKETBALL
Mulvane HERE
Friday, December 3, 2021

vs Mulvane 120321

"C" TEAM ACTION

MHS 34 WHS 58

Grady Norris 16
Sky Branam 13
Dusty Bannister 5
Nick Giefer 9
Andrew Helpingstine 3
Greer Buchanan 3
Tristan Tencleve 3
Kaleb Hamilton 3
Axl Norris 2
Jagger Norris 1

JV ACTION

MHS 40 WHS 58

Dusty Bannister 14
Landyn Glenn 9
Carter Burnett 8
Malachi Rogers 7
Brody Weir 6
Cope Henry 5
Hunter Lough 4
Keaton Hartman 3
Maddox Burns 2

VARSITY ACTION

MHS 57  WHS 55

Montel Tate 21
Malachi Rogers 11
Banks Hinshaw 7
RJ Clift 6
Jack Wright 6
Korbin Jones 2
Logan Swingle 2

BOYS ACTION PICS vs MULVANE 120321

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2021-2022 Boys Basketball Team Pics (ROSTER)

Boys Basketball 2021-2022

2021-2022 Team * Individual Pics 113021

 

 

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2020-2021 SEASON (ROSTER)
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Sub-State Basketball Assignments (Feb. 27 thru Mar. 6)

LIVE STREAMING:

Main gym games on NFHS Network:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/.../wellington-high-school...

Crusader Radio FB Link:
https://www.facebook.com/crusaderradio353/

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SUB-STATE Basketball Brackets / GIRLS * BOYS

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AVCTL DIV IV LEAGUE HONORS

FIRST TEAM - Tanner Meyer

HON. MENTION - Banks Hinshaw

Congratulations Gentlemen!! Great Job!

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CLICK AND READ!

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Rose Hill HS (Sub-State)
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Crusader Basketball

The #3 seeded WHS Varsity Boys road tripped to #2 seeded Rose Hill HS on Tuesday, for a post-season showdown with the Rockets and an opportunity to move on in Sub-State action. The Crusaders came to play. One of the best games I've seen the Crusaders put on the court this season.

Playing on the Rockets home floor, the Crusaders battled hard and minus a lack of forward steam in the 3rd, we'd be talking about their role in the upcoming Sub-State championship on Friday vs #4 seeded Clearwater, who surprised the #1 seeded Mulvane Wildcats with a 54-45 victory @ Mulvane, to advance and set the stage for Friday's action. WHS would come up short in the end, final score RHHS 70 WHS 64.

The Crusaders were down just 1 at half, every attempt by the Rockets to pull away, thwarted. The  21 to 11 advantage in the 3rd would end up being the difference. Down the 4th qtr stretch, the Crusaders outscored the home team 22-17. The intensity was high and the Crusaders never said never. Tanner Meyer lead the Crusaders with 23 points, as he has done on a plethora of occasions during his Crusader career,  followed by RJ Clift with 14 and Jack Wright with 12. Here's the individual scoring for the Crusader's final contest of the 2020-2021 season.

Tanner Meyer 23
RJ Clift 14
Jack Wright 12
Montel Tate 4
Banks Hinshaw 4
Berkeley Wright 4
Trenton Bannister 3

The Crusader season would end at 6-13, the Wellington team on the court Tuesday looked much more like a 13-6 team. They played their hearts out. Proud to be a Crusader.

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Clearwater HS
Thursday, February 25, 2021

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

VARSITY BOYS (6-12)
WHS 42 CHS 55

no report

JV BOYS (7-8)
WHS xx CHS xx

no report

"C" TEAM BOYS 
WHS xx CHS xx

no report

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WHS VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Wichita Collegiate
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

WHS 52 COLLEGIATE 58 (2 OT)  (6-11)

No Report

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Mulvane
Friday, February 19, 2021

Rayce Koerner 3 pointer

VARSITY BOYS (6-10)
MHS 54 WHS 32

Tanner Meyer 8
Cope Henry 6
Trenton Bannister 5
Rayce Koerner 5
Blake Saffell 3
Montel Tate 2
Logan Swingle 2
Trace Witham 1

JV BOYS (7-8)
MHS 26 WHS 28
2 quarters

Keaton Hartman 7
Deitrek Gill 7
Logan Swingle 5
Jack Wright 3
Rylan Biles 3
Cope Henry 2
RJ Clift 1

"C" TEAM BOYS 
MHS xx WHS xx

GAME CANCELLED

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Andale HS
Friday, February 12, 2021

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

VARSITY BOYS (6-9)
WHS 58 AHS 64

Tanner Meyer 22
Banks Hinshaw 21
Berkeley Wright 11
RJ Clift 3
Cope Henry 1

JV BOYS (7-7)
WHS xx AHS xx

no report

"C" TEAM BOYS 
WHS xx AHS xx

no report

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Wichita Trinity HS
Saturday, February 6, 2021

Jack Wright 18 pts

VARSITY BOYS (6-8)
WTHS 84 WHS 54

Jack Wright 18
Tanner Meyer 13
Montel Tate 8
Deitrek Gill 6
Cope Henry 5
Banks Hinshaw 2
Blake Saffell 2

JV BOYS (7-7)
WTHS 51 WHS 33

pending

"C" TEAM BOYS 
WTHS 44 WHS 36

Hunter Lough 17
Jaxson Irey-Hurt 11
Maddox Black 4
Andrew Helpingstine 2

COURT ACTION PICS vs TRINITY 02.06.21

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs El Dorado HS
Friday, February 5, 2021

Tanner Meyer 24 pts

VARSITY BOYS (6-7)
EHS 56 WHS 51

Tanner Meyer 24
Banks Hinshaw 11
Jack Wright 9
RJ Clift 4
Montel Tate 2
Cope Henry 1

COURT ACTION PICS vs El DORADO 02.05.21

JV BOYS (7-6)
EHS 43 WHS 55

RJ Clift 12
Keaton Hartman 10
Cope Henry 10
Jack Wright 7
Deitrek Gill 6
Rylan Biles 6
Korbin Jones 3
Hunter Lough 1

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Conway Springs HS
Monday, February 1, 2021

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

WHS Crusaders (Varsity & JV Boys) SWEEP Conway Springs! Combined, (V & JV), the Crusaders knocked down 20 treys! Banks Hinshaw had "6" / that's "14" total for Banks in last 2 games.

GREAT JOB GENTLEMEN!

VARSITY
WHS 51 CSHS 49 (6-6)

Banks Hinshaw 20 (6 treys)
Berkeley Wright 16 (4 treys)
Montel Tate 7 (1 trey)
Cope Henry 6
RJ Clift 2

JR. VARSITY
WHS 60 CSHS 45 (6-6)

Keaton Hartman 14 (2 treys)
Jack Wright 13 (3 treys)
Cope Henry 10
Deitrek Gill 10 (2 treys)
RJ Clift 8 (2 treys)
Logan Swingle 5

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Winfield HS
Friday, January 29, 2021

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

KaBam! The Varsity and JV Basketball Boys took care of business Friday evening here at home vs Winfield. Banks Hinshaw lit it up in the Varsity game, scoring 31 pts! (pretty sure this is his career high).

24 of Hinshaw's 31 pts came from "8" treys / a new record! The former record of "7", held by Bank's coach, Joe Newman. Awesome job Banks.

In JV game, Cope Henry pumped in 17 for the cause.

Here's the scoring stats from V and JV action - great job CRUSADERS!

VARSITY BOYS (5-6)
WINF 72 WELL 82

Banks Hinshaw 31
Tanner Meyer 17
Montel Tate 13
Cope Henry 7
RJ Clift 5
Berkeley Wright 5
Trace Witham 3
Keaton Hartman 1

JV BOYS (5-6)
WINF 34 WELL 61

Cope Henry 17
Logan Swingle 12
Keaton Hartman 8
Korbin Jones 7
Deitrek Gill 7
RJ Clift 4
Hunter Lough 3
Rylan Biles 3

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Clearwater HS
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Tanner Meyer 27 pts

Exciting boys basketball Tuesday evening at WHS - unfortunately, in the end, Clearwater went home with 3 wins, 2 of which weren't accomplished without great challenge. For a team that had practiced only once in the past 2 weeks due to health guidelines, the Crusaders played strong.

In JV action, Clearwater buried the younger boys in the first half, up by 18 after 2. Those same young men, didn't hang their heads and went on a 15-4 run at the beginning of the 3rd but couldn't quite get over the hump. Final JV score CHS 64 WHS 59. I was proud of these Crusaders - they battled.

JR VARSITY BOYS (4-6)
CHS 64 WHS 59

Logan Swingle - 17
Keaton Hartman - 13
Deitrek Gill - 10
Korbin Jones - 10
RJ Clift - 4
Cope Henry - 3
Jack Wright - 2

Logan Swingle

The Varsity squad, battled as well. After 3, the score was knotted at 43 each. The Indians are a tall team, I think their 5 starters ranged from 6' 2" to 6' 5". After some hot shooting earlier, Crusader buckets were harder to come by, down the 4th qtr stretch. The Indians pulled away the last minute of action, winning by 5.

VARSITY BOYS (4-6)
CHS 58 WHS 53

Tanner Meyer - 27
Banks Hinshaw - 12
Jack Wright - 5
Cope Henry - 4
Montel Tate - 3
RJ Clift - 2

Tanner Meyer

A tough, tough battle - proud of the effort, proud of this squad.

"C" Team came up short - no score or scoring to report.

COURT ACTION PICS / C TEAM * JV * VARSITY

Next action for the BOYS, HERE on Friday vs Winfield.

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Due to Health Guidelines, the Boys Basketball Program was on hiatus between Jan. 12th and 25th.
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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Collegiate HS
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

VARSITY BOYS (4-5)
WHS 42 CHS 67

Banks Hinshaw 13
Montel Tate 10
Tanner Meyer 9
Berkeley Wright 6
Trenton Bannister 3
Deitrek Gill 1

JR VARSITY BOYS (4-5)
WHS 54 CHS 74

Logan Swingle 12
Morice Ayers 11
Cope Henry 10
Rylan Biles 7
RJ Clift 5
Hunter Lough 5
Deitrek Gill 2
Korbin Jones 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (0-7)
WHS 22 CHS 58

Maddox Black 9
Landyn Glenn 7
Hunter Lough 3
Derrick Duryee 3

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Mulvane HS
Friday, January 8, 2021

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

VARSITY BOYS (4-4)
WHS 44 MHS 61

Banks Hinshaw 14
Tanner Meyer 9
Jack Wright 6
Trace Witham 5
Montel Tate 4
Deitrek Gill 3
RJ Clift 2
Berkeley Wright 1

JR VARSITY BOYS (4-4)
WHS 58 MHS 47

RJ Clift 16
Rylan Biles 11
Keaton Hartman 7
Deitrek Gill 7
Cope Henry 6
Logan Swingle 6
Korbin Jones 5

"C" TEAM BOYS (0-5)
WHS xx MHS xx

pending

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Winfield HS
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

VARSITY BOYS (4-3)
Crusaders 82 Vikings 76

Tanner Meyer 29
Montel Tate 14
Berkeley Wright 11
Trenton Bannister 10
Jack Wright 9
Cope Henry 9

(Head Coach Joe Newman shared these thoughts about Tuesday's varsity game at Winfield).

"Heading into the break with a 4-3 record is a solid start to the season. Add that to the fact we've been competitive in every game and it's certainly a step in the right direction. In a game where neither team was locked in defensively, we managed to get enough stops to come out with a win. Offensively I thought we put on our best performance so far this season. We had multiple guys score and contribute. Tanner continues to show he's one of the top players in the league and the state by putting up 29. It's nice going into the break with a win. With two weeks off we can sit back and enjoy it. We will come back January 4th and have a quick turnaround. We will play at Mulvane, who is undefeated and ranked 2nd in 4A. We will follow that up with Collegiate."

JR VARSITY BOYS (3-4)
Crusaders 69 Vikings 36

Deitrek Gill 21
Korbin Jones 9
RJ Clift 8
Cope Henry 7
Anthony Trumpower 7
Logan Swingle 6
Chauncy Thomas 5
Morice Ayers 4
Hunter Lough 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (0-5)
Crusaders 61 Vikings 65 OT

Landyn Glenn 22
Morice Ayers 15
Maddox Black 8
Derrick Duryee 6
Hunter Lough 5
Jaxson Irey-Hurt 3
Chance Thomas 2

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Rose Hill HS
Friday, December 18, 2020

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

VARSITY (3-3)
RHHS 70 WHS 66


Tanner Meyer 24
Banks Hinshaw 12
Montel Tate 10
Jack Wright 8
Blake Saffell 4
Cope Henry 3
Berkeley Wright 3
Trenton Bannister 2


JR VARSITY (2-4)
RHHS 42 WHS 60


Deitrek Gill 14
Cope Henry 13
RJ Clift 12
Logan Swingle 8
Korbin Jones 6
Blake Saffell 3
Hunter Lough 2
Anthony Trumpower 2
Rylan Biles 2


"C" TEAM (0-4)
RHHS 64 WHS 39

Maddox Black 14
Hunter Lough 7
Carson Nugen 6
Landyn Glenn 5
Chance Thomas 3
Jaxson Irey-Hurt 2
Andrew Helpingstine 2

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Andale HS
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Tanner Meyer

The big game of the week thus far would have to be the Varsity boys basketball game Tuesday evening at WHS vs Andale. There were no GIRLS GAMES at WHS Tuesday, nor will there be this Friday when the boys alone, will host Rose Hill. Health guidelines and restrictions have placed the girls on the outside of the court boundary lines for this week. Hopefully, they can resume next Tuesday, when WHS travels to Winfield for basketball action there. Tuesday will be the last game of the 2020 portion of the 2020-2021 season.

Andale's visit on Tuesday, netted them 2 of the 3 "W's" available to them, not the big one though! 

Our varsity boys, for the first time in the last 3,959 days, defeated the Andale varsity boys, 62-59. It was a great game, a back and forth game, and everyone stepped up and did their parts. 4 of the 5 scorers for Wellington were in double-digits. Additionally, Tanner Meyer pulled a double-double, with 10 rebounds.

Tanner Meyer 23
Banks Hinshaw 12
Jack Wright 11
Berkeley Wright 10
Cope Henry 6

The last win against Andale, came on Feb. 12, 2010 – the DUKES came out on top 55-47 behind the great shooting of Mr. Jordan Edwards who pumped in 21 points to lead that effort almost 11 years ago. The Coach then, many of you will remember, was Brian Buchanan and of course Andale’s coach then and now, his brother Jeff. Always makes for a fun competition…nice to win this one! GO BIG RED!!

This was a great victory for the Crusaders and Coach Newman – they move to 3-2 and will host Rose Hill this Friday. All “3” games, like on Tuesday, will be livestreamed.

In other action, the JV boys battled hard and lost a heart-breaker, here are all the other scores and individual scoring from WHS Tuesday evening:

JR VARSITY (1-4)

AHS 47 WHS 46

RJ Clift 10
Rylan Biles 9
Deitrek Gill 8
Cope Henry 8
Keaton Hartman 6
Blake Saffell 3
Logan Swingle 2
 

"C" TEAM (0-3)
 

AHS 58 WHS 32

Maddox Black 10
Landyn Glenn 7
Chance Thomas 6
Hunter Lough 4
Jaxson Irey-Hurt 3
Andrew Helpingstine 2

COURT ACTION PICS - COURTESY WHS YEARBOOK 12.15.20

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WHS VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Cheney Tournament
Saturday, December 12, 2020

Trophy Pic Cheney Cardinal Classic 3rd Place

The Varsity Crusader Boys defeated PRATT @ the Cheney Invite today, final score WHS 66 PHS 63

WHS 11 21 18 15 - 66
PHS 14 20 14 15 - 63

Tanner Meyer 27
Banks Hinshaw 12
Jack Wright 11
Berkeley Wright 6
Keaton Hartman 3
Cope Henry 2
Trenton Bannister 2
Montel Tate 2

The Crusaders finished 3rd! Great Job Guys!!

Congratulations to Tanner Meyer, Jack Wright, and Airalyn Frame - ALL 3 made the CARDINAL CLASSIC ALL TOURNEY TEAM!

Courtesy Pic

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WHS JV BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Cheney Tournament
Saturday, December 12, 2020

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

WHS JV (1-3) 64 PRATT JV 57 

Cope Henry 18
RJ Clift 15
Korbin Jones 8
Logan Swingle 8
Deitrek Gill 7
Trace Witham 4
Keaton Hartman 4

Great Job Guys!

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
TEAM PICS / INDIVIDUAL PICS
Wednesday, December 9, 2020

WINTER SPORTS TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PICS 12.09.20

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Cheney HS
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Tanner Meyer

VARSITY BOYS (1-2)
CHS 54 WHS 51

Tanner Meyer 18
Banks Hinshaw 11
Montel Tate 9
Jack Wright 6
Berkeley Wright 5
Keaton Hartman 2

JR VARSITY BOYS (0-3)
CHS 58 WHS 51

Cope Henry 11
Deitrek Gill 10
Rylan Biles 8
Logan Swingle 8
Keaton Hartman 4
RJ Clift 3
Korbin Jones 3
Hunter Lough 2
Chauncy Thomas 2

VARSITY BOYS GAME ACTION PICS


"C" TEAM BOYS (0-2)
CHS xx WHS xx

GAME NOT PLAYED
(Cancelled by CHENEY)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ El Dorado HS
Monday, December 7, 2020

WHS Varsity Boys Basketball 2020-2021

VARSITY BOYS (1-1)
WHS 46 EHS 41

Tanner Meyer 20
Banks Hinshaw 6
Keaton Hartman 6
Jack Wright 5
Montel Tate 5
Trenton Bannister 2
Berkeley Wright 2

JR VARSITY BOYS (0-2)
WHS 49 EHS 69

Cope Henry 11
Keaton Hartman 10
RJ Clift 9
Logan Swingle 9
Chauncy Thomas 5
Deitrek Gill 3
Korbin Jones 2

WHS "C" TEAM BASKETBALL 2020-2021

"C" TEAM BOYS (0-2)
WHS 60 EHS 77

Landyn Glenn 17
Maddox Burns 13
Chance Thomas 11
Hunter Lough 9
Jaxson Irey-Hurt 8
Carson Nugen 2

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Mulvane HS
Friday, December 4, 2020

Banks Hinshaw

VARSITY BOYS (0-1)
WHS 55 MHS 62

Banks Hinshaw 19
Montel Tate 11
Tanner Meyer 9
Jack Wright 7
Cope Henry 4
Berkeley Wright 3
Keaton Hartman 2


JR VARSITY BOYS (0-1)
WHS 49 MHS 55

Cope Henry 14
Keaton Hartman 9
Deitrek Gill 6
Rylan Biles 5
Korbin Jones 5
RJ Clift 4
Logan Swingle 4
Hunter Lough 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (0-1)
WHS 27 MHS 60

individual scoring pending

VARSITY / JV / & "C" TEAM PICS vs MULVANE 120420

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2019-2020 SEASON

No Girls "C" Team this season. Therefore, the HOME SCHEDULE will be:

4:15PM
"C" Team Boys (Aux. Gym)
JV Girls (Main Gym)
5:45PM
JV Boys (Aux Gym)
6:00PM
Varsity Girls (Main Gym)
7:30PM
Varsity Boys (Main Gym)

@ AWAY games, opponent determines the schedule.

(ROSTER)

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AVCTL DIV IV LEAGUE HONORS 2019-2020

Tanner Meyer (Junior) - 1st TEAM
Austin Soles (Senior) - 2nd TEAM

Congratulations GENTLEMEN! Awesome Seasons!

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The 2019-2020 season coming to a close also, and sadly means, "8" of this year's players graduate and will not return to the CRUSADER HARDWOOD again as active Crusaders. Always a fretful moment when that realization sets in for them and their fans.

So, a Crusader website salute to these ELITE 8 we've grown so used to seeing on the court of play for the past 6 years.

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GIRLS: Kylie Aufdengarten, Natalie Henning, McKenna Jones

BOYS: Tyler Brown, Zane Cornejo, Cade Fairbanks, John Long, Austin Soles

Best wishes to all of you - you were appreciated and will be missed!

The seasons ended Tuesday night in Buhler for our Crusader and Lady Crusader basketball squads. Here are the results available at this time.

WHS BOYS BASKETBALL 
@ Buhler HS (4A Sub-State)
Tuesday, March 3, 2020

VARSITY BOYS (6-14)
WHS 33  BHS 61

Austin Soles 9
Tanner Meyer 7
Tyler Brown 5
Jack Wright 5
Berkeley Wright 3
Banks Hinshaw 2
Zane Cornejo 2

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The above game was the LAST athletic event for the school year - the PANDEMIC (Covid-19) raised its ugly head and the 2020 Spring Sports season was cancelled.

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL 
HERE vs Andale HS
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Crusader Basketball 2019-2020

VARSITY BOYS (6-13)
AHS 56 WHS 50

Tanner Meyer 20
Austin Soles 18
Tyler Brown 3
Berkeley Wright 3
Cade Fairbanks 2
Banks Hinshaw 2
Zane Cornejo 2

JR VARSITY BOYS (2-16)
AHS 66 WHS 23

Jack Wright 9
Cope Henry 7
Jax Cornejo 3
Banks Hinshaw 2
Trace Witham 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (7-9)
AHS 57 WHS 43

Logan Swingle 12
Rylan Biles 11
Jax Cornejo 7
Keaton Hartman 7
Carson Nugen 4
Korbin Jones 2

UP NEXT: 4A Sub-State action @ Buhler HS, Tuesday, March 3, 2020 @ 7:30PM (following Varsity Girls Game @ 6:00PM)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL 
@ Wichita Collegiate
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Crusader Basketball 2019-2020

VARSITY BOYS (6-12)
WHS 36 WCHS 65

Tanner Meyer 14
Jack Wright 6
Cade Fairbanks 5
Tyler Brown 5
Montel Tate 2
RJ Clift 2
Zane Cornejo 1
Berkeley Wright 1

JR VARSITY BOYS (2-15)
WHS 45 WCHS 58

Cope Henry 20
Montel Tate 5
Jax Cornejo 5
Jack Wright 4
Trace Witham 3
Banks Hinshaw 3
Logan Swingle 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (7-8)
WHS 43 WCHS 41

Logan Swingle 19
Jax Cornejo 10
Rylan Biles 7
Hunter Lough 3
Keaton Hartman 2
Korbin Jones 2

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL 
@ Clearwater HS
Friday, February 21, 2020

Crusader Basketball 2019-2020

VARSITY BOYS (6-12)
WHS 29 CHS 54

Tanner Meyer 13
John Long 7
Austin Soles 5
Cade Fairbanks 2
Banks Hinshaw 2

JR VARSITY BOYS (2-14)
WHS 43 CHS 52

Cope Henry 15
Jack Wright 15
Jax Cornejo 4
Banks Hinshaw 3
Trenton Bannister 3
Trace Witham 3

"C" TEAM BOYS (6-8)
WHS 30 CHS 60

Keaton Hartman 8
Rylan Biles 6
Jax Cornejo 5
Logan Swingle 4
Hunter Lough 3
Korbin Jones 2
Carson Nugen 2

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL 
@ Mulvane HS
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Crusader Basketball 2019-2020

VARSITY BOYS (6-11)
WHS 67 MHS 61

Tanner Meyer 20
Austin Soles 17
Tyler Brown 15
Cade Fairbanks 8
Berkeley Wright 4
Jack Wright 2
Zane Cornejo 1

JR VARSITY BOYS (2-13)
WHS 52 MHS 56

Cope Henry 22
Banks Hinshaw 11
Jax Cornejo 9
Trenton Bannister 4
Trace Witham 3
RJ Clift 3

"C" TEAM BOYS (6-7)
WHS 43 MHS 58

Korbin Jones 14
Logan Swingle 11
Keaton Hartman 8
Rylan Biles 5
Hunter Lough 3
Jax Cornejo 2

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL 
HERE vs Rose  Hill
Friday, February 14, 2020

Tanner Meyer

The Crusaders jumped out early on the Rockets Friday at WHS and led by 8 points at halftime. Rose Hill cut that deficit in half by the end of 3, finding themselves down just 4. A high scoring game by Wellington's Junior Tanner Meyer would eventually seal the deal for the home team! Tanner pumped in 14 in the 3rd, keeping the visiting Rockets at a distance. Final score was RHHS 57 WHS 60!

VARSITY BOYS (5-11)
RHHS 57 WHS 60

Tanner Meyer 27
Austin Soles 8
Tyler Brown 6
Cade Fairbanks 6
Jack Wright 5
John Long 3
Berkeley Wright 3
Zane Cornejo 2

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JR VARSITY BOYS (2-11)
RHHS 59 WHS 48

Cope Henry 16
Montel Tate 9
Trenton Bannister 7
Banks Hinshaw 6
Jax Cornejo 5
Rylan Biles 3
Logan Swingle 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (6-6)
RHHS 39 WHS 48

Keaton Hartman 15
Hunter Lough 10
Carson Nugen 7
Trenton Bannister 5
Jax Cornejo 4
Logan Swingle 4
RJ Clift 3
 

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL 
@ Augusta HS
Friday, February 7, 2020

Crusader Basketball 2019-2020

VARSITY BOYS (4-11)
WHS 49 AHS 77

Austin Soles 15
Jack Wright 8
Tyler Brown 5
Banks Hinshaw 5
Cade Fairbanks 4
Tanner Meyer 4
Jax Cornejo 3
Cope Henry 3
Trace Witham 1

JR VARSITY BOYS (2-10)
WHS 58 AHS 65

Cope Henry 16
Trenton Bannister 15
Banks Hinshaw 8
Jack Wright 6
Jax Cornejo 4
Montel Tate 4
Trace Witham 3
RJ Clift 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (5-6)
WHS 51 AHS 33

Keaton Hartman 17
Montel Tate 13
Korbin Jones 6
Rylan Biles 6
Jax Cornejo 5
Logan Swingle 4

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HOME vs Buhler (Senior Night)
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Senior Night BASKETBALL

Mid-season tournaments are over and all the squads are back together again...well, almost. The WHS Girls program whose numbers were down a bit this year, resulting in no "C" Team, those numbers were down even more Tuesday when about 1/3 of the squad was home ill. Consequently, on the girls side, only the Varsity game was played. (See Girls Post for info about that).

In the boys Varsity game, Wellington maintained early with good outside shooting from Brown and Meyer, and the score was knotted at 10 at one point. Buhler began to pull away in the 2nd qtr and lead by 8 at halftime. Buhler picked up the pace after the break, outscoring Wellington 39-15 down the stretch, final score BHS 59 WHS 27.

The JV boys found success, moving their record to 2-9, the C Team Boys came up short 33-42.

Between the Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys games, this year's "basketball" seniors and their parents were honored. 10 seniors, all totaled...

Tyler Brown, son of Jared and Sammie Brown
Zane Cornejo, son of Jamie and Maria Cornejo
Cade Fairbanks, son of Jayson and Shanna Fairbanks
John Long, son of JC and Mary Long
Austin Soles, son of Billy and Traci Soles

Kylie Aufdengarten, daughter of Brian and Diana Aufdengarten
Natalie Henning, daughter of Tom and Jennifer Henning
McKenna Jones, daughter of Trey and Shanyn Jones

MANAGERS
Alisa Walters and Jennifer Walters, 
daughters of Johnny Hicks and Christina Walters

VARSITY BOYS (4-10)
BHS 59 WHS 27


Tanner Meyer 11
Tyler Brown 5
Austin Soles 4
Cade Fairbanks 4
Jack Wright 3

JR VARSITY BOYS (2-9)
BHS 31 WHS 53


Trenton Bannister 12
Cope Henry 9
RJ Clift 8
Jack Wright 7
Jax Cornejo 7
Banks Hinshaw 3
Trace Witham 2
Logan Swingle 2
Zach Saffell 2
Korbin Jones 1

"C" TEAM BOYS (4-6)
BHS 42 WHS 33


Montel Tate 10
Keaton Hartman 7
Jax Cornejo 6
Rylan Biles 6
Korbin Jones 3
Carson Nugen 1

VARSITY BOYS ACTION PICS / SR NIGHT PICS vs BUHLER 020420

NEXT UP: Augusta THERE, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 
4:15 - 
C Team Girls (Augusta vs Cheney) Main Gym / C Team Boys (WHS vs AHS) Gym 2
5:45 - JV Boys Gym 2
6:00 - Varsity Girls Main Gym
7:30 - Varsity Boys Main Gym
7:30 - JV Girls Gym 2

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Circle HS
Friday, January 31, 2020

Crusader Basketball 2019-2020

VARSITY BOYS (4-9)
WHS 54 CHS 62


Tanner Meyer 31
Jack Wright 11
Tyler Brown 9
Banks Hinshaw 3

JR VARSITY BOYS (1-9)
WHS 47 CHS 58


RJ Clift 12
Montel Tate 11
Trenton Bannister 7
Cope Henry 7
Trace Witham 5
Banks Hinshaw 5


"C" TEAM BOYS (4-5)
WHS 41 CHS 57

Montel Tate 8
Keaton Hartman 7
Korbin Jones 6
Jax Cornejo 5
Hunter Lough 5
Rylan Biles 5
Logan Swingle 5

NEXT UP: Buhler HERE, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 (SR. NIGHT)

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WHS VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Chaparral Roadrunner Classic
Saturday, January 25, 2020

7th Place

Just in from the Road Runner Classic @ Chaparral HS...the Varsity Boys placed 7th at the tourney this weekend, going 1-2. The boys in red downed SUNRISE ACADEMY 64-26 early this afternoon. Tanner Meyer lit it up with 28 pts.(60 pts total for Tanner in the tourney overall), Austin Soles 11, Montel Tate 6, Jack Wright 4, Banks Hinshaw 3, Trace Witham 3, Jax Cornejo 3, Zane Cornejo 2, RJ Clift 2, Cade Fairbanks 2. Nice finish to the 3 day tournament. 

In their opener on Wednesday vs Belle Plaine, the Dragons pulled away late and won 70-56. On Friday, Mulvane jumped out early on the Crusaders and sustained that early advantage throughout. Final score 71-53. UPDATED BRACKET 

The VARSITY BOYS are now 4-8 on the season.

NEXT UP: WHS Varsity Boys/JV/C Team @ CIRCLE HS / Friday, January 31, 2020 / 4:15PM

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WHS VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Chaparral Roadrunner Classic
Friday, January 24, 2020

Student Body @ Roadrunner Classic

Mid-Season Boys Tournament action continued Friday afternoon for the Varsity Crusaders, at the Chaparral Roadrunner Classic. The #8 seed Varsity Crusaders took on #5 seed Mulvane Wildcats in day 2 action, unfortunately the Wildcats would prevail, 71-53. Mulvane jumped out early, leading 23-10 after 1 qtr. and stretched that lead to 20 after 3. This 2nd loss in tourney action will place the Crusaders in the 7th place contest on Saturday at 1PM vs Sunrise Academy.  UPDATED BRACKET

Scoring for the Crusaders vs Mulvane:
Tanner Meyer 14
John Long 7
Zane Cornejo 6
Austin Soles 6
Tyler Brown 5
RJ Clift 4
Jax Cornejo 3
Jack Wright 3
Cope Henry 2
Banks Hinshaw 2
Cade Fairbanks 1

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Chaparral Roadrunner Classic
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Student Body @ Roadrunner Classic

Opening Mid-Season Tournament action Wednesday evening at Chaparral's Roadrunner Classic for the WHS Varsity Boys. The #8 seed Varsity Crusaders took on #1 seed Belle Plaine Dragons. The Crusaders jumped out early but by halftime, trailed by a dozen. The boys in red gained considerable ground in the 3rd qtr and pulled within 3 in the 4th, before the Dragons pulled away for the 14 pt, 70-56 victory. The Varsity boys fall to 3-7 on the season and will play #5 seed Mulvane Friday @ 3PM, the Wildcats lost to #4 seed Ark City in their opener. UPDATED BRACKET

(scoring courtesy sumnernewscow)
Tanner Meyer 18
Berkeley Wright 9
John Long 8
Austin Soles 8
Jack Wright 6
Tyler Brown 3
Jax Cornejo 2
Banks Hinshaw 2

GAME ACTION PICS vs BELLE PLAINE 012220

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Andale HS
Friday, January 17, 2020

Crusader Basketball 2019-2020

VARSITY (3-6)
WHS 29 AHS 60

Tanner Meyer 19
Montel Tate 3
Jack Wright 3
Trace Witham 2
Zane Cornejo 2

JR. VARSITY (1-8)
WHS 35 AHS 70


Cope Henry 11
RJ Clift 8
Trenton Bannister 5
Banks Hinshaw 5
Jack Wright 4
Jax Cornejo 2

C-TEAM (4-4)
WHS 52 AHS 56

Keaton Hartman 12
Banks Hinshaw 12
Jax Cornejo 11
Montel Tate 11
Korbin Jones 4
Rylan Biles 2

NEXT UP: Chaparral Roadrunner Classic (Varsity) WEDS. JAN. 22nd @ 5PM vs Belle Plaine (BRACKET)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Collegiate
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

The Varsity Crusader Boys shot out to an 11-3 lead on Collegiate Tuesday evening, didn't take the Spartans long to "right" their ship and by 1st quarters' end, Collegiate was up 30-15, at halftime 42-20. The Spartans were high percentage shooters, knocking down "10" 3's to the Crusaders "5", and did so with high accuracy. They had the height advantage as well. Collegiates' platooning system allows a fresh five on the court a greater amount of time, too. A Purdue University scout was on hand, checking out one (or more, I don't know) of the Spartans. A tough night overall for the boys in red.

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The JV Boys couldn't get anything to drop, control of that contest lost early on by the Crusaders. In opening action, the "C" Team Boys did take the Spartans to overtime, unfortunately came up just short in that eventual outcome. 

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VARSITY BOYS (3-5)
Collegiate 67 WHS 34

Tanner Meyer 13
John Long 5
Austin Soles 4
Jack Wright 4
Cade Fairbanks 4
Berkeley Wright 3
RJ Clift 1

JR. VARSITY BOYS (1-7)
Collegiate 69 WHS 36

Jack Wright 8
Trenton Bannister 6
Korbin Jones 5
Jax Cornejo 4
Trace Witham 3
Keaton Hartman 2
Cope Henry 2
RJ Clift 2
Rylan Biles 2
Logan Swingle 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (4-3)
Collegiate 50 WHS 46 (OT)

Jax Cornejo 11
Keaton Hartman 10
Banks Hinshaw 9
Korbin Jones 6
Logan Swingle 5
Rylan Biles 3
RJ Clift 2

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NEXT ACTION @ ANDALE HS * Friday Jan 17th
C TEAM BOYS @ 4:15PM (Gym B)
JV BOYS @ 5:45PM (Gym B)
VARSITY BOYS @ 7:30PM (GYM A)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Clearwater HS
Friday, January 10, 2020

The Clearwater boys went home with "3" W's Friday evening, defeating the WHS V, JV & C Teams to achieve that end. Certainly were not blowouts, and one, very close. The boys in red will rebound. A  young bunch overall, nice performances by several - as those individual performances transition into team performances, watch out. There is talent on the court. Many smiles to come.

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VARSITY BOYS (3-4)
Clearwater 52 Wellington 41


Tanner Meyer 18
Austin Soles 11
John Long 5
Berkeley Wright 3
Jack Wright 3
Cade Fairbanks 1

JR. VARSITY BOYS (1-6)
Clearwater 47 Wellington 45


Rylan Biles 12
Cope Henry 9
Jack Wright 6
Trenton Bannister 5
Logan Swingle 4
Trace Witham 2
Korbin Jones 2
Banks Hinshaw 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (4-2)
Clearwater 53 Wellington 40

Logan Swingle 9
Trenton Bannister 8
Jax Cornejo 7
Montel Tate 6
Banks Hinshaw 3
Jaxson Irey-Hurt 3
Hunter Lough 2
RJ Clift 2

COURT ACTION PICS vs CLEARWATER 011020

NEXT ACTION: HERE vs Collegiate, Tuesday January 14, 2020
"C" TEAM @ 4:15PM (Aux Gym)
JV Boys @ 5:45PM (Aux Gym)
V Boys @ 7:30PM (Main Gym)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Winfield HS
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Austin Soles 21 pts

The Crusaders chalked up 2 wins in 3 games Tuesday evening in their 2020 opener here at HOME vs the Winfield Vikings. Exciting action, especially in the varsity game. The Crusaders, lead by Senior Austin Soles with 21 pts. and Junior Tanner Meyer with 20, were up by a dozen at halftime and somewhat in control. Winfield chipped away at that lead, reducing it to an 8 pt deficit after 3. The Vikings put more oars in the water in the 4th and nearly paddled into a victory. Winfield came up 1 pt shy of sending the contest to OT fortunately, and Wellington goes to .500 on the season, now 3-3. The JV squad continues to battle. Winfield's JV jumped out early, up 17-4 after 1 and 36-18 at half. The "C" Team squad had "4" young men in double figures, and chalked up their 4th win in 5 games, downing their young Viking counterparts 55-48. Logan Swingle lit it up again with 18. RJ Clift, Korbin Jones and Trent Bannister had the "hot hands" as well.

VARSITY BOYS (3-3)
Winfield 63 Wellington 64


Austin Soles 21
Tanner Meyer 20
Cade Fairbanks 12
Tyler Brown 6
Zane Cornejo 2
Jax Cornejo 2
Jack Wright 1

VARSITY ACTION PICS vs VIKINGS 010720

JR. VARSITY BOYS (1-5)
Winfield 67 Wellington 35


Trent Bannister 6
Montel Tate 6
Cope Henry 6
Trace Witham 4
Keaton Hartman 4
Jack Wright 3
Korbin Jones 2
Banks Hinshaw 2
Jax Cornejo 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (4-1)
Winfield 48 Wellington 55

Logan Swingle 18
RJ Clift 15
Korbin Jones 10
Trent Bannister 10
Keaton Hartman 2

NEXT ACTION: HERE vs Clearwater, Friday January 10, 2020
"C" TEAM @ 4:15PM (Aux Gym)
JV Boys @ 5:45PM (Aux Gym)
V Boys @ 7:30PM (Main Gym)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Mulvane HS
Friday, December 20, 2019

Keaton Hartman 20 pts "C" Game

Returning HOME after road trip games at "3' other venues, over the past 10 days, the Crusader Boys jumped out early on the visiting Mulvane Wildcats in the opening "C" Team game. The young Crusaders never looked back, dominating the action vs the Wildcats, and moved their season record to 3-1. Final score Mulvane 39 Wellington 61. The WHS scoring for the "C" game went as follows:

Keaton Hartman 20
RJ Clift 10
Logan Swingle 9
Korbin Jones 8
Hunter Lough 6
Zach Saffell 5
Caleb Sanders 3

The JV Boys got down early, as many as 16 pts early on. They turned things around though and battled back, to lose by only 2 points, 45-47. A great "near" comeback, but just ran out of time. The JV Boys are now 1-4 on the season. Scoring for the JV Boys:

Montel Tate 20 pts. JV Game

Montel Tate 20
Cope Henry 9
RJ Clift 9
Jax Cornejo 4
Korbin Jones 3

In final action on the night for the boys, the Varsity squad jumped out early on Mulvane, that lead went back and forth and eventually Mulvane was able to pull away and secure the 58-51 win over the Crusaders who fall to 2-3 on the season. Scoring:

Tanner Meyer 23 points

Tanner Meyer 23
Austin Soles 15
Cope Henry 5
Tyler Brown 3
Zane Cornejo 2
John Long 2
Montel Tate 1

Next action for the Crusaders is slated for Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - the first day back for the students from Christmas / New Year break. The Crusaders will host Winfield that Tuesday and will then host Clearwater as well, on Friday the 10th.

COURT ACTION PICS vs MULVANE 122019

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Rose Hill HS
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Crusader Basketball

VARSITY (2-2)

WHS 51 Rose Hill 59

Tanner Meyer 22
Jack Wright 10
Berkeley Wright 8
Tyler Brown 5
John Long 2
Zane Cornejo 2
Banks Hinshaw 2

JR. VARSITY (1-3)

WHS 34 Rose Hill 55
Montel Tate 13
Banks Hinshaw 5
Cope Henry 3
Korbin Jones 3
Logan Swingle 2
RJ Clift 2
Jack Wright 2
Keaton Hartman 2
Jax Cornejo 2

"C" TEAM  (2-1)

WHS 57 Rose Hill 37
Logan Swingle 18
Keaton Hartman 13
RJ Clift 11
Hunter Lough 8
Korbin Jones 7

NEXT ACTION - @ HOME / Friday, December 20th vs Mulvane

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ CHENEY HS (Cardinal Classic)
Saturday, December 14, 2019

Crusader Basketball

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
VARSITY (2-1)
WHS 32 CHENEY 51


Berkeley Wright 11
Tanner Meyer 5
Tyler Brown 3
Trace Witham 3
Austin Soles 3
Jack Wright 3
Zane Cornejo 2
John Long 2

Varsity Crusaders are 2-1 on the season

JR VARSITY (1-2)
WHS 39 CHENEY 56


Jack Wright 9
Montel Tate 7
Cope Henry 5
Banks Hinshaw 5
Jax Cornejo 4
Keaton Hartman 4
Logan Swingle 2
RJ Clift 2
Korbin Jones 1

Jr. Varsity Crusaders are 1-2 on the season

NEXT ACTION: @ Rose Hill TUES, December 17th

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Cardinal Classic Boys
All Tournament Team


Jackson Swartz - Chaparral
Luke Grace - Cheney
Harrison Voth - Cheney
Jaydon Sundgren - El Dorado
Jake Johnson - El Dorado
Luke Hammeke - Trinity Catholic
Walt Gray - Trinity Catholic
Tanner Meyer - Wellington

Congrats Tanner!

Next Action @ Rose Hill, Tues / Dec. 17th @ 4:15PM

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ PRATT HS (Pool Play Cheney Classic)
Thursday, December 10 2019

Pool Play @ Pratt - Cheney Cardinal Classic 2019

VARSITY (2-0)
WHS 54 PHS 41


Meyer 12
Long 11
Brown 10
Soles 8
J. Wright 7
Fairbanks 4
Hinshaw 2

JR. VARSITY (1-1)
WHS 29 PHS 47

Tate 11
Witham 5
Henry 5
J. Wright 4
Clift 3
Jones 1

"C" TEAM (1-1)
WHS 70 PHS 36

Swingle 30
Lough 9
Jones 7
Clift 6
Biles 6
Hartman 4
Nugen 4
Irey-Hurt 3
Sanders 1

Next Action Saturday @ Cheney HS

SCHEDULE FOR CHENEY CARDINAL CLASSIC SATURDAY!

5th Place
11:00
El Dorado Girls vs Pratt
12:45
Trinity Catholic Boys vs Pratt

3rd Place
2:30
Trinity Catholic Girls vs Wellington

4:15
El Dorado Boys vs Chaparral

1st Place
6:00
Cheney Girls vs Chaparral
7:45
Cheney Boys vs Wellington

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Chaparral 
(Cheney Cardinal Classic Pool Play)
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Tanner Meyer 27 points vs Chaparral

VARSITY (1-0)
Chaparral 47 WHS 53

Meyer 27
J. Wright 10
Hinshaw 5
Long 4
B. Wright 3
Soles 2
Fairbanks 2 

JR. VARSITY (1-0)
Chaparral 50 WHS 55

Henry 15
J. Wright 13
Cornejo 9
Hartman 5
Hinshaw 5
Witham 3
Tate 3
Jones 2

"C" TEAM (0-1)
Chaparral 54 WHS 34

Clift 7
Hartman 7
Biles 6
Jones 5
Swingle 5
Lough 2
Nugen 2

NEXT UP: Pool Play continues @ Pratt Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 / Classic wraps up at Cheney HS on Saturday.

GAME ACTION PICS / Varsity & JV & C TEAM

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2018-2019 SEASON

Basketball Brackets STATE 2019

CRUSADERS
Boys Divisional
Standings (1A-6A)

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LEAGUE HONORS
CRUSADER BASKETBALL

DeAndre Washington - 2nd TEAM
Tanner Meyer - HON MENTION

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Mulvane HS
(Sub-State Play-In)
Monday, February 25, 2019

Sub-State Play-In Game @ Mulvane

The WHS Varsity Boys only hope to extend the season to regular sub-state play, came up short Monday evening at Mulvane in the "play-in" game for the 17th and 18th seeds of the WEST 4A, eighteen team division. Final score, WHS 59 MHS 73 The (6-14) Wildcats, with the win, will road-trip to (18-1) Wichita Trinity Wednesday for Sub-State West Div 4A opening action.

Both teams were red hot the opening quarter and the Crusaders lead going into the 2nd, 19-16. Mulvane would outscore the Crusaders in every subsequent quarter. Up only 3 at halftime, the Wildcats buried the boys in red in the 3rd, outscoring WHS 20-10, creating a deficit too large to overcome. The Crusaders lost their 8 last games after defeating Conway Springs at the Roadrunner Classic at Chaparral on January 18th.

A good contingent of players will be returning next season...this season ends at 4-15.

COURT ACTION PICS WHS vs MHS 022519

Individual Scoring Not Available

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Andale HS
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Crusader Basketball

BOYS VARSITY (4-15)
WHS 37 AHS 71

Individual Scoring
Not Available

BOYS JR VARSITY (2-14)
WHS 47 AHS 74

John Long 13
Zane Cornejo 7
Berkeley Wright 6
Rylan Biles 6
Austin Soles 5
Kade Adams 4
RJ Clift 2
Cade Fairbanks 2

BOYS "C" TEAM
WHS xx AHS xx

Individual/Team Scoring
Not Available

NEXT ACTION: VARSITY BOYS (Sub-State Play-In Game) @ Mulvane / Monday, Feb. 25 7PM

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
vs Collegiate HERE
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

CANCELLED due to weather / no make-up

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
vs Clearwater HERE
Friday, February 15, 2019

Crusader Basketball

BOYS VARSITY (4-14)
CHS 51 WHS 39 

Individual Scoring
Not Available

BOYS JR VARSITY (2-13)
CHS 61 WHS 51

John Long 10
Kade Adams 10
Austin Soles 8
Rylan Biles 8
Zane Cornejo 5
Silas Popplewell 4
Trenton Bannister 3
Cade Fairbanks 2
Berkeley Wright 2

BOYS "C" TEAM
CHS xx WHS xx

Individual/Team Scoring
Not Available

NEXT ACTION: WHS vs Collegiate HERE - TUESDAY, FEB. 19th @ 4:15PM 

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Mulvane
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Crusaders vs Mulvane 021219

BOYS VARSITY (4-13)
MHS 74 WHS 71 

Individual Scoring
Not Available

VARSITY ACTION PICS 021219

BOYS JR VARSITY (2-12)
MHS 52 WHS 57

John Long 11
Kade Adams 10
Silas Popplewell 10
Trenton Bannister 9
Austin Soles 5
Cade Fairbanks 5
RJ Clift 3
Zane Cornejo 2
Berkeley Wright 2

BOYS "C" TEAM
MHS xx WHS xx

Individual/Team Scoring
Not Available

NEXT ACTION: WHS vs Clearwater HERE - FRIDAY, FEB. 15th @ 4:15PM 

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Rose Hill
Friday, February 8, 2019

Crusader Basketball

BOYS VARSITY (4-12)
WHS 32 RHHS 49

DeAndre Washington 12
Tyler Brown 6
Grey Hatfield 4
Austin Soles 3
Cade Fairbanks 3
Kade Adams 2
John Long 2

BOYS JR VARSITY (1-12)
WHS 54 RHHS 63

Kade Adams 12
Silas Popplewell 9
Austin Soles 8
Trenton Bannister 5
John Long 5
Berkeley Wright 5
Trace Witham 3
Zane Cornejo 3
Cade Fairbanks 2
 

BOYS "C" TEAM
AHS xx WHS xx

Individual/Team Scoring
Not Available

NEXT ACTION: WHS vs Mulvane HERE - TUESDAY, FEB. 12th @ 4:15PM 

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Augusta HS
Friday, February 1, 2019

ESPN Coverage @ WHS

The Crusader Basketball programs hosted their counterparts from Augusta Friday evening and what a busy evening it was! In addition to "5" basketball games, DeAndre Washington was honored during the Varsity Girls halftime for his invitation to this year's SHRINE BOWL.A new DUKE was crowned as well, during the Varsity Boys halftime. Congrats again to Dakota Lynnes - check other stories here on wellington.cc about the  coronation and other Spirit Week activities, it's been a fun week.

Here are the outcomes for the BOYS games vs Augusta,another tough night for the boys in red:

BOYS VARSITY (now 4-11)
AHS 55 WHS 25

Austin Soles 5
Brayden Higginbotham 5
Silas Popplewell 5
DeAndre Washington 3
Tyler Brown 3
Grey Hatfield 2
Cade Fairbanks 2

BOYS JR VARSITY (now 1-11)
AHS 63 WHS 53

Silas Popplewell 12
Austin Soles 11
Cade Fairbanks 7
Zane Cornejo 6
John Long 6
Kade Adam 4
Lexi Clift 3
Trenton Bannister 2
Berkeley Wright 2

BOYS "C" TEAM
AHS 52 WHS 20

Blake McCreary 5
Logan Swingle 4
Deitrek Gill 4
Chauncy Thomas 2
RJ Clift 2
Parker Dodds 2
Rylan Biles 1

GAME ACTION PICS vs AUGUSTA 020119

Next Action @ Rose Hill, Friday, February 8 (4:15) (Homecoming @ Rose Hill)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Buhler HS
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Crusader Basketball

BOYS VARSITY (4-10)
WHS 50 BHS 54

Tanner Meyer 15
DeAndre Washington 9
Brayden Higginbotham 7
Tyler Brown 6
Grey Hatfield 5
Austin Soles 3
Berkeley Wright 3
Cade Fairbanks 2

BOYS JR VARSITY (1-10)
WHS 46 BHS 74

NEXT ACTION: WHS vs AUGUSTA - HERE - FRIDAY, FEB. 1st @ 4:15PM (HOMECOMING)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Circle
Friday, January 25, 2019

Crusaders vs Circle HS - Toby Henning

As the Mid-Season Girls Tournament continues at McPherson, the Crusader Boys (C Team, JV & V), hosted the Circle Thunderbirds, much like the Lady Crusaders hosted the Lady Thunderbirds last week while the boys competed at the Roadrunner Classic @ Chaparral. Unlike the latter, Circle went away Friday with "2" victories with wins over our Varsity and JV squads. (C-Team played as well - no results).

The Varsity Boys fall to 4-9, the JV Boys to 1-9. Individual scoring follows:

VARSITY
CHS 74 WHS 55 (4-9)

Tyler Brown 18
DeAndre Washington 14
Cade Fairbanks 10
Austin Soles 6
Silas Popplewell 3
Grey Hatfield 2
Tanner Meyer 2

JR. VARSITY
CHS 57 WHS 43 (1-9)

Silas Popplewell 10
Berkeley Wright 10
John Long 8
Zane Cornejo 6
Kade Adams 4
Trenton Bannister 3
Cade Fairbanks 2

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NEXT UP: Buhler HS (THERE) , Tuesday, Jan. 29th 4:15PM 

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WHS CRUSADER BASKETBALL
@ Chaparral Roadrunner Classic
vs Chaparral (5th Place Game)
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019

Crusader Basketball

WHS 56 CHS 65 (4-8)

INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Tanner Meyer 13
Silas Popplewell 11
Austin Soles 10
DeAndre Washington 10
Grey Hatfield 9
Tyler Brown 3

OVERALL RESULTS

Finished 6th out of 8 teams...next action for the Varsity/JV/C Team Boys will be Friday, Jan. 25th HERE vs Circle HS (Next week is Mid-Season "GIRLS" Tournaments.)

Congratulations to DeAndre Washington - All Tournament Team Selection (Roadrunner Classic 2019)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
Chaparral Roadrunner Classic
vs Conway Springs HS
Friday, January 18, 2019

Roadrunner Classic 2019

After a tough loss on Thursday vs Kingman, the WHS varsity boys bounced back, downing the Conway Springs Cardinals 56-35, advancing to the 5th place game on Saturday vs the host, Chaparral, at 2:30PM. CLICK HERE for bracket info and more. The Crusaders move to 4-7 on the season and after Saturday's game will have almost a week to prepare for their next opponent, Circle HS.

WHS 56 CSHS 35 (4-7)

INDIVIDUAL SCORING
DeAndre Washington 14
Tanner Meyer 10
Grey Hatfield 9
Austin Soles 8
John Long 5
Silas Popplewell 5
Cade Fairbanks 3
Berkeley Wright 2

GAME ACTION PICS

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
Chaparral Roadrunner Classic
vs Kingman HS
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Crusader Basketball

The Crusaders hit the courts Thursday night at Chaparral in the nightcap game of Day #2 of this year's (the 48th) Roadrunner Classic. #6 seed Wellington took on #3 seed Kingman and fell short, final score WHS 53 KHS 60. A huge 3rd qtr for Kingman (26 pts) , erased Wellington's 10 pt. halftime lead and then some. #2 seed Ark City defeated #7 seed Conway Springs 65-53 to advance and will meet Kingman on Friday @ 8PM. Conway Springs will square off against the Crusaders on Friday @ 4:30PM. 

WHS 11 18 11 13 - 53 (3-7)
CHS  05 14 26 15 - 60


Tanner Meyer 13
DeAndre Washington 11
Silas Popplewell 11
Grey Hatfield 5
Austin Soles 5
Brayden Higginbotham 4
John Long 2
Tyler Brown 2

Next Up: Conway Springs @ 4:30PM FRIDAY / Tournament concludes Saturday.

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
HERE vs Andale
Friday, January 11, 2019

Austin Soles Crusader

The visiting Andale Indians dominated the courts in the end at WHS Friday evening, at the Varsity and JV levels, Andale swept the Crusaders 4-0. No report from Boys "C" Team action.

BOYS VARSITY (3-6)
AHS 68 WHS 49

Austin Soles 13
DeAndre Washington 10
Silas Popplewell 7
Brayden Higginbotham 6
Tanner Meyer 6
Cade Fairbanks 5
Tyler Brown 2

BOYS JR VARSITY (1-8)
AHS 71 WHS 50

Silas Popplewell 14
John Long 8
Berkeley Wright 7
Trenton Bannister 6
Toby Henning 5
Cade Fairbanks 4
Trace Witham 4
Zane Cornejo 1
RJ Clift 1

BOYS "C" TEAM (1-7)
AHS xx WHS xx

CRUSADER COURT ACTION PICS (VARSITY)

CRUSADERS ONLY - THURSDAY @ Chaparral Roadrunner Classic 8PM vs Kingman (Games Fri & Sat as well)

CHAPARRAL ROADRUNNER CLASSIC BRACKET

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Wichita Collegiate
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Crusader Basketball

VARSITY BOYS (3-5)
WHS 49 CHS 68

Austin Soles 13
DeAndre Washington 10
Silas Popplewell 7
Brayden Higginbotham 6
Tanner Meyer 6
Cade Fairbanks 5
Tyler Brown 2

JR VARSITY BOYS (1-7)
WHS 42 CHS 83

Silas Popplewell 10
Toby Henning 9
Zane Cornejo 7
Kade Adams 4
John Long 3
RJ Clift 3
Trace Witham 2
Cade Fairbanks 2
Berkeley Wright 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (1-6)
WHS 30 CHS 68

Individual Scoring Not Available

NEXT ACTION: Friday, January 11, 2019 - HERE vs Andale (4:15PM)

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WHS BASKETBALL BOYS
@ Clearwater
Friday, January 4, 2019

Crusader Basketball @ Clearwater 010419

Christmas and New Year's break was over and it was time to head back to the "courts" for the WHS Crusader basketball squads. All "3" teams took the short road trip Friday to Indian Territory a.k.a. Clearwater - here's the outcomes - next action will be Tuesday (Jan. 8) @ Wichita Collegiate!!

Varsity Boys (3-4)
WHS 45 CHS 57
DeAndre Washington 16
Tyler Brown 7
Silas Popplewell 7
Brayden Higginbotham 6
Tanner Meyer 5
Austin Soles 4


JV Boys (1-6)
WHS 53 CHS 61
John Long 16
Berkeley Wright 14
Silas Popplewell 11
Zane Cornejo 3
RJ Clift 3
Trenton Bannister 2
Cade Fairbanks 2
Toby Henning 2

"C" Team Boys (1-5)
WHS 34 CHS 54

Individual Scoring Not Available

WHS GIRLS / BOYS COURT ACTION PICS 010419
WHS Yearbook & WHS.CC Pics

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WHS BASKETBALL BOYS
@ Winfield
Tuesday, December 19, 2018

Crusader Basketball

VARSITY BOYS (3-3)
WELL 50 WINF 54

DeAndre Washington 14
Austin Soles 13
Tanner Meyer 9
Brayden Higginbotham 6
Tyler Brown 3
Zane Cornejo 2
Silas Popplewell 2
Cade Fairbanks 1

JV BOYS (1-5)
WELL 39 WINF 48

Berkeley Wright 11
John Long 8
Zane Cornejo 6
Cade Fairbanks 4
Silas Popplewell 4
Kade Adams 2
Nathan HIlt 2
Trace Witham 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (1-4)
WELL 39 WINF 63

Rylan Biles 10
Blake McCreary 8
Nathan Hilt 6
Logan Swingle 5
Justin Norris 5
Korbin Jones 2
RJ Clift 2
Blake Saffell 1
 

NEXT ACTION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2019 @ Clearwater 4:15PM

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WHS BASKETBALL BOYS
@ Mulvane
Friday, Dec. 14, 2018

Crusader Basketball

VARSITY BOYS (3-2)
WHS 76 MHS 68

Tanner Meyer 23
DeAndre Washington 19
Austin Soles 14
Silas Popplewell 7
Brayden Higginbotham 7
Tyler Brown 3
Grey Hatfield 3

JV BOYS (1-4)
WHS 42 MHS 62

RJ Clift 11
Berkeley Wright 6
Cade Fairbanks 6
Blake Saffell 4
John Long 4
Silas Popplewell 3
Trace Witham 2
Kade Adams 2
Zane Cornejo 2
Toby Henning 2

"C" TEAM BOYS (1-3)
WHS xx MHS xx

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WHS BASKETBALL BOYS
HERE vs Rose Hill
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018

Crusader Basketball vs Rose Hill 121118

The evening started out well, the WHS Boy's "C" Team downed their ROCKET counterparts by the final score of 45-43. Korbin Jones lit it up for 16 points. Congrats to the "C" Team boys...here are the outcomes and scoring from all "3" boys contests, PICS (courtesy of WHS Yearbook).

VARSITY BOYS (2-2)
RHHS 67 WHS 35

DeAndre Washington 9
Tanner Meyer 8
Brayden Higginbotham 8
Tyler Brown 3
Austin Soles 3
Cade Fairbanks 2
Toby Henning 2

VARSITY BOYS PICS

JV BOYS (1-3)
RHHS 43 WHS 32

Silas Popplewell 8
Kade Adams 6
Zane Cornejo 6
John Long 4
Blake Saffell 3
Cade Fairbanks 3
Nathan Hilt 2

JV BOYS PICS

"C" TEAM BOYS (1-2)
RHHS 43 WHS 45

Korbin Jones 16
RJ Clift 8
Chauncy Thomas 7
Rylan Biles 5
Nathan Hilt 4
Blake McCreary 3
Logan Swingle 2

"C" TEAM PICS

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WHS BASKETBALL BOYS
@ Cheney Tourney Round 3
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018

Crusader Basketball

VARSITY BOYS (2-1)
WHS 46 CHS 71

Austin Soles 10
Tyler Brown 9
Silas Popplewell 8
Tanner Meyer 6
DeAndre Washington 5
Brayden Higginbotham 4
Zane Cornejo 2
Cade Fairbanks 2

JV BOYS (1-2)
WHS 45 CHS 76

Cade Fairbanks 10
John Long 9
Silas Popplewell 9
Nathan Hilt 8
Toby Henning 3
Blake Saffell 2
Zane Cornejo 2
Berkeley Wright 2

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WHS BASKETBALL BOYS
@ HOME (Cheney Tourney Round 2)
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018

Crusader Basketball

It was Round #2 Thursday evening of this week's CHENEY TOURNAMENT which will culminate in Cheney this Saturday. Both the Varsity and Jr. Varsity Crusaders were victorious over the Greenbacks, the Varsity Boys moving to 2-0 on the season under WHS Graduate and New Head Boys Basketball Coach Joe Newman. The JV Squad got their first win of this very young season and are now 1-1.

On Saturday @ Cheney, JV Boys play at 6pm, Varsity Boys at 7:45pm

VARSITY BOYS (2-0)
PHS 34 WHS 57

Tanner Meyer 14
DeAndre Washington 12
Silas Popplewell 10
Tyler Brown 8
Austin Soles 5
Berkeley Wright 3
Grey Hatfield 2
Cade Fairbanks 2
Zane Cornejo 1

VARSITY GAME ACTION PICS 12.06.18

JV BOYS (1-1)
PHS 29 WHS 62

Silas Popplewell 12
Toby Henning 11
Berkeley Wright 10
John Long 9
RJ Clift 6
Kade Adams 6
Nathan Hilt 5
Zane Cornejo 3

"C" TEAM BOYS (0-2)
PHS 65 WHS 21

RJ Clift 9
Nathan Hilt 3
Korbin Jones 3
Chauncy Thomas 2
Justin Norris 2
Parker Dodds 2

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WHS BASKETBALL BOYS
@ Chaparral (Cheney Tourney)
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018

Crusader Basketball

VARSITY BOYS (1-0)
WHS 58 CHS 56 

Tanner Meyer 19
DeAndre Washington 13
Austin Soles 10
Tyler Brown 7
Silas Popplewell 5
Cade Fairbanks 4

JV BOYS (0-1)
WHS 28 CHS 48


Silas Popplewell 8
Blake Saffell 6
John Long 4
Kade Adams 3
Berkeley Wright 3
Zane Cornejo 2
Trace Witham 2

C TEAM BOYS (0-0)
WHS xx CHS xx (pending)

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TEAM ROSTERS

2018-2019 WINTER SPORTS TEAM PICS

Boys Varsity/JV Basketball

Boys C Team

 

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WHS BASKETBALL
Crusader STATE HONORS
Topeka Capital Journal
2017-2018

Congratulations to Lady Crusaders Avery Rusk and Shayland French and Crusaders AJ Snipes and Ian King - all "4" received State Honors Recognition from the Topeka Capital Journal Newspaper!

SR. AVERY RUSK - 3rd TEAM 4A
SR. SHAYLAND FRENCH - HON MEN 4A

SR. AJ SNIPES - HON MEN 4A
SR. IAN KING - HON MEN 4A

Way to represent AVERY, SHAYLAND, AJ & IAN!!! We are proud of you!!

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WHS BASKETBALL
Crusader LEAGUE HONORS
2017-2018

The AVCTL DIV IV League Honors for 2017-2018 Girls and Boys Basketball were announced. These are generally not released until the State Tournaments are over - WHS has "7" players recognized by the League, "1" in a very big way.

Congratulations to Senior Avery Rusk who was selected to the AVCTL DIV IV 1st Team and was also name AVCTL DIV IV "Player of the Year"! WOW Avery! Also selected to the AVCTL DIV IV Girls 1st Team was Senior Shayland French.Freshman Rylee Rusk and Junior Jacelyn Buck received honorable mention.

On the boys side, congratulations to Senior Ian King and AJ Snipes who were both selected to the 1st team AVCTL DIV IV honors and congrats to Junior DeAndre Washington who received honorable mention. 

Way to go Crusaders!

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WHS BASKETBALL
@ 4A Sub-State (Ark City HS)
vs Host Ark City
Friday, Mar. 2, 2018

Crusader Basketball 2018

courtesy www.sutv.com

VARSITY BOYS
WHS 34 ACHS 65 (6-15) (3-6)

AJ Snipes 11, Ian King 9, DeAndre Washington 5, Joe Ybarra 4, Jihad Mutazammil 3, Silas Popplewell 2

The  Crusader Boys 2017-2018 basketball season ended at Ark City Friday evening. The crowd was large, 4/5ths Bulldog. The boys in red stayed with the home team for a short while but the lead widened to 15 by halftime and 20 by 3rd qtrs. end. Ark City sealed the deal with authority down that final stretch, outscoring the Crusaders 16-5. Final Score WHS 34 ACHS 65

COURT ACTION PICS WHS vs ACHS 030218

SIDE NOTE: The Lady Crusaders will make their bid for the State Tournament this evening (Saturday) @ 6PM vs host Ark City Lady Bulldogs. No doubt the crowd will be donning a lot of purple with Sub-State games being played on the Bulldogs home court. Wellington is the #1 seed on the girls side of things but Ark City will present a tremendous challenge. A Lady Crusader victory will return the WHS Girls to the 4A State Tournament for the 3rd consecutive year. GO BIG RED!!

SIDE NOTE 2: Seniors A.J. Snipes and Ian King left their marks on the scoring records at WHS. In the Career Scoring category, it's (1) Darin Miller with 1401, (2) A.J Snipes 1193 and (3) Ian King 1104. Congratulations to both A.J. and Ian for their respective scoring achievements! Also, congratulations to Ian for securing the WHS Career Rebounding record with 707, surpassing Darin Miller who had 690. That is awesome Crusader!!

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WHS BASKETBALL
vs Clearwater (Make-Up)
SENIOR NIGHT
Monday, Feb. 26, 2018

Crusader Basketball 2018

The make-up games Monday evening at WHS with the Clearwater Indians went well for the Varsity and JV Boys! Last time these two Varsity Teams went head to head, the Indians won easily 51-39 (Chaparral Tournament).

The tables turned Monday evening and the Crusaders lit it up, inside and out. Probably the best game the Varsity Boys have played this season...let's just say they were a machine! It was SENIOR NIGHT and the seniors certainly did their part in the final 76-49 victory, scoring 60 of the 76 points, wrapping up the regular season with a big "W" and now (as the #4 seed), they prepare for 4A Sub-State action this coming Friday at Ark City HS vs the #1 seed and host Ark City.
Tip off for that game will be at 7:30PM. The winner will advance to the Sub-State Championship Saturday evening also at Ark City HS.

A.J. Snipes saw his first action Monday after a 3-4 week hiatus recovering from a concussion. He certainly didn't lose his touch, scoring 22 points in his return. But teammate Ian King, who has come on like gangbusters the past several games, took high point honors with 27. Great confidence and execution by these young men Monday evening. Congratulations Crusaders (and JV Crusaders) for your regular season and end of season (respectively) performances!

VARSITY BOYS GAME ACTION PICS & MORE

SENIOR NIGHT PICS

VARSITY BOYS
CHS 49 WHS 76 (6-14) (3-6)

Ian King 27, AJ Snipes 22, Jihad Mutazammil 8, DeAndre Washington 8, Joe Ybarra 8, Jack Walton 3

JR. VARSITY BOYS
CHS 43 WHS 52 (7-10) (4-5)

Silas Popplewell 17, Austin Soles 13, Tanner Meyer 4, Zane Cornejo 4, Tyler Brown 3, Cade Fairbanks 3, Brayden Higginbotham 3, Chance Hamel 3, Jacob Ewing 2

C-TEAM BOYS
CHS 00 WHS 00 
no report

GOOD LUCK FRIDAY GENTLEMEN - let's keep this season ALIVE!!

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WHS BASKETBALL
@ Wichita Collegiate
Friday, Feb. 23, 2018

Crusader Basketball 2018

The Crusader and Lady Crusader basketball squads took their last regular season road trip Friday evening to Spartanville, i.e. Wichita Collegiate. Congratulations to our Lady Crusaders, both Varsity and JV grabbing "W's" away from the Lady Spartan hosts...a tougher night for the boys though, the results follow:

VARSITY BOYS
WHS 46 CHS 64 (5-14) (2-6)

Ian King 16, Jihad Mutazammil 9, Joe Ybarra 9, Silas Popplewell 6, DeAndre Washington 2, Grey Hatfield 2

JR. VARSITY BOYS
WHS 52 CHS 63 (6-10) (3-5)

Brayden Higginbotham 10, Jacob Ewing 9, Austin Soles 8, Silas Popplewell 8, Tyler Brown 4, Blake Rausch 4, Cade Fairbanks 3, Tanner Meyer 3, Zane Cornejo 1

C-TEAM BOYS
WHS 00 CHS 00 
no report

VARSITY GIRLS
WHS 47 CHS 37 (11-8) (5-3)
Avery Rusk 14, Rylee Rusk 10, Taylor Meyer 7, Mekenna Adams 6, Shayland French 4, Gracie Fink 2, Jacelyn Buck 2, Draven Warnock 2

Field Goals 13/26 50% / Free Throws 9/10 90%
3 Pointers 4/18 22% / Turnovers 15
Off. Reb. 6 / Def. Reb. 20 / Steals 10 / Asst. 8

JV GIRLS
WHS 55 CHS 32 (13-4) (7-1)

Myriland French 15, Lexi Clift 13, Natalie Henning 6, McKenna Jones 5, Mykiland French 4, Kylie Aufdengarten 4, Draven Warnock 3, Delaney Parkey 3, Kadin Brown 2

Field Goals 18/34 53% / Free Throws 10/19 53%
3 Pointers 3/24 13% / Turnovers 18
Off. Reb. 17 / Def. Reb. 21 / Steals 23 / Asst. 7

Last regular season action is on slate for Monday, Feb. 26th in a make-up event with the Clearwater Indians, postponed last week due to weather. Action on Monday gets underway at 4:15PM @ WHS, (C-Team Boys / JV Girls), followed by JV Boys @ 5:45, Varsity Girls @ 6:00 and Varsity Boys @ 7:30. 

Monday will be Senior Night - the Crusader and Lady Crusader Seniors and their parents will be honored in a ceremony between the Varsity Games in the main gym. Come hungry too! The Wellington High School National Honor Society Chapter is sponsoring their annual PATTI SOBER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISING TACO DINNER in the Commons beginning at 5PM! 

4A Sub-State action gets underway this coming Thursday at Ark City HS, in addition to the host and the Crusaders, also on the bracket (which will come out today!) are Winfield and Coffeyville. Girls will be in action on Thursday, the Boys on Friday. Winners from those two days will advance to the Championship Finales Saturday, all the action at Ark City HS. Sub-State winners will advance to the State 4A Tournament the following week in Salina! GOOD LUCK CRUSADERS & LADY CRUSADERS! 

4A SUB-STATE BASKETBALL (Seeding Data)

GIRLS BRACKET *** BOYS BRACKET

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Mulvane
Friday, Feb. 16, 2018

Crusader Basketball 2018

The WHS Crusader and Lady Crusader basketball squads ventured into Wildcat country Friday evening and nearly escaped unscathed. Overall, the teams in RED won 4, lost 1 - here's the tallies for the WHS Hoopsters:

VARSITY BOYS
WHS 53 MHS 61 (5-12) (2-5)

Ian King 22, Jihad Mutazammil 13, Joe Ybarra 8, Jack Walton 5, DeAndre Washington 2, Grey Hatfield 1

JR. VARSITY BOYS
WHS 43 MHS 37 (6-9) (3-4)

Tanner Meyer 12, Berkeley Wright 10, Blake Saffell 8, Trenton Bannister 7, John Long 6

C-TEAM BOYS
WHS 45 MHS 43 
Tyler Brown 16, John Long 10, Silas Popplewell 7, Austin Soles 4, Brayden Higginbotham 4, Cade Fairbanks 2, Blake Rausch 2

Next action - TUESDAY, FEB. 20th vs Clearwater HERE - SENIOR NIGHT!  (Postponed due to weather. Make-Up date being explored)

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
vs Rose Hill HERE
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018

Crusader Basketball 2018

courtesy sutv.com

The WHS Crusaders hosted basketball action Tuesday evening vs the Rockets of Rose Hill out at WHS. The two Varsity games were nail-biters and were not decided until late in each contest. 

The Varsity Boys pulled away the last minute for a 7 pt victory over the Rockets, 59-52. Ian King scored 31 pts, a career high. A.J. Snipes remains courtside from a concussion but may be back in action on Friday @ Mulvane. 

GAME SCORES/STATS

VARSITY BOYS
RHHS 52 WHS 59 (5-11) (2-4)
Ian King 31 (Career High), DeAndre Washington 11, Silas Popplewell 7, Joe Ybarra 4, Jihad Mutazammil 2, Grey Hatfield 2, Jack Walton 2

JR. VARSITY BOYS
RHHS 58 WHS 44 (5-9) (2-4)
Austin Soles 13, Silas Popplewell 10, Jacob Ewing 5, John Long 4, Tanner Meyer 3, Tyler Brown 2, Cade Fairbanks 2, Zane Cornejo 2, Chance Hamel 2, Blake Rausch 1

C-TEAM BOYS
RHHS 46 WHS 51
Berkeley Wright 18, John Long 15, Tanner Meyer 13, Blake Saffell 3, Trenton Bannister 1, Kade Adams 1

BOYS ACTION PICS

Next action for WHS will be Friday at Mulvane HS - tipoff for the C-Team Boys and JV Girls 4:15. JV Boys will follow at 5:45, Varsity Girls @ 6:00, followed by Varsity Boys @ 7:30. GO BIG RED!

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Andale
Friday, Feb. 9, 2018

VARSITY BOYS
WHS 33 AHS 71 (4-11) (2-4)

Ian King 14, Silas Popplewell 7, Austin Soles 4, Jihad Mutazammil 3, Jack Walton 2, Grey Hatfield 2, DeAndre Washington 1

JR. VARSITY BOYS
WHS 38 AHS 51 (5-8) (2-4)

Silas Popplewell 9, Austin Soles 8, John Long 5, Tyler Brown 4, Cade Fairbanks 4, Zane Cornejo 4, Chance Hamel 2, Blake Rausch 2

C-TEAM BOYS
No Report

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
vs Buhler HERE
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018

Crusader Basketball

The CRUSADERS hosted the Crusaders (Buhler) Tuesday afternoon and evening out at WHS. The northern Crusaders with quickness, hot shooting and precision passing, not to mention a Paul Bunyan sized center on their Varsity Squad, proved to be too much, the local red team dropped all "3" boys games to the visitors - here are the outcomes and individual scoring:

C-TEAM BOYS
The WHS boys let the game get away from them after battling hard early on. Final score was Buhler C-Team Boys 51, WHS 32.

Scoring:
Blake Saffell 10, Tanner Meyer 7, Trenton Bannister 6, John Long 4, Berkeley Wright 4, Kade Adams 1.

JV BOYS
BHS 65 WHS 35 (5-7) (2-3)

A lot of Wellington players scored during this contest but not near enough to make a difference in the end…Final Buhler JV Boys 65 WHS JV Boys 35.

Scoring:
Silas Popplewell 8, Zane Cornejo 5, Cade Fairbanks 5, John Long 4, Jacob Ewing 3, Austin Soles 3, Zander Vargas 3, Tyler Brown 2, Blake Rausch 2.

VARSITY BOYS
BHS 45 WHS 26 (4-10) (2-3)
The Varsity Buhler Boys are a good team.
They move fast, they move the ball fast and they have a Paul Bunyan in at center position. All of that combined, the Wellington Crusaders couldn’t muster enough offense to stay in pace but battled hard and kept it relatively close the first half before the northern Crusaders pulled away.

Scoring:
Ian King 16, Silas Popplewell 5, DeAndre Washington 4, Grey Hatfield 1

BOYS GAME ACTION PICS vs BUHLER

Next up for the Crusaders will be Andale HS, @ Andale this coming Friday, Feb. 9th. Action gets underway there at 4:15PM with C-Team Boys and JV Girls taking to the courts at that time…followed by JV Boys around 5:45, then Varsity Girls @ 6:00PM, followed by Varsity Boys around 7:30pm.

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ El Dorado HS
Friday, Feb. 2, 2018

WHS vs El Dorado

Down 4 pts after 1 qtr of play, the Crusaders stepped it up a notch and by half lead by 3, 22-19. Wellington added to that lead in the 3rd qtr and would head down the stretch with the Wildcats with a mildly comfortable 6 point advantage, 35-29, and only 8 minutes to go. 

Turned out not to be a "good 8 minutes" for the visiting Crusaders, El Dorado put the pedal to the medal, outscoring WHS 17-4 and secured the non-league victory for their home crowd, final 46-39.

Senior guard AJ Snipes was on the bench in street clothes, recovering from a concussion.

SCORING:

WHS 39 EHS 46 (4-9) (2-3)
Ian King 12, Silas Popplewell 7, Grey Hatfield 6, DeAndre Washington 6, Jihad Mutazammil 5, Jack Walton 3

VARSITY ACTION PICS vs EL DORADO

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The JV Boys, earlier in the evening, notched a win for Wellington and moved to 5-6 on the season overall. Final score WHS 40 EHS 36.

SCORING:

WHS 40 EHS 36 (5-6) (2-3)
Silas Popplewell 12, Austin Soles 8, Tyler Brown 7, Cade Fairbanks 3, Jacob Ewing 2, Chance Hamel 2, Blake Rausch 2, John Long 2

NO C-TEAM REPORT - Sorry!

Next action for the Crusaders will be HERE @ HOME on Tuesday (Feb. 6th) vs Buhler! C-Team Boys will tipoff @ 4:15, followed by JV Boys, both in the auxiliary gym at WHS. Varsity Boys action will follow Varsity Girls in main gym, approx. 7:30PM.

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Winfield HS
Friday, Jan. 26, 2018

As the Lady Crusaders are engaged in their mid-season tournament at Haven, the WHS Boys were in action Friday evening at Winfield HS.

The JV Boys found success with a convincing 53-34 victory, the Varsity Boys however, fell to 4-8 on the season, coming up short 48-63 vs the Vikings. Here's how the scoring broke down:

VARSITY BOYS vs Winfield
WELL 48 WINF 63 (4-8) (2-3)
Ian King 22, AJ Snipes 12, Jack Walton 4, Jihad Mutazammil 3, Zander Vargas 3, DeAndre Washington 2, Joe Ybarra 2

JR. VARSITY BOYS vs Winfield
WELL 53 WINF 34 (4-6) (2-3)
Silas Popplewell 17, Austin Soles 8, Cade Fairbanks 7, Zander Vargas 6, Tyler Brown 4, Zane Cornejo 4, John Long 4, Blake Rausch 3

C-TEAM BOYS vs Winfield
no report

Next up for the Crusaders, El Dorado @ El Dorado on Friday, Feb. 2nd

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WHS BOYS BASKETBALL
JAN. 17th - 20th (2018)
Roadrunner Classic
@ Chaparral HS

BRACKET

Roadrunner Classic

SATURDAY 01.20.18

VARSITY BOYS vs Chaparral (5th Place Game)
CHS 68 WHS 61 (4-7) (2-3)
Ian King 24, AJ Snipes 10, DeAndre Washington 7, Jihad Mutazammil 7, Jack Walton 4, Grey Hatfield 4, Austin Soles 3, Silas Popplewell 2

The Crusaders finish 6th in the 8 team invitational. Other Saturday outcomes - Ark City 74 Belle Plaine 49 in the championship game, Kingman 50 Clearwater 47 in the 3rd place game and Mulvane 52 Conway Springs 41 in the 7th place game.

FRIDAY 01.19.18

WHS BASKETBALL
vs Conway Springs
@ Chaparral Roadrunner Classic
Friday, Jan. 19, 2018

VARSITY BOYS vs Conway Springs
CSHS 50 WHS 68 (4-6) (2-3)
Ian King 26, AJ Snipes 20, DeAndre Washington 14, Jihad Mutazammil 6, Jack Walton 2, Tyler Brown 2, Austin Soles 1

The Crusaders go up against host Chaparral @ 2:30PM (Chaparral beat Mulvane 75-58 to advance) Saturday in the 5th place game. GOOD LUCK CRUSADERS!!


THURSDAY 01.18.18

The Varsity Crusaders just two weeks ago,
 easily handled the Clearwater Indians (@ Clearwater), downing them 46-37. That defeat by the Indians must have sparked a degree of revenge - basically speaking, the Indians out-hustled the Crusaders in round 1 action of the annual Road Runner Classic at Chaparral HS, winning in the end 51-39. Cold shooting by the Crusaders added to their difficulties.

GAME ACTION PICS

The Crusaders go up against Conway Springs Friday @ 4:30PM Friday (Conway lost to Ark CIty) Ark City will take on Clearwater @ 8PM. On the other side of the bracket from Wednesday play, Belle Plaine downed Mulvane and Kingman defeated host Chaparral. Friday action finds Mulvane vs Chaparral @ 3PM, then Belle Plaine vs Kingman @ 6:30PM. That winner and the winner between Ark City and Clearwater will play for all the marbles Saturday @ 6PM. The best the Crusaders can finish now is 5th. 

VARSITY BOYS vs Clearwater
CHS 51 WHS 39 (3-6) (2-3)
AJ Snipes 15, Ian King 11, DeAndre Washington 5, Jihad Mutazammil 3, Silas Popplewell 3, Grey Hatfield 2

ROADRUNNER CLASSIC
Chaparral Boys Tourney
Awards Announced!

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WHS BASKETBALL
vs Augusta HERE
Friday, Jan. 12, 2018

The AVCTL DIV III Augusta Orioles were guests of the Crusaders Friday evening out at WHS in non-league play. Proving to be spoilers to some extent, the Orioles won 4 out of 5 games at the Homecoming themed occasion.Congrats to the Girls JV squad for pulling down a convincing 53-31 victory over the JV Orioles and advancing their season record to 7-2 overall. The 22 pt win was the largest spread on the evening but the only spread with the teams in red on top.

The Girls and the Boys go their separate ways next weekwith state-wide mid-season tournaments going on for the boys. Our Lady Crusader Varsity and JV squads will travel to Winfield alone on Tuesday (Jan. 16th) for action vs the Lady Vikings. The start times are a little different than usual, the JV Girls will play at 5PM, the Varsity at 6:30PM. The Varsity Boys head west to Chaparral HS for the  Roadrunner Classic beginning Thursday. The Crusaders will open against Clearwater, start time 8PM. BRACKET

VARSITY BOYS vs Augusta
AHS 41 WHS 33 (3-6) (2-3)33
AJ Snipes 15, Ian King 13, Jack Walton 3, DeAndre Washington 2

VARSITY BOYS ACTION PICS

JR. VARSITY BOYS vs Augusta
AHS 43 WHS 26 (3-6) (2-3)
Tyler Brown 7, Zane Cornejo 6, Zander Vargas 3, John Long 3, Cade Fairbanks 2, Brayden Higginbotham 2, Blake Rausch 2, Tanner Meyer 1

"C" TEAM BOYS vs Augusta
AHS 46 WHS 30 (3-5) (3-2)
Tanner Meyer 7, Berkeley Wright 7, Blake Saffell 5, Cade Fairbanks 5, Trenton Bannister 2, Kade Adams 2, John Long 2

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WHS BASKETBALL
vs Collegiate HERE
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018

The Crusader and Lady Crusader basketball squads hosted Collegiate Tuesday out at WHS. In total, 5 games were played, Crusaders won 3, Collegiate 2 - here are the outcomes, season and league records as a result:

VARSITY BOYS vs Collegiate
CHS 78 WHS 58 (3-5) (2-3)
Ian King 29 (Career High), AJ Snipes 11, DeAndre Washington 9, Jack Walton 6, Silas Popplewell 3

VARSITY BOYS ACTION PICS

JR. VARSITY BOYS vs Collegiate
CHS 50 WHS 48 (3-5) (2-3)
Tyler Brown 11, Silas Popplewell 10, Austin Soles 7, Jacob Ewing 6, Blake Rausch 5, Cade Fairbanks 3, Zane Cornejo 2, Zander Vargas 2, Tanner Meyer 1

"C" TEAM BOYS vs Collegiate (3rd win in a row!)
CHS 44 WHS 50 (3-4) (3-2)
Tanner Meyer 13, Berkeley Wright 9, Kade Adams 8, Trenton Bannister 8, Cade Fairbanks 6, John Long 4, Blake Saffell 2

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WHS BASKETBALL
vs Clearwater THERE
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018

Boys Basketball

Season records continued to improve Friday evening for the Crusader and Lady Crusader basketball programs. In league action at Clearwater HS, Wellington was able to put up "4" victories in "5" games, not a bad day's (or evening's) work at all!

VARSITY BOYS vs Clearwater
WHS 46 CHS 37 (3-4) (2-2)
AJ Snipes 17, DeAndre Washington 13, Jack Walton 7, Ian King 5, Grey Hatfield 4

VARSITY BOYS ACTION PICS 

JR. VARSITY BOYS vs Clearwater
WHS 45 CHS 48 (3-4) (2-2)
Tyler Brown 15, Silas Popplewell 10, Jacob Ewing 5, Austin Soles 5, Blake Rausch 3, John Long 2, Zander Vargas 2

"C" TEAM BOYS vs Clearwater
WHS 63 CHS 52 (2-4) (2-2)
Tanner Meyer 31, Berkeley Wright 10, Trenton Bannister 7, Cade Fairbanks 7, Blake Saffell 5, Kade Adams 2, Conner Stewart 2

Wellington will park the buses for a while with next week's slate showing HOME and HOME! On Tuesday, WHS will host Collegiate and then on Friday, Augusta. Also Friday (Jan. 12th), a new WHS Duke will be crowned during halftime of the varsity boys game. A very "SPIRITED" Week - Coming Up!

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WHS BASKETBALL
vs Mulvane HERE
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018

C Team Boys Basketball

The Crusaders got the 2018 part of their schedule off to a perfect start Tuesday out at WHS. The "C" Team Boys won their first game of the season is good fashion - congratulations to them! The "W's" continued throughout the evening, in both gymnasiums before relatively small crowds, perhaps due to the extreme cold conditions outside and the school still being on Holiday Break until Thursday. Those that did brave the elements (and were wearing red) had an enjoyable evening of Wellington basketball - here are the results from the boys action vs Mulvane - Great Job Crusaders!

VARSITY BOYS vs Mulvane
MHS 49 WHS 56 (2-4) (1-2)
AJ Snipes 19, Ian King 19, DeAndre Washington 10, Jack Walton 4, Joe Ybarra 2, Silas Popplewell 2

JR. VARSITY BOYS vs Mulvane
MHS 34 WHS 44 (3-3) (2-1)
Jacob Ewing 9, Zander Vargas 9, Tyler Brown 7, Cade Fairbanks 5, Austin Soles 3, Zane Cornejo 3, Tanner Meyer 3, Blake Rausch 2, Brayden Higginbotham 2, Chance Hamel 1

"C" TEAM BOYS vs Mulvane
MHS 21 WHS 54 (1-4) (1-2)
Blake Saffell 15, Tanner Meyer 13, Trenton Bannister 10,  Kade Adams 6, Cade Fairbanks 4, John Long 2, Chilson Ybarra 2, Berkeley Wright 2

BOYS ACTION PICS

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WHS BASKETBALL
vs Rose Hill THERE
Friday, Dec. 15, 2017

VARSITY BOYS vs Rose Hill
WHS 45 RHHS 60 (1-4) (0-2)
AJ Snipes 18, Ian King 11, Jack Walton 8, Jihad Mutazammil 3, Silas Popplewell 3, DeAndre Washington 2

JR. VARSITY BOYS vs Rose Hill
WHS 26 RHHS 49 (2-3) (1-1)
Austin Soles 9, Tyler Brown 6, Brayden Higginbotham 4, Jacob Ewing 3, Zane Cornejo 2, Blake Rausch 2

"C" TEAM BOYS vs Rose Hill
WHS 46 RHHS 55 (0-4) (0-2)
Tanner Meyer 16, Toby Henning 8, John Long 7, Trenton Bannister 7, Cade Fairbanks 5, Berkeley Wright 3

Next up for WHS and first set of games for 2018 calendar year will be at HOME vs Mulvane Jan. 2nd! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!


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Crusaders vs Andale
It was AVCTL DIV IV league opener time Tuesday
 for our Crusaders and the Indians of Andale. The WHS varsity boys were 1-2  going into Tuesday's action HERE at home in front of a small to medium sized week night crowd. It was a split of sorts between the JV squads and Varsity squads. Andale won the latter, Wellington the former. All of the games were competitive and for the most part not clearly decided until late in the action. 

VARSITY BOYS vs ANDALE
AHS 50 WHS 36 (1-3) (0-1)
Ian King 15, AJ Snipes 12, Silas Popplewell 6, DeAndre Washington 2, Grey Hatfield 1

JR. VARSITY BOYS vs ANDALE
AHS 45 WHS 48 (2-2) (1-0)
Austin Soles 10, Tyler Brown 10, Zander Vargas 7, Jacob Ewing 6, Cade Fairbanks 6, Brayden Higginbotham 6, Chance Hamel 2, Zane Cornejo 1

"C" TEAM BOYS vs ANDALE
AHS 55 WHS 39 (0-3) (0-1)
Tanner Meyer 17, Blake Saffell 8, Kade Adams 4, Berkeley Wright 4, Trenton Bannister 2, Toby Henning 2, John Long 2

BOYS ACTION PICS vs ANDALE

Next up for WHS and final set of games for 2017 calendar year will be at Rose Hill this Friday. GOOD LUCK BIG RED!!!

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WHS BASKETBALL
Varsity & JV @ Cheney Invitational
vs Chaparral
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017

VARSITY BOYS (1-2)
CHS 59 WHS 64
Ian King 23, AJ Snipes 20, Jack Walton 8, Jihad Mutazammil 5, Silas Popplewell 3, Joe Ybarra 3, DeAndre Washington 2

JV BOYS (1-2)
CHS 38 WHS 51 
Jacob Ewing 2, Austin Soles 7, Zander Vargas 4, Tyler Brown 2, Cade Fairbanks 6, Brayden Higginbotham 18, Zane Cornejo 11

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vs CHENEY 12.07.17

Cheney Invitational @ WHS

The Crusaders  ran into some defensive and offensive buzz saws Thursday evening, playing host to Cheney HS who is the actual host (of the Cheney Invitational), which has played itself out at the participant's schools, 2 of the last 3 nights this week. The 3 day round robin tournament will conclude this Saturday at host Cheney and they will be hard to beat. 

VARSITY BOYS (0-2)
CHS 67 WHS 48
A.J. Snipes 13, Ian King 11, Jihad Mutazammil 6, Zander Vargas 5, Jack Walton 4, Austin Soles 3, DeAndre Washington 2, Grey Hatfield 2 

JV BOYS (0-2)
CHS 64 WHS 63 OT
Zander Vargas 16, Brayden Higginbotham 13, Austin Soles 12, Zane Cornejo 12, Jacob Ewing 6, Tyler Brown 5

BOYS "C" TEAM (0-2)
CHS 44 WHS 37
Berkeley Wright 11, Cade Fairbanks 8, Toby Henning 4, Tanner Meyer 4, John Long 4, Blake Saffell 3, Kade Adams 2, Trace Witham 1

As noted above, the 3 day invitational concludes on Saturday. The Varsity & JV Crusaders will take on Chaparral. Action for Wellington will begin @ 2PM @ Cheney HS with the Varsity Girls and JV Boys tipping it off. Following those 2 games, the Varsity Boys and JV Girls will take the stage.

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OTHER AREA SCORES

BOYS

Belle Plaine 77 Douglass 39
Hutch Trinity 72 Chaparral 51
Wichita Defenders 69 Mulvane 37

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vs HUTCH TRINITY 12.05.17

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VARSITY BOYS

WHS - 53
HTHS - 59
A.J. Snipes 17, Ian King 11, Silas Popplewell 11, Jack Walton 9, Jihad Mutazammil 3, DeAndre Washington 2

JV BOYS
WHS - 49
HTHS - 52
Austin Soles 14, Brayden Higginbotham 13, Zane Cornejo 10, Zander Vargas 7, Gage Cunningham 4, Tyler Brown 2

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"C" TEAM BOYS
WHS - 29
HTHS - 57

OTHER AREA SCORES

BOYS

Cheney 70 Chaparral 55

Andale 60 Andover 57

Haven 60 Conway Springs 29

McPherson 73 Derby 58

Belle Plaine 72 Sedgwick 69

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Boys Basketball 2017-18
Varsity / Jr. Varsity Above


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"C" TEAM & Managers Rayce Koerner / Ethan Higginbotham

ALL THE BOYS TEAM PICS

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Alumni Basketball Game 112617

An on and off tradition for many years and one that has consistently occurred since the new high school opened over 10 years ago, continued on Saturday (112617) when what we will now call, the Magnificent Seven, came home to WHS to scrimmage their younger counterparts as others had done with them at different times in the past. To be honest, the "old" boys didn't do too bad, minus a little huffin' and puffin' at times...(oh wait a minute, that was me walking up and down the side court taking pics!) :)

It was good to see Brian Peck, Austin Dunn, Trevor Nance, Mitch Spencer, Colin Reichenberger, Trey Vargas and Ryan Jenkins on scene for the event. (I left after the first hour or so of action so others may have appeared after my departure). A few were a bit "girthier" than when they donned the red and white uniforms back in their respective days, filling the paint quite adequately and offering up some good competition for the present day "inside" Dukes. Brian Peck, an accomplished high school and college golfer did mention golf wasn't as tiring (in between gasps for air), but he still drained at least "2" three's on the day. Mitch Spencer, the oldest alum on the court, held his own quite well and still appears to be in decent physical shape. (Rumor has it he and others play basketball during the noon hour at Memorial Auditorium)which just shows what a little physical activity can do for longevity and stamina. 

It's a fun event and one that benefits the program as well.It's always great when the old and new can mingle as one...I've been on the best ride of my existence for the past 19 years doing just that...CRUSADERS FOR LIFE, just another example.

ALUMNI BASKETBALL PICS 11.26.17

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BASKETBALL CAMP 2017 for Freshmen thru Seniors got underway Monday morning with a large contingent of student-athletes on hand...this camp runs through Thursday from 10AM - NOON daily. After lunch, a basketball camp for 3rd-5th graders (1PM-3PM) is underway this week through Thursday also.

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2016-2017

Crusader Basketball Camp
The WHS Crusader Boys were coming on strong at just the right time of the season, easily downing host Rose Hill on Thursday in opening day 4A Sub-State action 59-44. In the Championship Final Saturday vs Mulvane, the Wildcats jumped out early on the Crusaders but the RED TEAM battled back. At halftime, it was knotted at 28! Hot outside shooting though by Mulvane would prove the difference in the end. Numerous "3's" throughout the game stretched the Wildcat lead, and eventually a 2nd trip in 3 years to the State 4A Tournament for the Crusaders was in jeopardy. At the final buzzer, the Wildcats were on top 65-57 and the season would end for Wellington @ 8-14. Mulvane advances on to Salina for State Tournament action commencing on Wednesday. Their record now stands at 9-13 and they won't be the only sub .500 team at Tony's Pizza Event Center when the whistle blows on Wednesday. Congratulations to Wellington for an "almost" season of greater success - many close battles, overtime games and more. Most if not all of the regular starters will return next year which bodes well for the 2017-2018 season. Congrats on a rugged and hard fought season Crusaders! SCORING: A.J. Snipes 28, Ian King 7, Silas Popplewell 7, Cade Phelps 6, Grey Hatfield 3, Will Long 2, Jack Walton 2, Therin Frame 2. 

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Crusader Basketball
It's the time of season in high school basketball
 that you either "do" or "die"...Thursday evening at Rose Hill, the Wellington Boys were the "do" boys and walked away with a 59-44 Sub-State 4A victory over the host Rose Hill. The game was close thru 2 qtrs. but after halftime, Wellington got the hot hand and pulled away, after being up only 2, they outscored the Rockets 22-14 and 17-12 the final 2 qtrs for the easy 15 pt. victory. Cade Phelps, Ian King and A.J. Snipes were scoring machines, combining for 49 of the 59 team points. The win (their 8th of the season) keeps their hopes alive and gives them the shot any team wants, a chance to advance on to the State 4A Tournament next week in Salina. The only obstacle in their way now is Mulvane.

In the opener Thursday, Mulvane downed Winfield 60-47 to advance to the championship showdown with the Crusaders Saturday evening at 7:30PM. This 4A Boys Sub-State Championship game should be a good one! It will be the 4th time this season Mulvane and Wellington will have played...to date, Mulvane leads that series 2-1, having won at home and at the Chaparral Roadrunner Classic back in January. The Crusaders topped the Wildcats on our home court just a couple weeks ago. Forget about the 2-1 stuff though (except the part where they say it's hard to beat someone 3 times in 1 year!), if you add up all the points each team has scored against the other this season in those 3 games - it be 207 and 207!

(8-13) Mulvane (advances) vs (2-19) Winfield (season ends)
(8-13) Wellington (advances) vs (5-16) Rose Hill (season ends)

CRUSADER HEARTS are beating strong - GO BIG RED!

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Crusader Basketball
"C" TEAM BOYS: WHS 65 CHS 60

End Season @ 13-3
JV BOYS: WHS 51 CHS 41
VARSITY BOYS: WHS 51 CHS 72
End Regular Season @ 7-13

SENIOR NIGHT CEREMONY PICS

CRUSADER ACTION PICS vs COLLEGIATE


Crusader Basketball
BOYS

Varsity: Wellington 63 Clearwater 58 (OT) (Now 7-12)
Jr. Varsity: Wellington 42 Clearwater 61
"C" Team: Wellington 42 Clearwater 43 (Now 12-3)

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Crusader Basketball
In the Varsity Boys nightcap,
 early on the Crusaders kept pace and challenged the Indians on both ends of the court. The Indians pulled away some towards the end of the 2nd qtr and lead by 7 at half. The final two qtrs did not go well for the team in red, Wellington scoring 14 in the 3rd and only 1 in the final quarter resulting in the final score Wellington 29 Andale 55. Only "4" Crusaders provided towards the offensive cause, Ian King with 13, AJ Snipes 12, Khalil Boyer 3 and De Andre Washington 1, the only point in the 4th qtr. The Crusaders fall to 5-11 on the season.

"C" TEAM BOYS
Andale 52 Wellington 56

Tyler Brown 12, Zander Vargas 11, Travese Love 11, Gage Cunningham 9, Silas Popplewell 8, Austin Soles 3, Dominic Shore 2

JV BOYS
Andale 72 Wellington 66 (Double OT)

Grey Hatfield 23, Trey Cary 16 (five 3's), Joe Ybarra 11, DeAndre Washington 10, Jihad Mutazammil 5

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Crusader Basketball
BOYS vs WINFIELD - HERE
"C" TEAM: Winfield 32 Wellington 56
Silas Popplewell 14, Zander Vargas 9, Travese Love 8, Gage Cunningham 7, Austin Soles 5, Christian Buckman 3, Tyler Brown 2, Cade Fairbanks 2, Tayshawn Washington 2, Hunter Bryant 2, Blake Rausch 2
JV TEAM: Winfield 28 Wellington 43
Zander Vargas 10, Silas Popplewell 7, Joe Ybarra 6, Jacob Ewing 5, De Andre Washington 4, Jihad Mutazammil 4, Grey Hatfield 3, Chance Hamel 2, Braydon Higginbotham 2
VARSITY: Winfield 59 Wellington 78
A.J. Snipes 20, Cade Phelps 18, Ian King 16, Khalil Boyer 9, Therin Frame 5, Carson LeGrand 3, De Andre Washington 3, Jihad Mutazammil 2, Coewen Rains 2

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Crusader Basketball
WELLINGTON 57 CONWAY SPRINGS 60

Ian King 15, Cade Phelps 14, Khalil Boyer 13, A.J. Snipes 9, Therin Frame 5, Will Long 1
The Varsity Boys will play Mulvane on Friday
(who lost to Ark City 71-43) @ 3:00PM

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CHAPARRAL ROADRUNNER CLASSIC BRACKET 2017


Crusader Basketball
VARSITY BOYS

Clearwater 53 Wellington 49 (Now 2-5 on the season)
A.J. Snipes 25, Ian King 18, Kahlil Boyer 4, Cade Phelps 2

CRUSADER VARSITY ACTION PICS vs CLEARWATER

JV BOYS
Clearwater 36 Wellington 62
Silas Popplewell 14, Jihad Mutazammil 13, DeAndre Washington 11, Trey Cary 7, Joe Ybarra 6, Chance Hamel 6, Jacob Ewing 2, Zander Vargas 2, Grey Hatfield 1
"C" BOYS
Clearwater 42 Wellington 54
Silas Popplewell 20, Travese Love 8, Zander Vargas 5, Gage Cunningham 5, Tyler Brown 4, Dominic Shore 3, John Long 3, Braiden Buresh 3, Zane Cornejo 2, Cade Fairbanks 1


Crusader Basketball
VARSITY BOYS

RHHS 45 WHS 55 (2-3 on the season)
Cade Phelps 18, AJ Snipes 11, Ian King 11,
Khalil Boyer 6, Therin Frame 5, Jack Walton 2,
Coewen Rains 2

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Crusader Basketball
The Crusaders looked destined after 1 half of play Tuesday evening
 to be heading for an 0-1 start on their 2016-17 season under the direction of new head coach Rick Roitman. Down 28-17 to Conway Springs, the Dukes were not firing on all 8 cylinders and the Cardinals were taking the advantage. What a difference a half can make though - the boys in white (Wellington) found direction and purpose in the 2nd half, rallying to tie the score after 4 qtrs and then battling through "3" OT's before pulling out the 2 pt, 52-50 victory. SCORING:Antoine Snipes 16, Ian King 14, Cade Phelps 13, Therin Frame 6, Connor Burnett 3 // Next up - HAVEN HS @ 4:45PM Friday (@ Kingman) SIDE NOTE: The JV Boys dominated in the 2nd half to down Conway Springs 51-25! MORE DETAILS

CRUSADERS vs CONWAY SPRINGS ACTION PICS 12.06.16


Crusader Basketball
Thursday was MEDIA DAY at WHS / the 2016-17
 Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball and Wrestling squads were in official game/match attire and the camera's clicked away. Here are most of the BOYS BASKETBALL PICS!

2016-2017 WHS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM - LARGE PIC 120116

WHS BOYS BASKETBALL INDIVIDUAL TEAM PICS 120116

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