VARSITY BOYS
MHS 53 WHS 45
K. Jones 18
M Tate 13
R Clift 6
C Henry 4
B Hinshaw 3
M Rogers 1
JV BOYS
MHS 50 WHS 52
Burnett 15
Rogers 12
Bannister 7
Henry 5
Wier 4
Glenn 3
Giefer 3
Ayers 2
Branam 1
"C" TEAM BOYS
MHS 34 WHS 68
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!
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
"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
WHS 2021 Senior Graduate Tanner Meyer, signed to play basketball with Allen County (IOLA, KS), this coming school year. Present at the signing on Tuesday at WHS, Tanner was joined by his parents, Bob and Tiffin Meyer, and his HS Coaches, Joe Newman and Chad Whaley.
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.
Mulvane Covid Restrictions changed Friday's "BOYS" schedule a bit - NO "C" TEAM game was played and the JV Boys game was only 2 qtrsl
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
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
VARSITY BOYS (6-7)
EHS 56 WHS 51
Tanner Myer 24
Banks Hinshaw 11
Jack Wright 9
RJ Clift 4
Montel Tate 2
Cope Henry 1
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
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
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.
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.
VARSITY GIRLS (4-1)
WHS 57 MHS 33
Shiney Hughes 13
Airalyn Frame 12
Rylee Rusk 9
Ali Zeka 9
Myriland French 7
Ashlyn Gerten 3
Kami Reichenberger 2
Mykiland French 2
JV GIRLS (3-2)
WHS 42 MHS 22
It was a SPLIT at Winfield Tuesday evening, the WELLINGTON CRUSADERS won 3, WINFIELD the same. The Lady Crusaders were back in action following a 3 game hiatus due to health restrictions. Both Varsity squads leave 2020 and enter 2021 with more "W's" than not. Tanner Meyer lit it up for 29, Airalyn Frame for 19. The JV Boys have won 3 of their last 4. Deitrek Gill 21 pts!The "C" Team boys took the Vikings to OT. Landyn Glenn 22 pts! Some good basketball was played, I'm excited for post-break action! Check out the scoring:
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.
WHS VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL
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!!
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WHS JV BOYS BASKETBALL
@ Cheney Tournament
Saturday, December 12, 2020
VARSITY GIRLS (2-1)
CHS 58 WHS 43
pending
JV GIRLS (2-0)
CHS xx WHS xx
pending
"C" TEAM GIRLS (2-0)
2 Quarters
CHS xx WHS xx
pending
VARSITY BOYS (1-2)
CHS 54 WHS 51
pending
Winter Sports practices are underway this week at WHS! Boys & Girls Basketball, Boys & Girls Wrestling, and Boys & Girls Powerlifting. Visited all those venues on Wednesday - here are your Wellington Crusaders and Lady Crusaders, hard at it after school!
The seasons ended Tuesday night in Buhler for our Crusader and Lady Crusader basketball squads. Here are the results available at this time.
VARSITY GIRLS (11-9)
WHS 32 BHS 69
Lexi Clift 9
Natalie Henning 8
Ali Zeka 6
Shiney Hughes 4
McKenna Jones 3
Myriland French 2
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).
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 - making the ALL TOURNEY TEAM as a result!), 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Both the JV and Varsity Lady Crusaders were victors Thursday evening at Pratt in Round 2 of Cheney Cardinal Classic Pool Play. The Varsity Girls are 1-1 and the JV Girls 2-0, heading into final day action on Saturday at Cheney. (See game schedule below)
Here is how the scoring went Thursday @ Pratt:
VARSITY (1-1)
WHS 45 PHS 19
Ali Zeka 9
Shiney Hughes 8
Myriland French 8
Lexi Clift 6
Kami Reichenberger 6
Ashlyn Gerten 5
Kylie Aufdengarten 3
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
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.
GIRLS VARSITY (12-5)
MHS 41 WHS 54
Rylee Rusk 16
Airalyn Frame 16
Ali Zeka 10
Taylor Meyer 6
Draven Warnock 3
McKenna Jones 2
Myriland French 1
GIRLS JR VARSITY (10-4)
MHS 18 WHS 42
Lexi Clift 16
Sadie Glover 6
Natalie Henning 5
Mykiland French 5
McKenna Jones 5
Averie Burns 4
Draven Warnock 1
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Both the Lady Crusaders and Crusaders started off strong. The Ladies had it nearly knotted at 13 when the Lady Indians pulled away. The Crusaders were down just 6 at half, 23-29 but the Indians size and form would prevail at the final buzzer.
BOYS VARSITY (3-6)
AHS 68 WHS 49
Christmas and New Year's break was over and it was time to head back to the "courts" for the WHS Crusaders and Lady Crusader basketball squads. All "5" teams took the short road trip Friday to Indian Territory a.k.a. Clearwater. The Varsity and JV Girls continued their winning ways - here's the outcomes from all "5" contests - next action will be Tuesday (Jan. 8) @ Wichita Collegiate!!
Varsity Girls (5-2)
WHS 50 CHS 40
Rylee Rusk 14
Ali Zeka 13
Airalyn Frame 12
Lexi Clift 5
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
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
WHS Senior Ian King, signed today to play basketball next school year at Butler County! Crusader Ian is now Grizzly Ian! That is awesome Ian!!
CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG MAN!!
Pictured with IAN, left to right, his coaches.
Coach Vo, Coach Parker and Coach Miller
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 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
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.
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.
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
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)
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 GIRLS vs Collegiate (3rd win in a row!)
CHS 32 WHS 53 (5-3) (3-2)
Avery Rusk 25, Shayland French 12, Taylor Meyer 9, Rylee Rusk 4, Mekenna Adams 3
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.
It was AVCTL DIV IV league opener time Tuesday for our Crusaders and the Indians of Andale. The WHS varsity boys were 1-2 and varsity girls 2-1 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 games. (Our JV Girls however did dominate the action throughout).
VARSITY GIRLS vs ANDALE
The Crusaders and Lady Crusaders ran into several 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.
