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
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 WHS 2018-2019 Duke Candidates were announced at WHS Friday. Congratulations to this year's selectees! Coronation will be on Friday, Feb. 1st during halftime of the Boys Varsity Game in the main gym.
The CANDIDATES, L to R are: Nic Reyes, DeAndre Washington, Devin Dickinson, Chase Pfalzgraf, and Dakota Lynnes
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 Wellington Crusader Wrestlers played host to Andale and Augusta Thursday evening at WHS in double dual action. On the evening, Augusta went 2-0, Andale 1-1, and WHS 0-2.
RESULTS
The Lady Crusader Basketball Team took care of business Tuesday evening vs the 3rd ranked Circle HS Lady Thunderbirds. The girls in red jumped out early on the visitors, leading 14-8 after 1. The Lady Thunderbirds battled back and by halftime, the score was nearly knotted, CHS 24 WHS 26.
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
The WHS Varsity Debate team were given a BIG SEND OFF at WHS - the "Debaters" are State-Tournament Bound!! Devin Dickinson, Gabe Hyer, Austin Fink and Austin Harriger had all qualified earlier in the season at tournaments at Chaparral and Augusta.
Last month, the WHS Varsity Debate won first place at the 4-Speaker Debate Regionals in Parsons! In fact, the Crusaders earned a clean sweep victory with a 12-0 score!
