Crusader Football
FALL 2021 SEASON
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PRESEASON CAMP INFO
IRONDUKE (PSQ) SUMMER CAMP 1st - 12th Grades is underway - CLICK HERE
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CAMP INFO (Practice Fields)
July 12-July 16th 8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Free)
Traveling to Goddard that Friday for Padded Camp
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL CAMP INFO - CLICK HERE
YOUTH DEVELOPMENTAL FOOTBALL CAMP INFO - CLICK HERE
2021 SCHEDULE / RESULTS
Friday Sep 3rd - @ Clearwater (Cancelled due to WHS Covid-Related Shutdown)
Saturday Sep 11th - HERE vs Collegiate L 35-13
Friday Sep 17th - HERE vs Andale L 61-6
Friday Sep 24th - @ Labette Co W 49-12
Friday Oct 1st - @ Rose Hill W 13-12
Friday Oct 8th - HERE vs El Dorado (Homecoming) L 46-25
Friday Oct 15th - HERE vs Buhler (Senior Night) L 35-3
Friday Oct 22nd - @ Mulvane L 26-40
Friday Oct 29th - @ Andover Central L 00-48 (4A Bracket Game)
Friday Nov 5th - 4A Regional
Friday Nov 12th - 4A Sectional
Friday Nov 19th - 4A Sub-State
Saturday Nov 27th - 4A State
KSHSAA SEASON STANDINGS 2021 - CLICK HERE
AVCTL DIV IV LEAGUE HONORS for Football 2021
2nd Team Offensive Lineman - Hagen Wright
Hon Mention Quarterback - Malachi Rogers
2nd Team Int. Defensive Line - Hagen Wright
2nd Team Linebacker - Dustyn Schettler
2nd Team Defensive Back - Mekhi Haskin - Ybarra
Good Job Crusaders
OVERALL HONORS for DIV IV
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JR. VARSITY HERE vs CLEARWATER 101821
Originally slated to travel to Buhler and play their JV on Monday, due to low numbers on the JV squad, a switcheroo occurred, bringing Clearwater's JV to Wellington and Andale JV would play Buhler. A close contest in the 1st qtr, evolved into a 28-6 lead at halftime for the younger Crusaders...by games' end, that score was 42-28. The JV squad moves to 4-2 on the season, with losses against Andale and Collegiate and wins against Labette Co, Rose Hill, El Dorado, and now Clearwater. Next action will be here at HOME on Monday, the 25th, vs Mulvane. GO BIG RED!
GAME ACTION PICS 101821
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VARSITY HERE vs BUHLER 101521
SENIOR NIGHT FALL 2021
WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Buhler HS
Friday, October 15, 2021
SCORE BY QUARTERS
BHS - 21 00 07 07 - 35
WHS - 00 00 00 03 - 03
RUSHING
Malachi Rogers - 23 / 96 yds
Dustyn Schettler - 13 / 48 yds
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra 1 / 4 yds
Cope Henry 2 / 0 yds
PASSING
Malachi Rogers 2/10 for 20 yds 3 INT
RJ Clift 0/1 for 0 yds
RECEIVING
Cope Henry 1 / 20 yds
Dustyn Schettler 1 / 0 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE
RUSHING 148 yds
PASSING 20 yds
TOTAL 168 yds
PAT / FG
Jack Wright 1/1 FG 29 yds
FIRST DOWNS
BHS - 13
WHS -11
PUNTS
Malachi Rogers 5 for 150 yds (30 yd avg)
PENALTIES
BHS 8/92yds
WHS 11/70 yds
GAME ACTION PICS vs BUHLER 101521
OTHER AREA SCORES
Ark City 24 Valley Center 21 * Labette Co 12 Indpendence 42 * Wamego 35 Fort Scott 00 * Dumas 30 Ulysses 6 * Abilene 0 Augusta 28 * Rose Hill 14 Winfield 12 * El Dorado 14 Circle 33 * Mulvane 22 McPherson 12 * Andale 65 Clearwater 0 * Halstead 16 Collegiate 82 * Garden Plain 37 Belle Plaine 7 * Conway Springs 65 Stanton Co 0 * Burden Central 62 Oxford 37 * Medicine Lodge 14 Attica/Argonia 44 * Peabody Burns 64 South Haven 34
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VARSITY HERE vs EL DORADO 100821
WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs El Dorado
Friday, October 8, 2021
SCORE BY QUARTERS
EHS - 00 24 06 16 - 46
WHS - 07 10 08 00 - 25
RUSHING
Malachi Rogers 21/182 yds 2 TD's
Dustyn Schettler 8/81 yds
Cope Henry 2/2 yds
PASSING
Malachi Rogers 11/24 for 179 yds
RECEIVING
RJ Clift 9/108 yds
Montel Tate 1/64 yds
Brody Weir 1/5 yds TD
TOTAL OFFENSE
PASSING 179 yds
RUSHING 265 yds
TOTAL - 444 yds
PAT / FG
Jack Wright
PAT 2/2
FG 13 yd kick
Cope Henry
PAT 2 pt
FIRST DOWNS
EHS - 17
WHS -15
PUNTS
Malachi Rogers 2/82 yds (41 yd avg)
PENALTIES
EHS 6/55 yds
WHS 10/70 yds
OTHER AREA SCORES
Campus 21 Derby 70 * Labette Co 6 Coffeyville 22 * Abilene 19 Ulysses 42 * Augusta 35 Winfield 20 * Circle 40 Independence 48 * Rose Hill 00 Mulvane 35 * Goddard Eisenhower 33 Ark City 14 * McPherson 30 Buhler 42 * Wichita Trinity 6 Andale 96 * Chaparral 56 Belle Plaine 21 * Sublette 00 Conway Springs 42 * Udall 6 Oxford 47 * South Haven 18 Stafford 49 * Caldwell 42 Peabody-Burns 20 * Moundridge 34 Attica/Argonia 62
GAME ACTION PICS vs EL DORADO 100821
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JV IRONDUKES vs ROSE HILL 100421
The JV IRONDUKES hosted ROSE HILL Monday evening at Sellers Park. A back and forth game throughout, Wellington was able to wrap it up in the end. The Rockets ran out of timeouts and a couple kneel-downs sealed the deal for the home team. Congrats Crusaders!
Final Score RHHS 20 WHS 28
GAME ACTION PICS 100421
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VARSITY @ ROSE HILL 100121
WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Rose Hill HS
Friday, October 1, 2021
WHS 06 00 00 07 - 13
RHHS 00 06 00 06 - 12
The Crusaders won a nail-biter, on the road Friday at Rose Hill HS. In the end, the Rockets Homecoming Game would not go in their win column. Kudos to WHS Jr. Cope Henry who worked his magic with 124 yds in rushing, including a 42 yd scamper for 6. QB Malachi Rogers continues to add positive yardage to the cause, nearly 200 yds passing and rushing.
Penalties continue to hurt the Crusaders, nearly 200 yds of gain, lost on the field, over the past two games combined, from yellow flags. The student body REPRESENTED Friday at Rose Hill - awesome stuff!!
RUSHING
Cope Henry 14 / 124 yds TD (42 yd run)
Malachi Rogers 23 / 78 yds
Dustyn Schettler 10 / 19 yds
Brody Weir 1 / 11 yds TD (11 yd run)
PASSING
Malachi Rogers 7/16 for 102 yds
RECEIVING
Cope Henry 3 / 34 yds
RJ Clift 2 / 33 yds
Brody Weir 1 / 27 yds
Skyler Branam 1 / 8 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE
RUSHING 232 yds
PASSING 102 yds
TOTAL 334 yds
INTERCEPTIONS
Cope Henry 1
Mekhi Haskins-Ybarra 1
Jace Barton 2
FIRST DOWNS
WHS 14 RHHS 7
PATS
Jack Wright (Hagen Wright & RJ Clift) 1/2
PUNTS
Riley Nichols 3 / 68 yds (23 yd avg)
Skyler Branam 1 / 28 yds
PENALTY YDS
WHS 83 yds RHHS 60 yds
Crusaders now 2-2 on the season.
Rockets fall to 1-4.
OTHER AREA SCORES
Derby 55 Hutchinson 6 * Goddard 00 Goddard Ike 24 * Fort Scott 19 Labette Co 15 * Winfield 31 Circle 35 * Coffeyville 6 Mulvane 51 * McPherson 63 El Dorado 36 * Augusta 21 Buhler 56 * Halstead 20 Clearwater 31 * Andale 48 Hesston 00 * Belle Plaine 43 Bluestem 00 * Conway Springs 55 Independent 00 * Oxford 00 Madison 52 * Attica/Argonia 60 Pretty Prairie 12 * Central Christian 66 South Haven 18 * Stafford 14 Caldwell 51
GAME PICS 100121
GREAT JOB BIG RED!
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JR. VARSITY HERE vs LABETTE COUNTY 092721
A game never in question Monday evening. The WHS JV Football squad hosted their counterparts from Labette Co. and the outcome was clear early on. Labette shot themselves in the foot, numerous times, to make any semblance of a competitive game impossible. The Grizzlies did display some nice passing plays but overall, never got anything to click on either side of the ball for very long. Down 59-6 at halftime, it would be a running clock from then on.
One general example of early action that doomed the visitors chances severely. In one approx. 30 sec. sequence, WHS scored, kicked off, Labette fumbled the kickoff, Wellington scored on next play, WHS kicked off, Labette fumbled that kickoff, Wellington picked up the ball and ran it in for 6 more. So, in about the same amount of time it would take to grab a burger and drink at the concession stand, WHS added 3 quick TD's that sealed the deal big time.
To Labette's credit, they didn't give up and the game went on. Something folks may not know, Labette fed our boys on Friday, in turn, the Crusaders fed the Grizzlies last night. That's worthy of mention. Sports are not all about competition.
Final score was LABETTE 6 WHS 65 - great job Crusaders - 10 TD's scored - so many I don't dare try to list them all, I'll leave someone out. Check out the pictures at the link below, you'll get a good feel for how the game proceeded. There were far more smiles on the west side of the field than the east. CONGRATS BIG RED!
GAME ACTION PICS LABETTE JV vs WELLINGTON JV 092721
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VARSITY @ LABETTE COUNTY 092421
The Crusaders put "1" in the WIN COLUMN Friday night @ Labette County. A penalty-filled game, with flags flying like snow, especially in the first half. The Crusaders overcame and secured their first win of the season by early in the 2nd half.
GAME STATS
SCORE BY QUARTERS
(1-2) WHS - 07 14 14 14 - 49
(0-4) LCHS - 00 06 00 06 - 12
RUSHING (275 yds total)
Malachi Rogers 24/169 yds
2 TD's (1 yd run 5:23 1st Qtr / 26 yd run 1:26 2nd Qtr.)
Dustyn Schettler 12/74 yds
1TD (3 yd. run 3:49 4th Qtr.)
Cope Henry 3/37 yds
PASSING (150 yds total)
Malachi Rogers 5/13 for 150 yds. (3 TD's)
RECEIVING (150 yds total)
Montel Tate 3 for 89 yds
2 TD's (7 yd reception 0:49 2nd Qtr. / 73 yd reception 9:42 3rd Qtr)
Skyler Branam 1 for 59 yds
1 TD (59 yd reception 3:32 3rd Qtr.)
Brody Weir 1 for 2 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rushing 275 yds
Passing 150 yds
TOTAL 425 yds
FUMBLES / INTERCEPTIONS
Cope Henry
(INT / 24 yd return)
Carter Burnett
1 TD (Fumble Recovery / End Zone 3:01 4th Qtr)
PAT's
Jack Wright 7/7
PUNTS
Malachi Rogers 3 for 65 yds (22 yd. avg)
Cope Henry 2 for 49 yds (25 yd avg)
PENALTIES
WHS 12 for 111 yds
LCHS 7 for 55 yds
FIRST DOWNS
WHS - 9 LCHS - 8
Photos by WHS Jr. Jaxson Irey-Hurt & Steve
GAME ACTION PICS WHS vs LABETTE COUNTY 092421
OTHER AREA SCORES
Ark City 24 Maize 17 * Derby 77 Salina South 7 * Andover Central 41 Goddard 13 * Pittsburg 43 Fort Scott 14 * Ulysses 0 Chanute 48 * Rose Hill 20 Augusta 27 * Winfield 14 McPherson 21 * El Dorado 20 Buhler 28 * Mulvane 28 Circle 14 * Clearwater 51 Wichita Trinity 0 * Hesston 21 Collegiate 31 * Halstead 0 Andale 58 * Kingman 35 Belle Plaine 0 * Conway Springs 45 Ellinwood 13 * Flinthills 70 Oxford 68 * Goessel 44 Attica/Argonia 36 * Caldwell 56 Central Christian 12 * South Haven 6 Norwich 54
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SUB-VARSITY vs ANDALE
The WHS Sub-Varsity squad, made up mostly of Freshman football players, who make up half of the Varsity squad, were in action Monday evening at Andale and in the end, came up short 42-22. No game stats available but over 250 pics courtesy of WHS Yearbook are - click link.
SUB-VARSITY FOOTBALL WHS vs ANDALE PICS 092021
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CRUSADERS GO TO 0-2 / (0-3) Labette County Up Next
A tough game all the way around for the Crusaders on Friday vs (3-0) Andale (top ranked in the State). Both sides of the ball were dominated by the visiting Indians. For the 2nd week in a row, a Freshman found pay dirt for the Crusaders. Last week, a 5 yd pass reception from Rogers to Brody Weir, this week, a 79 yd kickoff return by Skyler Branam in the 3rd qtr. A nice run by the young Crusader. There are other Freshman on the team as well, 24 total, nearly half of the team down in numbers this year in the older ranks. This coming Friday, the Crusaders road trip to Labette County in SE Kansas. A team yet to find a win as well, with losses to El Dorado last night, 51-7, to Winfield last week 27-7, and to Pittsburg week one 28-0. GO BIG RED!!
SCORE
AHS - 61
WHS - 06
GAME STATS
Rushing (A - 294 yds / W - 21 yds)
Malachi Rogers 13/30 yds
Dustyn Schettler 3/1yd
Nick Giefer 3/-2 yds
Dusty Bannister 1/-8 yds
Passing (A - 46 yds / W - 1 yd)
Malachi Rogers 1/8 for 1 yd
Receiving (A - 46 yds . W - 1 yd)
Jack Wright 1/1 yd
Kickoff Return
Skyler Branam 79 yds / TD
PAT'S / FG
Jack Wright 0/1
First Downs
A - 15 W - 3
Punts
Cope Henry 1 for 27 yds
Malachi Rogers 2 for 79 yds
Dusty Bannister 1 for 46 yds (1 blocked)
152 yds total / 38 yd avg,
PREGAME / GAME ACTION PICS vs ANDALE 091821
OTHER AREA SCORES
Derby 44 Bishop Carroll 36 * Collegiate 35 Rose Hill 7 * Circle 42 Augusta 35 * Buhler 18 Winfield 7 * Goddard 21 Ark City 27 * Labette County 7 El Dorado 51 * Mulvane 32 Clearwater 13 * Belle Plaine 0 Hutch Trinity 40 * Conway Springs 50 Elkhart 0 * Attica/Argonia 60 Oxford 8 * Norwich 34 Caldwell 36
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CRUSADERS FALL IN OPENER
The entrance to the field by the Crusaders was awesome - with it being the 20 year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in NY, a most appropriate and honorable start to the game.
In a pregame ceremony, some of Wellington's "First Responders" were honored on the field. They were guests of the Crusaders for the evening. We can't thank them enough for what they do for all of us.
It was a mixed bag for the Crusaders Saturday evening at Sellers Park. First game of the season can be that way. There were moments of good execution but also moments of inability to capitalize and/or misfortune of one sort or another. The Spartans, now 2-0, scored in every quarter, sustaining momentum and securing the 35-13 win. They've scored in every quarter so far this season I believe, with a similar win over Mulvane Week 1.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
CHS 07 14 07 07 - 35
WHS 00 07 00 06 -13
GAME STATS
PASSING
Malachi Rogers 5/19 for 57 yds. 1TD 1 INT
Cope Henry 0/1
RUSHING
Malachi Rogers 19/197 yds / 10.4 avg 1 TD
Dustyn Schettler 6/21 yds / 3.5 yd avg
Cope Henry 2/-3 yds / -1.5 yd avg
Riley Nichols 3/4 yds / 1.3 yd avg
RECEIVING
Brody Weir 1 for 5 yds 1 TD
RJ Clift 1 for 11 yds
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra 2 for 16 yds
Dusty Schettler 1 for 1 yd
Cope Henry 1 for 24 yds
PASSING - 57 yds
RUSHING - 219 yds
TOTAL YDS - 276 yds
Next up, Andale. HERE this coming Friday. The Indians are 2-0.
GAME ACTION PICS vs COLLEGIATE 091121
OTHER AREA SCORES
Newton 17 Derby 50 * Goddard Eisenhower 24 Salina Central 14 * Valley Center 28 Goddard 14 * Fort Scott 22 Butler (MO) 31 * Hugoton 21 Ulysses 13 * Winfield 27 Labette County 7 * Clearwater 7 Rose Hill 47 * Andale 32 Mulvane 6 * Circle 0 McPherson 44 * Buhler 19 Andover Central 21 * Andover 41 Ark City 0 * Augusta 21 El Dorado 14 * Belle Plaine 0 Cheney 66 * Remington 28 Conway Springs 40 * Oxford 22 West Elk 46 * Attica/Argonia 48 Udall 0 * Caldwell 72 South Haven 26
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CRUSADER CLUB HAMBURGER SCRIMMAGE 2021
The annual and traditional Crusader Club Hamburger Scrimmage took place on Thursday at Sellers Park. All of Wellington's football players, cheerleaders, dancers, and coaches were on hand for the demonstration event. Young and old, both on the field, together. Click link below for over 250 pics!
CRUSADER CLUB HAMBURGER SCRIMMAGE PICS 082621
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TEAM / INDIVIDUAL PICS 2021
The WHS 2021 Football squad assembled Wednesday for their annual team pics.
2021 CRUSADER FOOTBALL TEAM PICS 082521
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THE BRIDGE
A tradition that began back in the 70's, continues on into the 20's as the Crusaders prepare for opening HOME action on September 10th vs Collegiate. It will also be YOUTH NIGHT. The season opener is slated for one week earlier, September 3rd, on the road at Clearwater. Both are 7PM kickoffs. The 2021 Fall Sports season is about to begin!
Completed and ready for that beginning, THE BRIDGE, just west of the main stadium entrance/exit has been revitalized for the new season by the WHS Class of 2022. Senior Cheerleaders, senior players, and other seniors, worked on THE BRIDGE for 3 days over this past weekend (Fri - Sun). The results - awesome!
Judge for yourself - pics of THE BRIDGE 2021 (a few pics are courtesy pics / Jaime & Mikayla Elmore / thanks!)
Class of 2022's Stellar Young, painted the Crusader Head on the bridge, freehand...totally awesome Stellar! That and the entire bridge looks phenomenal. Be proud of all those that helped - they made it happen. They are Crusaders!
Those who also contributed:
Javan and Cheryl Wright, Justin and Jaime Elmore, the Elmore boys, Trenton, Colton, and Jack - all future Crusaders!! Their older sister, Mikayla, along with other 2022 classmates, Ali Zeka, Josey Wolf, Hagen Wright, Dustyn Schettler, RJ Clift, Chase Koehler, Trey Greenlee, Keeli Ramirez, Hayden Brown, and Blake McCreary all pitched in at different times throughout the past 3 days.
A few of the pics are courtesy pics - thank you Jaime and Mikayla for those!
BRIDGE PICS 2021
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SATURDAY SCRIMMAGE
The JV and Varsity football squads scrimmaged today at the WHS practice fields. With less than two weeks to go until the season kickoff at Clearwater on Friday, September 3rd (@ 7PM), the boys in red are on a mission. Saw some good stuff from the whole squad. More to come!!
PICS FROM SATURDAY SCRIMMAGE 082121
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CONDITIONING TESTS 2021
It was CONDITIONING TEST DAY @ WHS for the 2021 Football Squad.
Click following link for pics!
CONDITIONING TEST DAY PICS 081421
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FOOTBALL CAMP HIGHLIGHTS
2021 WHS Football Camp is going on this week. Started on Monday and will run through Friday. Friday, the squad will head to Goddard HS, in full pads, for scrimmage action against the Lions. Check out pics below from some Tuesday morning camp activity at the WHS practice fields where CAMP is held.
FOOTBALL CAMP PICS TUESDAY JULY 13, 2021
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IRONDUKE SUMMER 2021
IRON DUKE SUMMER 2021 got underway last week at WHS. Student-athletes from 1st grade thru 12th, participate, 3-4 days a week at the high school.
The Iron Duke Summer Program is a weight and speed development program sponsored by the athletic staff. This program is designed to increase your speed, strength, agility, and flexibility. It has a proven track record that involves weight training, form running, agility, plyometrics, aerobics, and flexibility training. Your athlete can and should expect improvement in each of these areas and in overall conditioning.
These pics were taken Wednesday morning at the 9th thru 12th grade session, held in the main gym at WHS. The Crusaders and Lady Crusaders are in good shape - they divide into groups and compete hard!
IRON DUKE SUMMER 2021 PICS 06.16.21
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FALL 2020 SEASON
SPIRIT WEEK FALL 2020
VARSITY
Friday / Sept. 4th vs Clearwater (Senior Night) 7PM
CLEARWATER 36 WHS 29 OT
Friday / Sept. 11th @ Collegiate 7PM
WHS 03 COLLEGIATE 56
Friday/ Sept. 18th @ Andale 7PM
WHS 07 ANDALE 63
Friday / Sept. 25th vs Labette County 7PM
LABETTE CO 12 WHS 41
Friday / Oct. 2nd vs Rose Hill (Homecoming) 7PM
ROSE HILL 28 WHS 20
Friday / Oct. 9th @ Dodge City vs Ulysses 7PM
ULYSSES 39 WHS 19
Friday / Oct. 16th @ Buhler 7PM
WHS 27 BUHLER 13
Friday / Oct. 23rd vs Mulvane 7PM
MHS 13 WHS 20
PLAYOFFS
Friday / Oct. 30th vs ARK CITY @ 7PM
ACHS 27 WHS 6
4A STATE BRACKET
Friday / Nov. 6th 4A REGIONALS 7PM
Friday / Nov. 13th 4A SECTIONALS TBA
Friday / Nov. 20th 4A SUB-STATE TBA
Friday / Nov. 28th 4A STATE TBA
JV TEAM
Monday / Sept. 7th @ Clearwater 1 game 6PM
WHS 00 CLEARWATER 28
Monday / Sept. 14th vs Collegiate 1 game 6PM
COLLEGIATE 43 WHS 08
Monday / Sept. 21st vs Andale 1 game 6PM
ANDALE 51 WHS 24
Monday / Sept. 28th @ Labette Co 1 game 6PM
WHS 08 LABETTE CO 00
Monday / Oct. 5th @ Rose Hill 1 game TBD
WHS 22 ROSE HILL 38
Monday / Oct. 12th vs TBD 1 game 6PM
NO GAME PLANNED
Monday / Oct. 19th vs Campus 1 game 6PM
CHS 28 / WHS 22
Monday / Oct. 26th @ Mulvane 1 game 5PM
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER - No Make-Up
NOTE: WHS Varsity Football traveled to Dodge City on Oct. 9th for 7PM game with Ulysses (replacement game for El Dorado) - here were the details!
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Congratulations to these IRONDUKES!
AVCTL DIV IV Football 2020 Honors
First Team Offensive Lineman - KENNY FEHRMAN
Second Team Running Back - DUSTYN SCHETTLER
Second Team Offensive Lineman - HAGEN WRIGHT
Honorable Mention Offensive Lineman - TREVOR CLARK
Second Team Int. Defensive Line - KENNY FEHRMAN
Second Team Defensive Back - MEKHI HASKIN YBARRA
CONGRATULATIONS CRUSADERS!
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Ark City
Friday, October 30, 2020
The 2020 WHS Varsity Football season came to an end Friday evening here at HOME vs historical rival Ark City, final score 27-6. Of course, due to Covid and Health Dept. restrictions, the 25% capacity crowd would have been much larger, but not for, those aforementioned conditions. Even with the fans absence, there's still a lot of "awesomeness" to be in the stadium or along the sideline. Just soaking in the atmosphere, and enjoying a challenging sport, played out by the hearts and souls of our community, our kids. All of that unfolds before your eyes and win or lose, memories have always been made. I'll never not like that part of it.
The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard quickly and lead 13-0 at the end of the 1st qtr. The game was still anybody's to win and the Crusaders knew that. In the 2nd qtr., Dustyn Schettler was able to find paydirt on a 14 yd run and Jack Wright, with his center Hagen Wright and holder RJ Clift, would put it through the uprights, as this trio has done consistently all season, only to have it nullified by a penalty and unfortunately, unattainable on the 2nd attempt. We didn't know at the time, but that would be the last score for the 2020 Irondukes, who's 3-6 record was just a short jog away from a 5-4 finish. A couple games earlier in the season, were 1 TD losses, one of those in overtime. There's always "what ifs" but this squad played good football often, but not often enough apparently for that ending all would have rather had. They got 9 games in which, in this crazy world, was an accomplishment in and of itself. The Seniors walk away with experiences they'll talk about for a lifetime. When you look at this preseason pic of them, you also realize every one of them contributed to the overall effort in many different ways.
WHS Jr. Dustyn Schettler continued to shine in the rushing department. For the 3rd game in a row (possibly 4th or 5th, I don't have stats from Ulysses game), the 3 games since Ulysses, Dustyn has had 167, 169, and 135 yards rushing. The game just before the Ulysses game, 127 yds. There is a solid group of juniors, sophomores and freshmen on hand, and a solid group coming right behind them. You can never predict the future, but this group of Seniors gave it their all, and an underclassmen, hungry group bitin' at the bit to get back at it. That is Crusader Football.
Hopefully by next FALL, full bleachers and smiling faces you can actually see, will be the norm and hopefully, everyone that is here now, will be here then, on both sides of the fence. GO BIG RED! Together we are STRONG!!
ACHS 13 00 14 00 - 27 (now 3-6)
WHS 00 06 00 00 - 6 (end @ 3-6)
RUSHING
Dustyn Schettler 21/135 yds TD (14 yd run)
Berkeley Wright 10/32 yds
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra 2/16 yds
Trenton Bannister 3/14 yds
Trace Rusk 2/7 yds
Michael Cullens 3/1 yd
Kannon Klein 1/-3 yds
PASSING
Berkeley Wright 5/12 for 29 yds
RECEIVING
Trenton Bannister 1/20 yds
Cope Henry 1/10 yds
Montel Tate 1/ 8 yds
Dustyn Schettler 1/-3 yds
Michael Cullens 1/-6 yds
OFFENSIVE YDS
RUSHING 202 yds
PASSING 29 yds
TOTAL 231 yds
FUMBLE RECOVERIES / INTERCEPTIONS
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra INT
RJ Clift INT
FIRST DOWNS
ACHS 18 WHS 13
PUNTS
Berkeley Wright 2/91 yds
Cope Henry 1/29 yds
PAT/FG
Jack Wright / RJ Clift / Hagan Wright - 0/1 PAT
GAME ACTION PICS vs ARK CITY 103020
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Mulvane
Friday, October 23, 2020
The now (3-5) IRONDUKES pulled in their 2nd win in as many weeks, downing the Mulvane Wildcats Friday evening at Sellers Park, 20-13! It was a close contest, knotted at 7 at halftime. The Crusaders were able to put points on the board and the defense kept the Wildcats out of the endzone the last 13+ minutes of the game. Strong showing by QB Berkeley Wright who passed for 177 yds, including a 57 yarder to Cope Henry. Dustyn Schettler shined, 218 yds of offense from this young man, including a 64 yd romp to paydirt! Total offense for the Crusaders - over 400 yds (411), which is the first time this season to break the 400 yd barrier.
Coming up this Friday, the first bracketed playoff game for 2020 - we'll be hosting (2-6) Ark City who have wins over Winfield and Goddard Ike and losses against Andover, Goddard, Maize, Salina-Central, Valley Center, and Andover Central this past Friday.
MHS 00 07 06 00 - 13 (now 1-6)
WHS 00 07 07 06 - 20 (now 3-5)
RUSHING
Dustyn Schettler 20/169 yds TD (64 yd run)
Michael Cullens 11/41 yds TD (20 yd run)
Berkeley Wright 10/24 yds
PASSING
Berkeley Wright 10/20 for 177 yds TD (57 yd toss to Cope Henry)
RECEIVING
Cope Henry 3/90 yds TD (57 yd rec)
Dustyn Schettler 2/49 yds
Montel Tate 3/23 yds
Trenton Bannister 1/10 yds
Mekih Haskin-Ybarra 1/5 yds
OFFENSIVE YDS
RUSHING 234 yds
PASSING 177 yds
TOTAL 411 yds
FIRST DOWNS
MHS 9 WHS 11
PUNTS
Cope Henry 4/74 yds
Berkeley Wright 1/48 yds
PAT/FG
Jack Wright / RJ Clift / Hagan Wright - 2/3 PTA
GAME ACTION PICS vs Mulvane 102320
OTHER AREA SCORES
Derby 48 Maize South 10, Dodge City 41 Ulysses 0, El Dorado 32 Winfield 14, Rose Hill 59 Independence 6, Coffeyville 0 Fort Scott 28, Buhler 42 Circle 6, Augusta 14 McPherson 32, Andover Central 37 Ark City 6, Chanute 14 Labette Co 6, Hesston 25 Clearwater 42, Andale 43 Collegiate 14, Douglass 6 Belle Plaine 27, Conway Springs 41 Sedgwick 35, Chase County 46 Oxford 0, Attica/Argonia 77 Fairfield 8, South Barber 58 South Haven 6
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Buhler HS
Friday, October 16, 2020
Great Game IRONDUKES!
Down 13-7 after 3 qtrs, the "WELLINGTON" Crusaders lit it up in the 4th. "3" 1 yd rushing TD's by Sr. QB Berk Wright, complimented with 2 PAT's by brother Jack. Dustyn Schettler racked up 167 yds on 28 carries. The "O" and "D" lines did their jobs as well. The "D" held Buhler scoreless from the 2:19 mark in the 2nd qtr. on. Berk also connected with Montel Tate in the 2nd qtr for a 23 yd score, PAT good. Cope Henry and Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra, 3 Interceptions/Fumble Recoveries between them. The IRONDUKES are now 2-5, next up, at HOME - Mulvane OCT 23rd / 7PM
The IRONDUKES are now 2-5, next up, at HOME - Mulvane OCT 23rd / 7PM
WHS 00 07 00 20 - 27
BHS 00 13 00 00 - 13
RUSHING
Dustyn Schettler 28/167 yds
Berk Wright 16/19 yds 3 TD's (1 yd, 1 yd, 1 yd)
Trevor Rusk 6/10 yds
PASSING
Berk Wright 6/12 for 59 yds TD (23 yd pass to Tate)
RECEIVING
Montel Tate 4/43 yds TD (23 yd reception from Wright)
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra 1/13 yds
Trenton Bannister 1/3 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rushing 196 yds
Passing 59 yds
TOTAL 255 yds
PUNTS
Cope Henry 4/129 yds (32 yd avg)
Berk Wright 2/87 yds (43 yd avg)
PAT'S/FG's
Jack Wright 3/4 PAT's
FIRST DOWNS
WHS 12 BHS 12
INTERCEPTIONS/FUMBLE RECOVERIES
Cope Henry & Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra (3 total)
OTHER AREA SCORES:
Ulysses 8 Garden City 38, Derby 35 Maize 36, El Dorado 43 Circle 10, Winfield 7 Rose Hill 48, McPherson 52 Mulvane 0, Ft. Scott 22 Wamego 18, St. Michael (MO) 7 Labette Cty 12, Augusta 47 Abilene 0, Valley Center 27 Ark City 21, Collegiate 33 Halstead 0, Clearwater 21 Andale 40, Belle Plaine 24 Garden Plain 55, Stanton City 0 Conway Springs 57, Attica/Argonia 16 Clifton-Clyde 64, Burden Central 66 Oxford 20, Caldwell 42 South Barber 14
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Dodge City (vs Ulysses)
Friday, October 9, 2020
| Wellington 6 13 0 0 - 19 | |||||
| Ulysses 16 0 8 15 - 39 |
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| U- Lorenze Gomez 74-yard interception (PAT run) | |||||
| W- Wright to Henry 14 pass (PAT pass no good). | |||||
| U- Scott to Martinez 35 pass (PAT run good) | |||||
| W- Schettler 5 run (PAT kick good) | |||||
| W- Wright to Haskin-Ybarra 15 pass (PAT no good) | |||||
| U- Martinez 16 pass from Scott (PAT run good) | |||||
| U- Kenny 3 run (PAT run good) | |||||
| U- Galindo 5 pass from Scott (PAT kick) |
OTHER AREA SCORES
Ark City 22 Goddard 14, Mulvane 6 Rose Hill 46, Winfield 35 Augusta 41, Coffeyville 13 Labette County 16, Collegiate 31 Clearwater 19, Belle Plaine 46 Chaparral 0, Garden Plain 14 Kingman 10, Conway Springs 55 Sublette 0, Oxford 40 Udall 20, Attica/Argonia 26 Moundridge 6, Peabody 38 Caldwell 18, Stafford 68 Sout Haven 60
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WHS JR. VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Rose Hill
Monday, October 5, 2020
WHS JV 22 ROSE HILL JV 38
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Rose Hill HS
Friday, October 2, 2020
FINAL SCORE
28 Rose Hill (now 2-3)
20 Wellington (now 1-4)
RHHS - 00 14 06 08 - 28
WHS - 14 00 00 06 - 20
RUSHING
Dustyn Schettler 27/127 yds
Michael Cullens 3/44 yds TD
Berk Wright 11/13 yds
Trevor Rusk 4/4 yds
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra 1/2 yds
PASSING
Berk Wright 5/17 for 94 yds
RECEIVING
Montel Tate 2/69 yds 2TD's
RJ Clift 1/16 yds
Cope Henry 1/10 yds
Michael Cullen 1/-1 yd
RECEIVING 94 yds
RUSHING 190 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE 284 yds
PUNTS
Cope Henry 7/196 yds (28 yd avg)
INTERCEPTIONS / FUMBLE RECOVERIES
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra INT & FR
Kenny Fehrman FR
Jakob Lira INT
1st DOWNS
RHHS 18 WHS 13
PAT'S
Greg Holcomb 2/3
OTHER AREA SCORES
Ulysses 20 Borger TX 7, Perry-Lecompton 41 Winfield 13, Mulvane 25 Coffeyville 20, Labette Co 8 Fort Scott 14, Collegiate 55 Wichita Trinity 14, Clearwater 35 Halstead 18, Andale 66 Hesston 7, Garden Plain 37 Chaparral 00, Conway Springs 63 Independent 8, Madison 53 Oxford 8, Attica/Argonia 46 Pretty Prairie 6, South Haven 20 Central Christian 56, Caldwell 38 Stafford 44
GAME ACTION PICS vs ROSE HILL 100220
DUCHESS CORONATION PICS 100220
SPIRIT WEEK DAILY THEME PICS 9-28 thru 10-02
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WHS JR. VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Altamont (Labette Co)
Monday, September 28, 2020
WHS JV 08 LABETTE CO JV 00
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Labette County
Friday, September 25, 2020
Congratulations to the Wellington Crusader Varsity Football squad. The Irondukes hosted the Labette County Grizzlies Friday @ Sellers and downed the visitors 41-12 for the first Crusader win of the season! Labette County falls to 0-4.The Crusaders lead throughout, up 19-0 at halftime and extended that lead to 41-12 by games end.
LHS - 00 00 00 12 - 12
WHS - 07 12 15 07 - 41
RUSHING
Michael Cullens 15/181 yds 2TD
Dustyn Schettler 11/96 yds TD
Berk Wright 11/30 yds 2TD
Riley Nichols 4/10 yds
Trace Rusk 2/6 yds
Kenny Redford 2/-7 yds
PASSING
Berk Wright 6/15 for 40 yds TD
RECEIVING
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra 3/24 yds TD
Bannister 2/9 yds
Jack Wright. 1/7 yds
PAT's
Jack Wright 3/4
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra 2 pt conv
PUNTS
Cope Henry 3/99 yds (33 avg)
FIRST DOWNS
LHS 12 WHS 17
INT & FUMBLE RECOVERIES
Greg Holcomb 1 INT / 1 Fumble Recovery
Dustyn Schettler 1 INT
Cope Henry 1 Fumble Recovery
Jace Barton 1 Fumble Recovery
RUSHING 316 yds
PASSING 40 yds
TOTALS 356 yds
CONGRATULATIONS CRUSADERS!!
GAME ACTION PICS 092520
UP NEXT / Rose Hill HERE / Friday Oct. 2nd / Homecoming / 7PM
OTHER AREA SCORES
McPherson 56 Winfield 13, Buhler 36 El Dorado 14, Augusta 26 Rose Hill 28, Wichita Trinity 7 Clearwater 56, Andale 42 Halstead 12, Belle Plaine 7 Kingman 28, Ellinwood 00 Conway Springs 58, Oxford 32 Flinthills 28, Attica/Argonia 42 Goessel 14, Central Christian 22 Caldwell 46, Collegiate 31 Hesston 10
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WHS JR. VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Andale HS
Monday, September 21, 2020
AHS 51 WHS 24
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Andale HS
Friday, September 18, 2020
The Varsity Crusaders road-tripped to Andale Friday evening, falling to the Indians for the 9th season in a row, final score 63-7.
WHS 07 AHS 63
RUSHING
Trace Rusk 4/-10 yds
Berk Wright 7/-9 yds
Michael Cullens 3/3 yds
PASSING
Berk Wright 10/19 for129 yds
RECEIVING
Cope Henry 2/83 yds TD (79 yd)
Trent Bannister 6/32 yds
Jack Wright 1/9 yds
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra 2/5 yds
PUNTS
Cope Henry 3/97 yds (32 yd avg)
Berk Wright 1/-2 yds
FIRST DOWNS
WHS 3 AHS 15
PAT's
Jack Wright 1/1
RUSHING -16 yds
PASSING 129 yds
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TOTAL 113 yds
OTHER SCORES
Derby 35 Bishop Carroll 21, Ark City 13 Goddard 46, Clearwater 61 Mulvane 14, Winfield 9 Buhler 21, Augusta 20 Circle 12, El Dorado 30 Labette County 14, Rose Hill 31 Collegiate 34 (OT), Conway Springs 58 Elkhart 12, Oxford 0 Attica/Argonia 62, Caldwell 56 Norwich 24, Kinsley 64 South Haven 32, Colby 13 Ulysses 8, Great Bend 13 McPherson 31, Goddard IKE 31 Andover Central 45, Bishop Miege 35 Aquinas 41.
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WHS JV FOOTBALL
HERE vs Collegiate
Monday, September 14, 2020
COLLEGIATE 43 WHS 8
JV GAME ACTION PICS 091420
JV Boys are now 0-2 on the season.
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Collegiate HS
Friday, September 11, 2020
Courtesy Pic
WHS 00 00 00 03 - 03
CHS 14 21 21 00 - 56
RUSHING
Trace Rusk 15/50 yds
Berk Wright 5/-17 yds
PASSING
Berk Wright 4/16 for 31 yds 1 INT
RECEIVING
Cope Henry 2/7 yds
Montel Tate 1/16 yds
Michael Cullens 1/8 yds
1ST DOWNS
COLL 15 WELL 4
INTERCEPTIONS
NA
PAT'S/FG's
Jack Wright FG - 25 yds
PUNTS
Cope Henry 7/229 yds (33 yd avg)
RUSHING 33 yds
RECEIVING 31 yds
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TOTAL OFFENSE 64 yds
OTHER AREA SCORES
Derby 43 Newton 31
Ark City 00 Andover 21
McPherson 41 Circle 00
Independence 9 Ft. Scott 46
El Dorado 14 Augusta 7
Labette County 12 Winfield 14
Rose Hill 20 Clearwater 42
Mulvane 00 Andale 63
Garden Plain 14 Sterling 00
Cheney 54 Belle Plaine 7
Conway Springs 44 Remington 20
West Elk 44 Oxford 36
Udall 00 Attica/Argonia 50
South Haven 28 Caldwell 64
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WHS JR VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Clearwater HS
Monday, September 7, 2020
Take away the 2nd qtr in the Clearwater vs Wellington JV game at Clearwater and you would have had a tight game. The final was 28-0 Clearwater, 20 of those points came in the 2nd qtr.
GAME ACTION PICS @ CLEARWATER 090720
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Clearwater HS
Friday, September 4, 2020
A slow start by the Crusaders Friday evening at Sellers vs Clearwater, eventually turned into a very exciting contest with Crusader "METTLE" oozing all over the place.
Down 17-0 in the 2nd qtr, the boys in red would claw their way back behind Michael Cullens inspired runs, Berk Wright's 180 yds passing and 2 scores, Dustyn Schettler's skillful ball handling, and a score, Cope Henry and Montel Tate's combined receptions of over 100 yards, including a 47 yd Montel reception for 6. Henry had to punt more often than a team would like but did so without incident 7 times for over 200 yds. Jack Wright, RJ Clift & Hagen Wright, were 3 for 3 on PAT's and Jakob Lira would seal the OT deal with a do or die 4th qtr 2 point conversion. Throw in an awesome TD denying interception by Senior Greg Holcomb, the Crusaders found themselves knotted at 29 with the Indians, when the 4th qtr ran out.
It was now nitty gritty time for both teams. Given equal chances in the OT period to score, unfortunately the Indians were able to do just that, the Crusaders could not. Losing never leaves a good feeling, but most of us Crusader fans walked away from Sellers Friday, feeling as good as one can when the season opener falls into the loss column. Everyone was impressed with the Crusaders' tenacity and fortitude. Many others, not mentioned, contributed as well. FINAL SCORE (OT) Clearwater 36 Wellington 29
GAME ACTION PICS vs CLEARWATER 090420
SCORE BY QUARTERS
CWTR - 07 10 06 06 07 - 36
WELL - 00 07 07 15 00 - 29
RUSHING
Michael Cullens 12/4 yds
Trace Rusk 1/4 yds
Berk Wright 11/17 yds 2 TD's
Dustyn Schettler 7/82 yds TD
PASSING
Berk Wright 14/27 for180 yds 2 INT TD
RECEIVING
Cope Henry 5/59 yds
Montel Tate 2/55 yds TD
Michael Cullens 2/39 yds
Trace Rusk 1/19 yds
Trenton Bannister 1/3 yds
1ST DOWNS
CWTR 22 WELL 13
INTERCEPTION
Greg Holcomb 1
PAT'S
Jack Wright 3/3
Jakob Lira 2 pt. conv.
PUNTS
Cope Henry 7/205 yds (29 yd avg)
RUSHING 107 yds
RECEIVING 180 yds
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TOTAL OFFENSE 287 yds
OTHER AREA SCORES
Labette County 12 Pittsburg 27
Derby 14 Mill Valley 45
Buhler 20 Goddard 35
Andale 58 Rose Hill 10
Collegiate 56 Mulvane 00
Independence 25 El Dorado 20
Circle 14 Chanute 16
Coffeyville 34 Augusta 21
Winfield 00 Ark City 33
Conway Springs 13 Garden Plain 14
Belle Plaine 49 Independent 00
Caldwell 58 Oxford 12
South Haven 42 Burden-Central 14
Attica/Argonia 46 Norwich 00
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Thursday was TEAM PICS and INDIVIDUAL PICS DAY for the CRUSADER FOOTBALLTEAM! Practice was held prior to the TEAM PICS so was able to get a variety of pics to share with you here on this page. After a regular practice, the IRONDUKES scrimmaged each other for a while, then switched into their game jerseys for their annual team and individual pics. Following that, a few cameos as well were taken of the 12 seniors on this year's squad. Below are the links to ALL OF THOSE!
Time to get psyched - one week from today is the season opener @ Sellers. The Crusaders will be hosting Clearwater, it will be SENIOR NIGHT for all FALL SPORTS I think. Some Covid-related spectator restrictions will apply - READ HERE.
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CRUSADER SCRIMMAGE PICS 082720
CRUSADER TEAM & INDIVIDUAL PICS 082720 - ROSTER
CRUSADER SENIORS CAMEO PICS 082720
GO BIG RED - BEAT CLEARWATER
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FALL SPORTS PRACTICES BEGIN 081720
FALL PRACTICE 2020 SPORTS PICS - Football, Girls Golf, Cross Country
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CONDITIONING TESTS 081520
Football CONDITIONING TESTS were completed Saturday. This has been the culmination to SUMMER PSQ for many years now, this is when you find out for sure, who is in shape and who isn't. It's also an opportunity to find out who attends regularly during the summer. Please take note of the last 3 pics in this post (see link below) - those student-athletes DID NOT MISS PRACTICE THIS SUMMER - their reward - they did not have to take part today in the conditioning test itself. Tweren't for the masks, you'd see big smiles on all their faces - well deserved smiles for sure.
The rest, most of whom had missed minimally, endured the tests just fine - this is a great group of IRONDUKES - if you aren't psyched about the home opener vs Clearwater on Sept. 4th, you best be gettin' so...this group of athletes and coaches are ready and rarin' to go! I'm ready for some action pics myself! GO BIG RED!
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CAMP PICS 081120 - CLICK HERE
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SUMMER PSQ 07.07.20
A large number of WHS student-athletes up and at it, early this Tuesday morning, on and around the track behind WMS. Summer PSQ carries on and will be outside all this week. Here are a few pics from there.
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SUMMER PSQ 06.24.20
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CONDITIONING BEGINS FOR WHS STUDENT-ATHLETES 06.01.20
What a beautiful morning for CONDITIONING! High School student-athletes are back at it, after a nearly 3 month hiatus due to COVID-19. The group eased back into it today at the HS Track, maintaining social distance the best they could. Each participants' TEMPERATURE was taken as they arrived at the Track, including my own! I was allowed to stay and glad! It is great to see these young men and women, out early on a Monday morning, and many were sportin' smiles! I think a vast majority were glad to see each other as well. WELCOME BACK CRUSADERS! GO BIG RED!!
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LATEST SUMMER 2020 PSQ INFO/FORMS - CLICK HERE
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2019 SEASON
KSHSAA GENERAL
CLASSIFICATIONS
KSHSAA FOOTBALL
CLASSIFICATIONS
SEP. 6th – Wichita Collegiate HERE – 7PM
(Youth Night)
WCHS 28 WHS 7
SEP. 13th - @ Andale – 7PM
WHS 7 AHS 35
SEP. 20th – Clearwater HERE – 7PM
CHS 31 WHS 7
SEP. 27th - @ Augusta – 7PM
WHS 14 AHS 21
OCT. 4th – Rose Hill HERE – 7PM
RHHS 35 WHS 0
(Homecoming)(Senior Night for TENNIS)
OCT. 11th - @ Labette County – 7PM
WHS 21 LCHS 00
OCT. 18th – Winfield HERE – 7PM
WINF 13 WELL 14
(69 State Champ-50 years)(Senior Night)
OCT. 25th - @ Mulvane – 7PM
WHS 7 MHS 23
NOV. 1st – Bi-District Playoffs @ Buhler 7PM
WHS 7 BHS 19
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WICHITA EAGLE "ALL-STATE"
Honorees
Honorable Mention
Sr. Zane Cornejo LB
Sr. Travese Love DL
Jr. Kenny Fehrman DL
AVCTL DIV IV
2019 League Honors
SEASON STANDINGS
Football 2019 (8M thru 6A)
2019 PLAYOFFS
(State Champ in Italics)
8M-D1 FOOTBALL
Canton-Galva 13-0
8M-D2 FOOTBALL
Osborne 13-0
1A FOOTBALL
Centralia 12-1
2A FOOTBALL
Nemaha Central 11-2
3A FOOTBALL
Andale 13-0
4A FOOTBALL
Bishop Miege 11-2
5A FOOTBALL
Mill Valley 10-3
6A FOOTBALL
Derby 13-0
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Buhler HS (Bi-District Playoff)
Friday, November 1, 2019
An early turnover by Wellington, lead to “6” for Buhler with only 39 secs. off the clock. Not the start you would want, but WHS buckled down, the defense played tough. So tough, 22:43 ticked off the clock before Buhler could find paydirt again. The Crusaders took the lead late in the 2nd qtr after Senior Zane Cornejo scrambled for 84 yds, leading to a 1 yd TD run by QB Zander Vargas and a “good” PAT by Karsten Gill. Gill went 10/11 on the season in PAT’s – kudos to #40. Buhler would soon retake the lead and not relinquish. With :47 left on the 1st half clock, Buhler, on 4th and 20, connected on a 21 yd TD throw and went in at halftime on top 12-7. (2 “2 pt” conversions had failed for the home team).
The 3rd qtr was all defense, going into the 4th, still anybody’s game but a Buhler score & PAT, with just 4:06 left on the game clock would seal the deal for the maroon Crusaders…final score 19-7. Buhler advances, the season ends at 2-7 for Wellington. Buhler will host Mulvane in Regional 4A action this coming Friday, Nov. 8th. The Wildcats downed Independence Friday night 47-14 to advance.
STATS
WHS 00 07 00 00 – 07
BHS 06 06 00 07 – 19
RUSHING
Zane Cornejo 5/88 yds
Trace Rusk 12/31 yds
Zander Vargas 7/14 yds (1 yd TD run)
Christian Buckman 1/-3 yds
Berkeley Wright 5/-6 yds
PASSING
Berkeley Wright 19/50 yds
Zander Vargas 7/21 yds
RECEIVING
Travese Love 2/29 yds
Silas Popplewell 3/18 yds
Christian Buckman 2/17 yds
Zane Cornejo 1/10 yds
Austin Soles 1/-3 yds
RUSHING 124 yds
PASSING 71 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE 195 yds
PENALTIES
5/45 yds
PAT’S
Karsten Gill 1/1 10/11 on the season
1ST DOWNS
WHS 6 BHS 9
PUNTS
Austin Soles – 8/229 (29 yd avg)
The VARSITY CRUSADERS end the season with 2 wins & 7 losses.
GAME ACTION PICS @ BUHLER 110119
OTHER AREA SCORES: Goddard 32 Rose Hill 14, Winfield 37 El Dorado 00, Ark City 55 Ulysses 17, Andover Central 42 Circle 7, Augusta 29 Coffeyville 26 (2 OT’s), Mulvane 47 Independence 14, Bishop Miege 67 Labette Co. 13, Chanute 28 Ft. Scott 7, Collegiate 35 Halstead 14, Andale 68 Clay Center 7, Clearwater 35 Hesston 21, Conway Springs 42 Cherryvale 13, Belle Plaine 17 Chaparral 14, Caldwell 46 Dexter 30, Argonia/Attica 38 Sedan 32, Minneola 50 South Haven 00
The above winners advance to WEEK #10 (Regional Action)
This season completed the 100th year of Crusader Football (1920 -2019) Here’s the year by year breakdown on the records:
FALL DATES/NOT GRADUATION DATES
1920 / 6 – 3 – 1
1921 / 4 – 4
1922 / 2 – 6
1923 / 3 – 5
1924 / 5 – 0 – 3
1925 / 4 – 3 – 2
1926 / 5 – 3 – 2
1927 / 5 – 3
1928 / 7 – 3 – 1
1929 / 6 – 4 – 1
1930 / 5 – 4
1931 / 4 – 4 – 1
1932 / 4 – 4 – 1
1933 / 5 – 2 – 2
1934 / 7 – 1
1935 / 5 – 3
1936 / 6 – 1 – 1
1937 / 7 – 0 – 1
1938 / 8 – 0
1939 / 7 – 1
1940 / 6 – 2
1941 / 7 – 2
1942 / 2 – 7
1943 / 3 – 5
1944 / 7 – 2
1945 / 8 – 1
1946 / 7 – 2
1947 / 7 – 2
1948 / 7 – 3
1949 / 6 – 1 – 2
1950 / 7 – 1 – 1
1951 / 5 – 4
1952 / 6 – 2 – 1
1953 / 6 – 4
1954 / 7 – 1 – 1
1955 / 5 – 4
1956 / 4 – 5
1957 / 2 – 7
1958 / 5 – 3 – 1
1959 / 5 – 3
1960 / 7 – 1
1961 / 5 – 3 – 1
1962 / 5 – 3 – 1
1963 / 3 – 4 – 1
1964 / 2 – 7
1965 / 4 – 4 – 1
1966 / 4 – 5
1967 / 9 – 0
1968 / 7 – 2
1969 / 9 – 1 – 1
1970 / 8 – 1
1971 / 8 – 2
1972 / 6 – 3
1973 / 5 – 4
1974 / 8 – 1
1975 / 8 – 1
1976 / 9 – 3
1977 / 8 – 2
1978 / 9 – 2
1979 / 9 – 2
1980 / 2 – 7
1981 / 12 – 1
1982 / 12 – 1
1983 / 2 – 7
1984 / 5 – 4
1985 / 4 – 5
1986 / 4 – 6
1987 / 5 – 5
1988 / 7 – 4
1989 / 5 – 4
1990 / 7 – 2
1991 / 7 – 2
1992 / 11 - 2
1993 / 8 – 2
1994 / 10 – 1
1995 / 7 – 3
1996 / 10 – 2
1997 / 4 – 6
1998 / 3 – 7
1999 / 6 – 6
2000 / 12 – 1
2001 / 12 – 1
2002 / 12 – 2
2003 / 9 – 3
2004 / 11 – 1
2005 / 7 – 3
2006 / 6 – 4
2007 / 7 – 4
2008 / 8 – 3
2009 / 7 – 4
2010 / 2 – 8
2011 / 3 – 6
2012 / 2 – 7
2013 / 5 – 4
2o14 / 5 – 4
2015 / 4 – 5
2016 / 0 – 9
2017 / 5 – 5
2018 / 8 – 3
2019 / 2 – 7
2020 / 3 - 6
SOURCE: 1920 through 2003 (2004 MEDIA GUIDE by Linn Hibbs) // 2004 to date LOCAL MEDIA)
608 WINS / 327 LOSSES / 27 TIES (962 GAMES TOTAL)
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WHS "C" TEAM FOOTBALL
HERE vs Mulvane
Monday, October 28, 2019
MHS 42 WHS 26
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Mulvane
Friday, October 25, 2019
The CRUSADERS ended regular season play in the 4A WEST DIV Friday evening, falling to the Mulvane Wildcats, 7-23. The boys in red started out strong but the Wildcats gained control of the action before halftime and won their 4th game of the year after starting out 0-4. Wellington will travel to (6-2) Buhler Week #9, Mulvane will host Independence who fell to Rose Hill 0-45.Those "2" winners will square off in Regional 4A action on Nov. 8th - the higher seed will host. It's "WIN" or "Pack It In" time for all HS Football Teams across the State.
RUSHING
Trace Rusk 28/92 yds
Zane Cornejo 4/12 yds
Zander Vargas 7/-7 yds
Berkeley Wright 5/-7
Christian Buckman 1/-12
TOTAL RUSHING 78 yds
PASSING
Berkeley Wright 4/11 for 34 yds
Zander Vargas 4/5 for 55 yds (TD)
TOTAL PASSING 89 yds
RECEIVING
Silas Popplewell 4/45
Travese Love 2/25
Austin Soles 2/19 (16 yd TD)
TOTAL RECEIVING 89 yds
Rushing 78 yds
Passing 89 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE 167 yds
PAT’s / FG’s
Karsten Gill 1/1 PAT 9/10 on the season – 0/1 FG
PUNTS
Austin Soles 5/154 yds (31 yd avg)
PENALTIES
7/75 yds
1st DOWNS
WHS 10 MHS 9
GAME ACTION PICS vs MULVANE 102519
NEXT UP – WEEK #9 @ Buhler 7PM Kickoff / Winner moves on to WEEK #10, vs either Mulvane or Independence - loser does not.
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WEEK #9 Match-Ups (4A West)
HOME TEAM listed first
McPherson 8-0 vs Abilene 0-8
Andover Central 7-1 vs Circle 1-7
Buhler 6-2 vs Wellington 2-6
Winfield 5-3 vs El Dorado 2-6
Ulysses 5-3 vs Ark City 2-6
Mulvane 4-4 vs Independence 2-6
Augusta 4-4 vs Coffeyville 2-6
Goddard 3-5 vs Rose Hill 3-5
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Winfield (Sr. Night)
(69 State FOOTBALL CHAMP CELEBRATION)
Friday, October 18, 2019
If you’re all about experiencing feel-good situations in your life, you could have gotten a six pack’s worth had you been one of the attendees Friday evening at the Crusaders 14 vs Vikings 13 Week #7 game @ Sellers. From great back & forth football action, to honoring some gentlemen that 50 years ago this Fall brought something very special home to Wellington. The line stretched from the north end zone to the south end zone as dozens of WHS Seniors and their parents, lined up for Senior Night recognition. Did I mention the Crimson Dancers, the Band? It was a huge Crusader evening with all the aforementioned to keep you entertained.
“50 years ago this Fall, a group of young men at WHS, participated in the first ever in Kansas, State Football Championship event, bringing home the State Championship Trophy to Wellington HS and Wellington proper, itself. Many of these same men were honored at Friday’s game with Winfield. Prior to entering the stadium, a tailgate party, hosted by WHS Football and Shawn DeJarnett and others was where the evening’s activities would begin.
A section was reserved in the stands for these honored guests and at halftime, they were lead to the field, introduced and revered by the fans on hand. The Crimson Dancers would follow, then the Band…it was a great show from start to finish.
Winfield jumped out on the Crusaders 7-0 early (8:42 mark 1st Qtr) and ironically, the Crusaders wouldn’t answer until Qtr 2 (also 8:42 mark). Winfield would regain the lead shortly before halftime (5:27 mark Qtr 2) but would miss the PAT and lead 13-7 at the midway point. Unbeknownst at the time, scoring for the Vikings had ended, the Crusader defense would hold tight and strong through Qtrs. 3 & 4 and the Irondukes would take the lead for good in the 4th @ the 8:22 mark. Karsten Gill would go 2/2 on PAT’s – credit the two TD’s to WHS Jr. Trace Rusk who rushed for 151 yds (123 yds last week) and Zane Cornejo, who had his best game of the Fall. After 150 yds in penalties at Labette, the Crusaders improved significantly, with a total of just 35 penalty yds this week. The Irondukes busted up several Viking drives with interceptions (Quinton Redford, Silas Popplewell, and Zander Vargas). On the night, Wellington gave up zero interceptions and zero fumbles. The boys in red on October 18, 2019, took care of business and moved to 2-5 on the season.
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GAME STATS
RUSHING
Trace Rusk 29/151 yds (TD)
Zane Cornejo 6/70 yds (TD)
Zander Vargas 1/-5 yds
Berkeley Wright 5/-14 yds
PASSING
Berkeley Wright 2/7 for 21 yds
RECEIVING
Travese Love 1/16 yds
Trace Rusk 1/5 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE
RUSHING 202 yds
PASSING 21 yds
TOTAL – 223 yds
1st DOWNS
WINF 11 WELL 8
PENALTY YDS
WINF 43 yds
WELL 35 yds
PUNTS
Austin Soles 4/144 yds (36 yd avg)
PATS
Karsten Gill 2/2 (8/9 on the season)
OTHER AREA SCORES
El Dorado 6 Mulvane 41, Rose Hill 7 McPherson 31, Clearwater 12 Andale 50, Abilene 14 Augusta 37, Circle 6 Independence 40, Eureka 33 Belle Plaine 14, Caldwell 16 Udall 31, Oxford 6 South Central 56, South Haven 46 Fairfield 00, Attica/Argonia 16 Medicine Lodge 36,
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Labette County HS
Friday, October 11, 2019
The CRUSADERS got their first 2019 taste of victory Friday night, on the road in Altamont (Labette County Grizzlies). Final score WHS 21 LCHS 00. The Crusaders 0-5 going in vs. the Grizzlies 3-2, played solid football, chalking up over 300 yds of offense, about 110% more than in most previous games this season and the first 100+ yd rusher for the Crusaders emerged as well. Kudos to Junior Trace Rusk who carried the ball 27 times for 123 yds and a TD!
Penalties were a problem for the Crusaders, a big problem. 17/150 yds. Numerous illegal procedure calls and personal fouls. Clean that up and the night would have shined completely. The weather didn't turn out too bad. The winds died down and temps hovered around 40 or so - could have been much worse.
Also scoring for the boys in red, Silas Popplewell and Zane Cornejo. Senior kicker Karsten Gill went 1/2 on PATS, his first misfire of the year. Gage Cunningham chalked up a 2 pt conversion to bring the score total back in alignment. Things were click'n.
The excitement with the players at the end of 4 was obvious. Maybe the spark will light the fire and who knows what could shake out in the end? Tough battle coming up next Friday, HERE at HOME. Now 5-1 Winfield, after their 17-0 win over El Dorado this week, will come a callin', with former WHS Head Football Coach Linn Hibbs still at the Viking helm. Also that night, the 1969 WHS STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS will be honored with a tail-gate gathering outside the stadium and then introductions to the crowd at halftime. It's been 50 years since that glorious moment in Crusader Football History. Come out and support the 2019 team and honor those from '69. This is the 100th year of Crusader Football - still lots of action to come!
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RUSHING
Trace Rusk 27/123 yds (TD)
Zane Cornejo 4/62 yds (TD)
Gage Cunningham 3/23 yds
Isaac Hilt 1/10 yds
Zander Vargas 1/8 yds
Berkeley Wright 7/-5 yds
PASSING
Berkeley Wright 9/78 yds (TD)
Zander Vargas 1/15 yds
RECEIVING
Silas Popplewell 3/43 yds (TD)
Zane Cornejo 2/32 yds
Berkeley Wright 1/15 yds
Gage Cunningham 1/3 yds
RUSHING 221 yds
PASSING 93 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE 314 yds
PENALTIES
17/150 yds
PUNTS
Austin Soles 4/119 (30 yd avg)
FIRST DOWNS
WHS 13 LCHS 5
PAT'S
Karsten Gill 1/2 (6/7 on the season)
Gage Cunningham 2 pt conversion
OTHER AREA SCORES
Pretty Prairie 14 South Haven 48, South Central 52 Caldwell 6, Oxford 12 Attica/Argonia 58, Conway Springs 42 Remington 7, Fredonia 6 Belle Plaine 13, Clearwater 62 Trinity 0, Ulysses 28 Newkirk OK 6, Mulvane 28 Rose Hill 20, Andale 50 Collegiate 7, Winfield 17 El Dorado 0, McPherson 56 Augusta 14, Buhler 48 Circle 0
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Rose Hill (Homecoming)
Friday, October 4, 2019
Jaxson Irey Photo
courtesy sutv.com
The Varsity Crusaders are now 0-5 on the season, falling to the visiting Rockets from Rose Hill Friday evening at Sellers, 35-0.
It was HOMECOMING, a new DUCHESS was crowned - CONGRATULATIONS to JORDYN YOUNG!! Prior to the game was SENIOR NIGHT for the Girls Tennis Team - the "4" Seniors and parents were recognized on the field prior to kickoff. (Kylie Aufdengarten, Natalie Henning, Alisa Walters, and Jennifer Walters).
(Click Pics Link Below)
GAME STATS
RUSHING
Dustyn Schettler 10/39 yds
Isaac Hilt 6/26 yds
Zander Vargas 10/23 yds
Berkeley Wright 10/12 yds
Zane Cornejo 1/7 yds
Gage Cunningham 1/0 yds
PASSING
Berkeley Wright 6/22 yds (2 INT)
RECEIVING
Silas Popplewell 3/40 yds
Travese Love 2/22 yds
Isaac Hilt 1/2 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE
RUSHING 107 yds (RHHS 105 yds)
PASSING 64 yds (RHHS 228 yds)
TOTAL 171 yds (RHHS 333 yds)
PUNTS
Austin Soles 7/206 yds (30 yd avg)
1ST DOWNS
RHHS 9 WHS 10
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DUCHESS CORONATION PICS
OTHER AREA SCORES
Caldwell 58 Oxford 30, South Haven 52 Burrton 6, Attica/Argonia 48 Udall 28, Haven 6 Clearwater 41, Fort Scott 20 Labette County 26, Ulysses 3 Pittsburg 42, Belle Plaine 45 Neodesha 6, Cheney 46 Collegiate 21, Mulvane 47 Field Kindley 12, Andale 78 Trinity 0, Circle 25 El Dorado 12, Augusta 7 WInfield 25
NEXT ACTION: @ Labette County / Friday October 11th / 7PM
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WHS "C" TEAM FOOTBALL
HERE vs Augusta
Monday, September 30, 2019
The WHS "C" Team Football boys dominated the first half vs their counterparts from Augusta, leading the visiting Orioles Monday evening 16-0. Another half later, the tide had turned, final score Augusta 24 Wellington 22. The "C" Team are now 1-3 on the season, with previous losses vs Collegiate and Andale, and a victory last week at Clearwater.
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Augusta
Friday, September 27, 2019
The CRUSADERS had a battle on their hands Friday at Augusta and demonstrated more strength in several areas than before. Despite those improvements, Augusta scored early in the 4th to tie it up, and with just 1:28 remaining, went ahead on a 3 yd scamper by their QB, PAT good. The Orioles had pulled ahead and would soon claim their 2nd victory of the season, 21-14.
Next up for WHS will be Rose Hill HERE this coming Friday, Oct. 4th - that will also be HOMECOMING, a new DUCHESS will be crowned at halftime. Prior to the 7PM kickoff, TENNIS SENIORS and their parents will be honored. Many other events this coming week as well, all SPIRIT RELATED!
STATS (WHS vs AUGUSTA)
RUSHING
Zander Vargas 23/77 yds (TD)
Berkeley Wright 8/27 yds
Zane Cornejo 4/24 yds
Austin Soles 1/5 yds
Gage Cunningham 1/1 yd
TOTAL RUSHING (WHS) 134 yds (AHS) 71yds
PASSING
Berkeley Wright 4/16 for 60 yds (INT)
RECEIVING
Silas Popplewell 2/59 yds (TD)
Zander Vargas 1/2 yds
Austin Soles 1/ -1 yd
TOTAL PASSING (WHS) 60 yds (AHS) 197 yds
TOTAL OFFENSE (WHS) 194 yds (AHS) 268 yds
PUNTS
Austin Soles 3/93 yds (31 yd avg)
PAT's * FG's
Karsten Gill
PAT's 2/2 (5/5 on the season)
FG's 0/1 31 yd (0/2 on the season)
FIRST DOWNS
WHS 9 AHS 14
BLOCKED PUNT
Kanden Young
FUMBLES RECOVERY
Zane Cornejo
Austin Soles
INTERCEPTION
Trey Greenlee
PENALTIES
WHS (7/56 yds)
AHS (11/105 yds)
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OTHER AREA SCORES
South Haven 0 South Barber 52, Oxford 0 Medicine Lodge 48, Caldwell 0 Attica/Argonia 30, Conway Springs 43 Trinity 8, Belle Plaine 34 Cherryale 22, Scott City 14, Ulysses 7, Winfield 28 Labette County 7, Collegiate 58 Trinity 0, Cheney 48 Clearwater 10, Andale 52 Haven 6, Circle 20 Rose Hill 39, Buhler 25 Mulvane 14, Eisenhower 21 Goddard 20
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WHS "C" TEAM FOOTBALL
@ Clearwater
Monday, September 23, 2019
WHS 20 CHS 18
The C Team Crusaders are 1-2 on the season.
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Clearwater
Friday, September 20, 2019
courtesy www.sutv.com
The 2019 Crusader Football season has not gotten off to any semblance of what many thought it might. It's certainly not over by any means, but there are multiple areas of concern. Everyone is going to have to dig deep and sort that all out. Not an easy task, but one a Crusader Football Team should be able to take on.
There were few highlights for the team in red Friday at Sellers. Down 28-0 after 1st qtr would attest to that. At halftime, the Indians left the field with a 31-0 lead. The 2nd half was more even and the Crusaders did score very late in the game on a 15 yd. pass from Wright to Popplewell. The PAT by Karsten Gill was good. Too little too late unfortunately. Final score 31-7. Earlier in the 4th qtr, a 31 yd. FG attempt by Gill fell just short in the end zone.
Offensive yards have been hard to come by for the Crusaders. 130 vs Collegiate, 138 vs Andale, 130 vs Clearwater. Clearwater had 375 total yds of offense just Friday evening alone, most of those generated by their QB Cash. Cash wasn't stoppable by the Crusader defense, he ran with relative ease and connected on 15 passes for 271 yds. Keeping the opponent's offense in check has been a big challenge for the Crusaders. Lots of penalties Friday, 13 total for 132 yds - some were unnecessary and probably born out of frustration. Next up is Augusta THERE. The Orioles are 1-2 on the season, easily defeating Circle, but falling to Andover Central and then Buhler last night. That score last night, 35-21 would seem to indicate Augusta will be a reasonable threat to contend with and it will also be their Homecoming which will add extra desire to their game plan more than likely.
RUSHING
Isaac Hilt - 9/44 yds
Zander Vargas - 9/41 yds
Jakob Lira - 1/17 yds
Gage Cunningham - 1/6 yds
Zane Cornejo - 1/5 yds
Berkeley Wright - 14/ -47 yds
TOTAL RUSHING - 65 yds
PASSING
Berkeley Wright - 6/15 for 65 yds (TD)
RECEIVING
Silas Popplewell - 4/53 yds (TD)
Blake Rausch - 1/7 yds
Zander Vargas - 1/5 yds
TOTAL PASSING - 65 yds
PUNTING
Austin Soles - 9/295 yds (33 yd avg)
You don't want your punter on the field that many times, with that said though, the punting team & Soles did a consistent job, got all "9" cleanly away.
PATS
Karsten Gill 1/1
FG'S
Karsten Gill 0/1
FIRST DOWNS
CHS 11 WHS 7
Senior Zane Cornejo left the playing field with an ankle injury. No report on his status at this time.
GAME ACTION PICS vs CLEARWATER 092019
NEXT ACTION: FRIDAY, SEP. 27th @ AUGUSTA @ 7PM (AUGUSTA HOMECOMING)
OTHER AREA SCORES: Flint Hills 34 Oxford 46, Cedar Vale 28 Caldwell 56, Conway Springs 31 Kingman 10, Belle Plaine 59 Independent 00, Ulysses 29 Hugoton 14, Labette County 25 Field Kindley 19, Norwich 44 South Haven 20, Ft. Scott 18 Independence 20, Cheney 70 Chaparral 3, Collegiate 34 Mulvane 7, Andale 63 Rose Hill 00, Winfield 59 Circle 00, Buhler 35 Augusta 21
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WHS "C" TEAM FOOTBALL
HERE vs Andale
Monday, September 16, 2019
AHS 42 WHS 6
Mekhi Haskin-Ybarra (TD)
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WEEK #2 - Crusaders 7 Andale 35
THERE / Sept. 13, 2019
The Crusaders fall to 0-2 on the road at Andale. The Indians came out of the starting blocks with a 67 yd opening kickoff return for 6. The deal was sealed early. WHS Jr. QB Berkeley Wright saw his first varsity action, beginning the 2nd qtr, completing 7 passes for 38 yds. Wright and the Crusaders wouldn't find paydirt until late in the 4th Qtr on a short scamper by Sr. running back Zander Vargas. Vargas carried the ball 19 times for 80 yds and the TD. Karsten Gill moved to 2/2 on season PAT's.
Earlier in the 4th qtr, Sr. fullback Isaac Hilt went down with an apparent concussion. It was decided by medical personnel and family on the field to transport Isaac via ambulance, for precautionary reasons, to Wesley Hospital in Wichita. Never take our emergency services for granted here in Wellington. No such services exist in Andale and numerous other communities, resulting in a 30 minute wait for the Sg. Co. ambulance to arrive. No word on Hilt's condition, he was talking and raised his arm to the crowd as the stretcher left the field. Hopefully this fine young man will be good to go soon. Hilt is scheduled to leave for the Navy in early June after graduation and then begin pre-navy seal training in August 2020.
The Crusaders return home this coming Friday and will host the Indians from Clearwater who pulled out a 13-12 squeaker over Mulvane, moving to 2-0 on the season after a 22-15 week #1 victory over Rose Hill. Rose Hill, like Wellington, fall to 0-2, after losing to Collegiate 34-14. Kickoff Friday will be at 7PM @ Sellers.
RUSHING
Zander Vargas - 19/80 yds (TD)
Isaac Hilt - 6/20 yds
Zane Cornejo - 4/16 yds
Berkeley Wright - 9/-7 yds
Gage Cunningham - 3/-14 yds
TOTAL RUSHING - 95 YDS.
PASSING
Berkeley Wright - 7/38 yds
Gage Cunningham - (INT)
TOTAL PASSING - 38 YDS
RECEIVING
Silas Popplewell - 3/23 yds
Austin Soles - 2/13 yds
Isaac Hilt - 1/1 yd
Quinton Redford - 1/1 yd
TOTAL YDS - 138 YDS
PAT'S
Karsten Gill 1/1
FUMBLE RECOVERY - Kenny Fehrman
FIRST DOWNS
WHS 10 AHS 9
PENALTIES
WHS 20 yds / AHS 30 yds
SCORE by QUARTERS
WHS 00 00 00 07 - 07
AHS 21 14 00 00 - 35
OTHER AREA SCORES:
Clearwater 13 Mulvane 12, Cedarvale 66 South Haven 20, Caldwell 52 Flinthills 6, Belle Plaine 16 Kingman 00, Labette Co 36 Independence 31, Ulysses 49 Goodland 12, Paola 58 Ft. Scott 00, Conway Springs 19 Cheney 49, Collegiate 34 Rose Hill 14, Winfield 00 McPherson 47, Buhler 55 El Dorado 00, Augusta 28 Circle 00, Goddard 28 Ark City 00.
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WHS "C" TEAM FOOTBALL
@ Wichita Collegiate
Monday, September 9, 2019
CRUSADERS 6 SPARTANS 41
Freshman Cope Henry had a 65 yard fumble return for a TD.
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WEEK #1 - Collegiate 28 Crusaders 7
HERE / Sept. 6, 2019
The Crusaders hosted the Wichita Collegiate Spartans Friday evening at Sellers. Kudos to the fans of Wellington - the stadium was practically full, it was an awesome site. Unfortunately, the main event on the field didn't go as well as folks wearing red would have liked. Collegiate moved the ball effectively and stopped us from doing the same with any frequency. The 100th year of Crusader Football continues next Friday, on the road @ Andale, who downed Mulvane Friday 43-7.
CHS 14 07 07 00 - 28
WHS 00 07 00 00 - 07
RUSHING
Zander Vargas 43 yds (TD)
(In 2nd quarter, scored 6 on a 2 yd run)
Isaac Hilt 5 yds
Zane Cornejo 4 yds
Gage Cunningham 0 yds
TOTAL RUSHING 52 yds
PASSING
Gage Cunningham 6/78 yds (1 INT)
RECEIVING
Silas Popplewell 29 yds
Zane Cornejo 25 yds
Isaac Hilt 24 yds
PUNTS
Austin Soles
26, 36, 36 - 98 yds (33 yd avg)
PAT'S
Karsten Gill
1/1
1ST DOWNS
CHS 15 WHS 6
PENALTIES
35 yds total
The Crusaders are 0-1 on the season.
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OTHER AREA SCORES
Andale 43
Mulvane 7
Conway Springs 49
Trinity 6
Ark City 18
Winfield 20
Kingman 21
Chaparral 7
Oxford 22
Central 12
Caldwell 52
South Haven 6
Andover Ctrl 35
Augusta 7
Rose Hill 15
Clearwater 22
Belle Plaine 14
Inman 0
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The WHS Football team had their annual "Saturday" Scrimmage, a warm-up scrimmage if you will for next weeks' Crusader Club Hamburger Scrimmage at Sellers Park on Thursday, Aug. 29th beginning at 5:30PM. Lower temps and cloud cover made the morning scrimmage much more bearable than it would have been otherwise had the higher temps hung around. Here are some highlight pics from scrimmage action.
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ANNUAL CONDITIONING TESTS
It was conditioning tests Saturday morning at WHS for the football squad - a lot of them were in shape so things went well for them...a few know they'll have to push a little harder - a great group!! More pics soon at wellington.cc / Home of the Crusaders! Only 20 days to the season opener here vs Collegiate. The Spartans will be strong and looking for vindication after their loss to us last year 32-0. It's going to be a battle - Sellers will be the place to be on Sept. 6th - 7PM!
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The WHS Football Seniors Feast - Boot Camp Begins Monday!
The WHS Football Seniors had a huge feast Thursday evening, at the home of Zach Barker, former Crusader football standout, and compliments of their coaches. The team has been in training since early June and High Intensity Training will kick in on Monday and run through Aug. 8th. (Boot Camp)
This Senior group is tight-knit and have been a solid group for a long time. They are excited and pumped about the upcoming season - heck, so am I!
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SUMMER PSQ CONTINUES!
Summer workouts continue out at WHS as part of the PSQ program. This conditioning phase runs through July 25th. Beginning July 29th and running thru August 8th, HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING kicks in.
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A Sit-Down with WHS Head Football Coach Zane Aguilar
courtesy www.sutv.com
As expected, Summer 2019 is moving right along, harvest is complete or near complete, and Driver’s Ed will wrap up soon as will many of the summer programs offered locally through the WRC and others. Some folks are taking vacations, the Kansas Wheat Festival rapidly approaches - just another great summer in progress, for the citizens of 67152.
I did leave one summer group out, the PSQ’ers, and for many of those participants, it’s called Wellington Football.Every summer, the coaching staff at WHS run a weight and speed development program. This summer, about 85 student-athletes have and are participating. Not all are football players, but many are.
In a sit-down interview with WHS Head Football Coach Zane Aguilar earlier this week, he spoke highly of this summer’s participants and indicated attendance has been regular and good! Both males and females, ages 1st grade thru 12th grade, take part in the 4 day a week conditioning training, (3 days-a-week for the young ones), which began on June 10th and will run through July 25th. A very committed group of Crusaders and future Crusaders for sure and a very committed coaching staff.
Coach Aguilar is looking forward to this fall season, his 4th as head football coach at WHS. He was an assistant for 8 years prior. Most of you know, Zane graduated from WHS in 2004, attended Coffeyville (played football), and then transferred to WSU his junior year to finish up his Bachelor’s.
He described all of that as “…an amazing experience growing up here, I wanted to come back and raise my kids here.” He has done and is doing just that. Zane and his lovely wife Liz, have 2 children, Clara, age 4 and Micah, almost 2. Liz grew up in Sumner County as well, so both have solid roots in this area.
A coach’s 4th year in high school is always a special year. The SENIORS are his. He’s been their coach all the way through and he looks at that group as “family”. (and underclassmen too) There are nearly 20 seniors out and Coach is excited about this year’s prospects for this group of fine student-athletes.
“We should find success on our schedule again this year but our style will be different”, Coach Aguilar indicated.
If you will recall, our 8-3 (Regional 4A Champions) last year were a very high tempo team, a team you felt could score on just about any play. This year will be different Coach asserted, “We will be more of a grind it out, pound away, 3 ½ yds per down squad, and will run the ball more than throw it.”
But, all for good reason. Very few slots on both the Offensive Line and Defensive Line will need filling – most of last year’s starters have returned.
“We are going to be very physical on both offense and defense”, Coach stated.
Here is a quick preview, some will play both ways.
DEFENSE – basically lost 2 corners and a safety (C. Barton, D. Washington, and J. Nuss). This year’s Defense will include Kenny Fehrman, Kanden Young, Hunter Greenlee, Travese Love, Silas Popplewell, Gage Cunningham, Jake Soria, Zane Cornejo, Isaac Hilt, Zander Vargas, Nevin Gageby and others. A strong and determined group.
OFFENSE – Jake Soria, Kanden Young, Kenny Fehrman, Cameron Carter, Silas Popplewell, Travese Love, Hagen Wright, Peyton Smith, and Nevin Gageby. And, at this juncture, a couple of gentlemen trying to fill the shoes of last year’s QB Michael Ledbetter. Junior Berkeley Wright, who sat out last year, and Senior Gage Cunningham, who tore his ACL in last year’s opener at Collegiate and missed the remainder of the 2018 action, both show promise and that will all shake out as the summer progresses.
Coach Aguilar also speaks highly of Seniors Blake Rausch, Tayshaun Washington and Christian Buckman. “All 3 will get significant reps on both sides of the ball.”
Additionally, Seniors Quinton Redford, Austin Soles, Billy Walker and Tim Tracy will be on the 2019 roster. These “4” haven’t played much throughout high school, if any, but are good athletes and will more than likely be regretful by season’s end (as other late-comers in the past have been) that they hadn’t participated more through the years. Our Irondukes are a family and have grown exponentially over the past few years. Very exciting season coming up.
I asked Coach what he considered his lowest point and highest point the past 3 years, the highest point was the “family feel” that has been created and sustained. “These young men have grown up a lot and care a lot about each other, they keep each other up, they watch each other’s backs.”
The lowest point was his first season. The overall record wasn’t a big concern to Coach personally, at least not near as much as having that group of Seniors finish their HS careers, never having the opportunity to ring the bell. Coach spoke of the Winfield game and how close our Crusaders came…he also ponders still (as any good coach would), what else might they have done to get them over that hump at some point during the season. Coach cares a lot about these athletes, “I want their high school experience on and off the field to be memorable and amazing”. Coach wants them to taste how greatness can feel and perhaps someday, return home to Wellington and be a part of it all again. Coach Aguilar also realizes, “you learn how to win by winning.” The experience gained last season should benefit this season’s program immensely.
There has been one change on this year’s coaching staff. Daniel Farley stepped aside in order to place his attention and effort more on his new job with USD 353 down at Central Office. Coach Farley’s replacement is Devin Metzinger. Devin is from Ark City and has taken a position at the HS as well.
Returning coaches in addition to Coach Aguilar, are Ryan Jenkins, Tim Lira, Nick Wellington, Tonner Finch, Ryan Jenkins, and Ross Foley.
Coach Aguilar wasn’t about to forget the two most important members of the team…Managers Austin Fink and Rayce Koerner. Austin is a senior this year and is in charge of…uhhhhh, let’s see…everything! Coach speaks highly of both and is realizing Austin is going to be hard to replace next season. He’s in charge of all filming, all equipment issues, all computer programming and programming issues and more – the coaches depend on Austin and Rayce, a lot.
The New Format introduced last year for 4A Football (seedings to determine week #9 opponent, etc.) continues unchanged.
The 2019 season opens for the IRONDUKES, here at HOME vs Collegiate. The Spartans have a new coach and you can bet they’ll be gunning for bear after we spanked them in last year’s opener there, 32-0.
SEP. 6th – Wichita Collegiate HERE – 7PM (Youth Night)
SEP. 13th - @ Andale – 7PM
SEP. 20th – Clearwater HERE – 7PM (69 State Champ-50 years)
SEP. 27th - @ Augusta – 7PM
OCT. 4th – Rose Hill HERE – 7PM (Senior Night / Homecoming)
OCT. 11th - @ Labette County – 7PM
OCT. 18th – Winfield HERE – 7PM
OCT. 25th - @ Winfield – 7PM
NOV. 1st – Bi-District Playoffs (TBD)
NOV. 8th – 4A Regional (TBD)
NOV. 15th – 4A Sectional (TBD)
NOV. 22nd – 4A Sub-State (TBD)
NOV. 30th – 4A State (TBD)
Mark your calendars – excitement awaits Crusader Fans!!
Much remains this summer, football camps for both K-5 and 7th & 8th grades are coming up the last part of July, first part of August.
*PSQ continues July 8th thru July 25th
Next week has always been a week off for the IRONDUKES and that was the original plan this summer as well. The KSHSAA Moratorium on summer workouts this summer however designated this week, state-wide, as the week ALL KSHSAA schools would take off so the earlier plans changed. Coach Aguilar had no control over that scheduling change.
*Padded Camp @ Humboldt July 19th (TBD)
*High Intensity Training July 29th thru August 8th
*OPEN Weight Room Aug. 12th, 13th & 14th 6PM-7:30PM
*Conditioning Test Aug. 17th 9AM-NOON
*Official Fall Practice begin Aug. 19th
*Saturday scrimmage Aug. 24th
*Hamburger Scrimmage Aug. 29th
DON’T FORGET PHYSICALS CRUSADERS!
As noted above, the 1st official day of practice is August 19th!!
TRADITION * TRADITION * TRADITION* TRADITION
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WHS Football "7 on 7" @ Wichita South HS!
WHS 2019 Football Camp wrapped up today with 7 on 7 action at Wichita South HS. Also participating, Kapaun HS. 7 on 7 is low intensity and they stress that throughout. It's more about form and function than diving catches or hard tackles, etc. It's a practice that gets everyone just a little closer to their opening season dates in early September.
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WHS Football Camp 2019 is Underway!
WHS 2019 Football Camp is underway. Coaches and players alike were hard at it on Monday...there was "county-fair" action and more. Looked like 55 or 60 Freshmen thru Seniors on the field - helmets only for now. Temps were pleasant, it was early in the morning.
Camp continues all week, from 8AM - NOON @ WHS Practice Fields.
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Summer PSQ Continues - Great Turn Out Daily!
Summer Iron Duke Program (PSQ) continues and will run through July 25th. This involves a variety of athletes and age groups - great numbers this summer, there are many participating!
Football Camp is coming up next week as well. Camp will culminate with 7 on 7 action with Wichita South @ South.(They came here last summer)...time marches on, opening kickoff HERE vs Collegiate (Sep. 6th) is just 79 sunrises away. GO BIG RED!
MORE SUMMER PSQ PICS - Tue June 18
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Summer Iron Duke Program is Underway!
The Summer Iron Duke Power Speed & Quickness program is underway at WHS…the pics we are sharing here were taken early Thursday morning out at the Home of the Crusaders…more sessions follow each day, including middle school age and elementary school age work out groups. The summer program runs through July 25th and involves weight training, form running, agility, plyometrics, aerobics, and flexibility training.
The first session gets underway Monday thru Thursdays at 6:30AM, includes both boys and girls, and again all ages as the morning progresses. Head Football Coach Zane Aguilar, and Head Basketball Coach Joe Newman, oversee the summer program. We’ll be visiting the PSQ summer program again soon so look forward to that…some very hard-working student athletes for sure.
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The 46th annual Shrine Bowl took place Saturday evening in Dodge City. Wellington's DeAndre Washington was a member of the "WEST" squad, the 1st Wellington Crusader to be selected for the Shrine Bowl since Tim Lira in 2003.DeAndre and his teammates had to be all smiles at the end of 4, pulling out a 26-7 victory over the East squad, in front of a large crowd at Dodge's Memorial Stadium. Congratulations to DeAndre - it sounds like the overall experience for all the participants will be in their memories for a lifetime!
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2018-2019
Classifications
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2018 SEASON
JUNE 25th - JUNE 29th - HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CAMP
JULY 22nd - JULY 23rd - YOUTH CAMP (1st-6th)
JULY 23rd - AUGUST 2nd - HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING
JULY 25th - JULY 26th - MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMP
AUGUST 11th - CONDITIONING TEST / TEAM MEETING
AUGUST 13th - 2-A-DAY PRACTICES BEGIN
AUGUST 18th - SATURDAY SCRIMMAGE 9AM
AUGUST 21st - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
AUGUST 23rd - HAMBURGER SCRIMMAGE (rained out)
2018 SEASON SCHEDULE
VARSITY
AUG. 31, 2018 @ Collegiate (WHS 32 WCS 00)
SEP. 7, 2018 HERE vs Andale (WHS 00 AHS 28)
SEP. 14, 2018 @ Clearwater (WHS 47 CHS 26)
SEP. 21, 2018 HERE vs Augusta (AHS 14 WHS 35)
SEP. 28, 2018 @ Rose Hill (WHS 38 RHHS 7)
OCT. 5, 2018 HERE vs Labette Co (LCHS 26 WHS 33)
OCT. 12, 2018 @ Winfield (WHS 22 Winfield 7)
OCT. 19, 2018 HERE vs Mulvane 7PM (MHS 14 WHS 13)
OCT. 26, 2018 HERE vs Rose Hill (RHHS 13 WHS 38)
NOV. 2, 2018 HERE vs Buhler 7PM (BHS 7 WHS 14)
NOV. 9, 2018 HERE vs Goddard 7PM (GHS 28 WHS 14)
FRESHMEN / JV
SEP. 3, 2018 HERE vs Collegiate (GAME PICS)
SEP. 3, 2018 @ Conway Springs
SEP. 10, 2018 @ Andale
SEP. 17, 2018 HERE vs Clearwater (GAME PICS)
SEP. 24, 2018 @ Augusta
OCT. 1, 2018 HERE vs Rose Hill (GAME PICS)
OCT. 8, 2018 @ Labette County
OCT. 15, 2018 HERE vs Winfield (GAME PICS)
OCT. 22, 2018 @ Mulvane
STATE 4A FOOTBALL BRACKETS
East & West
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STATE FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Saturday, November 24, 2018
8 MAN D1
Solomon 06 Claflin 52
8 MAN D2
Osborne 50 Hanover 58
1A
Olpe 00 Smith Center 59
2A
Riley County 00 Phillipsburg 27
3A
Sabetha 43 Pratt 42 (OT)
4A
Bishop Miege 69 Goddard 31
5A
St.Thomas Aquinas 49 Wichita NW 28
6A
Derby 24 Blue Valley North 16
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Congratulations to WHS SR IRONDUKE DeAndre Washington for his selection to the 2019 Kansas Shrine Bowl! He joins a pretty elite group of individuals, including the following WELLINGTON CRUSADERS & COACHES (since 1974)
PLAYERS
2019 - DeAndre Washington
2003 - Tim Lira
2002 - Justin Wagoner & Taylor Zeka
2001 - Eric Wiedower
1997 - Jason Burnett
1996 - Jacob Zeka
1994 - David Heath
1993 - Lance Russell
1992 - Chad Fuller
1983 - Damon Jones & Scott Weber
1982 - Linn Hibbs
1980 - David Bowman & Jeff Sneed
1979 - Dean Wayman
1978 - Curt Davison
1978 - David McComb
1977 - John ODell
1977 - Larry Lemaster
1975 - Gregg Lemaster
1975 - Bob Stallbaumer
COACHES
1993, 1994 - Bob Fuller
2001, 2002 - Linn Hibbs
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AVCTL DIV IV Football League Honors Announced!
Congratulations to WHS HEAD COACH ZANE AGUILAR - COACH OF THE YEAR!!! Great Job Coach - Well Deserved!
OFFENSE
1st Team
Grey Hatfield (RB)
DeAndre Washington (WR)
Braden Struble (OL)
2nd Team
Silas Popplewell (TE)
Jake Soria (OL)
Trayson Probst (Punter)
Honorable Mention
Michael Ledbetter (QB)
Kanden Young (OL)
DEFENSE
1st Team
Isaac Hilt (LB)
Travese Love (DE)
DeAndre Washington (DB)
2nd Team
Kenny Fehrman (Interior DL)
Hunter Greenlee (Interior DL)
Zane Cornejo (LB)
Caleb Reichenberger (LB)
Chi Barton (DB)
Honorable Mention
Silas Popplewell (DE)
CONGRATULATIONS CRUSADERS!!!
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4A SUB-STATE OUTCOMES
Bishop Miege 46 Basehor-Linwood 7
McPherson 14 Goddard 15
STATE 4A CHAMPIONSHIP
NOV. 24th @ Topeka (1PM)
(10-2) Bishop Miege vs (10-2) Goddard
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Goddard
Friday, November 9, 2018
The remarkable 2018 Crusader Football season ended on Friday night at Sellers Park, the 4th game in a row at Sellers Park, against the Goddard Lions. Final score: Goddard 28 Wellington 14.
If the cold air got to you and you left at halftime, a different game emerged after the break, diminishing the IRONDUKE 14 pt halftime lead to a 7 pt deficit by 3rd qtr's end. Whatever Goddard was doing wrong during the first 2 qtrs, it was corrected and the Crusaders struggled on both sides of the ball as the temps dipped into the lower 20's and the last 24 minutes of action ticked off the clock. The visitng Lions took control and never looked back. Goddard scored 3 times in the 3rd, to take the lead and sealed the deal in the 4th with another TD & PAT...13 WHS Seniors saw their HS Football careers come to a close. As sophomores, they endured the 0-9, 2016 season. As juniors, they moved forward, finishing 5-5 and returned to post-season play for the first time since 2010. This year, Coach Zane Aguilar's IRONDUKES picked up the gauntlet, ending with an 8-3 record, losing only to Andale, Mulvane and Goddard. 2 of those 3 remain in action as Sub-State approaches this coming weekend. Although all "8" victories were awesome, week #1's win over COLLEGIATE (32-0), signaled to CRUSADER FANS everywhere, Wellington is back on the football map...congratulations to our boys and their coaches for the great ride they provided the fans of 2018. A memorable group, seniors on down, a group that will continue to prepare hard for the 2019 season, just 9 1/2 months away. PROUD TO BE A CRUSADER!
GAME STATS
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield 21/72 yds
DeAndre Washington 1/17 yds (TD)
Hunter Greenlee 2/9 yds
Zander Vargas 2/-6 yds
Michael Ledbetter 8/-47 yds
PASSING
Michael Ledbetter 10/20 for 90 yds (TD)
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington 8/76 yds (10 yd TD REC)
Silas Popplewell 1/8 yds
Zander Vargas 1/4 yds
Hunter Greenlee 1/2 yds
FIRST DOWNS
GHS 13 WHS 10
PUNTS
Trayson Probst 7/285 yds (41 yd avg)
PAT'S
Karsten Gill 0/1 PAT
Hunter Greenlee 2 pt conv
RUSHING - 45 yds
PASSING - 90 yds
TOTALS - 135 yds
(Goddard 298 rushing, 71 passing - 369 yds Total)
GAME ACTION PICS 110918
DEFENSIVE STATS (11 GAMES - FINAL)
PEP ASSEMBLY PICS 110918
OTHER AREA SCORES
McPherson 62 Ark City 28
Phillipsburg 25 Conway Springs 24
Solomon 14 Attica/Argonia 6
Derby 38 Topeka 7
4A SECTIONAL RUNNERS-UP // Congrats CRUSADERS - chins high, you made your mark!!
(32 "4A" Teams / WHS finishes top 8!)
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Buhler
Friday, November 2, 2018
It was Crusaders vs Crusaders and it went down to the wire...the Wellington Crusaders emerged as Regional 4A Champions Friday evening at Sellers Park, playing host to the Buhler Crusaders, final score Buhler 7 Wellington 14. Our Irondukes move on, Buhler is done for the season.
More playoff action HERE at HOME this coming Friday, Nov. 9th! (8-2) Wellington will host (8-2) Goddard, who defeated Andover Central 21-7 to advance. Kickoff will be 7PM! The winner will be SECTIONAL 4A CHAMPION and will advance on to SUB-STATE action on the 16th.
Friday's game vs Buhler was a grind it out, back and forth, neither team could dominate the action. The first qtr ended scoreless but didn't stay that way long. Just 7 seconds into the 2nd qtr, DeAndre Washington scored on a 26 yd reception from QB Michael Ledbetter, PAT by Gill - Good - Score Buhler 00 Wellington 07. Buhler would answer about 3 minutes later, knotting it at 7 and that would remain the score until less than a minute to go, Ledbetter on a 1yd run for 6, another successful Gill PAT, score now Buhler 07 Wellington 14 with :52 left on the clock...at the :36 mark, Wellington intercepted and seemed to be in the driver's seat for a victory. Buhler would get another chance though and would drive down the field, (aided by a penalty against Wellington) and as the clock expired, they were unable to seal the deal for the possible tie. The Wellington Crusaders are REGIONAL 4A Champions! Both defenses played well. Buhler ended up with 171 yds total offense, our Crusaders 198 total yds. Most of those for Wellington (163), came in passing.
STATS
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield - 22/43 yds
Hunter Greenlee - 1/14 yds
Zane Cornejo - 1/2 yds
Michael Ledbetter - 9/-24 yds (TD - 1 yd run)
PASSING
Michael Ledbetter - 13/25 for 163 yds (2 INT)
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington - 9/127 yds (TD - 26 yd recep)
Grey Hatfield - 1/23 yds
Silas Popplewell - 3/13 yds
PAT'S / FG's
Karsten Gill - 2/2 PAT 0-1 FG
PUNTS
Trayson Probst - 7/214 yds (31 yd avg)
FIRST DOWNS
Buhler - 9
Wellington - 9
OTHER SCORES
Goddard 21 Andover Central 7
Attica / Argonia 42 Udall 36
Conway Springs 21 Chaparral 14
Ark City 28 Coffeyville 6
McPherson 48 Ulysses 17
Again, the 4A REGIONAL CHAMPIONS Wellington Crusaders will play host to GODDARD this coming Friday, Nov. 9th, at Sellers Park - kickoff 7PM! GO BIG RED!
STATE 4A FOOTBALL BRACKETS
East & West
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Rose Hill
Friday, October 26, 2018
The boys in "Crusader Red" downed the Rose Hill Rockets 38-13 and will advance and HOST Buhler next Friday @ 7PM, who downed Winfield 25-0, ending the season for the Vikings at 3-6.
Rose Hill hung around the 1st half but Wellington pulled away for the 25 point victory. The Crusaders last score of the game was by Freshman Michael Cullens, an 18 yd run. A freshman scoring on Friday night doesn't happen often in Crusader Land. Congrats to Michael!
Grey Hatfield was a work horse, again - rushing for 183 yds on 15 carries, scoring 3 touchdowns. Awesome performance! Junior Zane Cornejo recovered a fumble and returned it 23 yds for a score. Junior Silas Popplewell snagged a 7 yd reception from Michael Ledbetter for the game's first score. A good win for the Crusaders, more action to come - the season continues!!
STATS
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield 15/ 183 yds (3 TD's)
Michael Cullens 7/37 yds (1 TD)
Hunter Greenlee 1/7 yds
Michael Ledbetter 8/-10 yds
PASSING
Michael Ledbetter 9/16 69 yds
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington 6/44 yds
Silas Popplewell 3/25 yds (1 TD)
FUMBLE RECOVERY
Zane Cornejo / returned 23 yds for a TD
PUNTS
Trayson Probst 7/224 yds (1TB) 38, 47, 25, 48, 32, 34
FIRST DOWNS
RHHS - 13 WHS - 10
OTHER AREA SCORES
Ark City 29 Mulvane 26
Andover Central 16 Augusta 7
Field Kindley 46 El Dorado 12
Goddard 46 Circle 6
Belle Plaine 00 Hutch Trinity 58
Conway Springs 66 Eureka 6
Winfield 00 Buhler 25
Hesston 42 Collegiate 28
Chapman 38 Clearwater 14
McPherson 71 Independence 13
Bishop Miege 76 Labette Co 8
Ulysses 28 Abilene 00
South Haven 28 Stafford 54
Caldwell 12 Central 32
Attica/Argonia 28 Sedan 8
GAME ACTION PICS
GREAT JOB CRUSADERS!! KEEP IT GOIN'!!
STATE 4A BRACKET (EAST & WEST)
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Mulvane
Friday, October 19, 2018
The 4A Brackets are out for playoff action (see link below) which will begin Friday. Turns out, the loss to Mulvane did nothing to alter the outcome for who we would play this coming Friday. The Crusaders went in as #2 seed, likely to face #15 seed Rose Hill week #9, and emerged as the #2 seed and will play Rose Hill this coming Friday HERE, despite the loss to the Wildcats who end up the #4 seed. This will perhaps catch the attention of a couple of Mulvane players who while exiting the field were letting the crowd know they were the #2 seed now.** Oops. Rose Hill secured their first victory Friday, downing other winless 4A West team, Independence who fell to 0-8 and will face McPherson Friday. Ouch.
With that said though, it was a painful loss, (13-14) the result basically being, they executed overall, more efficiently. The 1st qtr was dominated by Wellington, the 2nd by Mulvane. Down 7-14 at half, the Crusaders fought back and scored in the 3rd but came up short on the PAT. The RED Defense in the 2nd half, kept Mulvane out of the endzone, but the 1 pt. deficit could not be overcome. The jinx genies were prevalent too and Wellington stumbled with inconsistent play, especially on offense. The Week #8 Crusaders looked nothing like the previous week's Crusaders...again, perhaps a good time for that to happen though, as the outcome affected nothing, other than pride.
**Since it was a 3-way tie with Goddard and Mulvane (all 3 of us 6-2), there was no Head to Head determiner for all three so it went to points. If the Crusaders would have lost by 13, then Goddard would have had the edge on points and got the #2 seed, then Mulvane's Head to Head win over us would have gotten Mulvane the #3 seed and us the #4. Didn't happen that way - I love numbers!! :)
GAME STATS
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield - 26/119 yds (TD)
Hunter Greenlee - 4/19 yds
Zander Vargas - 3/11 yds
Zane Cornejo - 1/3 yds
DeAndre Washington - 1/1 yds
Michael Ledbetter - 11/-33 yds
PASSING
Michael Ledbetter - 6/24 for 94 yds (TD) (3 INT)
RECEIVING
Silas Popplewell - 2/36 yds (TD)
Grey Hatfield - 1/29 yds
DeAndre Washington - 3/29 yds
PAT's / FG's
Karsten Gill 1/2 PAT
FIRST DOWNS
MULV - 6
WELL - 15
PUNTS
Trayson Probst - 5/247 yds (49 yd avg)
GAME ACTION PICS MHS vs WHS 101918
4A STATE PLAYOFF BRACKETS
(Updated)
SENIOR NIGHT PICS
OTHER AREA SCORES
ATTICA/ARGONIA 22 SOUTH CENTRAL 38
CHAPARRAL 22 HUTCH TRINITY 26
CIRCLE 12 MCPHERSON 56
BELLE PLAINE 14 DOUGLASS 65
ARK CITY 17 ANDOVER CENTRAL 20
ROSE HILL 42 INDEPENDENCE 7
ULYSSES 21 ABILENE 26
EL DORADO 20 AUGUSTA 28
CLEARWATER 28 COLLEGIATE 35
UDALL 48 OXFORD 00
ANDOVER 3 GODDARD 36
CALDWELL 38 MEDICINE LODGE 20
ANDALE 35 CHENEY 13
WINFIELD 21 BUHLER 28
FORT SCOTT 21 EUDORA 14
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Winfield
Friday, October 12, 2018
Week 7 brought another victory to the Wellington Crusader Varsity Football squad. The boys in red road tripped east to Viking Land and returned home a few hours later with a 22 -7 win. The Crusaders were up 14-0 at halftime and soon thereafter, up just by 7. However, a fumble in the red zone by Winfield resulted in a Wellington TD with 2:30 left in the game to go up by 15. Game over. Penalties hurt the Vikings, 95 yards worth...Crusaders ended game with just 20 yds, the fewest this season. Senior Grey Hatfield rushed for 155 yds on 34 carries, with 1 TD. Next up for Wellington, (5-2) Mulvane, HERE, Friday Oct. 19th!
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield 34/155 yds TD
DeAndre Washington 1/3 yds TD
Hunter Greenlee 1/4 yds
PASSING
Michael Ledbetter 6/12 55 yds
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington 3/39 yds
Julian Jimenez 1/8 yds
Christian Buckman 1/5 yds
Silas Popplewell 1/3 yds TD
PUNTS
Trayson Probst 4/126 (32 yd avg)
FIRST DOWNS
WELL 11 WINF 5
OTHER AREA SCORES
Udall 62 Caldwell 42
Conway Springs 53 Chaparral 23
Collegiate 46 Haven 8
South Central 52 Oxford 0
Goddard 22 Maize South 23
McPherson 57 Rose Hill 7
Belle Plaine 27 Eureka 26
Andale 55 Clearwater 6
Attica/Argonia 38 Medicine Lodge 9
Mulvane 41 El Dorado 6
Augusta 34 Abilene 27
Coffeyville 40 Chanute 24
Andover Central 16 Andover 14
Independence 34 Circle 40
Fairfield/Cunningham 0 South Haven 45
Ulysses 35 Labette County 22
GAME ACTION PICS
STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 7
(subject to slight adjustments after pt differentials are figured in)
McPherson 7-0
Wellington 6-1
Goddard 5-2
Mulvane 5-2
Ulysses 4-3
Winfield 3-4
Andover Central 3-4
Buhler 3-4
Abilene 3-4
Coffeyville 3-4
El Dorado 2-5
Circle 2-5
Ark City 2-5
Augusta 2-5
Rose Hill 0-7
Independence 0-7
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Labette Co.
Friday, October 5, 2018
When the (3-2) Altamont-Labette County Grizzlies jumped out to an early 12-0 lead over the (4-1) Wellington Crusaders Friday evening at Sellers Park, what seemed like impending doom for the home faithful, turned into a 27-20 lead at halftime by the Irondukes, and a display of tenacity and ultimatae DESIRE to win. Despite unfortunate and nearly game outcome-changing unsportsmanlike and other penalties, Wellington football, it's coaches and it's players, were at their best. As the seconds ticked off the 4th qtr, the Crusaders moved to 5-1 on the season, final score Labette 26 Wellington 33.
Labette County's QB, Easton Dean, a 6' 7", 230 lb Senior, also a D1 prospect with a "hard commit" to Iowa State next season, is an excellent QB. The local boys in RED did intercept him twice and sacked and/or tackled him numerous times, but he still managed to complete 17 of 32 passes for 315 yds. Probably the biggest component of the game missing for the visiting grizzlies, they had no place-kicker. The game wasn't decided with certainty until less than a minute remained. The Crusaders stopped the grizzlies on 4 downs, left them with zero time outs and little opportunity to make the 2 1/2 hr bus ride home an enjoyable one. Coach Aguilar praised his team for their desire to win, their no-quit attitude and enters week 7 of the 2018 season with a 5-1 record, a record not held by the IRONDUKES after 6 weeks of play since 2005!
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield 27/169 yds (2 TD's)
Michael Ledbetter 12/39 yds (2 TD's)
Zander Vargas 2/13 yds (TD)
Zane Cornejo 4/28 yds
PASSING
Michael Ledbetter 5/9 - 67 yds
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington 2/39 yds
Zane Cornejo 2/9 yds
Grey Hatfield 1/19 yds
FIRST DOWNS
Labette - 14
Wellington - 11
PUNTS
Trayson Probst
3/102 yds (34 yd avg)
Results from Friday's action haven't been added yet by all of the schools, but this following link, once they are added, will show you where Wellington and the other 4A schools (East & West Groups) stand (after 6 weeks of play) "seeding-wise" for Home Field advantage week #9. (Use drop-down box to indicate 4A)
http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Football/Standings.cfm?Selection=Y
Next up for the CRUSADERS, a familiar opponent, at least coaching-wise. Wellington heads east to Viking Land this coming Friday to take on Linn Hibbs' Winfield squad. Going into last night's action, the Vikings were 2-3. There 28-12 victory over El Dorado moves them to 3-3 on the season.
GAME ACTION PICS WHS vs LABETTE CO 100518
OTHER AREA OUTCOMES
Conway Springs 68 Remington 20
Attica/Argonia 70 Oxford 20
Trinity Academy 7 Clearwater 35
Derby 63 Hutchinson 0
Goddard 40 Valley Center 27
Buhler 35 Circle 0
Belle Plaine 23 Fredonia 28
Caldwell 14 South Central 36
Collegiate 0 Andale 55
Augusta 6 McPherson 63
El Dorado 12 Winfield 28
Rose Hill 18 Mulvane 48
Pittsburg 41 Ulysses 6
GAME WRAP - Parsons Sun Newspaper
http://www.parsonssun.com/sports/article_e761642c-c922-11e8-b03c-939fab…
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Rose Hill
Friday, September 28, 2018
The IRONDUKES took their show on the road for the 3rd time this season and for the 3rd time, came HOME with a "W"! Now 4-1, the Crusaders downed (0-5) Rose Hill 38-7 in Friday night action at the Home of the Rockets.
Much like last week's game vs Augusta, the Crusaders were a little slow out of the starting blocks, with just a 14-7 lead last week at halftime vs the Orioles and just a 14-0 lead Friday night vs Rose Hill after 1 half of play. The offense came alive in the 2nd half, including a 25 yd FG by Junior Karsten Gill plus "3" PAT's! Way to go #40! QB Michael Ledbetter scored two TD's on 1 yd runs, Zander Vargas scored on a 13 yd run, Caleb Reichenberger a 24 yd run, and Isaac Hilt with a blocked punt resulting in a SAFETY and a 26 yd run for 6!
Passing, Ledbetter was 5/13 for 96 yds. DeAndre Washington had "3" receptions for 61 yds, Caleb Reichenberger "1" reception for 24 yds, and Trayson Probst, "1" reception for 11 yds. Probst only had to punt once at Rose Hill, a 25 yarder.
Rushing, Zander Vargas carried the ball 19 times for 102 yds and a TD. Trace Rusk 2/30 yds and a TD. Ledbetter 11/21 yds and 2 TD's, Caleb Reichenberger 3/25 yds and a TD, Trystan Johnson 5/10 yds and James Hogg 2/-1 yd.
Total Rushing Yds - 187 // Total Passing Yds - 96 // Total Offense 283 yds.
GAME ACTION PICS vs ROSE HILL 092818
OTHER AREA SCORES
Belle Plaine 33 Neodesha 27 // Circle 14 El Dorado 34 // Udall 22 Attica/Argonia 14 // Conway Springs 62 Independent 14, Collegiate 28 Cheney 7, Andale 56 Trinity 0, Caldwell 56 Oxford 8, Clearwater 49 Haven 12 // Winfield 35 Augusta 17, Mulvane 28 Field-Kindley 20 // South Haven 1 Burrton 0 (forfeit) // Fort Scott 21 Labette County 6 // Pittsburg 41 Ulysses 6
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Augusta (Homecoming)
Friday, September 21, 2018
For the 2nd time this season, the IRONDUKES were at HOME and the eventual outcome was good, but it took a while before Wellington could pull away from the visiting Orioles.
At halftime, WHS was up only 14-7. A strong 14 point 3rd qtr for the HOME team secured the cause, as its now 28-7. Augusta would score one more time in the 4th, so would Wellington. As the whistles blew, the game ended 35-14, the team in red could ring the bell!
With Senior Grey Hatfield out for at least a couple more weeks, (due to ailment), others had to step up in the running department and they did. Zander Vargas carried the ball 21 times for 108 yds and 2 TD's. Isaac Hilt, 11 carries for 56 yards, Michael Ledbetter 14 / 26 yds and a TD, DeAndre Washington 1/20, a TD. Caleb Reichenberger2/11 yds, Zane Cornejo 1/7 yds., Jack Nuss 1/2 yds and Trace Rusk 1/2 for 2 yds.
In the Passing department, Michael Ledbetter connected on 12 with 22 attempts for 185 yds and a TD. Isaac Hilt had 1 reception for 52 yds, Silas Popplewell snagged 2 for 37 yds., Caleb Reichenberger 1/34 yds. (a TD!) DeAndre Washington 4/24, Zane Cornejo 2/23, Trayson Probst 1/8 and Tayshaun Washington 1/7.
The Crusader racked up 21 first downs, to Augusta's 7. Wellington was successful 50% of the time on 3rd down conversions (9/18) and 67% on 4th down conversions (2/3).
(Move to 3-1 on the season)
TOTAL OFFENSE:
232 yds Rushing
185 yds Receiving
417 yds total
GAME ACTION PICS 092118
OTHER AREA SCORES
Belle Plaine 41 Cherryvale 40 // Cheney 7 Clearwater 21 // Andale 65 Haven 0 // Scott City 47 Ulysses 0 // Caldwell 32 Attica/Argonia 12 // Winfield 20 Labette County 26 // Conway Springs 22 Trinity 8 // Circle 20 Rose Hill 10 // Mulvane 39 Buhler 29
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Clearwater HS
Friday, September 14, 2018
WELLINGTON 47 CLEARWATER 26
Wellington came at Clearwater Friday night and the mosquitoes came at Wellington! WOW on both. Ledbetter's arm was on fire, Hatfield camped out in the end zone it seemed, after scoring 4 times! Washington, Probst and Barton would cross proudly into the colored carpet with the pigskin in hand, too. And none of that would have happened without the awesome lines, the awesome hits (THERE WERE HARD HITS @ CLEARWATER - "Hearing" football action is as much fun as "watching it"! ) 421 OFFENSIVE YARDS TOTAL!!! It was fun.
Clearwater had their moments but never truly threatened. The attitude on the sideline is all about CRUSADER FOOTBALL - these guys will grow on you - they want to win and they're going to win...the fans in red were a plenty - the IRONDUKE ROAD SHOW is topping the charts - next up / Augusta, Friday @ 7PM @ Sellers - a new DUCHESS will reign that evening as well.
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield 30 / 196 yds / 4 TD's
Isaac Hilt 1 / 2 yds
Caleb Reichenberger 1 / 6 yds
PASSING
Michael Ledbetter 9 / 14 204 yds
Zander Vargas 1 / 1 21 yds
421 YDS TOTAL OFFENSE!!
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington 6 / 140 yds 1 TD
Silas Popplewell 1 / 34 yds
Tayshaun Washington 1 / 6 yds
Michael Lebetter 1 / 21 yds
Trayson Probst 1 / 24 yds 1 TD
INTERCEPTION/Return
Chi Barton 1 / 24 yds 1 TD
FIRST DOWNS
WHS 15 CHS 10
THIS WAS THE CRUSADER FOOTBALL PROGRAM'S 600TH WIN! A "Bell-Ringing" stat for SURE!! Congrats to the 1,000's that passed this way before to make that possible. Can't be many high school teams that can toot their horn as loud. GO BIG RED - Let's get 600 more! :)
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OTHER AREA SCORES
Caldwell 58 Cedar Vale 00 // Collegiate 42 Mulvane 22 // Flint Hills 34 Oxford 20 // Conway Springs 38 Kingman 21 // McPherson 56 El Dorado 8 // Ulysses 56 Hugton 6 // Labette County 28 Field Kindley 14 // Chaparral 42 Cheney 14 // Winfield 21 Circle 00 // Belle Plaine 42 Independent 14 // South Haven 52 Norwich 24 // Buhler 34 Augusta 6 // Andale 62 Rose Hill 00
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
HERE vs Andale
Friday, September 7, 2018
The Crusaders got to taste the other end of an xx - 00 score this week, falling to the Andale Indians 28-00 at Sellers Park Friday evening. It was Youth Night, the stands were full of the Crusader faithful, and for the most part, the rains had ended. The field was quite saturated though and by games end, looked much like the tee area at a golf course driving range on 1/2 price day.
Wellington opened with flair, some starburst action resulted in a 46 yd kickoff return by Grey Hatfield. The battle was on but Wellington's biggest opponent this night, would turn out to be themselves. Opportunities arose but procedure calls, off-sides, and other detriments, eroded those opportunities into just "what could have been" memories, as the Indians slowly inched away. Don't let the score mislead you totally though. We played well enough at times to make you think we could come back. The defense was strong and kept Andale out of the end-zone the entire 2nd half. The offense did struggle and QB Ledbetter spent time scrambling. He took and endured hits throughout the game. Passing, Michael went 4/16 for 52 yds. and 1 interception. The Crusaders were penalized 8 times, twice as many times as the opponent. This is one more game of "experience" though, for the young linemen and they will grow from it.
If you look around a few of the rough edges, you can see a team that has potential to accomplish good things this season. Friday, too many free opportunities were provided to the other side. If we can make them earn it instead, we're good enough to win it - and we will.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
AHS - 14 14 00 00 - 28
WHS - 00 00 00 00 - 00
TOTAL OFFENSE WHS
Rushing 37 yds. / Passing 52 yds. (89 yds)
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield 16/41 yds (2.6 avg)
Michael Ledbetter 11/-4 (-0.4 avg)
RECEIVING
Silas Popplewell 2/28 yds
DeAndre Washington 2/24 yds
PUNTING
Trayson Probst 9/318 yds
(35.3 avg.) (2 inside 20 yd line)
PUNT RETURNS
Jack Nuss 3/37 yds (12.3 avg)
KICKOFF RETURNS
Grey Hatfield 2/47 yds (23.5 avg)
Jack Nuss 1/44 yds (44.0 avg)
RJ Clift 1/31 yds (31.0 avg)
Zane Cornejo 1/10 yds (10.0 avg)
The VARSITY CRUSADERS are 1-1 on the season
OVERALL STATS (WHS & AHS)
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OTHER SCORES:
Labette County 36 Independence 0
Wichita Collegiate 36 Rose Hill 3
Augusta 7 Circle 6
McPherson 47 Winfield 7
Mulvane 42 Clearwater 14
Kingman 56 Belle Plaine 28
Attica/Argonia 62 Central 38
Howard West Elk 6 Udall 52
Cedar Vale 62 South Haven 14
Caldwell 62 Flinthills 6
Buhler 19 El Dorado
Goodland 14 Uysses 62
Garden Plain 31 Douglass 0
Goddard 34 Ark City 0
Chaparral 49 Trinity 7
NEXT GAME ACTION
FRESHMEN/SOPHS @ Andale Monday 5PM
VARSITY @ Clearwater 091418 7PM
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WHS JR. VARSITY FOOTBALL
vs Wichita Collegiate HS
Monday, September 3, 2018
Coming off the BIG VARSITY WIN Friday night @ Collegiate (Final WHS 32 WCS 00), the JV Boys looked poised early to continue that trend, jumping out on the visiting Spartans 7-6 after 1 qtr of action. Unfortunately, miscues and mental errors in the end would tip the scale to Collegiate, who rode home in the rain with a 27-12 victory.
SCORE by QUARTERS
WCS 07 07 07 06 - 27
WHS 06 00 06 00 - 12
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Also on Monday, the WHS Freshman Squad was in action at Conway Springs. With 3 minutes to go, the opportunity to tie was there for the young Crusaders. In the end, that did not happen and Conway scored a late TD for the final 28-18 score.
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WHS VARSITY FOOTBALL
@ Wichita Collegiate HS
Friday, August 31, 2018
In an interview with Coach Aguilar, a few short weeks ago, he was upbeat and he even suggested what happened Friday night at Collegiate might very well happen. The Coaches are big on this group of Crusaders and Friday's results clearly shows why.
Wellington jumped out early and never looked back. The BIG RED DEFENSE fired on all 8 cylinders. Ledbetter's arm, Washington's hands, and Hatfield's legs, (and a Crusader team pumped full of pride and determination), took care of business and now proudly stand at 1-0. The young linemen, seeing their FIRST FRIDAY night action EVER,didn't look like rookies to many, and let's not forget the CRUSADER FAITHFUL either...it honestly appeared the visitors outnumbered the home folks, if not in numbers, surely in spirit and support. The student body - superb - nothing but pride and joy emanated from the east side of Spartanville Stadium. Nothing but smiles on the post-game walk to the parking lot and then home.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
WHS - 12 13 00 07 - 32
WCS - 00 00 00 00 - 00
RUSHING (104 yds total)
Grey Hatfield 18 carries for 100 yds
Isaac Hilt 4 carries for 12 yds
Michael Ledbetter 8 carries for -8 yds
PASSING (217 yds total)
Ledbetter 6/8 for 217 yds
TOTAL YDS CRUSADERS 321
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington 4/175 yds
Grey Hatfield 1/31 yds
Zane Cornejo 1/11 yds
SCORING
Isaac Hilt 4 yd TD Run
DeAndre Washington 83 yd & 80 yd TD Receptions
Michael Ledbetter 12 yd TD Run
Caleb Reichenberger 7 yd FB
KARSTEN GILL 2/4 PAT
PUNTS (Trayson Probst)
3 / 128 yds (23, 68, 37) (43 yd avg)
FIRST DOWNS 5 (Collegiate 7)
COLLEGIATE RUSHING 70 yds
COLLEGIATE RECEIVING 32 yds
TOTAL YDS SPARTANS 102 yds
A few dings, a few scrapes, but all the IRONDUKES** made it through Game #1 of 13...great start and a glorious scent of GREAT TRADITION beginning to fill the air around us...the Crusaders are 1-0 and will move on with the show, this coming Friday, at HOME vs Andale. Andale downed Mulvane 42-14 in that week 1 contest. Other scores Friday: Andover Central 13 Augusta 3, Central High 52 Oxford 6, Clearwater 22 Rose Hill 18, Winfield 3 Ark City 7, South Haven 8 Caldwell 56, Inman 37 Belle Plaine 36, Pittsburg 43 Labette County 8
**It was discovered over the weekend, Junior Gage Cunningham will be out for remainder of the season due to ACL issues.
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SATURDAY SCRIMMAGE
@ Wellington High School
August 18, 2018
The IRONDUKES scrimmaged at WHS Saturday morning. The younger boys in red took to the field first, followed later by the upperclassmen. Several fans were on hand to watch as well. This is the "warm-up" scrimmage before the big HAMBURGER SCRIMMAGE on slate for Thursday, Aug. 23rd at Sellers Park.
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CONDITIONING TEST
@ Wellington High School
August 11, 2018
The CONDITIONING TEST in mid-August always kind of signifies the end of the SUMMER workouts and training, and it's a great gauge too for the student-athletes to see where they are "conditioning-wise"!
2-A-Days begin on Monday for football, all the other Fall Sports begin Monday as well!! Let's make it a great FALL across the board!!!
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A SIT-DOWN VISIT w/ COACH
@ Wellington High School
August 10, 2018
Head WHS Football Coach Zane Aguilar has spent about a quarter-century around football, and he's only in his early 30's! He loves the game, playing it and coaching it, and that becomes very clear after just a few minutes of dialogue with the Ironduke's CEO. Not only that, the guy can sing!
Back to business...Coach Aguilar is a good sport and he cares greatly about the game of football and his players and what the game has to offer to those that become a part of it. I spoke with Coach Friday afternoon at WHS, and he shared several thoughts about the team and the program. He reminded me though it is still early, that 2-A-Days start Monday, and that he and his coaches will have a firmer idea by this coming week's end on who will be playing what positions, etc. Because of that, he did not want to speculate at this point, but will fill in those gaps soon.
Make no doubt about it, Coach Aguilar is big on the 2018 Crusader Football team just as he was big on some teams around the turn of the century. Coach graduated from WHS in 2004 and went on to play football at Coffeyville Community College. He finished up his academics at WSU and has coached in Wellington for the past 11 years, 8 as an assistant, 3 now as the Head Coach. Coach Aguilar is married to a lovely lady, Liz and they have two great kids, Clara and Micah. He appreciates family greatly and their support during the season and through-out the year.
I asked Coach what his goal was this year with this group and the true meaning of the game was evident in his response, "We have 14 seniors out this year, many of them will be starting for their 3rd year in a row. I want all of them to see the great opportunity before them to be successful, to learn how it feels to rebound from non-success, to rise up and ultimately prevail." Coach went on to say about his younger players, "I want them to gain experience from a program that is going in the right direction." In other words, the seniors have seen it all. As sophomores, "0" wins. as juniors "5" wins and a post season appearance for the first time in 6 years. Now, as SENIORS, it's time to move on up and he firmly believes they can. "This year's team is as talented overall as any."Coach is also happy he's been able to get some student-athletes back into the helmets & pads after having taken a hiatus from the sport. You sense a real bond between Coach and his seniors, and why not, they've been down the same road together and they all want the same thing.
The Crusaders did lose several linemen from last year's team (5) due to graduation, but those gaps are filling with some determined young men who want to prove they can get the job done. Numbers are good across the board. We mentioned seniors, there are a lot of juniors as well, and a few more sophomores, some that didn't play as freshmen, are back out.
Without too many specifics, and understandably so, Coach has this to say about his offensive and defensive plans for 2018, "On offense, it's important for us to establish the run but we will not be afraid to put the ball in the air - we will play up tempo. On the other side of the pigskin, create turnovers, play gap-sound defense, and we will swarm to the ball."
Coach was pleased with the participation levels this summer at the various PSQ sessions, camps, 7 on 7 play and more. The team hosted 7 on 7 action back in late June with Wichita South HS (SEE PICS) visiting here at Sellers.The Crusaders also traveled to Humboldt, KS for 7 on 7 play with host Humboldt and 3 other schools, Iola, Central Heights, and Burlington. Coach was very pleased with his boys and felt like the Humboldt experience brought the team together in significant ways.
There's one name that almost always comes up when you are talking to Coach Aguilar about Crusader Football, and that name is Coach John Gifford. His reverence and appreciation for the man is clearly evident and heartfelt. Reverence shared by many I might add. Coach also speaks highly of his coaching staff and has 3 new coaches this year. Coach Phelps decided to hang up his coaching shoes at the end of last season, Coach McComb the same, and Coach Ybarra and his family moved away. To fill those shoes, the coaching staff has 3 more Crusader alums to replace the 3 alums that moved on, Daniel Farley, Tonner Finch and Ryan Jenkins are on staff now and have joined the "veteran assistants", Ross Foley, Tim Lira, Ryan Elder and Nick Wellington. He speaks highly of the team's two managers also. Austin Fink and Rayce Koerner. "These 2 young men are highly efficient and play huge roles for our team."
Coach Aguilar is generally excited about the NEW 4A Playoff format being introduced this season. (s/a 5A & 6A are presently) Just briefly, there will no longer be district playoff games during weeks 7, 8 & 9. Instead, 4A has been divided into "2" 16 team divisions, EAST & WEST, After week #8, the KSHSAA will "seed" the 16 teams in each division (based on win/loss records and other criteria). The top 8 seeds will host the 9th week game, the bottom 8 seeds will travel for that 9th week game. The 9th week game will be the first bracketed game for post-season, the losers will be done for the season. Click Here for MORE INFO ABOUT NEW 4A PLAYOFF FORMAT.
Towards the end of the interview, I asked Coach Aguilar who his 14 seniors were...his response, "I don't have the lists with me but I will gladly tell you who they are!" (He didn't need a list, he's been with most of this group throughout his "HEAD" coaching career-they are like family).
THE SENIORS: Cody Metz, Jacob Ewing, Jack Nuss, Julian Burden, Grey Hatfield, DeAndre Washington, Michael Ledbetter, Julian Jimenez, Tyler Jimenez, Caleb Reichenberger, Trayson Probst, Chi Barton, Braden Struble, and Layton Corley - the Class of 2019 - well represented!
One more question for the Coach:
Q: What do you want this season, for your team and for your town?
A: "I want to bring the team and the town, a HOME PLAYOFF GAME." - dang right, we'll take it Coach! GO BIG RED!!
NOTE: The season opener is Aug. 31st @ Collegiate - kickoff @ 7PM. Don't forget the CRUSADER CLUB HAMBURGER SCRIMMAGE slated for Thursday, Aug. 23rd!
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HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING
@ Wellington High School
July 25, 2018
Student-athletes at WHS have been training all summer through PSQ, through camps, through special training - all to be as physically and mentally prepared as possible when Fall Sports Practices (Football, Volleyball, Girls Tennis, Cross Country, Girls Golf) begin. These pics were taken during HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING one morning last week, the training had moved inside for the day due to wet conditions outside...they train hard and they have fun.
HIGH INTENSITY PICS
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SUMMER 2018 PSQ PROGRAM
Now thru July 19th
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2017 SEASON
2017 CONDITIONING TESTS - AUG. 12th 8AM
2017 FIRST PRACTICE - AUG. 14th 6:30AM
2017 SATURDAY SCRIMMAGE - AUG. 19th - 9:30AM
2017 HAMB. SCRIMMAGE - AUG. 24th - 5:30PM
WMS - 5:30 / Group Stretch - 6:00
Youth - 6:15 / WHS - 7:00
WEEK 1 - @ CLEARWATER - SEP. 1
WHS 34 CHS 06
WEEK 2 - EL DORADO - HERE - YOUTH NIGHT - SEP. 8
EHS 00 WHS 21
WEEK 3 - ROSE HILL - HERE - SEP. 15
RHHS 13 WHS 27
WEEK 4 - @ ANDALE - SEP. 22
WHS 00 AHS 38
WEEK 5 - COLLEGIATE - HERE - SEP. 29
CHS 28 WHS 13
WEEK 6 - @ SCOTT CITY - OCT. 6
WHS 06 SCHS 28
DISTRICT PLAYOFFS
WEEK 7 - @ WINFIELD - OCT. 13
CRUSADERS 14 VIKINGS 7
WEEK 8 - MULVANE - HERE - HOMECOMING - OCT. 20
MHS 35 WHS 07
WEEK 9 - ULYSSES - HERE - SENIOR NIGHT - OCT. 27
UHS 14 WHS 28
POST SEASON - WEEK #10 @ Maize South - NOV. 3 @ 7PM
WHS 07 MSHS 49
AVCTL DIV III and DIV IV
League Honors For 2017 Football
(DIV III)
OFFENSIVE MVP Wyatt Seidl McPherson
DEFENSIVE MVP Jayse Alexander McPherson
COACH of the YEAR Jace Pavlovich McPherson
(DIV IV)
OFFENSIVE MVP Jayden Price Mulvane
DEFENSIVE MVP Grant Fairchild Andale
COACH of the YEAR Dylan Schmidt Andale
OFFENSE
1st Team Receiver – De Andre Washington
2nd Team RB – Joe Ybarra
2nd Team Offensive Line – Logan Jones
2nd Team Offensive Line – Aaron Schoemann
2nd Team Punter – Trayson Probst
Hon Men QB – Cade Phelps
Hon Men RB – Deyton Araujo
Hon Men OL – Jack Walton
Hon Men OL – Ian Groom
DEFENSE
2nd Team Interior Line – Gabe Smith
2nd Team Linebacker – Isaac Hilt
2nd Team Defensive Back – DeAndre Washington
Hon Men Interior Line – Braiden Buresh
Hon Men Defensive End – Aaron Schoeman
Hon Men Defensive End – Jack Walton
Hon Men Linebacker – Caleb Reichenberger
Hon Men Defensive Back – Chi Barton
Congratulations gentlemen!
UPDATED 12.3.17 - WHS JR. DeAndre Washington was named to TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL ALL-STATE 4A DIV I TEAM - Honorable Mention (END)
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SCHOOL |
League |
Overall |
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State Qualifier |
Andale |
5 - 0 |
12 - 1 |
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State Qualifier |
Mulvane |
4 - 1 |
6 - 4 |
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State Qualifier |
Collegiate |
3 - 2 |
5 - 5 |
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State Qualifier |
Wellington |
3 - 3 |
5 - 5 |
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Clearwater |
1 - 4 |
1 - 8 |
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El Dorado |
1 - 4 |
4 - 5 |
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Rose Hill |
1 - 4 |
1 - 8 |
STATE PLAYOFF
BRACKETS
6A FOOTBALL
5A FOOTBALL
4A D1 FOOTBALL
4A D2 FOOTBALL
3A FOOTBALL
2-1A FOOTBALL
8M D1 FOOTBALL
8M D2 FOOTBALL
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WELLINGTON CRUSADERS vs MAIZE SOUTH MAVERICKS - REGIONAL 4A 11.03.17
WHS - 07 00 00 00 - 07
MSHS - 14 14 07 14 - 49
The 2017 Crusader Football Season came to a close Friday evening in Regional 4A action at Maize South HS. The Mavericks secured the momentum early on after an incredible start by the Crusaders. After a strong kickoff return by Julian Jimenez to near mid-field, Michael Ledbetter unleashed a 46 yd TD pass on the first play from scrimmage to DeAndre Washington for 6. Karsten Gill came in for the successful PAT (center- Gage Cunningham, holder - Zander Vargas)...with only :16 gone in the game, the underdog Crusaders were up 7-zip! Kazam!
That lead and "MO" were short-lived unfortunately. At the 8:17 mark, just 3 1/2 minutes later, Maize South scored on a 30 yd scamper, knotting it at 7-7. The Mavericks never relinquished the momentum from that point on, pulling away with 3 additional TD's by halftime and 3 more by game's end, connecting on all 7 PAT's as well. Final Score 49-7. The Mavericks move to 9-1 on the season and will face McPherson at HOME (Maize South). McPherson edged out Buhler in OT 15-14 to advance. Not a good night for Crusaders. Andover Central downed Mulvane 30-21 bringing the Wildcat season to an end as well.
In Sectional 4A-1 play this coming Friday, it will be DeSoto vs Fort Scott, Bishop Miege vs Labette County, Andover Central vs Andale and as mentioned, Maize South vs McPherson. In Sectional 4A-2, it will be Hayden vs Burlington, Holton vs Frontenac, Clay Center vs Scott City and Smoky Valley vs Holcomb. In 8M-11, Caldwell was victorious and will face Hanover on Nov. 10th in Sectional action.
The Crusaders generated 247 yds of offense in the 49-7 loss. QB Michael Ledbetter was 9/22 passing (147 yds). DeAndre Washington caught 6 of those 9 for 85 yds and a TD. Joe Ybarra 2 for 58 yds and Zander Vargas, 1 for 4 yds. Six different IRONDUKES carried the ball vs the Mavericks - Deyton Araujo had 7 carries for 59 yds, Zane Cornejo 1/45 yds, Isaac Hilt 7/20 yds, Joe Ybarra 8/14 yds, Grey Hatfield 2/6 yds and Michael Ledbetter 7/-4 yds.
The Crusaders had 9 first downs to the Mavericks 13. Trayson Probst punted the ball 6 times for 194 yds (32 yd avg).
Coach Aguilar and his staff and the Crusaders, end the 2017 season at 5-5. A marked improvement over 2016, Coach Aguilar's first year as head football coach at WHS. The mood was upbeat at games' end Friday. Coach even called a timeout with just a few seconds left to allow WHS kicker Karsten Gill a shot at a field goal. The attempt came up short, the scoreboard clock rolled to zeros...2017 season was over.
It would seem there's a lot to look forward to next season including a completely different playoff system in 4A. READ HERE We are however, losing an awesome group of Seniors this year. The young men battled hard, made our "lines" as strong as they've been in a while and more...they will be missed. We say goodbye to Cade Phelps, Jack Walton, Logan Jones, Braiden Buresh, Ian Groom, Gabe Smith, Deyton Araujo and last but not least, Aaron Schoemann. These gentlemen left their mark in multiple ways, on the field and in the classroom. We are certainly proud of these young men and the rest of the squad that will carry on in their absence next Fall. GO BIG RED!!
REGIONAL 4A ACTION PICS vs MAIZE SOUTH
NEXT SEASON'S SCHEDULE
VARSITY
AUG. 31, 2018 @ Collegiate 7PM
SEP. 7, 2018 HERE vs Andale 7PM
SEP. 14, 2018 @ Clearwater 7PM
SEP. 21, 2018 HERE vs Augusta 7PM
SEP. 28, 2018 @ Rose Hill 7PM
OCT. 5, 2018 HERE vs Labette County 7PM
(Play THERE in 2019)
OCT. 12, 2018 @ Winfield 7PM
OCT. 19, 2018 HERE vs Mulvane 7PM
WEEK #9 - pending
FRESHMEN / JV
SEP. 3, 2018 HERE vs Collegiate (1 game) 6PM
SEP. 10, 2018 @ Andale 5PM / 6:30PM
SEP. 17, 2018 HERE vs Clearwater 5PM / 6:30PM
SEP. 24, 2018 @ Augusta 5PM / 6:30PM
OCT. 1, 2018 HERE vs Rose Hill (1 game) 6PM
OCT. 8, 2018 @ Labette County 5PM / 6:30PM
OCT. 15, 2018 HERE vs Winfield 5PM / 6:30PM
OCT. 22, 2018 @ Mulvane 5PM / 6:30PM
WEEK #9 - pending
GAME INFO - WHS @ MAIZE SOUTH 11.03.17
There was a lot on the line Friday evening down at Sellers Park as both the Wellington Crusaders @ 1-1 and the Ulysses Tigers @ 1-1 entering the last week of district play with the hopes of a win and a taste of 2017 post-season play. The last time for the Crusaders was 2010 - they were due and payment was made in the form of an explosive 28-14 victory over Ulysses whose season is now complete.
The Crusaders won the toss and elected to receive to start the game. The air was cool and getting cooler but the winds had died down which made the night considerably more bearable than would have been otherwise. Neither team could find paydirt in quarter one but with 11:07 left in the 2nd quarter, Deyton Araujo broke it loose for a 52 yard TD scamper. With the successful PAT by Gill, the Crusaders are up 7-0. Well, 14 seconds later it was 7-7, the direct result of the kickoff return a good length of the field - the game was on and at 10:53 of quarter two, the score was 7-7. Just before halftime, QB Michael Ledbetter behind a strong line that was providing time, launched a pin-point 17 yarder to DeAndre Washington resulting in a TD and with the subsequent PAT, at half it was Wellington 14 Ulysses 7.
Not unlike the 1st quarter, the 3rd quarter didn't keep the scorekeeper busy but with 8:03 left in the game the Crusaders made it a two TD margin and were up 21-7 after a 12 yd reception by Zander Vargas. At the 3:00 minute mark, Joe Ybarra too converted a 12 yd reception from Ledbetter and the WIN WAS IN! With little time left on the clock, Wellington was up 21 points and post-season play just over the horizon. The Tigers scored quickly but time ran out - after 7 years, the Crusaders will not be checking in their equipment after week #9. Their 28-14 victory over Ulysses took care of that.
On the evening, there were 204 rushing yards accumulated by Wellington, Deyton Araujo carried the pigskins 10 times for 103 yds, including the 52 yd. TD run to put the boys in red on the scoreboard early. Joe Ybarra had 18 carries for 58 yds., Isaac Hilt 7/ 24 yds, Michael Ledbetter 9/10 y ds., Julian Jimenez 2/8 yds and Trayson Probst 1/1 yd.
Passing, Ledbetter threw 23 passes for 216 yds. Julian Jimenez had a pass intercepted. On the receiving end of those passes were DeAndre Washington, 7/117 yds and a TD, Zander Vargas 3/52 yds and a TD, Isaac Hilt 1/33 yds, Joe Ybarra 1/12 yds and a TD and Gage Cunningham 1/2 yds. Trayson Probst punted just once and it was for 23 yds.
It was also SENIOR NIGHT Friday night at Sellers - be sure to check out the nearly 3 dozen pics from that! (Below)
So the season continues for the Crusaders who will be taking on Maize South this Friday...Kickoff is 7PM - THERE!
OTHER AREA SCORES
Burden Central 60 Oxford 12
Conway Springs 53 Chaparral 19
Norwich 76 South Haven 40
South Central 49 Argonia-Attica 00
Collegiate 42 Trinity 14
Independent 41 Belle Plaine 28
Andale 66 El Dorado 13
Maize South 23 Andover Central 13
Mulvane 42 Winfield 28
WELLINGTON vs ULYSSES GAME ACTION PICS
SENIOR NIGHT PICS FALL 2017
What looked like early on to be an ensuing battle, turned out to be something else as the game progressed between the 1-0 Wellington Crusaders and 1-0 Mulvane Wildcats in district play Friday evening at Sellers Park. Mulvane found paydirt first but Wellington answered, knotting the score after a 3 yd. TD reception from Ledbetter to Jimenez and a successful PAT by Karsten Gill. This would be Wellington's one and only score after a myriad of untimely penalties and big plays at the right time by the visiting team from Mulvane.
The defense shined at times but were unable to keep the Wildcats out of the endzone and by early in the 4th qtr the Mulvane lead was too much to overcome and the offense couldn't sustain many drives. The Crusaders would fall 35-7 and now they find themselves in a must win situation for this Friday when 1-1 Ulysses (who beat Winfield Friday evening 29-14 @ Ulysses) will come here for the last regular season game of the year. Friday will also be SENIOR NIGHT at Sellers Park.
Junior Joe Ybarra lead Wellington rushers Friday, carrying the ball 23 times for 68 yds. Deyton Araujo had 3 carries for 16 yds, Isaac Hilt 1 carry for 3 yds, QB Michael Ledbetter 8 carries for 1 yd and Trayson Probst 2 carries for -1 yd. Total rushing yards for the Crusaders, just 87. In passing, Junior QB Ledbetter completed 6/14 passes for 32 yds...on the receiving ends were Zander Vargas, 2/20 yds, Trayson Probst 1/9 yds, DeAndre Washington 1/4 yds, Julian Jimenez 1/3 yds (TD) and Joe Ybarra 1/ -4 yds.
Probst was called upon to punt "4" times for 112 yds total. (28 yd avg). The Crusaders mustered 9 first downs to Mulvane's 16. Total Offense for Wellington just 119 yds (87 rushing, 32 receiving).
At halftime, a new DUCHESS from WHS was crowned - congratulations to Senior Lexi Saffell (escorted by Senior Hayden Baker) - Lexi was crowned DUCHESS by Senior QB Cade Phelps as her court looked on. Other candidates included Mekenna Adams, Abby Lowe, Jenna Rausch and Jill Wiley. Other escorts included Jaden Adams, A.J. Snipes, Ian King and Austin Sears. The children and children escorts were Charley Wilmoth and Reed Wellington, escorted by Seniors Arlis Troutman and Grace Fink. Congratulations to the new reigning DUCHESS, Lexi Saffell!!!
OTHER AREA SCORES
Andover Central 41 Augusta 8
Buhler 48 El Dorado 6
Belle Plaine 52 Bluestem 16
Garden Plain 14 Chaparral 12
Andale 70 Circle 7
Trinity 45 Clearwater 32
Maize South 48 Rose Hill 14
Caldwell 69 Sout Haven 6
Ulysses 29 Winfield 14
GAME ACTION PICS CRUSADERS vs WILDCATS
Courtesy of www.sutv.com
WHS 00 07 00 07 - 14 (Wellington)
WHS 07 00 00 00 - 07 (Winfield)
It's been 7 years since the Crusaders emerged from district play and advanced on to post-season action. (It's been almost 2 calendar years to the date since we won a district game at all). Friday night in Winfield, they moved closer towards that end, (post-season), winning the first 2017 district game 14-7 over the Winfield Vikings, coached by former Crusader Head Coach Linn Hibbs, chalking up more offense than they had since week #2 vs El Dorado. On the down-side, Sr. QB Cade Phelps went out the 2nd qtr with an injury to his left knee. No official word yet other than it's a "significant" injury. Phelps was on the sideline in street clothes and on crutches the 2nd half with his knee iced.
Back up Jr. QB Michael Ledbetter took over the reigns of the offense and did a very adequate job for his first varsity action this season. Down 7-0, Michael and the Crusaders would find paydirt before the first half ended and knotted it at 7-7 by the break on a 1 yd run by Jr. Joe Ybarra and a successful PAT by sophomore Karsten Gill after missing a FG earlier in the game. The Crusaders were penalized for 100 yds to Winfield's 30 yds. That's all I should probably say about that.
Wellington came out the 2nd half and were able to keep the Vikings out of the endzone and add another TD on another run by Jr. Joe Ybarra, this one a 5 yarder, the PAT by Gill was good again! Prior to that score, Ybarra had been on the sideline, getting his chin stitched up after an impact caused his braces to slice through the chin area. Dr. Scheufler worked his magic and Ybarra was back in the game shortly thereafter. He was wearing a different jersey though, #5 had blood on it so Ybarra put on #12 and continued on.
Several Crusaders carried the ball for a total of 249 rushing yds. Ybarra had 38 carries for 169 yds and the 2 TD's. Deyton Araujo broke loose and chalked up 38 yds on 4 carries and 1 fumble. Trayson Probst carried the pigskin 6 times for 22 yds, Cade Phelps 1 carry for 10 yds prior to his injury. Julian Jimenez was 1/-3 yds and QB Michael Ledbetter 4/-4. Phelps went 1/2 passing for 2 yds, Ledbetter 6/11 for 74 yds. (1 Interception) Total Offense 326 yds, just 25 yds shy of the totals from week #2 vs the Wildcats from El Dorado. DeAndre Washington caught 4 passes for 45 yds, Julian Jimenez 2 for 29 yds and Gage Cunningham1/2 yds. The Crusaders had 22 first downs but the penalties, the fumble and the interception reduced the scoring opportunities for the team in the red. Trayson Probst would punt the ball 3 times for a total of 93 yds (31 yd avg). Sophomore Zander Vargas had a 48 yd return on the opening kickoff...a nice run by Zander.
Next up for the Crusaders, Mulvane who defeated Ulysses 40-14. Both will come into next Friday's game in Wellington (which is HOMECOMING) with 1-0 district play records. 0-1 Ulysses will take on 0-1 Winfield. District play will wrap up with Ulysses here on the 27th. The top 2 teams will move on to post season, again a journey the Crusaders haven't taken since 2010.
Other SCORES
Andale 17 Buhler 6
Attica-Argonia 52 Kiowa City 6
Douglass 54 Belle Plaine 20
El Dorado 40 Circle 14
Conway Springs 26 Garden Plain 6
Maize South 31 Augusta 23
Mulvane 40 Ulysses 14
Andover Central 34 Rose Hill 13
Collegiate 40 Clearwater 20
The Crusaders have several players on the sideline. Blake Rausch, Silas Popplewell, Caleb Reichenberger, Trenton Bannister, Matt McComb and Grey Hatfield. The first 3 are out for the season, the latter 3 should return by week 8 or 9 "perhaps". Phelps' status will remain unclear until the knee can be more closely examined by doctors.
GAME ACTION PICS
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WHS 00 06 00 00 - 06
SCHS 14 00 07 07 - 28
Weather forecasters as we all know, sometimes miss a forecast or two, especially those that extend very far into the future. This week, they nailed it. On Tuesday and since, we were told there would be T-storms. strong northerly winds and dropping temps in Scott City early Friday evening. Bingo, bingo and bingo.
The IRONDUKES Week #6 game was played 4-5 hours NW of here (@ Scott City HS) but started about 35 minutes late due to strong storms, lightning, etc...the teams initially took the field for warmups but were removed from the field shortly thereafter for more than an hour as the bad stuff passed through. Fans retreated to their cars and awaited Mother Nature's temperment to improve. Never improved greatly but improved enough to get the game in despite 40 mph winds out of the north, dropping temps and a very wet field that resembled a pool along the sidelines.
Week #6 game was much like week #5 game at HOME (vs Collegiate) - the opposition jumped out early but then the Crusaders would regain some of that "mo" in the 2nd qtr. to make you feel like - this game could go in the win column! Think Scott City was a little worried about that at halftime as well. Like week #5 though, the boys in red couldn't get all the cylinders to fire and eventually would find themselves out of reach of victory #4 on the season. There were moments of excitement but overall were hindered in their ability to move the ball offensively and find paydirt with it. Of course it doesn't help when your leading rusher (Jr. Joe Ybarra) is on the sideline in street clothes, healing his ankle and a few others from the lineup wearing jeans as well. All teams are afflicted with that scenario by this time of the season, have heard that Winfield (our first district playoff game coming up Friday) has incurred some injuries, but hey, that's football. Joe and some of the others are expected back so for that we can be grateful. Over the next 3 weeks, the real season will play itself out and hopefully this 7 year journey to post-season play can happen.
Scott City, with the gale force winds to their backs in the 1st qtr were able to put up 14 points, their first TD, a gift if you will. The IRONDUKES, having stopped the Beavers and leaving them with a 4th and 7, forced a punting situation. Unfortunately, Wellington jumped offside, now it's 4th and 2 and the Beaver offense, feeling a little more confident with only 2 yds to gain for a 1st, came back on the field. The 1st down was easily attained and only a handful of plays later, paydirt was found. The PAT failed and Scott City lead 6-0 and would lead the rest of the way. The Beavers would find the end zone again and several "3 and out" scenarios by Wellington's offense early on and they'd also make up for the failed PAT earlier with a 2 point conversion. Score after 1, Wellington 00 Scott City 14. (Score after 1 last week, Wellington 00 Collegiate 14)...and like last week, the IRONDUKES clawed their way back some in the 2nd qtr, scoring and not allowing the other guys to score. Went into half only traililng 14-6 and the "big mo" seemed to be switching to RED. Wellington's only score as it would turn out would be that 2nd qtr. scamper by Jr. Grey Hatfield who ran it in from the 20 for a nice play. Good blocking, good jukin' and jivin' - Grey's 2nd TD of the season. For the first half anyways, the team with the wind to their back had the advantage.
Things looked like they'd continue to improve the Crusader's position when early on in the 3rd, the IRONDUKES stopped Scott City's drive with a Michael Ledbetter interception at the 8:16 mark...Michael returned the ball 18 yds. The IRONDUKES failed however to capitalize and just 4 1/2 minutes later, the BEAVERS found the end zone again and moved ahead 21-6 after 3. They would add another 6 and a PAT halfway through the 4th on a 3yd run to seal the deal (28-6) and give the 5th game rubber match between the two schools to SCOTT CITY who would move to 3-2 in their games with Wellington over the years, dating clear back into the 80's. The bus ride back to Wellington wouldn't be as jubilant as some in the past. That season is over now though and season #2 commences.
District play will begin this Friday @ Winfield, followed the next Friday (Homecoming) here at home vs Mulvane and then week #9 (Oct. 27th) the Ulysses Tigers will be in town for the district playoff and regular season finale. The top 2 (Wellington, Winfield, Mulvane, Ulysses) will move on, the other two, equipment check-in on Oct. 30th.
Stat-wise, the Crusaders as mentioned, struggled offensively overall. Total offense generated came in under 100. (80 yds passing, 15 yds rushing) Hatfield was the leading rusher for the Crusaders, carrying the ball 15 times for 49 yds and the 2nd qtr. score. All other rushers ended with negative yardage. Phelps chalked up 80 yds passing (9/28), Michael Ledbetter had 3 receptions for 31 yds (plus the 3rd qtr interception), Julian Jimenez 3 receptions for 22 yds. DeAndre Washington had 2/19 yds and Gage Cunningham 1/ 8yds. Only 6 first downs by the boys in red compared to 15 for the host. Trayson Probst was forced to punt 8 times for 278 yds total, a 35 yd avg for the Crusader punter. Scott City would chalk up 274 yds total offense, 49 passing and the balance of 225 on the ground.
After 6 games, the Crusaders find themselves at 3-3, a marked improvement over the 2016 season. Now it's time to play for some important marbles - district playoff marbles and post season opportunities. We all know from past experience, in a few years not many folks will remember the 3-3 record for weeks 1 thru 6. They will however remember these next 3 games on slate...here's hoping the IRONDUKES can extend the season beyond those 3 games...and that possibility certainly exists...some good fortune always helps but these Crusaders will rise to the occasion - you can sensel it.
Side note: listening to the Scott City announcers during the game on the "live stream" provided by their school, you couldn't help but feel proud of Wellington's football heritage. When people that live over 200 miles away know as much about the history of your program as we do, it spells nothing but R-E-S-P-E-C-T... and that is something you can hang your hat on. Proud to be a Crusader - GOOD LUCK IRONDUKES - bring it home gentlemen.
OTHER AREA SCORES
Andale 35 Collegiate 7
Maize South 49 Winfield 21
Trinity 63 Belle Plaine 35
El Dorado 55 Independence 6
South Haven 48 Burrton 32
Chaparral 34 Clearwater 22
Conway Springs 44 Mulvane 13
Attica-Argonia 68 Fairfield 22
McPherson 35 Rose Hill 0
Caldwell 46 Norwich 0
Oxford 52 Peabody 6
Goodland 42 Ulysses 8
It was Week #5 Friday night across the football lands of Kansas, the (3-1) IRONDUKES were at HOME after an unsuccessful road trip Week #4 to Andale. The Wichita Collegiate Spartans were in town, the evening was perfecto, no wind, nice temps and with that sense of community always present on Friday nights at Sellers. This Friday was different and that sense was intensified several times over as we together grieved and honored the passing of WHS Junior Stephen Jamerson. Stephen was tragically lost in a motorcycle accident Thursday evening west of Wellington.
Stephen was a cherished member of the WHS Marching Band, his band-mates and many others have been hit hard by the loss, together though they have demonstrated strength, love and loyalty. As the football team entered the field, scores of BLUE BALLOONS (Stephen's favorite color I am told) were released into the calm, peacefully blue, autumn sunset sky - quite frankly, a very moving moment...even now just recalling it. Rest in peace Stephen, we will miss you. I would also like to commend the numerous Collegiate fans who participated in the balloon launch, there are just some things bigger than winning or losing every once in a while and everyone present Friday seemed to grasp that.
The Crusaders were able to generate more offense this week than last and until the 4th qtr left you with the impression they could win this thing. Collegiate always seemed to answer though and the IRONDUKES couldn't get it over the hump. The Spartans jumped out early with two first qtr. TD's and lead after 1, 14-0. The Crusaders regained the "MO" and were most of the show during the 2nd qtr, shutting down Collegiate and posting 7 points of their own to boot. You had a sense at halftime that this game could still go either way. It was a back and forth affair with LOTS OF PENALTIES - (19 total on the night for both squads combined), the Crusaders closed the margin (21-13 early in the 4th) but again, the Spartans answered, scoring a TD to pull away with the 28-13 victory.
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield - 10/61 yds (TD)
Joe Ybarra - 16/42 yds
Cade Phelps - 5/21 yds (TD)
DeAndre Washington - 1/1 yd
Deyton Araujo - 1/1 yd
PASSING
Cade Phelps - 26/142 yds (2 INT)
Michael Ledbetter - 1/0 yd
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington - 5/62 yds
Joe Ybarra - 2/38 yds
Gage Cunningham - 1/21 yds
Grey Hatfield - 1/15 yds
Zander Vargas - 1/6 yds
FIRST DOWNS
WHS 13 CHS 8
PAT'S / FG'S
Karsten Gill 1/2 PAT'S / (NO FGA)
PUNTS
Trayson Probst 3/104 yds (35 yd avg)
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rushing - 126 yds
Passing - 142 yds
TOTAL - 268 yds
OTHER AREA SCORES
Andale 50 Clearwater 00
Buhler 40 Winfield 00
Maize South 42 Mulvane 6
McPherson 62 Circle 7
Rose Hill 21 El Dorado 14
Conway Springs 62 Trinity 35
Garden Plain 71 Belle Plaine 14
Attica-Argonia 54 Pratt-Skyline 18
Caldwell 63 Burrton 6
Hartford 78 South Haven 54
Udall 50 Oxford 30
Scott City 42 Ulysses 11
The 2017 IRONDUKES squad got their first taste of defeat Friday, on the road at Andale, losing 38-0. The Indians, larger, quicker, deeper and all the other 'ers, controlled the game, sputtering a little in the 2nd qtr due to some good defense by our boys in red. The last part of the 2nd qtr this season has been a productive time for the Crusaders. Friday at Andale, the defense shined as the half approached. Andale up 17-0 and threatening to score and go in with a much more substantial lead were shut down by the Ironduke D, even after having spent considerable time on the field already. It was all for not in the end though, the Indians proved to be too much and the Crusaders fall to 3-1 on the season. Junior Caleb Reichenberger is out with a hand injury suffered last week, Sophomore Silas Popplewell is out with a broken arm suffered this past Monday at Rose Hill. No additional "game-ending" injuries known at this time.
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield - 9 / 38 yds
Joe Ybarra - 9 / 17 yds
Deyton Araujo - 1 / 3 yds
Cade Phelps - 4 / -12 yds
PASSING
Cade Phelps - 11 / 26 yds
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington - 1 / 13 yds
Julian Jimenez - 1 / 13 yds
FIRST DOWNS
WHS 02 AHS 16
PUNTS
Trayson Probst - 7 / 198 yds (28 yd avg)
OTHER
Aaron Schoemann - Blocked Punt
Joe Ybarra - Interception
OTHER AREA SCORES
Clearwater 35 Rose Hill 19
Mulvane 35 Collegiate 19
Winfield 24 Arkansas City 14
Belle Plaine 68 NE-Arma 0
Conway Springs 54 Medicine Lodge 0
Argonia-Attica 34 South Barber 30
Caldwell 58 Flinthills 22
Cedar Vale-Dexter 54 South Haven 8
Oxford 48 Stafford 24
Scott City 35 Hugoton 7
RHHS - 06 00 07 00 - 13
WHS - 00 06 07 14 - 27
Much like WEEK #2 vs El Dorado, WEEK #3 vs Rose Hill turned out to be a game of two halves.
(0-2) Rose Hill would find the end zone first, scoring at the 5:16 mark of the first quarter but failing on it's attempt for a point after. The (2-0) Crusaders weren't able to muster any points until just seconds before the end of the 2nd qtr. Wellington with less than a minute left in the half, lost the ball on a punt return, giving possession immediately back to the Rockets with another opportunity to cash in before the break. The cash register would indeed ring but not for the Rockets. On the next play from scrimmage, Junior Michael Ledbetter intercepted a Rocket pass and returned it 56 yards to tie the score at 6. Karsten Gill's PAT attempt hit the right upright and bounced out - halftime score Rose Hill 6 Wellington 6. If you'll recall, the Crusaders scored for the first time in the final seconds of the 2nd qtr vs El Dorado last week, neither first half as productive as the subsequent 2nd halves would be.
After the break, both the Rockets and the IRONDUKES would find paydirt in quarter 3, the latter on a 2 yd run. by Junior Joe Ybarra, his 7th TD in just 3 weeks. Karsten Gill nailed the PAT, a feat he and his holder Zander Vargas and center Gage Cunningham have demonstrated will happen far more often than not, as this young season progresses towards the mid-point. Wellington's scoring was not over...Ybarra scored his 8th TD on another 2 yd run and then a 73 yd TD pass from Cade Phelps to DeAndre Washington sealed the deal, returning the Rockets to their launch pad with an 0-3 start for their season. There were multiple personal fouls called during the game, 3 against the Rockets, 1 against the Crusaders. All totaled , Rose Hill was flagged for 80 yds in penalties, Wellington 50. The Crusaders forced the Rockets to punt the ball 9 times on the evening.
Joe Ybarra was the leading rusher for the Crusaders, carrying the ball 26 times for 114 yds and 2 TD's - a result of the efforts of the line and his own ability to find daylight and move the ball forward. QB Cade Phelps was 8 for 21 yds, Deyton Araujo 2 carries for 5 yds. Isaac Hilt had 2 carries for 4 yds. Phelps completed 5 of 13 passes for 113 yds. All of those completions byJunior DeAndre Washington including the 73 yd, 4th qtr deal-sealer. Total offense for the home town boys was 257 yds. Trayson Probst punted the ball 5 times for 164 yds (33 yd avg) and Karsten Gill went 3/4 with PAT's. The Rockets did win the FIRST DOWN category, 14-11 over the Crusaders.
GAME ACTION PICS vs ROSE HILL 091517
A great start for the Crusaders but a tough road ahead...next Friday the IRONDUKES travel to Andale to take on the 3-0 Indians under their first year head coach Dylan Schmidt, who was former head coach for Wellington during the Fall 2011 season, the last time the Crusaders downed the Indians. Week #5 will bring Wichita Collegiate to Sellers Park and then Week #6, road-trip deluxe to Scott City, 4 or 5 hours to our WEST. Just an observation, the trip the Crusaders took to Gravette, Arkansas almost 10 years ago was about 40 miles closer than this upcoming Week #6 trek westward to Ron Bakerville.
Beginning Week #7 (district play) the Crusaders travel east a short distant to Winfield, seeking redemption for last year's controversial loss to the Vikings. Week #8 and Week #9 will be here at HOME vs Mulvane (Homecoming) and Ulysses (Senior Night) respectively. And then a place we haven't been since 2010, post-season could possibly await? The Vikings, the Wildcats and the Tigers are all that stands in the way - GO BIG RED!!
OTHER AREA SCORES
Andale 48 Mulvane 20
Buhler 41 Collegiate 21
El Dorado 25 Clearwater 21
Derby 60 Maize 28
McPherson 38 Winfield 14
Chaparral 70 Belle Plaine 28
Conway Springs 54 Douglass 00
Argonia-Attica 54 Flinthills 08
Sedan 46 Oxford 00
Udall 62 South Haven 16
EHS - 00 00 00 00 - 00
WHS - 00 07 07 07 - 21
After savoring their season opening win all week against Clearwater, the IRONDUKES had to put those memories aside and take care of business against the visiting (0-1) El Dorado Wildcats at Sellers Park on Friday evening. The task at hand wouldn't seem as easy as Week #1 but it was doable and the IRONDUKES did it.
Mulvane defeated El Dorado week #1 33-00 and the Wildcats wouldn't find the endzone week #2, falling to the Crusaders by the final score of 21-00. This game was far from decided though until late in the 3rd and then not totally assured. A 3rd score in the 4th qtr sealed the deal though and Wellington is off to a 2-0 start.
It was a defensive battle for a good part of the first half, actually almost all of the first half. The Crusaders scored on a 1yd run by Junior Joe Ybarra and successful PAT by Karsten Gill with just .06 secs to go in the half. The Crusaders carried that 7 point lead into the 3rd, scoring again late in that quarter on another Joe Ybarra TD, another 1 yd. run at the 3:35 mark. The final visit to paydirt came at the 8:16 mark of the final quarter, a 66 yd run by, you guessed it, Joe Ybarra. Joe had 3 TD's on the evening, carried the ball 18 times for 152 yds. Grey Hatfield gained 59 yds. on 16 carries, Deyton Araujo 16 yds on 3 carries. Trayson Probst added 8 yds to the rushing totals on 1 carry, Michael Ledbetter, 1 carry for -2 yds. Total Rushing Yards - 248.
Cade Phelps was 8/17 passing for 103 yds. Total Offense 351 yds. On the receiving end of Phelps' throws were DeAndre Washington 4/44 yds, Caleb Reichenberger 1/32 yds, Silas Popplewell 1/7 yds, and Michael Ledbetter 1/7 yds.
For the 2nd week in a row, Wellington's defense had "4" interceptions. Chi Barton had "2", DeAndre Washington and Isaac Hilt accounted for the other "2". In his post-game interview Coach Zane Aguilar gave a lot of credit to the DEFENSE re: the 2nd win. El Dorado moved the ball some but were never able to capitalize. Wellington had 110 yds in penalties, El Dorado 60 yds. as the YELLOW FLAGS flew 16 times during the game. The Crusaders moved the ball good accumulating 15 first downs on the evening. Karsten Gill was successful on all 3 PAT's and came up about 6 inches shy of nailing a 40 yd FG. On the season, Karsten is 7/8 on PAT's. Trayson Probst punted the ball 4 times for a total of 126 yds. (32 yd avg.)
Next up for the Crusaders will be ROSE HILL on Friday, Sep. 15th at Sellers. The Rockets lead Mulvane at times on Friday but came up just short in the end, losing 38-42. Other area scores of interest were: Andale 39 Labette County 00, Ark City 24 Salina Central 21, Augusta 19 Clearwater 7, Collegiate 35 Hoisington 20, Goddard 50 Derby 20, Winfield 32 Circle 16, Cheney 74 Belle Plaine 28, Conway Springs 60 Independent 00, Caldwell 38, Argonia-Attica 20.
Over 600 pics from the game - check 'em out HERE
The FR/SO Football Team got their season underway Monday evening down at Sellers Park. After a big VARSITY WIN Friday at Clearwater (34-6), it was the younger Crusaders turn and they took care of business too, winning 22-8. The temps were in the mid 90's when the game got underway at 6pm...Wellington took the lead early on and held it throughout.
WHS 13 07 14 00 - 34
CHS 00 00 06 00 - 06
You could feel this victory coming on...days ago, maybe weeks ago. This group of young men and coaches are in the groove. W's are the nectar of life - sure tastes good!! Congratulations for the 34-6 season opening win over the Clearwater Indians.
The atmosphere was festive and a bit wet early on but that soon passed. An Eagle-Med Helicopter delivered the GAME BALL to the field and then the teams engaged.
Wellington came out in an accelerated mode and moved the ball well...the pace was rapid and the execution was good. Clearwater was on their heels early and was never really able to right themselves effectively for any sustained period. An Indian drive midway through the first quarter ended with a Grey Hatfield interception on Clearwater's 6 yd line and then on the first play from scrimmage, Junior Joe Ybarra put the IRONDUKES on the scoreboard for 6 - a Karsten Gill extra-point attempt failed but not to worry, didn't happen again and he wound up hitting 4 of 5 on the evening! Good stuff Karsten!
Wellington's defense forced another punt situation for the Indians, the 1 yard punt left the ball near midfield and soon thereafter, Senior Cade Phelps connected with Junior DeAndre Washington for a 53 yd TD reception, PAT by Gill - GOOD...score Wellington 13 Clearwater 00 with 3:52 still left in the 1st quarter. That quarter would end without further scoring and the 2nd quarter began with a Clearwater punt and then a one-two punch by the Crusaders...punch one, a 56 yd run by Junior Grey Hatfield to the Clearwater 32. Soon thereafter, punch two, a 30 yard TD Pass to Junior DeAndre Washington, PAT by Gill - GOOD...score Wellington 20 Clearwater 00.
A subsequent drive by Clearwater was stopped at the Wellington 22 by a Junior Chi Barton interception. The 2nd qtr. played out, the IRONDUKES were leading 20-00.
The halftime break didn't seem to affect the mo of the show - the Crusaders were on a roll and were not to be denied. After deferring early on, the Indians received the kick at the start of the 3rd qtr but couldn't capitalize and then to make matters worse for the team in blue, the punt was flubbed and Wellington ended up with the ball on the Clearwater 14 yd line. That's just a hop, skip and a jump for Junior Joe Ybarra who scampers into the endzone for the TD on the next play - throw another Gill PAT on the fire and the score is suddenly nearly well done, Wellington 27 Clearwater 00 with just over 10 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter.
Subsequent drive or two by the Indians produced no points and after failing to get a first down themselves, the Crusaders were forced to punt. Junior Trayson Probst nails it and sticks the Indians on their own 1 yd line, 1st down and 10. They never got to use downs 2, 3 or 4 - the snap on first down was flubbed and the unattended football was suddenly attended to by Wellington and a 6 point TD - Gill PAT - GOOD. The score, still in the 3rd qtr. is now 34-00.
At the 5:08 mark of the 3rd, Clearwater connected on a 70 yd pass play for 6 but the PAT was no good. Nonetheless, the TD sparked a little light for the Indians but Wellington still held onto a significant lead 34-6 and extinguished that light quite quickly. The teams exchanged possessions in the 4th qtr without scoring, Sophomore Zander Vargas had an interception to deny the Indians any paydirt visits late in the game. It would end up at 34-6, the Crusaders had their first football victory since Week 7, Oct 16, 2015 at Rose Hill. (Wgtn 44 RH 20) - Coach Zane Aguilar had his first head coaching victory after taking the reigns in 2016. In a post-game interview with the media, Coach Aguilar credited his seniors with smart play, his underclassmen with exceptional abilities to come in and play early and make a contribution. He also indicated this victory was the biggest football event for him in his life full of football events, including State Championships and everything else apparently. A proud moment for Coach Aguilar, a proud moment for his assistant coaches and players and a proud moment for Wellington fans across the land. Wellington is back in the win column...it feels good, it's where these young men belong.
Next up - EL DORADO @ Sellers Park - Friday, September 8th - Kickoff at 7PM - IT'S YOUTH NIGHT TOO! If you don't want to wait that long to get another WELLINGTON FOOTBALL FIX, the Freshmen/Sophomores will host Clearwater Monday at 6PM at Sellers Park - come out and support the younger IRONDUKES - should be a great game!!
GAME STATS
RUSHING
Grey Hatfield - 12/87 yds
Joe Ybarra - 17/55 yds 3 TD's
Cade Phelps - 5/16 yds
Deyton Araujo - 4/14 yds
PASSING
Cade Phelps - 20/136 yds 2 TD's 2 INT
RECEIVING
DeAndre Washington 5/120yds 2 TD's
Silas Popplewell 2/16 yds
PAT'S
Karsten Gill 4/5 (NO FG ATTEMPTS)
PUNTS
Trayson Probst 5/196 yds (39 yd. avg)
TOTAL OFFENSE
RUSHING - 172 yds
RECEIVING - 136 yds
TOTALS - 308 yds
OTHER AREA SCORES
Andale 28 Andover Central 21 / Augusta 39 Winfield 13 / Campus 48 Ark City 20 / Collegiate 42 Rose Hill 00 / Maize South 47 Circle 00 / Mulvane 33 El Dorado 00 / McPherson 33 Buhler 21 / Chaparral 57 Independent 00 / Conway Springs 98 Belle Plaine 18 / Caldwell 50 Udall 20 / Oxford 60 South Haven 14
The PROJECT PROM folks have a great fundraiser underway!
SEPTEMBER 15th is CRUSADER CAP NIGHT @ Sellers Park, between now and then, we should all pick up a very cool CRUSADER CAP (see pic) for only $15 (either style) to support their great cause and Crusader Pride (and HEART!)
The CAPS will be available at the HAMBURGER SCRIMMAGE this Thursday and at the first HOME GAME on Sept. 8th....
SO DON'T FORGET - SEPT. 15th IS CRUSADER CAP NIGHT!!
Now is not the time to get caught going capless! :)
The annual Crusader Club Hamburger Football Scrimmage was held Thursday evening down at Sellers Park. Football players from1st grade through 12th took their turns during the scrimmage to show off their football skills in front of the large crowd of parents, fans and friends. It was a beautiful evening weather-wise and the hamburgers were quite tasty! By evenings' end, dozens of young Wellington Football players, for just one night, were all on the field together...imagine a memory or two for years to come were generated by many. Varsity action gets underway on the road next Friday, Sept 1st at Clearwater. Our WMS Knights host Haysville this coming week on Thursday. Good luck to ALL of Wellington's Football Squads, young and younger!
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Pictured above L to R: Ryan Elder, Ross Foley, Tim Lira, Nick Wellington, Zane Aguilar, John McComb, Rick Phelps, Tony Ybarra
It was PICTURE TIME Wednesday evening after football practice at the Stadium...the IRONDUKES and their coaches posed for the cameras so we could share with you a closer look at this years' Football Team and Coaching Staff...looking forward to a great season - GO BIG RED!!
The Senior Football Players and Cheerleaders have worked hard the past 3 days and their work is now finished - the 2017 BRIDGE has received it's annual RENEWAL and it looks awesome! It won't be long until the IRONDUKES pass that way to VICTORY! Great Job Crusaders - The Tradition Continues!!
The IRONDUKES took to the practice field today in full pads and helmets and scrimmaged in front of a nice group of parents and fans for an hour or two...they demonstrated some fine play overall and the excitement of the upcoming season is starting to show. Going to have some experience on the line for sure and other significant weapons in the backfield and receiving. Defense made some good stops today, Offense moved the ball well. Just a scrimmage but the attitude is good. You see confidence in their eyes, in their hands and in their legs - these young men are gearin' up for sure. Their coaches, gearin' up too!
Don't forget the annual HAMBURGER SCRIMMAGE is this coming Thursday beginning at 5:30PM with the WMS Knights. At 6PM, all the squads (1st thru 12th grades) will Group Stretch. That will be followed at 6:15PM with the Youth Teams and then the IRONDUKES hit the field at 7:00PM. Come down and check em' all out and show your support! (and eat a burger or two!!)
Opening night is on the road at Clearwater on Friday, Sept. 1st @ 7:00PM - Home opener just 1 week later on the 8th vs El Dorado. "5" Home Games this season (of the 9 regular season games)...get your red on, it's almost time!
The Crusader Football squad continues with their two-a-day practices throughout this week. Their focus is clear, the intensity is high. This is a good group and they encourage each other well. It's going to take that kind of a TEAM and the ooaches and players are working hard at that very thing. Opening night is Sept. 1st @ Clearwater... can't wait to see what this group can accomplish. There's some definite toughness there....and there's some PRIDE, on both sides of the fence. Let's get 'er done IRONDUKES!!
It was CONDITIONING TEST time at WHS today for all of the SUMMER PSQ'rs headin' into official Fall football practice come Monday morning at 6:30AM. Most did a great job, some didn't even have to do it because they had perfect attendance all summer long - that pays off two ways - you get in shape because you are there all summer and because you were there, you don't have to prove you got in shape!! :) Life isn't always complicated!!
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JUNE 26th - JUNE 30th
8AM-NOON @ HS Practice Field
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The Iron Duke summer program is a weight and speed development program sponsored by the athletic staff. This program is designed to increase your speed, strength, agility, and flexibility. It has a proven track record that involves weight training, form running, agility, plyometrics, aerobics, and flexibility training. Your athlete can and should expect improvement in each of these areas and in overall conditioning. A large group was on hand early this morning for DAY 1! The program runs through July 20th for 1st graders thru 12th graders.
Here's more info about the program - INFO
AVCTL DIV IV - LEAGUE HONORS
2ND TEAM
Senior Connor Burnett - Lineman
Senior Dylan Ferguson - Def. Linebacker
HONORABLE MENTION
Senior Colton Glover - Running Back * Linebacker
Sophomore DeAndre Washington - Running Back
Sophomore Trayson Probst - Punter
Sophomore Joe Ybarra - Defensive Back
Sophomore Julian Jimenez - Defensive Back
CRUSADER FOOTBALL SEASON ENDS
In the final game of district play, the Ulysses Tigers defeated our Crusaders 34-13 after a tough first half battle and will advance along with Mulvane to 4A post-season action beginning this coming week. The Wildcats defeated Winfield 53-31 Friday so the Crusaders and Vikings will call it a season and begin preparing for 2017.
FRESHMEN/SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL vs Mulvane
Mulvane 12 Wellington 46
Wellington lead the entire way! Great Job!!
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It was WEEK 2 of district play - (0-1) Wellington after a loss at home vs Winfield (20-21 OT) in WEEK 1, was on the road Friday to (1-0) Mulvane who had downed Ulysses last Friday 28-14. Ulysses was at Winfield for WEEK 2 and would make their 4 hr ride back home more bearable with a 33-3 win over the now (1-1) Vikings. Ulysses enters WEEK 3 at 1-1 as well.
In the Wellington vs Mulvane game, a nice opening drive by the Crusaders was unfortunately halted on downs before paydirt could be reached. The drive would be one of just a few highlights on the evening for Wellington who's roster was down an additional 7 players from last week because of injuries. Mulvane behind their star QB Price and RB Shoemaker would dominate the scoreboard through the first 3 qtrs, leading 34-00 at halftime and 48-0 midway through the 3rd qtr. A running clock resulted - Wellington did get on the scoreboard late in the game on a 74 yd. run and subsequent PAT (by Glover). Final score Mulvane 48 Wellington 7. The Wildcats move to 2-0 in district play with Ulysses in the driver's seat for the #2 spot. (0-2) Wellington travels to (1-1) Ulysses this coming week for the final regular season game of the year. (2-0) Mulvane will take on (1-1) Winfield.
Wellington generated 283 total yds of offense, 149 rushing, 134 passing. Colton Glover was the lead rusher, carrying the ball 15 times for 121 yds and a TD. Deyton Araujo had 6 carries for 20 yds, Cade Phelps 2 for 5 yds, Joe Ybarra 1 for 3 yds and DeAndre Washington 1 for 0. Cade Phelps passed for 134 yds, (9 of 23), Caleb Reichenberger snagged two of those for 55 yds, Joe Ybarra had 3 receptions for 51 yds, Silas Popplewell 2 receptions for 16 yds and DeAndre Washington 2 receptions for 12 yds. Mulvane's QB alone (#7 Price) generated 248 yds of total offense, running the ball 121 yds (on 7 carries) and passing for 127 yds. Wildcat running back Shoemaker (#30) rushed for 194 yds on 16 carries - altogether Mulvane had 442 yds total offense. (315 - Rushing 127 - Passing)
OTHER AREA SCORES
Andale 63 Circle 14 * Conway Springs 34 Cheney 12 * Caldwell 76 South Haven 6 * Oxford 72 Flint Hills 0 * Attica /Argonia 72 Macksville 24 *Maize South 41 Rose Hill 18 * Clearwater 28 Wichita Trinity 20 * Ulysses 33 Winfield 3
WEEK #2 DISTRICT FOOTBALL PLAY
(0-2) Wellington 07 (2-0) Mulvane 48
(1-1) Ulysses 33 (1-1) Winfield 3
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The WHS Sub-Varsity Football squad came home with a big "W" Monday evening from Winfield, defeating the Vikings 32-30! Down 0-18 in the 2nd qtr., the Crusaders fought back and made it happen. GREAT WIN with many contributors!!
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SUTV GAME WRAP - WINFIELD vs WELLINGTON
FOOTBALL UPDATE
WEEK #1 DISTRICT PLAY
Winfield 21 Wellington 20 (OT)
Mulvane 28 Ulysses 14
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Includes 2001 State Football Tailgate Pics
and SENIOR NIGHT PICS!
THIS FRIDAY / WEEK #2
(0-1) Ulysses @ (1-0) Winfield
(0-1) Wellington @ (1-0) Mulvane
The Wellington Crusaders hosted Scott City Friday evening down at Sellers Park, the last regular season game as district playoffs begin next week. Scott City controlled the tempo on both sides of the ball, lead by 27 at halftime and would win 41-00. Wellington was unable to stop the Beavers and unable to manufacture many offensive yards. All totaled, the team rushed for 59 yds., first time varsity starting QB Sophomore Michael Ledbetter went 0-10 passing. (Jr. QB Cade Phelps is out with a concussion suffered at last week's game at Collegiate). The only Wellington rushers with positive yardage were Seniors Chris Kop and Colton Glover. Wellington's punter Trayson Probst had a 29 yd. avg, punting 9 times for 263 yds total. District play begins next Friday, HERE vs Winfield...the Vikings are 0-6 as well and are lead by former head coach Linn Hibbs and asst. coach T.D. Buck. It will be the old vs the new at Sellers Parknext weekend and the 2001 State Championship Team members will be on hand as well, celebrating their stellar achievements 15 years ago this Fall.
It's an honor to have them back!
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OTHER AREA SCORES:
Andale 32 Collegiate 21 * Attica/Argonia 56 Fairfield 6
Caldwell 52 Norwich 6 * Chaparral 49 Clearwater 33
Mulvane 67 Conway Springs 13 * Maize S. 44 Winfield 0
McPherson 44 Rose Hill 8 * Goodland 26 Ulysses 17
The WHS Sub-Varsity Football Squad hosted their counterpartsfrom Collegiate Monday evening down at Sellers Park - if you weren't there, you missed some fun football action. There was a lot of hard-hitting, crunch 'em up football and after 4 qtrs. it was Wellington 38 Collegiate 19. Collegiate never lead in the game - the Wellington boys looked tough and played tough. Congrats to them and their coaches!
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The Wellington Crusaders dropped to 0-5 on the season Friday at Collegiate, falling to the Spartans by the final score of 52-0. After a nice return by sophomore Julian Jimenez (50 yds) on the opening kickoff, the Crusaders were unable to move the ball with any consistency and had difficulties stopping Collegiates' ground game and air assault. Prior to the Spartan's JV squad coming in, Collegiate had completed 17 of 19 passes for "5" TD's. It was a long night for the Crusaders on both sides of the ball. Total offense for Wellington was 91 yds (70 rushing / 21 receiving). Wellington had 3 first downs to Collegiate's 11. QB Cade Phelps left the game just prior to halftime with a concussion. For assurance, Cade was taken to a local Wichita hospital to be checked out. At last report he was home resting. The Crusaders host Scott City next Friday which is also HOMECOMING. More about all of that soon!
OTHER AREA SCORES:
Andale 61 Clearwater 20 * Caldwell 74 Burrton 00
Conway Springs 54 Trinity 14 * Rose Hill 34 El Dorado 14
Oxford 44 Udall 20 * Argonia/Attica 40 Pratt Skyline 6
Scott City 53 Ulysses 7 * Buhler 48 Winfield 7
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Sophomore CHI BARTON for a reception and a gainer!
In sub-varsity (Frosh/Soph) football action Monday,
the Crusaders found themselves down 0-12 after 1, but battled back to a 12-12 tie at the halfway point. Miscues in the 2nd half however were critical for the young Crusader team and Andale took advantage. A strong showing on the part of the Crusaders nonetheless. Wellington 18 Andale 27
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Silas Popplewell - CRUSADER - For 6!
The WHS Sub-Varsity Football squad found success Monday evening vs their counterparts from Rose Hill. The younger Crusaders controlled the tempo and the eventual outcome throughout most of the contest, a very hot and humid event (and no wind!) ugh! Anyways, great night for Wellington boys - great effort by all, scoring-wise it was Hunter Greenlee, Trayson Probst, Michael Ledbetter and Silas Popplewell with TD's...credit Blake Rausch with the 2 pt. conversion. Credit the whole squad though, it takes a team to help get those guys into the end zone and the "team" did just that Monday evening! Great Job Crusaders! Onward and upward - together!
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WELLINGTON 06 ROSE HILL 07
RECEIVER JOE YBARRA SNAGS 23 YD RECEPTION!
0-2 Wellington paid a visit to 0-2 Rose Hill Friday night, both teams in the hunt for their first "W's" of the season. Rose Hill hadn't actually had a "W" since the 2014 season. After a nearly scoreless game, the Rockets would prevail, despite opportunities for the Crusaders late. Rose Hill 07 Wellington 06. As in previous outings this season, the IRONDUKES shot themselves in the foot with numerous penalties and less than desired "fire" at times. A 4th qtr score did revive the Wellington boys a bit but down the stretch they couldn't bring home the "W" as time ran out. Colton Glover rushed the ball 19 times for 87 yds, Chris Kop 13 carries for 50 yds, Cade Phelps 7/3 yds, Deyton Araujo 1/0 yds and De Andre Washington 1/5 yds. Cade Phelps was 8/25 for 134 yds passing - DeAndre Washington caught 4 for 79 yds, one a 49 yd TD reception in the 4th qtr. Joe Ybarra snagged 1 for 23 yds and Jack Walton 2/22 yds. Colton Glover added 10 yds receiving to bring his total offensive production to just shy of 100 yds on the evening. It doesn't get any easier for the Crusaders any time soon. Next Friday, Andale will be visiting Sellers Park after a 61-52 victory over Mulvane this week. The following week Collegiate and then Scott City here for Homecoming on Oct. 7th. Those "3" teams combined for 158 points and 3 victories this week. Wellington's 0-3 start is the slowest start for the IRONDUKES since 2012, (Coach Tyler Ryan's first season) when the Crusaders went 0-4 (losing to Goddard, Concordia, Augusta and Collegiate) before winning on the road at Coach Ryan's alma mater Circle week 5.
Battle on gentlemen, battle on!!
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OTHER AREA SCORES:
Scott City 52 Cimarron 7, Collegiate 45 Buhler 21
Augusta 38 Circle 8, Caldwell 54 Central of Burden 6
Conway Springs 47 Douglass 6, Holcomb 52 Ulysses 0
Andale 61 Mulvane 52, McPherson 46 Winfield 0
Udall 66 South Haven 18, Attica/Argonia 46 Flint Hills 0
Clearwater 43 El Dorado 7, Sedan 62 Oxford 20
The rain delayed WHS Varsity Football vs El Dorado game was played on Saturday at BG Products Veteran Stadium in El Dorado. Wellington would score first and lead 6-0 but the Wildcats would soon answer with 8. Penalties hurt the Crusaders as El Dorado pulled away to a 34-18 victory. El Dorado moves to 1-1 on the season, Wellington 0-2.
Colton Glover carried the ball 18 times for 55 yds and the 1 TD. Chris Kop 10/53 yds, Deyton Araujo 7/33 yds and Cade Phelps 6/13 yds and the 2 rushing TD's. "3" PAT attempts failed. In passing, Phelps completed 5 for a 159 yds, Joe Ybarra was on the receiving end of 3 of those for 62 yds, De Andre Washington 1/56 yds and Glover 1/41 yds. Wellington would have 16 first downs on the day, El Dorado 21.
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The WHS JV & Freshmen Boys were on the road Tuesday at Clearwater…it was a sweep for the BOYS IN RED, the JV won 20-06 and the Freshmen won 28-00…this group of freshman boys got it goin' on...14-0 as KNIGHTS and off to a 1-0 start as CRUSADERS…keep working hard gentlemen and congrats! On a side note, this will be the last JV game for Wellington this season…beginning next week there will be just a Freshman/Sophomore game (starting at 5pm).
A hard fought, back and forth first half Friday evening at Sellers between Clearwater and Wellington, broke wide open in the 2nd half unfortunately for the visiting Indians who outscored our home boys 27-6 in the 3rd and 4th qtrs for the eventual 41-13 victory.
GAME WRAP - CLICK HERE
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OTHER AREA SCORES
Andale 50 Andover Central 14 * Augusta 32 Winfield 00
Buhler 26 McPherson 13 * Campus 21 Ark City 14
Collegiate 41 Rose Hill 6 * Mulvane 52 El Dorado 28
Conway Springs 48 Belle Plaine 08
Ulysses 30 Liberal 13 * Hays 31 Scott City 21
The 2016 WHS IRONDUKES posed for pics at the football fieldfollowing practice on Wednesday. With storms just looming to the south, pics came off without a hitch, Mother Nature cooperated! The football field looks awesome, the IRONDUKES are fired up as are the coaches - home opener is just 1 week away vs Clearwater - GO BIG RED!