Congratulations to our Lady Crusader Tennis players, who won last weekend's 4A Regional in El Dorado and this weekend became the 2021 4A State Runners-Up at Winfield! Here are a few pics from today, more at wellington.cc very soon!
Coach Ginter reports:
Payton Ginter, daughter of James Ginter and Megan Meeker Cook, signed to play GOLF @ Dodge City Community College today out at WHS!
Present at the signing, in addition to Payton and her parents, were numerous family members and friends. Payton’s Golf Coach was also present, a.k.a. James Ginter / Dad!
Congratulations Payton – you have certainly excelled at your chosen sport. We will miss you and wish you the best in the years to come, on and off the course. GOOD LUCK @ DODGE!!
WHS Senior Payton Ginter is the 2020 4A State Girls Golf Champion! Her and WHS Sophomore teammate Kasiah Richmond qualified for the State Tourney, this time last week in Wellington, at the 4A Regional. Richmond had two strong days of competition and finished in the middle of the field at 34th. There were 63 participants at this year's State 4A Golf Championship!
Results are in from the AVCTL League Girls Golf Tournament at Quail Ridge today in Winfield!
JV GOLF @ Valley Center (MON 092820)
T5th Place - Evelyn Trafecanty 50
T7th Place - Aubrey Hunt 51
13th Place - Abi Gill
Nice Job Ladies!
VARSITY GOLF @ Andale Invitational (Cherry Oaks) (MON 092820)
TEAM RESULTS
1st - Circle 198
2nd - Andale 198
3rd - Emporia 210
4th - Augusta 213
5th - Wellington 220
6th - Buhler JV 244
7th - Mulvane 245
8th - Circle JV 248
9th - Buhler JV - White 255
10th - Andover Central JV 302
INDIVIDUAL (WHS)
1st Payton Ginter 38
16th Leanna Herring 54
35th Elly DeJarnett 64
36th Laney Dillon 64
WHS Girls Golf results are in from Augusta!
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1st Shawna Lee 36 (Andover Central)
2nd Keira Ronsick 38 (Bishop Carroll)
3rd PAYTON GINTER 39 (Wellington)
4th Tiffany Chan 41 (Andover)
5th Mati Newman 43 (Valley Center)
6th Madi Michaelis 44 (Circle)
6th Loralai Millspough 44 (Trinity Academy)
8th Alivia Nguyen 46 (Andover)
8th Katie Henry 46 (Andover)
10th Kate Stuckey 47 (Bishop Carroll)
Fall Sports Practices are underway across Kansas and across Wellington. Will share some pics with you here, taken Tuesday at Cross County, Football and Girls Golf practice. More pics soon featuring Volleyball and Girls Tennis!
Under less than favorable weather conditions, especially Round 1 on Monday, the State 4A Girls Golf Tournament is "in the can" so to speak. Wellington's Payton Ginter shined for the third consecutive year in a row at this highest level! Ginter battled hard both days, finishing in 5th (86) after Round 1 behind Brasser (80) of Andale, Donovan (82) of Concordia, Miller (85) of Buhler, and Madison (85) of Ft. Scott. On Tuesday, Payton improved her position, finishing 3rd (85), behind Brasser (78) and Miller (83).
Members of the Varsity Girls Golf and Girls Tennis Teams were given an official sendoff at WHS on Thursday during lunch. Kylie Aufdengarten, Rylee Rusk, Calli Hatfield and Jensen Lynnes are heading to Winfield on Friday and Saturday for State 4A action - that will get underway at 10:30AM at the T.H. Vaughn Tennis Center. Good Luck Ladies & Coaches! Aufdengarten and Rusk were State 4A Runners-Up last season - it's going to be exciting!
WHS Jr. Payton Ginter finished 2nd Monday at the 4A Girls Golf Regional @ Quail Ridge in Winfield, just 3 strokes behind Regional 4A Champion Elly Berthoff of Winfield. Payton shot a 93 (+21). All scores were high. Congratulations to Payton and the rest of the WHS Varsity Girls Squad - here are their results:
An exciting THURSDAY for our VARSITY GIRLS GOLF TEAM @ the Circle Varsity Tournament! Payton Ginter was the tournament champion with a score of 41 and Kasiah Richmond finished 7th with a 51. The girls played great and the team and coaches were BEYOND excited and proud!! Payton was also the "long drive" champion for this tournament! Circle won the tournament with a 198 and Augusta edged us out with a 210. Wellington shot 213 as a team (3rd).
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (WHS)
The Varsity Girls Golf team was in action Monday at the 2019 Andover Invitational. Congratulations to Payton Ginter who finished 4th in a strong field of 56 participants. Payton finished with an 83, just 3 strokes out of 1st. Congratulations Payton!
TEAM FINISHES
Andover 349
Kapaun-Mt Carmel 356
Maize South 374
Andover Central 419
Wichita NW 427
Goddard 428
Wellington 434
Arkansas City 440
Augusta 454
VARSITY GIRLS GOLF AUGUSTA INVITATIONAL....
WHS Freshman Ashlyn Sowersby finished 6th in her first varsity tournament for WHS!!! Awesome job Ashlyn!
(courtesy photo)
TEAM RESULTS
Valley Center 204
Augusta 209
Circle 215
Wellington 227
Andover 261
Andover Central 269
INDIVIDUAL WHS RESULTS
Ashlyn Sowersby 49 (6th)
Payton Ginter 52
Emma Stover 62
Leanna Herring 64
Roxan Webster 70
Elly DeJarnett 72
Payton Ginter was named to the 2018 4A 2nd Team All State for Girls Golf!
The WHS Lady Crusader Tennis Squad (Jacelyn Buck, Kylie Aufdengarten, Rylee Rusk, Calli Hatfield and Sophomore Lady Golfer Payton Ginter rec'd a sendoff at WHS Thursday as the former head to Topeka and the latter to Huthinson, for 4A State action, weather permitting. Many students, staff and the Crusader Band fired the crowd up just before departure. The "5" were presented with some gifts and Senior Jacelyn Buck thanked the crowd for their support. Tennis is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Golf for Monday.
For the 2nd year in a row, Sophomore Payton Ginter has qualified for the State 4A Girls Golf Tournament. Last year as a Freshman, Payton competed at State and finished 45th out of 90 golfers, shooting a 105 at the Lake Shawnee Golf Course in Topeka.
Payton Ginter and Emberly Gonzalez make up this Fall's Girls Golf Team. Both were in action HERE @ WGC on Monday, playing host to Andover Central, Buhler, Mulvane and Winfield, in the 9 hole event. Results are pending!
The WHS Varsity Girls Golf Squad was in action Tuesday at Sierra Hills Golf Course against some larger schools and tougher competition. As a team WHS finished 9th out of 10 and Payton Ginter, a WHS Freshman, finished 8th individually which is quite good!! Some of the other schools in competition included Andover Central, Andale, Buhler, Eisenhower, Maize, Valley Center and others. Here were the individual scores for WHS: (is a par 3 course, par was 58)
Payton Ginter 77
Alisa Walters 91
Coach James Ginter * Payton
The WHS Student Body and the infamous Crusader Band gathered in the Commons area just before school was out on Thursday to give "6" young ladies a CRUSADER SENDOFF as they head for State 4A competition this weekend and on Monday.
It was AVCTL League Tournament time Tuesday for our pioneering Varsity Girls Golf Team, experiencing their first year in existence and doing quite well thank you!
Today at Hesston, all of our Lady Crusaders improved on their scores from previous tournaments. Payton Ginter (a freshman), shot a career best 88 to finish 6th for the Tournament and be named First Team All League!! Is that exciting or what? Congratulations Payton - outstanding!!
There were several WHS student-athletes on the road Thursday and many achieved some awesome results. The Varsity Girls Tennis Team was in a large invitational in Ark City and finished 5th as a team out of 16 teams! The Varsity Girls Golf Team was in Circle at their invitational. Freshman Peyton Ginter finished 5th, another of (4-5) Top 10 Finishes this season.
The WHS Girls Varsity Golf Team hosted their first ever Tournament on Monday out at Wellington Golf Club. Here are both the TEAM and INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 Finishers:
TEAM (9 holes)
1st Winfield - 196
2nd Buhler - 225
3rd Andover Central - 229
4th Mulvane - 244
5th Wellington - 261
Some sports history this Fall at WHS - a GIRLS GOLF TEAM! With the popularity of golf for both boys and girls at the middle school level and the introduction of their golf program 3 years ago or so, the high school team was started this year with 5 members (4 freshmen and 1 sophomore) with more "Lady Knight Golfers" in the pipeline. Exciting stuff! GO BIG RED!
Meet your 2017 WHS Girls Golf Team!
L to R: Alisa Walters, Payton Ginter, Taylor Heasty, Lauren Bales and Kaitlynne Kreifels
WHS Lady Crusader SPORTS HISTORY was made Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2017 at the Wellington Golf Club. After "2" days of watching "rules videos", etc. the first ever Girls Golf Team took to the course for their first outside OFFICIAL PRACTICE in the history of the school. Coaches James Ginter and Vanessa Sawyer took charge of the team after a welcome to the Wellington Golf Club by our very own WHS Graduate and now Director of Golf at Wellington's phenomenal course, Mr. Derek Harrison.
