Sports

e Wellington wrestlers competed in the Rem-

e Wellington boy's basketball team took part in the Chaparral Roadrunner Classic tournament last week. After an opening round victory against Circle and a 47-44 thrilling victory over the Wichita Warriors in the semi-nals, the Dukes took on Chaparral for the tournament Championship Saturday afternoon.

Last week, the Wellington girl's basketball team were invited to compete in Colby's Orange and Black Classic. e Lady Dukes cruised to a 74-24 victory over Concordia in Game 1. In Game 2, they faced the undefeated Hays Lady Indians. Hays, the #1 team in 5A, won the game in overtime, 74-72, putting Wellington in the 3rd place game against Beloit on Saturday afternoon.

Brenda Gray gushed with pride as she talked about the upcoming basketball season for the Dynamic Dukes. Gray, a Special Education teacher at WHS, took over the program as the Coach/Sponsor in 2012 when she moved from WMS to the high school. e Dynamic Dukes is part of the Tri-County League program that allows Special Education students to compete in sports. e League includes 8 teams that compete in track and eld, basketball, cheerleading, soccer and other sports. e Dynamic Dukes, formerly known as Special-K, only competes in basketball and play League schools on Friday afternoons. "We started the name change process about two years ago," said Gray. "I asked if anyone had ever considered changing the name and nobody had. We were looking for something exciting." e squad tipped o their season last Friday against Derby, and they are looking forward to their big home game on February 7th when they take on the Haysville-Campus Colts. All age school students will attend and the pepband will play giving the Dynamic Dukes a feel for what varsity action is like on Friday nights..

e Wellington High School Boys Wrestling team traveled to Andale January 23, 2025 for a duel. e following athletes won their matches: At 126, Zane Lozano over Lincoln Rempel At 132, Cabel Bogguss over Roman Lubbers At 138, Rogan Wetta over Cole Elwood At 150, Axl Norris over Gabriel Adams At 157, Colton Elmore over Jordan Donnelly e Wellington High School Girls Wrestling team battled Clearwater and these athletes won their matches: At 100, London Pourner over Genevieve Diebold At 115, Caroline Mott over Kyla Childers At 130, Madelynn Fullerton over Ava Cotham At 235, Natalie Burnett over Rachel Frickey

After defeating El Dorado by putting up

e Crusader and Lady Crusader wrestling teams competed in the Clearwater Invitational over the weekend and both teams had multiple top four placers.

Following the Wellington girls’ varsity basketball game last Friday night, WHS celebrated the remarkable career of longtime athletics announcer Gary Fair. After 38 years as the voice of the Cru- saders, Fair is oEcially passing the microphone to WMS teacher and coach Brandon Starkey.

e Wellington boys basketball team went 2-0 last week. After easily dispatching El Dorado, 69-46 last Tuesday, they had an intense battle that could only resemble postseason basketball against WinBeld Friday night.

The Wellington powerlifting team hosted a “Lift-AThon” fundraiser last Saturday at the high school, where patrons pledged donations based on the pounds lifted. Athletes gave it their all, striving to surpass their personal bests while raising funds for the team. The team raised more than $2,000 to help fund expenses for the program. Photos by Ursula Goff