Sports

WHS senior softball players Madison Baker, Addison Fox, Kate Haines and Anika Fairbanks were honored during the final regular season games at Worden Park. .

In the final regular season doubleheader a talented Mulvane team managed to snap the Crusader’s 11 game winning streak in Game 1 on Senior Night. Wellington dropped the first game 13-1, but their bats bounced back to give the Dukes the win in Game 2 by a score of 6-0.

On May 4th, Alara Wilson participated in her last regular-season swim meet of 2024 with the Winfield Vikings at the Andover High School Girls Invitational. Emerging as the dominant team’s standout freshman, she contributed a notable 16 points to their victorious finish.

The Wellington boys golf team competed in the Eisenhower Invitational last Thursday. The Dukes finished eighth out of 10 teams with 355 team points.

The Wellington softball team split with El Dorado late last week in a league double header. The Lady Dukes picked up their sixth win this season with the victory.

For the fourth time in four years, #1 singles player Hunter Worley has qualified for the State Tennis Championships after competing in the 4A Regional last week in Winfield. The senior is only the second Crusader in WHS history to reach State all four years, joining Brock Edwards as the only other tennis player to accomplish the feat.

On May 1st, Wellington High School invited all of the 2023-2024 sport season athletes and their families to the gym for the annual All-Sports Banquet. Elly Johnson, WHS Athletic Director, commenced the evening with a warm welcome, setting the tone for the festivities.

The WHS boys and girls track teams competed at the highly competitive Circle Invitational last week The girls placed 2nd out of twelve teams and the boys finished in 10th. Here are the top results: Boys 100m- Cooper Hatfield-3rd place Girls 100m- Addy Wilson-7th place Girls 200m- Addy Wilson-4th place Boys 400m-Cooper Hatfield- 1st place and new PR 50.42 Girls 400m-Dru Zeka-1st place, Tatum Edwards-6th place Boys 800m- Kaleb Hamilton- 4th place, Rome Huntnew PR 2:15.41 Girls 800m-Maddi Fullerton- 4th place and new PR 2:35.78, Presley Metcalf-6th place, Wesleigh Davis-new PR 2:42.62 Boys 1600m-Rome Huntnew PR 4:56.23 Girls 1600m-Ariean Jonesnew PR 6:41.64 Boys 3200m-Luke Wylie-6th place and new PR 10:47.21 Boys 110m hurdles-Grady Norris-new PR 18.89 Boys 300m hurdles-Malachi Holloway-5th place and new PR 45.49 Girls 4x100-Tatum Edwards, Dru Zeka, Claire Ginter, Addy Wilson-3rd place Boys 4x400-Zander Strader, Kaleb Hamilton, Connor Walker, Cooper Hatfield-4th place and new PR 3:37.02 Girls 4x400-Maddy Fullerton, Claire Ginter, Lyndi Barton, Tatum Edwards-3rd place and new PR 4:20.36 Boys 4x800-Kaleb Hamilton, Rome Hunt, Luke Wylie, Connor Walker-3rd place and new PR 8:46.31 Girls 4x800-Madelyn Fullerton, Presley Metcalf, Taylor Earl, Wesleigh Davis-4th place and new PR 11:08.43 Girls high jump-Dru Zeka- 1st place, Kylan Gregory- 3rd place Girls long jump-Dru Zeka- 1st place Girls pole vault-Claire Ginter-1st place Girls discus-Ella Goodrum- 2nd place and new PR 108’2”, Kylan Gregory-5th place Girls javelin-Katelyn Kessler-2nd place, Mikayla Ybarra-4th place Boys shot put-Colten Strange-new PR 35’4” Girls shot put-Natalie Burnett-6th place Other team members competed at the Chaparral Invitational.

The Wellington baseball team is on a eleven-game winning streak after defeating Clearwater twice at Riverfront Stadium in Wichita and following that up with a pair of wins against Buhler and Belle Plaine.

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