No. 1 seeded Singles player Jax Cornejo was the Regional Singles Champion. Doubles teammates, Carson Rademacher and Justin Norris were the Regional Doubles Champions. Wellington Head Coach Chad Whaley was voted Regional Coach of the Year.
Sophomore Taylor Earl qualified for the Class 4A State Cross Country meet in 2022 by placing eleventh at the Class 4A regional meet. Earl wanted to get on the record board at WHS for the 5K and ended up setting a personal record in every race she ran during the 2022 regular season.
No one quite remembers how the tradition started, but before every Sailfish swim meet, someone will ask, “Who has the sharpies?” Each summer, the Wellington Sailfish prominently display their team spirit in art. The brightly colored markers are used to write each swimmer’s events on their arm or leg, to share messages of inspiration, and to express the swimmer’s artistic talents.
The Wellington boys basketball team is 6-1 after beating Winfield at home 62-56. Last year, the Crusaders won just five games all season, so they are off to a promising start.
Loren Hibbs was named Interim Head Coach of the Wichita State Baseball program earlier this month following former Head Coach Eric Wedge resignation. “There’s still a big part of me that’s you know that kid from Wellington,” said Hibbs in a recent one-on-one interview.
Defensive dominance continues to work for the Lady Crusaders, holding another opponent under 20 points. The girls beat Winfield 57-15 and are now 7-0.
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The Wellington boys high school basketball team won just five games last season. This year, they have a chance to improve on that win record this upcoming week as they currently sit with 5 wins, 1 loss.
The Wellington High School boys wrestling team placed ninth at the varsity dual tournament in Hillsboro, Kansas at Hillsboro High School on December 16th. They wrestled in duals against Minneapolis, Douglas, Hesston, Burlington, and West Elk.
WHS 2022 graduate Ali Zeka is no stranger to competitive play on the court or the hard work it takes to succeed. Last season, she was a key player in the Lady Crusaders run at the Class 4A state tournament where they placed fourth.