by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The Wellington varsity basketball teams finished the 2012 portion of their season with losses to Clearwater. The Wellington Middle School teams finished off things on Monday with Winfield. Several other Sumner County teams played as well.

WHS vs. Clearwater

Varsity boys: Clearwater 51, Wellington 44

The Wellington varsity boys basketball team could not break into the victory column as far as league play was concerned losing 51-44.

Nick Becker finished with 13 points. Logan Woodbridge and Trevor Nance had 10 apiece. The Crusaders led at half 23-17. But Clearwater came out and outscored the Dukes 19-11 to recapture the lead. The Crusaders were outscored 15-10 in the fourth quarer.

Wellington falls to 2-4 and 0-3 in the AV-CTL DIV. The Crusaders have Christmas break but will return to action when they host Augusta on Friday, Jan. 4.

Wellington — N. Becker 13, L. Woodbridge 10, T. Nance 10, Brian Peck 5, Noah Wolff 3, B. Miles 3

Clearwater — J. Becker 18, D. Roth 12, R. VanDeest 11, C. Frickey 8, C. Reibenspies 3, H. Hall 3, C. Neises 2

Varsity girls: Clearwater 29, Wellington 24

The Wellington girls have never played very well in the Clearwater gymnasium and Tuesday was no exception as the Crusaders lost 29-24.

It was a strange game in which Clearwater took a 12-4 first quarter lead and was down 15-6 at the half. Wellington would then outscore Clearwater 14-4 in the third and led 20-19 going into the final frame. Clearwater would outscore Wellington 10-4 in the fourth.

There were not Wellington scorers in double figures. Clearwater had two scorers: B. Vogel with 17 and B. Winter with 10.

Wellington — S. Cornejo 8, S. Shields 6, M. Amrein 5, S. Hefley 3, C. McComb 2

Clearwater — B. Vogel 17, B. Winter 10, K. Babb 2.

Junior varsity boys: Wellington 65 Clearwater 51

Jalen Albright 18, Trevor Nance 16, Austin Dunn 14, Colin Reichenberger 13, Connor Phelps 3, Payton Baker 1.

Junior varsity girls: Wellington 33 Clearwater 30

Carlie McComb 12, Kelsey Whaley 8, Shelbie Wright 6, Holly Wright 5, Avery Lewellen 2.

C team boys: Clearwater 52 Wellington 46

Kevin Blue 16, Wesley Gilmore 14, Tyler Pettegrew 9, Connor Phelps 2, Derek Kimzey 2, Dylan Jones 2.

C team girls: Wellington 39 Clearwater 12

Dietra Sober 8, Mariah Moore 8, Maggie Fink 7, Peyton Witham 6, Tyanna Hughes 4, Noelle Wright 3, Taylor Zimmerman 2, Kennedy Hackerott 1.

WMS vs. Winfield (Monday)

7A girls: Wellington 31 Winfield 18

8A girls: Wellington 36 Winfield 19.

7B girls: Wellington 18 Winfield 11

7A boys: Wellington 57 Winfield 28

7B boys: Winfield 38 Wellington 19

8A boys: Winfield 43 Wellington 37.

Independent 64, Belle Plaine 25

Wichita Independent dominated the first three quarters for an easy win.

Independent — M. Loveland 21, B. Dean 19, J. Richmond 10, B. Jantzen 9, T. Williams 2, M. Kay 2, W. Riedmiller 1

Belle Plaine — A. Johnson 7, B. Gooch 6, G. Schnieder 5, Q. Hervey 3, B. Happy 2, T. Balsters 1, T. Balsters 1

Cheney 77, Conway Springs 71 (2 OT)

Cheney and Conway Springs went into double overtime to go into Christmas break. R. Rasmussen led Conway Springs with 24 points. D. Murphy had 19.

Cheney — G. Schomacker 39, T. Hageman 15, T. Patterson 9, C. Hill 8, C. Harbour-Nordahl 4, L. Higgins 2

Conway Springs — R. Rasmussen 24, D. Murphy 19, T. Echelberry 11, D. Murphy 10, T. Wood 5, J. Fisher 2

Caldwell 43, Norwich 33

Caldwell gets huge win.

Norwich: Coleman 11, Wise 2, Wallace 2, DePriest 2, Norris 8, Goebel 4, Doll 2, Bartel 2. Totals 13 (1) 0-3 33.

Caldwell: Halling 10, Dierking 9, Webster 10, York 6, Lee 2, Wencel 2, Whaley 4. Totals 15 (0) 13-21 43.

Girls:

Conway Springs 41, Cheney 12

Cheney once dominated this league. Not anymore.

Cheney — T. Needham 6, C. Holt 6, B. Benson 4

Conway Springs — S. Echelberry 12, S. Sones 11, A. Smith 10, C. Ebenkamp 4, B. May 4

Belle Plaine 45, Independent 42

Belle Plaine gets a big come-from-behind victory in which it outscored Independent 18-9 in the fourth quarter.

Independent — A. Coccetella 21, A. Valmont 15, R. Packebush 2, M. Perales 2, D. Peterson 1, E. Jarvis 1

Belle Plaine — K. Ast 19, D. Balzer 10, K. Ast 5, B. Balzer 4, C. Myers 3, B. Balsters 2, C. Ryherd 2