by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The Wellington Middle School teams battled some close games with Circle, the SCBL Tournament kicked off in earnest, and the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association rankings are out. Also, a bonus: a Wellington youth basketball team does well in two recent MAYB tournaments….

Wellington Middle School: 

Girls

7A Girls: Wellington 35 Circle 22

Avery Rusk 12, Zairen Wornock 8, Mekenna Adams 6, Gracie Fink 5, Shayland French 4

7A girls are now 9-1.

7B Girls: Wellington 09 Circle 20

No report from 8th Grade Girls. E-mail us at sumnernewscow@gmail.com.

Boys

7B Boys: Circle 25 Wellington 21

Derek Reynolds 4, Jaden Adams 4, Braiden Buresh 4, Trey Cary 4, Deyton Araujo 3, Cade Phelps 2

7A Boys: Circle 45 Wellington 46

A.J. Snipes 19, Cade Phelps 17, Jack Walton 6, R.J. Lara 2, Logan Jones 2

7A boys are now 9-1.

8A Boys: Circle 49 Wellington 32

Conner Burnett 8, Therin Frame 6, Chaese Hamel 4, Carson LeGrand 3, Daylin Carpenter 3, Derek Driskell 2, Coewen Rains 2

No 8B game was played.

SCBL Tournament:

Monday first round boys:

Oxford 52, West Elk 49

Oxford – Patterson 2, Williams 14, Burkes 17, Norris 14, Jones 5. Totals 17 (2) 16-21 52.

West Elk – Englebrecht 14, Wilson 9, Ju. Englebrecht 4, Koch 2, Smith 6, Loudermilk 14. Totals 19 (4) 7-13 49

C.-Burden 64, Caldwell 37

Caldwell – Halling 6, Ward 2, Dierking 5, Kendrick 7, Webster 5, York 5, Wencel 5, Whaley 2. Totals 13 (3) 8-14 37.

Central-Burden – Hopper 11, Magner 1, Koppelmann 15, Branscum 2, C. Loewer 18, Mettling 7, Fischer 9, G. Loewer 1. Totals 26 (3) 9-13 64.

South Haven 70, Sedan 28

South Haven – Lowe 10, Harris 4, Cully 3, Upton 3, Showman 20, Byers 13, Schuster 4, Ray 7, Moreland 6. Totals 27 (11) 5-7 70.

Sedan – Garza 1, Cunningham 2, Chee 2, Unruh 15, Mills 4, Smilko 4. Totals 11 (4) 2-7 28.

Udall 64, C. Vale-Dexter 31

Cedar Vale-Dexter – Boatman 7, Ames 9, Hollingshead 4, Helpingstine 6, Massey 5. Totals 14 (1) 2-6 31.

Udall – Propst 34, Satterlee 4, Williams 3, Perez 8, Weber 7, Kistler 2, Welshans 6. Totals 21 (5) 17-26 64.

On tap tonight (Tuesday): 

Girls:

#9 Oxford at #1 CV/Dex.

#5 South Haven at #4 Caldwell

#7 Udall at #2 Argonia

#10 Central at #3 Sedan.

Second round boys at Cowley College gymnasium in Ark City on Thursday: 

Consolation bracket:

Sedan vs. Cedar Vale/Dexter, 4 p.m.

Caldwell vs. West Elk, 5:30 p.m.

South Haven vs. Udall, 7 p.m.

Central vs. Oxford, 8:30 p.m.

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The latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association polls were released Monday. Argonia girls and South Haven boys are No. 2 in their respective polls. The Class 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A-Div. 1 and 1A-Div. 2 are as follows:

4A Girls
1. Wamego
2. Holton
3. McPherson
4. Hesston
5. Pittsburg
6. Chanute
7. Prairie View
8. Girard
9. Andale
10. Clay Center
3A Girls
1. Burlington
2. Holcomb
3. Cimarron
4. Hillsboro
5. Garden Plain
6. Caney Valley
7. ACCHS – Effingham
8. Silver Lake
9. Council Grove
10. Haven
2A Girls
1. Washington Co.
2. Republic County
3. Sterling
4. Smith Center
5. Central Plains
6. Northern Hts.
7. Ellis
8. Berean Academy
9. Oakley
10. Moundridge
1A-Div 1-Girls
1. Olpe
2. Hoxie
3. St. John
4. Dexter/Ceder Vale
5. Waverly
6. Pike Valley
7. Fairfield
8. Osbourne
9. Bucklin
10. Centre
1A-Div 2- Girls
1. Wilson
2. Argonia
3. Ingalls
4. Baileyville
5. Norwich
6. Wetmore
7. Golden Plains
8. Frankfort
9. Ashland
10. Weskan

4A Boys
1. Ottawa
2. Highland Park
3. Wamego
4. Concordia
5. McPherson
6. Abilene
7. KC Piper
8. Andale
9. Hesston
10. Collegiate
3A Boys
1.Scott City
2.Seneca -Nemaha Valley
3.Beloit
4.St. Mary’s – Pittsburg
Colgan
5.Phillipsburg
6.Atchison County
7.Humboldt
8.Cheney
9. Haven
10. Marion
2A Boys
1. Meade
2. Lyndon
3. Bennington
4. Republic County
5. Solomon
6. Moundridge
7. Onaga
8. MdCV-Melvern
9. Little River
10. South Gray
1A-Div 1-Boys
1. St. John
2. South Haven
3. Olpe
4. Waverly
5. Centralia
6. Valley Heights
7. Udall
8. Minneola
9. Stockton
10. Victoria
1A-Div 2-Boys
1. Fowler
2. Dighton
3. White City
4. Baileyville-B&B
5. Colony-Crest
6. Wallace County
7. St. John’s – Tipton
8. Central Christian –
Hutchinson
9. Weskan
10. South Barber.

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Wellington fifth grade Junior Crusaders.

The Wellington fifth grade Junior Crusaders won their first two MAYB tournaments this season.

The Crusaders went 3-0 to win the Winfield Tournament on January 5.  The Crusaders followed that effort with a first place finish in the “silver bracket” of the round robin format Circle New Year’s Bash in Benton, KS.  The young Crusaders beat the Andover Jags 24-21 on January 13 to end the tournament 2-1, winning the title through tie breaker rules.

Team members are Tyler Brown, Gage Cunningham, Cade Fairbanks, John Long, Silas Popplewell, Austin Soles, Blake Rausch, and Zander Vargas.