by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The Wellington varsity baseball teams split and the Wellington girls softball team swept at Augusta… Wellington boys tennis team played in Augusta… Schedule for the rest of weekend and Monday…

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Wellington boys play exciting games

The Crusader baseball team split with Augusta in two exciting ballgames. Augusta won the first game while Wellington took the second in double-header action. The Crusaders are 6-2 for the year.

In game one, Wellington won 2-1 which was also the hitting stats in this defensive thriller.

Trevor Nance threw all seven inning for the Dukes allowing just one hit and four walks. He struck out 10 Oriole batters holding the team to a 1.00 ERA. 

Wellington didn’t do a lot at the plate either, but enough to secure the win. Sophomores Wesley Gilmore and Connor Phelps each had a hit for the game and scored runs thereafter. Wellington struck out three times.

The Crusaders opened up a 2-0 lead in the top of the third and held tough the rest of the way. Augusta’s lone score was a run in the bottom of the sixth.

In game two, Wellington and Augusta both got off to quick starts. Wellington scored in the first inning when Jaden Hines brought Austin Dunn home in the top of the first.

Augusta would score two runs in the bottom of the first to lead 2-1. In the fourth inning, the Orioles expanded the lead to 3-1. Wellington narrowed the margin to one in the top of the fifth when Houston Sober reached base and came home on an Andrew Horn hit.

The Orioles had six hits to Wellington’s two. Wesley Gilmore was the losing pitcher for Wellington in six innings pitched with a 2.33 ERA. He allowed three runs, three walks while striking out three. Adam Condit closed out the game.

Wellington travels to Andale/Garden Plain on Monday, April 14. Opening pitch is at 4 p.m.

 

Game #1 – Wellington 2 Augusta 1

Wellington 002 000 0 — 2 2 1

Augusta 000 001 0 — 1 1 4

 

Game #2 – Augusta 3 Wellington 2

Wellington 100 010 0 — 2 2 1

Augusta 200 100 0 — 3 6 3

WP – Hisler. LP – Gilmore.

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Augusta beats Wellington softball team

The Crusader girls fell to 2-6, losing the first game 11-2 and the second 17-7 in a five-inning run rule game.

Wellington led in the first inning of the first game after Carlie McComb reached base on a walk and a Jaden Dry RBI single. The Lady Dukes maintained a 1-0 lead until the bottom of the third when Augusta hit two home runs in two innings and would suddenly lead 8-1.

The Crusaders could not recover. Augusta had 13 hits in the game and never struck out. There were four walks.

In game two, Wellington roared out to a 4-0 lead with McKenna Oathout, Rylee Buck, Peyton Adams and Siarah Walker all scoring in the top of the first.

Augusta narrowed the margin to one in the bottom half of the first. Wellington then added two runs in the second to make it 6-3.

But the bottom of the third again proved to be disastrous for the Crusaders. Augusta scored 10 runs to take a 16-5 and would finish the game two innings later on a run rule.

Augusta had 16 hits for the game. Wellington did not help itself in game two with five errors, after playing errorless ball in game one. The Orioles had two more home runs. They only struck out one time during the two games.

Wellington travels to Andale Monday. First pitch is at 4:30 p.m.

Game #1 — Augusta 11 Wellington 2

Wellington 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 2 0

Augusta 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 — 11 13 2

WP — Hayes

LP — Dry 6IP 13H 11R 10ER 4BB 0K

McComb. 1/2 1R 1BB 1SB

Oathout. 0/2 1R 1SAC

Buck. 0/2 1RBI 1SAC

Dry 1/3 1RBI

M Adams  0/3

P Adams. 0/3

Hamel 0/3

E Goodrum 0/2 1BB

Mullen 0/2

Game #2 — Augusta 17 Wellington 7

Wellington 4 2 1 0 0 7 8 5

Augusta 3 2 10 1 1 17 16 1

WP Becker

LP P Adams 2.1IP 10H 11R 7ER 1BB 0K

E Goodrum 2IP 6H 6R 1ER 1BB 0K

 

McComb. 1/2 2RBI 2BB

Oathout. 0/2 2R 1BB

Buck. 3/3 1R Dbl

Zimmerman. 0/2

P Adams. 2/2 2R 1RBI Dbl

S Walker 1/2 1R 2RBI

G Defore 0/1

A Goodrum 1/2 1 RBI 1BB Dbl

M Adams. 0/3 1R

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Wellington tennis team places sixth

Wellington’s boys tennis team played in its third tournament of the season. Although it finished sixth out of 10, Wellington had some quality individual wins.

The overall results are as follows:

No. 1 Singles– Tyler Pettegrew finished sixth, losing to C. Martin of Hesston 8-2 in the first round. After he went to the consolation bracket, he beat L. Lloyd of Wichita Independent 8-3, before losing his final match to R. Strunk of Valley Center.

No. 2 Singles– Brock Edwards finished fifth. He lost to PJ Delaney of Valley Center in the first round. After he went to consolation bracket, he beat E. Mitchell of Wichita Independent 8-4 and CJ Schaeffer of Andover 8-3.

No. 1 Doubles– Dutch Brownlee and Avery Chaney finished sixth, losing to J. Maddox and Nagireddy of Wichita Independent 8-0.  They went to consolation bracket where they beat Hammar and Bayles of Andover 8-7 (7-5), before losing their final match to Berschauer & Jones of Valley Center 8-2.

No. 2 Doubles – Jon Ryberg and Will Long finished fourth, winning their first round by beating Geidel and Anaya of Hesston 8-6 – in the upset of the day. Hesston was seeded No. 3, Wellington No. 7.  They then lost to Haley & Herbst of Valley Center 8-3 before losing their final match to Cunning and Whiteside of Andover Central 8-0.

Wellington Head Coach Allen Keller’s comments:

Tyler and Brock’s wins over the Wichita Independent players and Brock’s win over Andover were quality wins and shows what they both are capable of.

After taking tough losses in the first round, they both settled in and played some very fine tennis. Wellington doesn’t beat anyone from Independent very often and to take two wins in one day was special.

Likewise, after a bruising loss to the 2013 3A State Doubles Champs in the first round, Dutch and Avery collected themselves and beat a very good Andover team in the consolation round in a very close match.  Both players executed key shot making ability at crucial times during pressure situations in that match to secure the win.

It was good to see the concentration and focus it takes to make that happen.  The surprise of the day was Jon Ryberg and Will Long playing the caliber of tennis they did.  Together for the first time, they played remarkably well in their quality win over Hesston.

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Wellington Middle Schoolers split 

The WMS boys’ tennis team traveled to Winfield on Tuesday, April 8 and split with the host 9-9.  Winners include: Singles – Grey Hatfield, Braden Buresh, Jared Oathout, Logan Jones, Ian Groom, Avery Rademacher and Ty Wilson.  Doubles – Rademacher/Wilson and Jones/Groom.

Also, WMS tennis participated in the Ark City Invitational yesterday.  Grey Hatfield placed second in No. 2 singles and Cade Phelps and Jaden Adams placed third in No. 1 doubles.

The team will travel to El Dorado on Monday.

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Schedule for the next five days:

•Wellington baseball/softball teams travel to Andale.

•Some Wellington track athletes are at Wichita State University.

•Wellington golfers are headed to the Terradyne Golf Club hosted by Andover Central at 3 p.m. on Monday.

•Wellington boys tennis team is at Wichita Collegiate at 3 p.m.

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