Postseason roundup: Worley finishes 5th in 4A state tennis tournament…
By Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — We are just beginning the spring sports post-season. Here is the latest coming down the pike in the final two weeks of the high school season…
WHS TENNIS
Hunter Worley
Hunter Worley, a Wellington senior, completed his illustrious high school career, finishing fifth place in singles on Saturday, one day before graduating from WHS with honors.
The three-time state qualifier would go 5-1 at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament at the Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka.
Wellington would go 4-1, losing only to eventual singles state championship David Spies of Buhler. Worley scored 10 points single-handedly to give Wellington a tie for eighth place. Buhler won the team Class 4A state championship.
Worley opened the state tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Marello of Miege. That set him up in the championship quarterfinals, where Spies beat him 6-0, 6-0.
That dropped Worley on the consolation side, where he would go 3-for-3, beating Frank of Scott City 8-0, Nott of Scott City 8-5, and Marello of Miege again 8-2.
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CONWAY SPRINGS TENNIS
Conway Springs placed a doubles team in the Class 3-1A state tournament at Prairie Village-Harmon Park Tennis Complex in Kansas City.
Layne/Whitney/Issac Winter of Conway Springs placed 10th. Collegiate won the Class 3A state tournament.
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WELLINGTON BASEBALL
Wellington’s baseball team will be going to Pratt for the second time in three years in hopes of finally getting to state. Wellington, the seventh seed in the Class 4A-West, will battle Ulysses, the 10th seed.
The Crusaders finished the year at 17-9. Pratt has a 22-4 record and is the top seed in the regional and second seed in the 4A-West.
The Greenbacks just defeated Andale-Garden Plain 10-1, 12-1. A-GP failed to make the postseason.
The full 4A regional bracket can be found here.
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WELLINGTON SOFTBALL
The Wellington girl’s softball team failed to qualify for the postseason. The girls finished the year at 6-16 after losing to Mulvane 9-6 and 6-5 on Thursday at Worden Park.
The Crusaders were tied with Concordia, which also had a 6-16 record for the 16th spot. In the KSHSAA postseason, 16 teams qualify out of an 18-team field in Class 4A-West.
The tie-breaker came down to average runs allowed. Concordia’s ARA was 7.14, while Wellington’s was 9.32. Wellington had it won the tie-breaker, would have had to go out to Scott City, the top seed in the 4A-West, sporting a 17-3 record.
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OUTER BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
Scores from postseason contests involving Sumner County teams.
Baseball
Class 3A Regional at Douglass – Wichita Collegiate 9 Conway Springs/Argonia 9-2 (first round). Reds finish the season with an 8-15 record.
Class 2-1A Regional at Sedan –
First round:
Sedan 3 Oxford 0
Belle Plaine 7 West Elk 6
Medicine Lodge 6 Central Burden 1
Cedar Vale Dexter 9 Udall 1.
Second round
Medicine Lodge 3 Cedar Vale/Dexter 1
Belle Plaine vs. Sedan.
Softball
Class 3A Regional at Wichita Trinity— Conway Springs-Argonia (10-13) played at Humboldt (14-9) today.
Class 2-1A Regional at Dexter —
