By Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow report — It’s been a busy Thursday in sports in Sumner County. Here’s the rundown and a look ahead.

Girls basketball — Wellington 64 Pratt 24

The Wellington girls easily made it 3-0 and reached the Cheney Tournament Finals on Saturday. But the game itself was secondary.

Wellington Senior Kylan Gregory, who has a knee that may have come from a demon, is hurt again. She hurt her knee late in the second quarter. Gregory has been struggling with the knee for over 18 months that has included two ACL surgeries. She went down again late in the second quarter. Gregory has played one game this high school season.

Wellington head coach Eric Adams said he does not know of Gregory’s future status this morning.

As for the game itself, Wellington overwhelmed Pratt in a typical Lady Crusader contest. Wellington led 20-7 at the end of the first quarter and held a 36-17 advantage at the half. It was 51-20 after three, en route to victory.

“The girls played so hard,” Adams said. “Of course, the injury affected the girls during halftime, but we have mentally tough kids, and they came out in the second half and played for Ky.”

Scoring for Wellington: Dru Zeka 16, Kirstyn Gregory 16, Lyndi Barton 15, Isabelle Newman 8, Claire Ginter 2, Cruz Cornejo 2, Addy Schnelle 2, Georgia Gulick 2.

Boys basketball — Pratt 67 Wellington 45 

Wellington had its best half of the season so far. The Crusaders were leading 27-23 at the half, thanks to a big second quarter when they outscored the Greenbacks 15-7. Unfortunately, there are two halves to play in basketball. Pratt would outscore Wellington 19-7 in the third and 25-11 in the fourth to win by 22 points.

Wellington head coach Joe Newman states:

“We played really well in the first half. Holding them to 23 points was impressive. Things are starting to click. In the second half our turnovers led to easy baskets for them. We competed, but ran out of steam.”

The Crusaders were led by Cole Zeka, who continues to make great strides on the court. He scored 18 points, including sinking four 3-pointers. Other scorers were: Milo Elder 6, Cooper Hatfield 6, Kingston Scott 7, Jackson Newman 4, Camden White 4.

Arley Morrell led Pratt with 23 points. Caleb Strong scored 10.

Cheney Tournament update

Wellington girls will have a rematch against Cheney for the tournament championship. Cheney defeated Chaparral 58-21. Wellington boys will be playing Chaparral for third place. The schedule is as follows:

Girls 

JV vs. Cheney, 7:45 p.m.
Varsity vs. Cheney, 6 p.m. (Championship).

Boys

JV vs. Chaparral, 2:30 p.m.
Varsity vs. Chaparral, 4:15 p.m. (Third place).

The basketball games will be livestreamed on Hudl. Click here for the games.

Border Queen Tournament

South Haven and Caldwell are hosting the Border-Queen Tournament. Here is the update.

Wellington wrestling
Wellington will host its annual varsity tournament at 9 a.m. in both high school gymnasiums on Saturday. Schools participating are Andover, Arkansas City, Clearwater, Derby, Mulvane, Rose Hill, Wichita-East, Wichita North. Wichita Northwest, Wichita Southeast, and Wichita West.

Wellington participated in a double dual at Augusta. The individual results are as follows:

Girls’ results from the Augusta Buhler double dual.

Wellington 24 Buhler 9.
100 Pourner WBF (win by fall)
110 Rohrer WBF
120 Furman LBF
130 Fullerton WBF
135 Garlinton Lost by Dec.
145 Ybarra WBF
Mikayla beat the 4th-ranked girl in 4A

Wellington 32 Augusta 24.
105 open
110 Rohrer Won by MD
115 Metzen WBF
120 open
125 open
130 Fullerton Won by major decision
135 Garlinton LBF
140 Shinliver WBF
145 Ybarra WBF
155 Taylor WBF
Won dual 32-24

The boys results are as follows:

Buhler 77 Wellington 6.

106 open.
113 Nedrow LBF.
120 Open.
126 Hays Won By Forfeit.
132 Thornton Won By Forfeit.
144 open.
150 Franke LBF.
157 Rains LBF.
165 open.
175 Poteet LBF.
190 Ramirez LBF.
285 McComb won by forfeit.

Augusta 77 Wellington 6.

106 Open
113 Nedrow WBF
120 open
126 Hays lost by TF
132 Thornton LBF
138 open
144 open
150 Franke LBF
157 Rains LBF
165 open
175 Poteet LBF
190 Ramirez LBF
215 open
285 McComb LBF.