By Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — Football Friday, Wellington Middle School results for the week, updates on tennis and cross country, and schedules for next week makes for a very busy time on the Sumner County sports landscape…

Football Friday:

Wellington is traveling to Andale. See preview here. Here is a schedule and updated scores for the other Sumner County teams. Sumner Newscow will be at Belle Plaine tonight.

	ARGONIA-ATTICA	BELLE PLAINE	CALDWELL	CONWAY SPRINGS	OXFORD	SOUTH HAVEN
Sept. 4	A&A 56 Sedan 12	Med. Lodge 52 B. Plaine 0	Central 66 Caldwell 42	C. Springs 53 Bluestem 8	S. Haven 44 Oxford 22	S Haven 44 Oxford 22
Sept. 11	A&A 60 CV-Dex 14	G.Plain 54 B. Plaine 8	Caldwell 52 Udall 24	C. Springs 34 Med. Lodge 7	S. Barber 54 Oxford 6	Sedan 36 S. Haven 20
Sept. 18	A&A 58 C-Burden 6	Bluestem 36 B. Plaine 20	West Elk 52 Caldwell 30	G. Plain 27 C. Springs 12	Udall 56 Oxford 26	S. Haven 60 CV-Dex. 52
Sept. 25	A&A 56 Pratt Skyline 0	W. Trinity 55 B. Plaine 14	CV-Dexter 58 Caldwell 50	C. Springs 60 Douglass 14	Oxford 62 Flinthills 14	C. Burden 70 S. Haven 28
Oct. 2	Caldwell at Argonia	Douglass, home	A&A at Argonia	Independent, home	at CV-Dexter	South Barber, home

Games to watch out for tonight: Belle Plaine and Douglass could be a good game as both are eager to break their losing streaks. Oxford has a tough one on the road at Cedar Vale-Dexter. South Barber travels to South Haven which could be an interesting game as well.

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WMS football:

Thursday

Seventh grade football: Clearwater 32 Wellington 6.

Eighth grade football: Wellington 30 Clearwater 16.

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WMS volleyball:

7th grade girls

October 2nd Vs. Clearwater

7th Grade A

25-22 Win

25-15 Win

7th Grade B

15-25 Loss

22-25 Loss

Quote from Hannah Shuck: The girls fought hard and played really well.

Monday vs. Mulvane and Circle:

A team won both and B team lost both

7th Grade A vs. Circle WIN

25-18 win

25-9 win.

7th Grade A vs. Mulvane WIN

25-9 win.

25-16 win.

7th Grade B vs. Circle Loss

12-25 loss.

6-25 loss.

7th Grade B vs. Mulvane Loss

18-25 loss.

21-25 loss.

8th grade girls

Thursday vs. Clearwater

A Team 

25-22 Win.

25-17 Win.

Gracie Rausch  1 kill, 1 ace, 8 assists, 11 digs

Jennifer Jensen  5 kills, 5 aces, 3 digs

Lindsey Scheufler  8 kills, 1 block

Hanna Hawks  11 assists, 5 digs

Elise LeGrand   5 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist, 2 digs

Hope Maxwell   1 ace, 6 digs 

Cassandra Moody 1 kill 

League Record: 2-1

Season Record: 6-5

B Team 

25-22 Win

21-25 Loss

15-5   Win.

Hunter Hain       4 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig

Maggie McMinn      1 kill, 6 aces, 1 dig

Kylie Lloyd       1 kill, 3 aces

Lexi Jimenez      2 kills, 2 assists

Mackenzie Heacock      2 digs

Kameryn Gerten      2 kills, 1 ace, 1 assist

Makenna Pingry      3 aces

Kierra Sanders     2 digs

Tori Washington    1 dig 

League Record: 2-1

Season Record:  8-8. 

Monday vs. Circle 

A team

25 – 22 win.

25 – 16 win.

Gracie Rausch   3 assists, 3 aces

Jennifer Jensen  1 kill, 1 ace

Lindsey Scheufler  4 kills, 4 aces

Hanna Hawks   4 assists, 5 aces

Elise LeGrand  4 kills 

Hope Maxwell   1 ace.

Monday vs. Mulvane

5  –  25 loss.

21 – 25 loss.

Gracie Rausch    1 kill, 2 assists, 3 digs, 2 aces

Jennifer Jensen   1 kill, 2 digs

Lindsey Scheufler  2 kills, 2 digs

Hanna Hawks   1 kill, 2 assists, 1 dig, 2 aces

Elise LeGrand  2 kills 

Hope Maxwell   2 digs 

Cassandra Moody 2 kill, 1 assist 

B Team 

vs. Circle 

25 – 22 win.

 9 – 25 loss.

15 – 8  win.

vs. Mulvane 

25 – 18 win.

21 – 25 loss.

12 – 15 loss.

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WMS girls tennis

Thursday: The Wellington Middle School Tennis Team hosted their final dual match Thursday against Derby.  The Lady Knights dominated their opponent, winning every match except one.  Next match is Tuesday at Pioneer League tournament.

The Wellington Middle School Girls Tennis Team participated in the 10-team Hutchinson Invitational on Sept. 29.  Team scores are not yet available, Wellington individual finishes are as follows:

No.1 Singles:  Kylie Aufdengarten 3rd place

No.1 Doubles:  Rylee Rusk and Calli Hatfield  2nd place

No.2 Singles:  Tori Lewellen   4th place

No.2 Doubles  Natalie Henning and Olivia Brand  4th place

No.3 Singles:  Payton Ginter  4th place

No.3 Doubles:  Jocey Hook and Emberly Gonzalez   8th place

No.4 Singles:  Jordyn Jackson  10th place.

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Wellington Middle School Cross Country 2015 results:
MEET:	Goddard		Date:	9/29/15	Where: Lake Afton
8th Grade Girls 1.5 miles			TIME	Place	Medal	Pers.Rec.
Raeawna	Nutt		13.32	45th		PR
8th Grade Boys 1.5 miles			TIME	Place	Medal	Pers.Rec.
Tyler	Brown		9.20	8th	YES
Quinn	McCue		10.38	23rd
Daniel	Atkinson		11.22	32nd		PR
John	Long		12.16	40th
Wylee	Stone		13.35	41st
Hunter	Bryant		14.23	42nd
7th Grade Girls 1 mile			TIME	Place	Medal	Pers.Rec.
Abbey	Tredway		6.58	15th	YES	PR
Michaela	Adkins		7.42	36th		PR
Trinity	Mason		8.37	57th
Aryanna	Booth		9.26	60th
7th Grade Boys 1 mile			TIME	Place	Medal	Pers.Rec.
Tanner	Meyer		6.20	9th	YES
Wyatt	Eldridge		6.28	14th	YES	PR
Next 7th & 8th Grade meet will be Tuesday, October 6th – El Dorado at Wartick Farm – 4 p.m.

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Wellington High School tennis:

Tournament of Champions – Collegiate last Saturday featuring some of the top teams in the state.

Featured #1 ranked Blue Valley North in 6A, #3 ranked Blue Valley in 6A, #5 Blue Valley West in 6A, #6 Blue Valley Northwest in 6A, #1 Andover in 5A, #2 Bishop Carroll in 5A, #3 Ark City in 5A, #8 Kapaun in 5A, #1 Collegiate, #2 McPherson, #5 Independence all in 4A, #1 Hesston, #2 Independent, #5 Conway Springs all in 3A.  Plus many other good teams. There were 40 singles and 40 doubles teams. with 16 singles and 16 doubles teams had to play feeder matches to even make the main draw.  

Wellington’s top performance was Madison Adams and Mekenna Adams in doubles finishing 23rd.  They opened things up against Ivers/Corrigan from McPherson and came up a bit short losing a tiebreak match.  McPherson has a solid team, Ivers was fifth at state last year in doubles. 

“This might have been our best performance of the year so far,” said Brian Aufdengarten, Wellington head tennis coach.

The pair then beat a team from Maize 8-2, then lost to Decker/Shrock from Hesston in another tiebreak match.  The Adams girls then lost another close match to Independent 8-5.  The finished the day off beating Derby 8-1.

In only their second meet together Dietra Sober and Madi Lewellen had to play to get in the tournament and beat a solid Conway Spring team in a tiebreak match.  Then they played Mindt/Baldwin from Kapaun and lost 8-3.  Mindt won state two years ago in doubles and was hurt in the postseason last year.  The pair then lost to a state qualifying Blue Valley West team 8-4.  The pair had another tough match against Parsons and lost 8-4, but in their next match they beat a good team from Independence 8-4.  In their 6th match of the day they got beat by a Maize team. 

“Going 2-4 for them on the day was good, there was some very tough teams and never got blown out and had some good wins,” Aufdengarten said.

Singles player Abby Lowe also had to qualify in a feeder match and won over an Ark City girl in a tiebreak match.  Lowe then lost to Staats 8-0, Staats finished 11th in 5A last year.  Lowe then lost to Ford from Parsons 8-2 and lost to Gemperli from Blue Valley 8-5.  Lowe then beat Jiang in a come from behind match where she was down 6-1 and Lowe won in a another tiebreak match.  In her final match Lowe lost to McChristian from Ark City 8-6.  She also finished 30th on the day. 

“Abby did well she just fell behind early in some matches and made good comebacks against players,”

Singles player Lexi Saffell finished 35th but had some solid performances going 2-2.  She lost her opening match to McChristian from Ark City 7-4, then she beat Sherron from Blue Valley West 8-2.  Her best match on the day came against Arteburn from Kapaun but she came up short losing 8-6. 

“Lexi really played well against a decent player,” Aufdengarten said.

In her final match she beat Floyd from Ark City 8-5.

Wellington took an extra doubles team of Noelle Wright and Jaylynn Luna.  The pair also had to play a feeder match and lost to Kapaun 7-4.  Then the pair ran into Independence’s #1 team and lost 8-0.  They then beat a team from Lee Summit North 8-6, then lost their final match to another Lee Summit North team 8-3.  

Kingman Invitational on Tuesday

Buhler     46

Wellington  45

Valley Center   29

Haven    17

Nickerson   8

Kingman    5

#1 Singles Abby Lowe 2-1, second place.

#2 Singles Jaylynn Luna  2-0, second place match suspended because of rain.

#1 Doubles Madison Adams and Mekenna Adams, 2-1, second place.

#2 Doubles Dietra Sober and Madi Lewellen, 3-0, first place.

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SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY AND NEXT WEEK: 

Saturday, Oct. 3

WHS VOLLEYBALL: Valley Center, away. 8 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 5

WHS GIRLS TENNIS: AV-CTL tournament at McPherson, 9 a.m.

WHS FRESHMAN/JV FOOTBALL: Andale, home, 5/6:30 p.m.

WMS VOLLEYBALL: 8th at Haysville West, 7th triangular at home.

Tuesday, Oct. 6

WHS VOLLEYBALL: Triangular at Wichita Collegiate with Rose Hill, 5, 6 p.m.

WMS TENNIS: Pioneer League Tournament, Ark City, 3:30 p.m.

WMS CROSS COUNTRY: at El Dorado Wartick Farm, 4 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 8

WHS CROSS COUNTRY: El Dorado Wartick Farm, 4 p.m.

WHS VOLLEYBALL: C-team quad at Wichita Collegiate, 5 p.m.

WMS FOOTBALL: Winfield, home, 5/6:30 p.m.

WMS VOLLEYBALL: Winfield, home, 5/6 p.m.

Football Friday, Oct. 9

Collegiate at Wellington.

Pretty Prarie at A&A in Attica.

Chaparral at Belle Plaine.

South Barber at Caldwell

Conway Springs at Cheney

Sedan at Oxford

South Haven at Norwich.

Friday, Oct. 9

WHS TENNIS — Class 4A Regional at Pratt, all day.

Saturday, Oct. 10

WHS TENNIS — Class 4A Regional at Pratt, all day.

WHS VOLLEYBALL — Girls JV Tournament at Chaparral, 9 a.m.

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