by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The Wellington varsity girls got their first Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League Div. IV victory of the season, the boys weren’t so fortunate. The Wellington wrestling team placed fourth at a 16-team Marion Tournament. And Sumner County teams were hard at work…

The roundup of Friday night’s action is as follows:

Wellington vs. Collegiate: 

Varsity girls: Wellington 41 Collegiate 30

The Wellington girls broke a two-game losing streak with a spirited victory over Wichita Collegiate.

Sparked by a 12-0 first-quarter output, the Crusaders held a healthy 7 to 13 point advantage the rest of the way.

Senior Savannah Cornejo scored 16 points in the winning effort. Wellington is 2-2 overall hoping to get a victory at Clearwater before the Christmas break this Tuesday.

Collegiate 0 13 9 8 — 30

Wellington 12 10 7 12 — 41

Collegiate: Skar 2, Payne 6, Dunn 13, Root 5, Hull 4. Total: 5 (4) 7-13 30.

Wellington: Cornejo 16, Jenkins 7, Hefley 6, Amrein 3, Ledesma 2, Shields 5. Total: 11 (2) 13-24 40.

 

Varsity boys: Collegiate 64 Wellington 44

Wellington held tough with the sixth ranked Collegiate Spartans for about a half. Wellington was down 24-21 with 1:29 on the clock, but Collegiate then went on an eight-point run to end the half leading by 11.

It was too much of a deficit to handle. Collegiate would outscore Wellington 15-7 in the third quarter and was up by 30 points late before Wellington went on a run to cut the deficit to 20. Marcus Phox, flopping and all, scored 26 points for Collegiate. Wellington had nine players score but none reached double figures. Trevor Nance and Logan Woodbridge both had 8.

Collegiate 13 19 15 17 — 64

Wellington 10 11 7 16 — 44

Collegiate: Baheadpour 5, Kemmer 9, Chugg 3, Phox 26, Christian 4, Brown 2, Mann 3, Copher 6, Root 1, Larsen 3, Holt 2. Total 13 (5) 13-19 64.

Wellington: T. Miles 4, Weiss 6, Becker 4, Nance 8, Woodbridge 8, Reichenberger 1, Wolff 2, Carroll 6, Peck 5. 13 (3) 9-18 44.

 

Junior varsity boys: Collegiate 61 Wellington 59

The Wellington junior varsity boys have been undefeated until Friday night when Collegiate came into town.

Scoring for Wellington were: Phelps 9, Daugherty 5, Baker 4, Reichenberger 6, Dunn 11, Blue 4, Albright 8.

 

Junior varsity girls: Wellington 49 Collegiate 18

Wellington JV girls stayed undefeated.

Wellington 5 16 20 8 — 49

Collegiate 6 7 2 3— 18

Wellington: H. Wright 14, McComb 13, Lewellen 9, Whaley 5, S. Wright 4, Fink 2, Zimmerman 2.

 

C team boys: Collegiate 60 Wellington 56

Scoring for Wellington: Phelps 4, Gilmore 11, Kimzey 1, Jones 1, Blue 10, Pettegrew 12, Hyde 6, Lowe 2.

 

Wellington wrestlers at Marion Tournament

The Wellington wrestlers went 3-2 in the Marion Tournament placing fourth out of the 16 dual team tournament.

In its second consecutive night, Wellington opened with a 42-36 victory over Douglass, then beat Riley County 46-36 and Hillsboro 60-18. At 3-0, Wellington fell to eventual tournament champion Chanute 51-24.

Wellington fell to Fredonia 39-33 for fourth place.

Individually, Jason Haydon at 160 pounds went 5-0. Graysen DeJarnett at 113 went 4-1, Andrew Pelkey at 138 went 4-1; Justin Bruns at 152 went 4-1.

 

Sumner County games:

Boys: 

Conway Springs 52, Belle Plaine 24

Conway Springs improved to 4-2 with a convincing win over Belle Plaine. The Cardinals led 15-4 at the end of the first quarter and was in front 31-10 at the half.

Conway Springs	15	16	10	11	—	52
Belle Plaine	4	6	9	5	—	24

Conway Springs — D. Murphy 12, R. Rasmussen 12, T. Echelberry 11, R. Pauly 6, N. Oswald 6, D. Murphy 3, J. Fisher 1

Belle Plaine — Q. Hervey 5, C. Throop 5, B. Gann 4, A. Johnson 4, G. Schnieder 3, T. Balsters 1

C-Burden 64, Oxford 48

Oxford lost its first game of the season when Central outscored Oxford 19-11 in the fourth quarter to pick up the win. Gage Burkes had 13 points in the losing cause.

Oxford	10	12	15	11	—	48
Central	15	12	18	19	—	64

Oxford: Patterson 7, Williams 2, Burkes 13, Norris 9, Catlin 2, Jones 9, Kennedy 6.

Central: Hopper 2, Koppelmann 15, Lawson 15, Loewer 11, Mettling 4, Fischer 17.

South Haven 65, Norwich 21

South Haven romped and stomped Norwich.

South Haven	19	16	17	13	—	65
Norwich	3	4	10	4	—	21

South Haven – Lowe 7, Harris 9, Yunker 13, Cully 8, Upton 1, Byers 10, Schuster 4, Ray 10, Moreland 3.

Norwich – Wallace 6, DePriest 1, Norris 3, Coleman 2, Bartel 9.

Attica 42, Caldwell 32

Caldwell lost a tough one when Attica outscored the Bluejays 16-4 in the fourth quarter. Caldwell was in front 28-25 going into the fourth.

Caldwell	5	15	8	4	—	32
Attica	4	11	11	16	—	42

 

Caldwell: Webster 13, Halling 7, Whaley 5, York 3, Kendrick 2, Dierking 2. Totals 13 (3) 3-13 32.

Attica: Newberry 13, Deviney 10, Ramirez 6, mcDonald 6, Woods 4, Pinkston 2, Howell 1. Totals 13 (3) 13-16 42.

Girls

Conway Springs 63, Belle Plaine 17

Conway Springs rolled to an easy win.

Conway Springs	23	18	10	12	—	63
Belle Plaine	2	5	7	3	—	17

 

Conway Springs — S. Echelberry 17, S. Sones 16, A. Smith 12, B. May 8, C. Ebenkamp 6, K. Morris 4

Belle Plaine — K. Ast 6, B. Balzer 6, B. Balsters 5

Oxford 45, Central-Burden 30

Oxford	8	10	11	16	—	45
Central-Burden	3	13	4	10	—	30

Oxford – Norris 9, Payne 18, Moore 8, B. Metz 7, K. Metz 1, Whitlock 2. Totals 16 (0) 13-34 45.

Central-Burden – Moore 18, Beavers 4, Liebau 6, Loewer 2. Totals 8 (0) 14-25 30.

Norwich 40, South Haven 28

A 13-5 run in the second quarter was enough to lift Norwich to victory.

South Haven	8	5	5	10	—	28
Norwich	6	13	11	10	—	40

South Haven – Barlow 4, Harris 1, Turek 3, White 8, Parks 2, Jacobs 10.

Norwich – Klaver 10, Rust 11, Poe 10, Poljansek 4, Vavra 2, Stephens 3.