by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The injury wracked Wellington wrestlers battled it out in the Clearwater Tournament Saturday, SCBL teams opened with play-in games to their tournament, the bracket portion of the high school tournaments officially begin this week and the Wellington Middle Schoolers are back in action tonight…

Wellington wrestling

With six varsity wrestlers out of the lineup due to injuries, Wellington was shorthanded for the Clearwater tournament that included several teams that will be in the Augusta Regional in 4A for which the Crusaders are a part.

Of those who wrestled the results are as follows:

•Andrew Pelkey, third, 3-1.

•Ben DeJarnett, sixth, 3-2.

•Taylon Lamkin, fifth, 2-2.

•Tyson Hodson, sixth, 2-3.

Wellington scored 58 points, 20 more than last year. Those injured included: Graysen DeJarnett at 113, Sage Ferguson at 106, Justin Bruns at 151, Jason Haydon at 160, Aaron Fair at 170 and Vincent Ast at 182.

Wellington hosts a triangular Thursday with Andale and Clearwater starting at 5 p.m.

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SCBL Tournament

The play-in games for the South-Central Border League tournament were played this weekend. The winners advanced to the eight-team bracket, the losers will play in a round-robin format throughout the week.

The scores for Saturday…

Boys:

Caldwell 64 Argonia 35

West Elk 62 Elk Valley 37

Sedan 57 Flinthills 19.

Girls: 

Oxford 31 West Elk 30

Central 39 Flinthills 30

Udall 56 Elk Valley 24.

On tap tonight:

Boys: 

#9 Sedan at #1 South Haven

#5 Cedar Vale-Udall at #4 Udall

#7 Caldwell at #2 Central

#6 West Elk at #3 Oxford.

On tap tomorrow: 

Girls:

#9 Oxford at #1 CV/Dex.

#5 South Haven at #4 Caldwell

#7 Udall at #2 Argonia

#10 Central at #3 Sedan.

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Wellington Middle School basketball teams will battle Circle. The schedule for tonight is:

Girls – away, 7A/8B 5 p.m, 7B/8A 6:30 p.m. Boys – home, 7B 4 p.m, 7A 5:15 p.m., 8A 6:30 p.m.