by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — The Wellington Middle School sports results that we have at this time. If your team is not listed below, get on your coach or send us a score. Our e-mail address is sumnernewscow@gmail.com.

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Wellington Middle School girls tennis loses to Goddard Eisenhower

The Wellington Middle School Girls Tennis Team began their season yesterday with a home match against Goddard Eisenhower.  Despite a good effort, the Lady Knights came up short by a score of 14 to 9.  Winners are as follows:

Singles:  Mekenna Adams, Avery Rusk, Abby Lowe, Hattie Staley, KayCee Pennington and Annika DeJarnett

Doubles:  Adams/Rusk, Lowe/Saffell and Rowley/McCarty.

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Wellington eighth grade A team wins volleyball match

Wellington 8A  over Mulvane  25-14, 19-25, 15-7

Wellington 8B loses to Mulvane 8-25, 23-25

The 8th grade A team won at home to open the season.

Set one saw the Wellington girls take control of the game early with Jenna Rausch earning 11 straight serving points.

“At the net, we had Gracie Fink and Shayland French with some great kills,” said Lyndsie Oathout, Wellington head eighth grade coach. “The ladies played very well together and easily took the win in the first set, 25-14.”

Set two was a battle for the Lady Knights as Wellington struggled with serve receive and defensive digs.

“Zairen Warnock had a run of seven straight serving points which kept us in the game,” Oathout said. “Keelie Cunningham and Kyla Hawks had some amazing offensive plays as well, but our serve receive/defensive errors allowed Mulvane to claim the win, 25-19.

The Lady Knights came out in set three with determination and easily took control of the tie-breaker game with a final score of 15-7 for the overall victory.

Although 8th grade B team did not come out with a win, Oathout said she definitely felt like the team played very well and was able to set plays up and be more aggressive offensively than Mulvane was.

“We just struggled in serve receive which easily gave Mulvane the lead, and ultimately the victory,” she said. “Valerie Ast was a huge asset in defensive play, Andi Dry had some great plays at the net, and Braedon Norris and Jaden Michaelis gave the other team fits with their serves.

“Overall, both A & B teams have some areas to improve on in practice this next week, but we look forward to traveling to Clearwater next Thursday, September 12.”