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The Wellington Crusaders built a 54-6 halftime lead and cruised from there to down the Ulysses Tigers 61-6 Friday evening in Wellington. The loss ends the season for Ulysses with an 0-8 record while the Crusaders improve to 7-2 and advances to the next round of the playoffs.
The Tigers’ lone score came in the first half when Parker Browning returned an interception 65 yards for a touchdown.
Freshman quarterback Tyce Perez was 3-for-12 passing for 12 yards, while Joel Guaderrama caught one pass for eight yards, Nicholas Martinez one for two yards and Browning one for two yards. Guaderrama was the leading rusher with 19 carries for 49 yards, Malikah Garcia carried twice for eight yards, and Julian Meraz three times for four yards. Two others rushers had negative yards.
Meraz recorded 143 kick return yards.
Stryker Berglund recorded six tackles, Preston Hittle three, Austyn Leyva three, Jesus Miranda three, Browning two, Martinez two, Meraz two, Caden Ledesma two, and Jorge Aguilar two. Guaderrama, and Alex Hostetler each had one tackle.
In addition to Browning’s pick-6, Hittle and Martinez also had interceptions. Miranda punted five times for 168 yards.
Wellington (7-2) heads to regionals where it will face Kapaun Mount Carmel (7-2) Friday. Other area teams competing in the regional round include Moscow (3-4) vs. Weskan (4-1) in 6-man; South Barber (3-1) vs Northern Valley in 6-man; Sublette (6-1) vs. Hill City (8-3) in 8-man Division 1; Holcomb vs. Rock Creek and Scott City vs. Hesston in Class 3A; Dodge City vs. Wichita East in Class 6A, and Liberal vs. Hutchinson in Class 5A.
Area Scores
GWAC
Wellington 61, Ulysses 6
Hugoton 43, Chaparral 6
Wichita Collegiate 62, Colby 0
Haven 38, Cimarron 7
Holcomb 12, Marysville 7
Hesston 43, Goodland 34
Scott City 34, Clearwater 7
SW KANSAS
Caldwell South Sumner 34, Syracuse 0
Halstead 36, Lakin 6
Russell 43, Southwestern Heights 6
Dodge City 34, Garden City 7
Liberal 17, Bishop Carroll 6
Sharon Springs Wallace County 62, Minneola 36
Montezuma South Gray 56, Greensburg Kiowa County 28
Sublette d. Pratt Skyline (FF)
Tribune Greeley County 62, Satanta 16
Meade 64, Wichita Independent 12
Moscow 55, Triplains-Brewster 28
OKLAHOMA
Hooker 53, Watonga 0
Tyrone 50, Sharon-Mutual-Taloga 0
Balko-Forgan 34, Buffalo 30
Seiling 54, Boise City 8
Turpin 46, Pioneer-Pleasant Vale 16
Helena Timberlake 60, Beaver 8
Texhoma-Goodwell 41, Carnegie 13
COLORADO
Stratton 64, Walsh 20
Springfield 24, Las Animas 8
Holly 43, Swink 20
Granada 72, Kit Carson 24
Lamar 34, Florence 14
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