The Wellington Wolverines are state champs

The Wellington Wolverines are state champs

After beating Hagerty 6-5 in 8 innings, the Wellington team takes home their first state title.

Updated: 8:18 PM EDT May 25, 2025

FIRE WOULD NOT SPREAD. NO ONE WAS HURT AND. WELL, THE WELLINGTON SOFTBALL TEAM WINNING THE PROGRAM’S FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST NIGHT IN THRILLING FASHION. OUR SPORTS ANCHOR, YIANNI KOURAKIS, JOINS US LIVE IN STUDIO WITH THE RECAP. YIANNI. YEAH. HEY, JADE WELLINGTON NOT ONLY MAKING HISTORY WITH THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SOFTBALL, BUT DOING SO IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER. THEY DIDN’T START THE GAME LAST NIGHT UNTIL 10 P.M. AND DIDN’T FINISH UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN THE END, BEDTIMES DIDN’T MATTER. THE WOLVERINES HAD THEMSELVES A STATE TITLE, WOLVERINES BEATING HAGERTY, SIX FIVE, IN EIGHT INNINGS WITH SAM ELLIS DRIVING IN JESS VERA ON A WALK OFF SAC FLY. A WILD BACK AND FORTH GAME AND AFTER BEATING THEIR PREVIOUS OPPONENTS HANDILY, INCLUDING 15 NOTHING IN THE SEMIFINALS, IT WAS A NAIL-BITER. IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THE WOLVERINES GETTING IT DONE IN THEIR FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCE. TODAY, WE CAUGHT UP WITH HEAD COACH MARK BERETTI, WHO SAYS HE’S SO PROUD OF HIS TEAM. IT WAS UNREAL. BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE PLAYOFF, THE TEAM WAS WINNING, HAVING FUN, GETTING ALONG. THE BONDING WAS INCREDIBLE AND REALLY THAT’S WHAT GOT US TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE THEY CAME TOGETHER AS WE WE TALKED ABOUT WE WE WE AND NOT ME, AND WE DID IT AND THEY DID IT. AND WE WANT TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VARIETY WITH OVER 300 CAREER WINS NOW AS HEAD COACH, WELLINGTON SOFTBALL JOINS A LIST OF OTHER TEAMS, INCLUDING SEMINOLE RIDGE FLAG FOOTBALL, JUPITER GIRLS BEACH VOLLEYBALL, BENJAMIN SCHOOL BOYS LACROSSE, AND GIRLS TRACK AS PALM BEACH COUNTY TEAMS TO WIN STATE THIS YEAR. SO WHAT A WAY TO END FOR THOSE SENIORS ESPECIALLY AND FOR THAT PROGRAM TO GET A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO EXCITING. I KNOW THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO BE SO PROUD TOO, IN ADDITION TO THEIR COACH. I MEAN

The Wellington Wolverines are state champs

After beating Hagerty 6-5 in 8 innings, the Wellington team takes home their first state title.

Updated: 8:18 PM EDT May 25, 2025

The Wellington softball team won the program’s first state championship last night in thrilling fashion.The Wolverines defeated Hagerty 6-5 in 8 innings, with Sam Ellis driving in Jess Vera on a walk-off sacrifice fly. It was a wild and back-and-forth game.After beating their previous opponents handily, including a 15-0 semifinal win. It was a nail-biter in the championship game. The Wolverines got it done in their fourth championship game appearance Head coach Mark Boretti said he is proud of his team.”It was unreal — by the time we got to the playoff, we were winning, having fun, getting, along, bonding — it was incredible. That was what got us to win a state championship, they came together as we, we, we, not me, we did it, they did, and we won a state championship,” Boretti said.Boretti has more than 300 career wins now as a head coach. Wellington softball joins Seminole Ridge flag football, Jupiter girls beach volleyball, Benjamin School boys lacrosse and girls track and field as other local Palm Beach County teams to win state championships.

WELLINGTON, Fla. —

The Wellington softball team won the program’s first state championship last night in thrilling fashion.

The Wolverines defeated Hagerty 6-5 in 8 innings, with Sam Ellis driving in Jess Vera on a walk-off sacrifice fly. It was a wild and back-and-forth game.

After beating their previous opponents handily, including a 15-0 semifinal win. It was a nail-biter in the championship game. The Wolverines got it done in their fourth championship game appearance

Head coach Mark Boretti said he is proud of his team.

“It was unreal — by the time we got to the playoff, we were winning, having fun, getting, along, bonding — it was incredible. That was what got us to win a state championship, they came together as we, we, we, not me, we did it, they did, and we won a state championship,” Boretti said.

Boretti has more than 300 career wins now as a head coach. Wellington softball joins Seminole Ridge flag football, Jupiter girls beach volleyball, Benjamin School boys lacrosse and girls track and field as other local Palm Beach County teams to win state championships.