Wellington ISD

Rockets win on senior night by a final score of 17 to 7 over the Shamrock Irish. Coach Anderson and our Rockets finish district with an overall record of 6 wins and 4 losses. We will be the second seed from our district as the UIL state baseball playoffs begin next week. Thanks to seniors Fabian Pina and Ramon Rodriguez for a great end to the regular season. 🚀⚾️🚀

It's Senior Night at the ballpark in Wellington as we host the Shamrock Irish at 4:30. Seniors Fabian Pina and Ramon Rodriguez will be honored after the game. Team picture is courtesy of Western Photo while one of Fabian's individual pictures is courtesy of Jacy Photography. Go Rockets! 🚀⚾️🚀

WHS hosted another tennis tournament yesterday and here are your results. Madeleine Kane-1st place girls singles 🥇 Bryn Phillips and Charley Wilbur-2nd place girls doubles🥈 Nixon Folk and Oakley Folk-1st place mixed doubles 🥇 Carson Tarver and Presley Kane-2nd place mixed doubles 🥈 Audrey Jones & Abby Garcia-3rd place girls doubles 🥉 Addy English and Ingrid Granadoz-consolation champions girls doubles 🏅🏅 Lexee Benkley-consolation champion girls singles 🏅 They are all coached by Amy Inman. Congratulations! Boys will play tomorrow (Wednesday, April 24th). District is next week in Vernon! 🚀🎾🚀

For the week of April 22-April 25, here is this week in athletics! 🚀 Monday Girls- 6:30AM HS Lift Boys- 7AM HS Lift 🎾 @ Wellington Girls & Mixed Tuesday ⚾️ vs Shamrock (H) Sr Night 4:30PM Wednesday Girls- 6:30AM HS Lift Boys- 7AM HS Lift 🎾 @ Wellington Boys Thursday Girls- 6:30AM HS Lift 🏆 8AM Letter Jackets

Reminder, entry forms for this year's pageants are due TOMORROW (Monday, April 22nd) at 4pm to the high school office. Last year's winners will crown the 2024 winners. Little Miss Wellington 2023 was Callahan Cantu, Junior Miss Wellington 2023 was Claire Kane and Teen Miss Wellington 2023 was Demi Massey.

We have great fine arts programs in Wellington. Please consider supporting both by attending performances starting today! 🚀🎵 🎭🚀 Rocket Regiment Spring Concert is today at 4pm in the WHS Auditorium. Come out and listen to our three bands. 6th grade will be first followed by the 7th grade and then the Rocket Regiment! Our district and bi-district champion and regional qualifying one act play performance is tomorrow (Monday, April 22nd) at 6pm at the Wellington Ritz Theatre. Silent auction starts at 5:30.

The WHS Esports team competed in the Region 16 Invitational today in Amarillo. The sponsor for today’s team was Erin Smith. Here is the list of our competitors and results from today. A * indicates a state qualifier from today. Super Smash Bros (this was an individual game): *Jontae Roland, John Wall, Jake Wilson, Ethan Nevarez & Nick Nevarez. *Valorant finished as the 2nd place team giving all members a state invitation. The team included Jacob Klassen, Fabian Pina, Brandon Cooper, Carson Tarver and John Wall. *Overwatch finished as the 2nd place team giving all a state invitation. The team included Jaci Porter, Jontae Roland, Jacob Klassen, Benji Garcia and Trinidad Cantu. Rocket League: Team 2-Jake Wilson, Ethan Nevarez and Nick Nevarez. *Team 1 made it to the semifinals and received a state invitation. This team included Nixon Folk, Caleb Strickland and Carson Tarver. Congratulations to all that competed today! 🚀🎮 🖥️ 🚀

Here are your results from the second and final day of the regional track meet on the campus of West Texas A&M in Canyon. Major Brown finished in 5th place in the triple jump. The boys sprint relay team of Travon Lewis, Anthony Ortiz, Kamron Brooks and Brenden Garcia finished in 4th place with a time of 44.08. The 800 meter relay team of Demarcus Lewis, Travon Lewis, Anthony Ortiz and Brenden Garcia are the regional champions breaking the record they set yesterday running a 1:28.86 qualifying for the state track meet in Austin. 🚀🥇 Demarcus Lewis is your regional champion in the 200 meter dash running a 22.45 in the 200 meter dash qualifying for state! 🚀🥇 The mile relay team of Demarcus Lewis, Anthony Ortiz, Travon Lewis and Brenden Garcia finished in 4th place running a 3:25.93. Varsity boys finished 3rd overall in the team standings. 🚀🥉 So Kaitlin Bawcom and Demarcus Lewis qualified individually for state while our 800 meter relay boys team are also headed to Austin. Great job Wellington! 🚀🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️🏃🏿‍♂️🚀

Here are the results from day one of the regional track meet in Canyon today. Kaitlin Bawcom is state bound finishing in 2nd place in the discus with a throw of 126’10. This breaks the school record Kaitlin set at the area track meet. Audrey Jones finished in third place with a throw of 114’3 and will wait to see if she can earn the wildcard slot to state. Major Brown finished in 5th place in the long jump. The boys sprint relay team of Travon Lewis, Anthony Ortiz, Kamron Brooks and Brenden Garcia made the finals for Saturday qualifying with the 4th fastest time. The 800 meter relay team of Demarcus Lewis, Travon Lewis, Anthony Ortiz and Brenden Garcia set a new school record running a 1:29.00 qualifying for Saturday's finals with the fastest time. Demarcus Lewis ran a 22.65 in the 200 meter dash making Saturday's finals with the second fastest qualifying time. The mile relay team of Demarcus Lewis, Anthony Ortiz, Travon Lewis and Brenden Garcia ran a 3:24.93 making the finals with the second fastest time. Who will join Kaitlin at the state track meet in Austin? Check back tomorrow to see. Go Lady Rockets and Rockets! 🚀🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️🏃🏿‍♂️🚀

Skyrocket baseball picks up a big 17 to 5 win over a state ranked 1A Claude Mustang team. Stay tuned for the full results from day one of the regional track meet in Canyon where we already have a state qualifier. 🚀⚾️🚀

Skyrocket baseball will host the Claude Mustangs at 4:30pm this afternoon. The Wellington Little League will be selling loaded baked potatoes, hot dogs, walking tacos and nachos out of the concession stand. Please go support Skyrocket baseball and the Wellington Little League. 🚀⚾️🚀

WHS Skyrockets, who are members of the Collingsworth County 4-H, had a successful day yesterday! Congratulations to our Rockets and Kenny Patterson, 4H advisor. Collingsworth Senior Team 1st place Christell Melendez Charlee Bodine Emma Flores Dixon Dugan Kenady Skelton They will be advancing to the 4-H State Round Up Plant ID Contest. Congratulations! 🚀🌱🥇🚀

Wellington FFA members competed at Texas Tech University in the horse judging contest yesterday. The team placed 5th in district and 7th in the area missing out on qualifying for state by 2 points. Ellie Thomas was the 5th high individual. Others on the team with Ellie were Bailey Page, Kenady Skelton and Jasmine Moreno. Congratulations! 🚀🐎🚀

WHS competed in the Amarillo Small School Tournament today. The team of Nixon Folk and Oakley Folk placed 1st in mixed doubles. Charley Wilbur and Bryn Phillips placed 2nd in girls doubles. They are coached by Amy Inman. Congratulations! 🚀🎾🚀

Please join us as our Lady Rocket golf team will be arriving to town between 8:45 and 9pm. They will be coming from Highway 83 down 15th Street so let's show some support as our state bound team arrives home! 🚀⛳️🚀

Our Lady Rocket golf team is state bound as they finished as the third place team at the conclusion of the regional golf tournament today in Canyon. Individually, we were led by the Bawcom sisters with Kaitlin in sixth place and Kendra tied for tenth place. There is not a picture of the team results yet as Wink and Sonora are currently playing a playoff to determine the first place team. Others on the state qualifying team with super seniors Kaitlin and Kendra, are Maggie Tillman (9th grader), Brynlee Proffitt (10th grader) and Emma Flores (11th grader. The ladies are coached by Klark Ashmore. State will be May 6th & 7th in Austin. Congratulations! We are so proud of you!

After day one at the regional golf tournament in Canyon, our Lady Rocket golf team is sitting in third place in the team standings where the top three teams advance to state at the end of the day tomorrow. Individually, Kaitlin Bawcom is tied for third putting her in a good position to earn a state qualifying spot as well. You can view the full results by clicking on the link below. Great day one Lady Rockets! We are rooting for a big day two for you tomorrow. Let's go! 🚀⛳️🚀 https://pdc-2024region12agirlstournament.golfgenius.com/pages/10454217222535561891

Mrs. Ashmore’s senior English classes participated in a March Madness Poetry Tournament during the months of March and April. Each student chose four poems that moved through the 64-poem brackets. Students voted for their favorite poems. The winner of the 2nd period tournament was a Gael Turnbull poem chosen by Dakota Marshall. The winning poem in the 6th period class was a Gwendolyn Brooks poem chosen by Bryant Tarver. Pictured in front of their March Madness brackets are members of the two English IV classes. Thanks for making learning fun Mrs. Ashmore! 🚀

Skyrocket golf finished in 5th place in the team standings today at the regional golf tournament in Canyon missing 3rd place and a state berth by only four shots. Coached by Klark Ashmore, the team included Carter Ouellette (freshman), Gunner Guy (freshman), Gatlin Guy (senior), Major Brown (sophomore) and Hunter Hedrick (freshman). Individually, Carter Ouellette tied for 6th and went into a three man playoff for the final state qualifying spot. Carter battled but lost on the third hole of the playoff. The future is bright for Carter who is only a freshman. We are proud of you Skyrocket golf for having a great season! 🚀⛳️🚀

After day one of the regional golf tournament, our Rockets are within striking distance of a top three state qualifying team finish. We are sitting in fifth in the team standings only three strokes out of third place. We are behind you Rockets and hoping for a great day two tomorrow. Carter Ouellette led the way individually shooting a 76. Not far behind was Gunner Guy with a 78 and Gatlin Guy with an 81. For full results click the link below! 🚀⛳️🚀 https://pdc-2024region12aboystournament.golfgenius.com/pages/10454192249985090199