Light the Rocket is TONIGHT (Wednesday, September 18th) at 8:30pm at the football field. Join us for this homecoming tradition. 🚀🔥🚀🔥🚀🔥🚀🔥
Less than 30 minutes until the Wellington Lions Club Back to School Bash from 7 to 9pm at the Ritz Theatre Lobby. The Lions will provide free food and soft drinks for all high school students in attendance.
Homecoming week continued today with "Go for the Gold" as our students and staff dressed like their favorite Olympian or Olympic event. Tomorrow is hero 🆚 villain day! The medals worn by Mrs. Ashmore today were won by the 2018 UIL Spelling and Vocabulary Individual State Champion Sophie Brown and the 2018 UIL Spelling and Vocabulary State Runner-Up Team of Sophie Brown, Arturo Tellez, Jalee Davis, and Luke Williams. Mrs. Ashmore coached these spelling teams. Coach Klark Ashmore, not pictured, wore his 2013 state champion medal to school today. Coach Ashmore was the starting quarterback on that school history making team. 🚀🏆🥇🇺🇸🚀
Here is this week in sports and a reminder that it is spirit week! 🚀🏈🏃🏼♀️➡️🚀
Congratulations to WHS Senior, Mallory O'Rear on winning the title of Miss Cotton Country 2024 tonight in Hollis. WHS sophomore, Maggie Tillman, was named 2nd runner up. WHS freshman, Anna Needham also competed well. Mallory was crowned by Miss Cotton Country 2023 and WHS Class of 2024 graduate, Audrey Jones. Besides our three WHS ladies, Wellington Junior High and Wellington Elementary had beautiful girls compete in the Little Miss and Teen Miss Cotton Country pageants. Congratulations! 🚀👑
Rockets win 42 to 7 over the 3A Friona Chieftains on the road in Friona tonight. Rockets are 3-0 and will host always tough Lubbock Christian next week on homecoming! Let's pack the stands Skyrocket nation! 🚀🏈🚀
End of the 3rd quarter 🚀🏈🚀
Wellington 35
Friona 0
Halftime in Friona 🚀🏈🚀
Wellington 21
Friona 0
End of the 1st quarter 🚀🏈🚀🏈
Wellington 0
Friona 0
It’s PINK out time! October 18 will be the Skyrocket PINK out game. 100% of the proceeds from this shirt will go to HUGS, the local non-profit organization that supports local cancer patients. Together WE Fight!! Beat Cancer!! The online store closes on Sunday, 9/29 @ midnight. No extras will be ordered. The shirts will be delivered on 10/8. 🚀💗
https://gogandy.com/wellington-pink24
The send-off will be at 12:40 in front of the commons today! All schools will dismiss immediately following. Our Skyrockets will look to spoil the Chieftains homecoming with kickoff set for 7pm in Friona. Cash will not be accepted at the gate, so please click on the link below to purchase your tickets. Their concession stand will accept cash. https://gofan.co/event/1659625?schoolId=TX12129
Angels Subs and Sweets and Brothers-Sisters of our Military Adventures have teamed up on Fridays to give away a free lunch gift certificate to WHS students. Every WHS student was put into the drawing and our second round of winners were Ingrid Granadoz, Ava Acosta, Jasmin Moreno and Demarcus Lewis. 🚀🚀🚀🚀
JV Skyrockets were victorious in the home opener over 3A Friona's JV by a final score of 44 to 6! Great job Rockets! 🚀🏈🚀
Our JV Skyrocket football team has our home opener tonight at 5pm as we battle the Friona Chieftans. There will be no charge at the gate tonight since there is only one game! Our junior high Firecrackers will be on the road in Friona. Good luck to all teams! 🚀🧨🏈🚀🧨🏈
Lady Rocket Cross Country finished as the first place team in the Rattlesnake Run in Guthrie today! This was their first team championship of the season. Individually, Taytum Kane led the way finishing as the first place gold medalist. The girls are coached by Savannah Sumrall Henderson. Great job Lady Rockets! 🚀🏆🥇🏃♀️🚀
Spirit Week is next week (September 16th through 20th) for homecoming. Wellington High School and Wellington Junior High will be participating in all the dress up days. We can't wait to see your school spirit! 🚀🧨 🚀🧨🚀🧨
It's race day for our cross country teams in Guthrie. Varsity girls run at 3:30pm and junior high runs at 4:30. Good luck! 🚀🏃♀️🚀🏃♀️
Wellington FFA Greenhands had a great time at the Area 1 FFA Greenhand camp today. The camp was held on WTAMU’s campus in Canyon where the students were able to meet area officers and learn new leadership and relationship building skills. 🚀
Here is this week in sports. Also for those traveling to Friona Friday, here is the ticket link. 🚀🏃♀️🏈🚀
https://gofan.co/event/1659625
Congratulations to WHS freshman, Taytum Kane, who was our lone medalist finishing in 13th place in the Lubbock ISD Invitational at Mae Simmons Park this past Saturday. Keep up the good work Taytum! Lady Rockets will run this Wednesday in Guthrie! 🚀🏃♀️🚀🏃♀️
