Due to weather, the state track meet has been cancelled for today. Running events have been moved to Saturday, May 3rd. Here is the updated schedule. Go Rockets! 🚀🏃🏿♂️
WHS junior, Major Brown, is your 3rd place bronze medalist in long jump in the UIL Class 2A State Track Meet in Austin with a jump of 21-11.50. Major not only medaled, but gave WHS six points on the board in the team totals. Congrats Major! 🚀🏃🏽♂️🥉🚀
Esports finished day one of competition at Baylor
University in Waco. WHS Senior,
Jontae Roland, went 2-2 on the day.
The Overwatch team will compete tomorrow. 🚀
District Champions ✅
Bi-District Champions ✅ ✅
After a lightening delay, Rockets run rule the Sanford Fritch Eagles by a final score of 15 to 4 in 6 innings to win the bi-district championship. Stay tuned for information about the area round. Great job Rockets! 🚀🏆⚾️🚀
WHS senior Karver Field completed his spring welding project today—and it looks incredible! If you’re in the market for a high-quality smoker, reach out to Mr. Taylor or Karver for more details. 🚀
It’s playoff time for our District Champion Skyrocket Baseball Team!
A single game will determine the Bi-District Champion — tonight at 6 PM in Stinnett. Come out, show your support, and bring the noise!
Let’s go, Rockets! 🚀⚾️🚀
It’s time to cheer on our second wave of students heading to state competitions! Our boys track & field team is headed to Austin, while our esports team travels to Waco. Join us for a send-off celebration as they walk the halls of Wellington Elementary at 11:45 AM on Wednesday, April 30. Community members are invited to line up on the north end of the elementary by the business office entrance on 15th Street to show their support! 🚀🏃🏿♂️Representing WHS at the UIL State Track & Field Meet at Mike A. Myers Stadium (University of Texas at Austin) on Friday are: • Major Brown – Long Jump, Triple Jump, 4x200 Alternate, 4x400 Alternate • Brenden Garcia – 4x200, 4x400 • Callen Kane – 4x400 Alternate • Demarcus Lewis – 200m, 4x200, 4x400 • Travon Lewis – 4x200, 4x400 • Anthony Ortiz – 4x200, 4x400 • TJ Salinas – 4x200 Alternate 🚀🎮 Representing WHS at the State Esports Championships at Baylor University in Waco (Thursday–Saturday) are: • Trinidad Cantu – Overwatch Team • Benji Garcia – Overwatch Team • Jacob Klassen – Overwatch Team • Jaci Porter – Overwatch Team • Jontae Roland – Super Smash Bros. & Overwatch Team Let’s go, Rockets! Thanks for representing Wellington with pride on the state stage! 🚀🚀🚀
Congratulations to Allie Duncan, who finished 16th out of 70 golfers at the UIL State Golf Tournament in Austin! As just a sophomore, Allie will have the opportunity to return and compete over the next two years.
She is coached by Klark Ashmore. Way to represent WHS and your community with pride, Allie! 🚀⛳️
Mrs. Dugan took our WHS health science students to a Panhandle Area Health Education & West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) Health Science Tour in downtown Amarillo today! 🚀👩🏽⚕️🦬🚀
On April 17th, WHS students competed in the Wichita Falls Welding and Certification Contest. Final results are in, and we’re proud to announce some outstanding achievements:
• Karver Field – 1st Place, SMAW 3F Up
• Kenady Skelton – 4th Place, SMAW 1F
• Nic Nevarez – 8th Place, GMAW 3F Down
WHS students earned 20 welding certifications, with these three placing among over 1,200 competitors. Congratulations to all—excellent work and well-deserved recognition! 🚀🏆🚀
After a strong first round at the UIL State Golf Tournament in Austin, WHS sophomore Allie Duncan is tied for 10th place individually after shooting an 84! She’s in a great position to keep climbing the leaderboard — let’s go, Allie! 🚀⛳️
Here is your "this week in sports" calendar. WHS sophomore, Allie Duncan, starts us off today in the state golf tournament in Austin. Good luck Allie! 🚀⛳️🚀
Rocket Regiment Spring Concert is TODAY at 3pm in the WHS Auditorium. 🚀🎼🎷🎺🥁🚀
It was a fantastic day in San Marcos at State VASE! Out of over 32,000 entries statewide, WHS sophomore Elli Ouellette placed in the top 7%, earning a prestigious Gold Seal for her outstanding artwork — recognized as one of the best in Texas. Her piece will now travel across the state with the other Gold Seal winners.
In addition, WHS had three students earn All-State medals: Rilynn Southerland, Jasmin Moreno, and Damian Needham. Charlee Bodine also proudly represented WHS at the event.
Congratulations to all of these talented students and a big thank you to our incredible art teacher, Marnie Kane, for her dedication and leadership! 🚀🎖️🎨
State Vase is under way in San Marcos. Mrs. Kane and the art students want to give a huge thank you to the Senior Citizens Art Club for the amazing gift bags they provided for the trip. Check back later for full results. 🚀🎨🚀
Our Skyrockets open the UIL state baseball playoffs on Wednesday, April 30th. Go Rockets! 🚀⚾️🚀
Congratulations to the UIL Academic Regional Participants. Jaci Porter placed 6th today in Ready Writing and Anali Cortez placed 6th in News Writing. 🚀
Rockets win 6 to 5 in an extra inning on senior night at home! Great way to go out for their last home game as Rockets for Jackson Jones, TJ Salinas and Caleb Strickland. The UIL state baseball playoffs begin next week for our district champions. 🚀⚾️🏆🚀
Wellington FFA has a few items for sale through the Gandy Ink website if you’re interested. Click on the link below to order.
https://gogandy.com/wellington-ffa25
It’s Senior Night at the ballpark! In an effort to stay ahead of the rain in the forecast, we’ll be introducing our senior baseball players at 3:45 PM. The game will begin as soon as the umpires are ready. Go Rockets! 🚀⚾️🚀
