It was a great day at the District 2-2A One Act Play contest in the WHS Auditorium today. Our play, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, was chosen as an advancing play! We have advanced to the bi-district competition next Wednesday in Stinnett.
Winning best performer/best actor of the entire competition was our very own sophomore Jackson Jones.
Selected for all-star cast were Summer Neufeld and Caleb Strickland.
Selected honorable mention all-star cast was Kaseten Welch.
Winning a technical award was Brianna Aguero.
The play is under the direction of Lana Tillman.
Congratulations! 🚀🎭🚀
It's a busy day in Wellington ISD.
We are hosting the District 2-AA One Act Play contest in the high school auditorium with the first play scheduled to perform at 1pm. WHS will be the fourth show of the day and should take the stage around 4pm. Awards including the announcement of the three advancing plays should be around 6:30. Come support our amazing theater arts program. 🚀🎭🚀
We will also be hosting the high school division of Rocket Relays starting with field events at 1:30pm. Running finals will begin at 4pm. Come support all our athletes competing in track and field today!🚀🏃♂️🏃♀️🚀
The Wellington Tennis Tournament was held all day today and WHS was represented well. Madeleine Kane was our lone champion winning girls singles. Presley Kane and Bryn Phillips finished 2nd in girls doubles while the mixed doubles team of Summer Owens and Carson Tarver also finished in 2nd place. Coach Inman ran a great tournament today. Great job! 🚀🎾🚀
The Skyrocket golf team finished in 4th place in the Memphis tournament today. Individually, Caleb Weinette tied for first finishing as the 2nd place medalist after a playoff while Blake Strickland finished as the 5th place medalist. Others on the team with Caleb and Blake include Dalton Holland, Travis Tillman, Caleb Strickland, Hunter Stark, Conner Kane and Major Brown. Congratulations Skyrocket golf! 🚀⛳️🚀
Here is this week in athletics. We will host the Wellington Tennis Tournament tomorrow and Rocket Relays for high school on Thursday and junior high on Friday. Baseball also kicks off on Friday. Come out and support Wellington ISD athletics. 🚀⛳️🎾🏃♀️🏃♂️⚾️🚀
Coached by Klark Ashmore, the Lady Rocket golf team finished 3rd today in Memphis. Individually, Briley Waters was the 5th place medalist. Others on the team with Briley include Kaitlin Bawcom, Kendra Bawcom, Emma Flores, Shaylee Neeley, Summer Neufeld and Brynlee Proffitt. Congratulations! 🚀⛳️🚀
It was a great day in the Area VASE competition today at the Arts in the Sunset Complex in Amarillo today. All five of our students including Abby Garcia, Angela Molina, Addy Mock, Shaylee Neeley, and Jaci Porter advanced to area. They are taught by Marnie Kane!
Out of the five that advanced to area, Addy Mock had two pieces that advanced to state while Angela Molina and Jaci Porter each had one. Addy, Angela and Jaci are state bound.
In between judging, the five students got to participate in workshops. It was a great day and we are very proud of all five of our artistic students. 🚀🎨🎖️🏅🚀
Our co-district and bi-district champion Rockets end an incredible season in the area championship falling to the state's #3 ranked Farwell Steers by a final score of 45 to 62. We are proud of you Rockets!
End of the 3rd quarter in the area championship 🚀🏀🏀🚀
Wellington 31
Farwell 41
Halftime in the area championship game as our Rockets had a big 2nd quarter. 🚀🏀🏀🚀
Halftime score
Wellington 23
Farwell 22
End of the 1st quarter of the area championship game. 🚀🏀🏀🚀
Farwell 12
Wellington 5
Rockets play for the area championship tonight at 6:30pm at Caprock High School in Amarillo. We will be the visiting team. Tickets will be $5 at the door. We need to hear you loud and proud tonight Skyrocket nation. 🚀🏀⛹🏽♂️🚀
Congratulations to all our District Champion Lady Rockets selected to the All-District team. We have the District MVP and Offensive MVP, some first team selections and several honorable mention players. Congratulations Lady Rockets! 🚀🏀⛹🏼♀️🚀
Our Skyrocket basketball team will play for the area championship this Friday, February 24th against the Farwell Steers at Amarillo Caprock High School. Let's pack the bleachers in red and white and cheer our team to another gold ball. 🚀🏀⛹🏽♂️🚀
The Skyrocket golf team competed in Childress today. Individually, last year's state qualifier, Caleb Weinette finished in first place while his classmate, Blake Strickland finished in 5th place. Others golfing today with Caleb and Blake were Caleb Strickland and Travis Tillman. We are coached by Klark Ashmore. 🚀⛳️🚀
Rockets are your bi-district champions defeating the Booker Kiowas by a final score of 61 to 37 tonight in Miami. The win gives Quenton Patterson his 100th career win. Congratulations Coach Patterson. Stay tuned for information about the area round. 🚀⛹🏽♂️🏆🏀🚀
End of the 3rd quarter from Miami in the bi-district championship game. 🚀🏀🏀🚀
Rockets 46
Booker 28
Halftime from Miami🚀🏀🏀🚀#bidistrictchampionship
Wellington 35
Booker 17
End of the 1st quarter in the bi-district championship game in Miami. 🚀🏀🏀🚀
Rockets 19
Booker 11
Our Skyrockets will kick off the UIL state boys basketball playoffs today (Monday, February 20th) at Miami High School against the Booker Kiowas. Tickets will be sold at the door. We will be the visiting team. Let's pack the stands and cheer our Rockets to victory. Click the link below to get directions to the gym in Miami. 🚀⛹🏽♂️🏀🚀
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