Photos by Tanner Ford, Katie Ford, and Kelsey Whaley
Throngs of people gathered downtown on Wednesday evening, March 8, to celebrate the Lady Crusaders' historic victory over Bishop Miege to earn WHS Girls Basketball its first state title in program history. The evening began with a parade and pep rally and concluded with a poster-signing event and screening of the championship game at the Regent Theater.
On March 8 WHS hosted the 4A State Powerlifting Meet, and for the second year in a row the Lady Crusaders bested every team present!
The Crusaders took 2nd in the Men's Division!
We had several Wellington athletes take a trip to the medals podium for their overall results, and many more Crusader medal in individual events! Be sure to check out the full results and pictures below!
Women's Division Overview Results (Top 3 Overall MEDALISTS)
105.0 wt - Taylor Earl - 1ST
114.0 wt - Brylee Johnson - 1ST
The WHS Girls Wrestling team made program history this year, qualifying eight wrestlers to the state tournament, doubling the previous school record for girls state qualifiers.
London Pourner, Aubri Rohrer, Caroline Mott, Maddie Fullerton, Mikayla Ybarra, Kaylee Horinek, Maddy LeValley, and Natalie Burnett made up this trailblazing group who wrapped up the season this weekend at the highest level of competition.
