A large crowd was on hand Tuesday evening at WHS for the FALL CHOIR PROGRAM featuring choirs from both WMS and WHS. All performed well, especially considering school has been in session for such a short time. Jessica Coldwell is the choral director for USD 353 and she puts on some very nice concerts, this one included. Here was what the music menu for the evening looked like:
6TH GRADE KNIGHT CHOIR
Red River Valley ..... American Folksong
The Varsity Lady Crusaders after a slow first set with Circle, turned on the after burners and won the next "4" sets on the evening (2 vs Circle, then 2 vs Clearwater) to sweep and move their season record to 10-8! Congratulations!! The JV battled hard and after losing 26-28 in their first set vs Circle, came back to win the final 2 sets for the match win. In their match up with Clearwater, the JV girls were on fire that first set but the Lady Indians turned the table and finished out with the match win.
The WHS Drama and Forensics students and their instructor Caitlin Hendrix attended the Kansas State Fair this past week. The Fair holds two days of Debate and Forensics Demonstrations for students from across Kansas. These "demos" are hosted by Sterling College, and the students are given the opportunity early on in the semester to witness what a true high school debate looks like. They practice "Flowing" during the debate and then discuss the cases and how to improve their own before tournaments begin in two weeks!
Much like WEEK #2 vs El Dorado, WEEK #3 vs Rose Hill turned out to be a game of two halves.
There was plenty of GREAT volleyball action Thursday in Wellington - the Freshmen at WHS who are now 8-0 on the season and the 7th and 8th grade Lady Knights who hosted Ark City!
7th Grade "A" Team
Set 1: 22-25 L
Set 2: 25-13 W
Set 3: 15-7 W
League Record: 1-0
Overall Record: 5-0
7th Grade "B" Team
Set 1: 25-14 W
Set 2: 23-25 L
Set 3: 15--9 W
League Record 1-0
Overal Record 4-1
There were several WHS student-athletes on the road Thursday and many achieved some awesome results. The Varsity Girls Tennis Team was in a large invitational in Ark City and finished 5th as a team out of 16 teams! The Varsity Girls Golf Team was in Circle at their invitational. Freshman Peyton Ginter finished 5th, another of (4-5) Top 10 Finishes this season.
The 7th & 8th grade Football Knights hosted Ark City Thursday at Sellers Park...ended up being a split // the 7th graders struggled against the Bulldogs coming up short 00-36.
In the nightcap, the battle was on and the 8th graders were tied at 20 a piece at halftime. Wellington 8th grade Knights were able to pull away in the 2nd half (against a larger Ark City squad) and the final score was WMS 8th Graders 48 Ark City 34.
