During the halftime of the Girls Varsity Game Friday, another exciting event, Senior DeAndre Washington received his official invitation to this coming June’s SHRINE BOWL in Dodge City. Many SHRINERS were on hand (no go-carts thankfully) and made the invitational presentation to DeAndre with his family and fans looking on!
The DUKE DANCE was the final chapter to a week of royal fun for students at WHS and other schools across the district. On Friday, Dakota Lynnes was crowned the 2018-2019 WHS DUKE. Following that announcement and the rest of the Boys Varsity basketball game, it was time to dance. The pics below are COURTESY PICS WHS YEARBOOK!!
The Varsity Crusaders were in action this weekend at the Rose Hill Wrestling Invitational. 24 teams represented, Wellington's Kenny Fehrman (220 lbs) finished 3rd and Kanden Young (182 lbs) finished 6th. Congrats to both on their medal finishes!!
Brennan Cantrell and Quinton Redford also saw mat action. Individual and team results follow.
Brennan Cantrell (7-8) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Wellington High School hosted their first POWERLIFTING MEET Saturday at WHS. 195 participants from around this area were in attendance, both boys and girls. WHS had around 30 participants - overall results and pics can be viewed below! Congrats to the Crusaders, their head coach Ross Foley and many others. The meet was a big success. There are some very strong student-athletes in this area - one participant squatted 610 lbs. (wow)
Here are TOP 3 FINISHERS - click link below for ALL outcomes
The Varsity and JV Lady Crusaders hosted Augusta Friday at WHS - it was HOMECOMING and our ladies each chalked up W's for the occasion! The Varsity Lady Orioles came in at 8-6 and both teams battled it out until the very end...final score AHS 47 WHS 48!! In the 4A West Sub-State Division, our Ladies are presently in 7th out of 18 teams...that weekly updated bracket can be found at this link.
GIRLS VARSITY (10-5)
AHS 47 WHS 48
Rylee Rusk 17
The Crusader Basketball programs hosted their counterparts from Augusta Friday evening and what a busy evening it was! In addition to "5" basketball games, DeAndre Washington was honored during the Varsity Girls halftime for his invitation to this year's SHRINE BOWL.A new DUKE was crowned as well, during the Varsity Boys halftime. Congrats again to Dakota Lynnes - check other stories here on wellington.cc about the coronation and other Spirit Week activities, it's been a fun week.
The 2018-2019 WHS DUKE was crowned Friday evening at WHS during halftime of the Boys Varsity game. Congratulations to DAKOTA LYNNES, the new DUKE who now reigns over his Crusader-dom...Other candidates included Devin Dickinson, Chase Pfalzgraf, Nic Reyes, and DeAndre Washington! Congratulations to all of them as well. Their escorts for the many ROYAL occasions this past week have been Jacelyn Buck, Skylar Troutman, Taylor Meyer, Juliette Hyer, and Arielle Pottier.
The WHS DUKE PEP ASSEMBLY was held Friday afternoon at WHS...the candidates and their escorts were put through the paces, all in fun of course. The band played under the direction of WHS Student Julian Burden, the Cheerleaders and Crimson Dancers and Flag Team all performed as well. Check out the pics at the link below!
WHS DUKE PEP ASSEMBLY 020119
