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🏀 Wells Hoops Camp 🏀
June 15–17
WHS Gymnasium
Grades 4–8: 10 AM – Noon
High School: 5–8 PM
Come improve your basketball skills, have fun, and get ready for the season! Camp will be run by the Wells High School Girls' Basketball Team.
We hope to see you there! 🏀
June 15–17
WHS Gymnasium
Grades 4–8: 10 AM – Noon
High School: 5–8 PM
Come improve your basketball skills, have fun, and get ready for the season! Camp will be run by the Wells High School Girls' Basketball Team.
We hope to see you there! 🏀
Scholarships awarded to seniors
NDSC Foundation - $2000 Joe D
NV Ag Foundation - $5000 Cameron L
Total Eye Care - $250 Karely O
Shelly Kay Garrett Petersen Memorial - $1500 each - Grace O and Cameron L
NDSC Foundation - $2000 Joe D
NV Ag Foundation - $5000 Cameron L
Total Eye Care - $250 Karely O
Shelly Kay Garrett Petersen Memorial - $1500 each - Grace O and Cameron L
Scholarships
Jeff Remington Memorial - $500 Andreina M and $1000 Karely Olan
Elko Co Farm Bureau - $750 Cameron L
Legacies of the Silver State - $1000 Adriana A
Jeff Remington Memorial - $500 Andreina M and $1000 Karely Olan
Elko Co Farm Bureau - $750 Cameron L
Legacies of the Silver State - $1000 Adriana A
Scholarships were presented to some of our seniors during the Steak Fry on May 26th.
Elko Co Reading Council $500 Grace Otto
Nv Gold Mines Community Scholarship $1000 Grace Otto & Cameron Livingstone
Great Basin College Scholarships - Gallagher Memorial $2000 each- Adriana Aguilar & Caden Crane - Shelby Bertalotto $800
MTC - approx $6100 Caden Crane
High Desert Cruiser & Wells Fun Run - $1000 Karely Olan and $2000 Grace Otto
Elko Daily Free Press
Anthony Mori
May 22, 2026
Boys Team Standings
State Track
In the boys team standings, Wells was fourth with a total of 63 points.
Independence rounded out the top 10 with 27 points, and Carlin finished 12th with 18 points.
Boys Results
No Elko County boys won state championships, but several tallied runner-up finishes in their respective events.
Wells junior Isaac Gale ranked second in the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters.
He notched a personal record of 10:37.59 in the two-mile and ran the mile in 4:56.53.
For the Leopards, junior teammate Mason Noorda also posted a pair of second place runs.
In the 400 meters, Noorda crossed second in 51.81 seconds — fellow junior Aron Hansen finishing seventh in 56.34 seconds.
Noorda ran two laps in 2:03.93 for second place in the 800 meters.
Independence junior M. Rodriguez was the runner-up in the 100 meters with a time of 11.94 seconds, and Hansen crossed in 12.42 seconds for sixth place.
Rodriguez placed third in the 200 meters with a time of 23.73 seconds, and Hansen finished in 24.16 seconds for fifth.
In the shot put, Carlin senior Jaken Burgener closed his career with a personal best throw of 40-feet-2-inches for second place.
For the Railroaders, sophomore Hayden Grondin also set a personal record of 40-feet-11-1/4-inches and finished second in the triple jump.
Wells junior Marcos Cobian posted a PR of 6-feet for third place in the high jump, and he was eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 35-feet-7-1/2-inches.
In the discus, Wells senior Carson Ballard launched a throw 109-feet-4-inches for fourth place.
Carlin junior Atticus Greer closed out the eight-person field with a time of 20.58 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles.
Relays
In the 4x100 relay, Independence — Rodriguez, senior S. Cherry, sophomore A. Marquez and senior P. Lay — ran second with a time of 46.47 seconds.
Wells (Gale, senior Cameron Livingstone, Hansen and Noorda) placed third in the 4x800 with a time of 8:47.19, and Carlin — sophomore Wyatt Kamensky, freshman Jhon Vicente, senior Tony Robles and Greer — crossed in 10:15.91 and capped the eight-team field.
The Colts — Rodriguez, Cherry, Marquez and Lay — finished fourth in the 4x400 with a time of 3:50.74, and the Leopards (junior Henry Morris, sophomore Jayden Kiser, Gale and Noorda) followed in 3:52.50 for fifth.
Anthony Mori
May 22, 2026
Boys Team Standings
State Track
In the boys team standings, Wells was fourth with a total of 63 points.
Independence rounded out the top 10 with 27 points, and Carlin finished 12th with 18 points.
Boys Results
No Elko County boys won state championships, but several tallied runner-up finishes in their respective events.
Wells junior Isaac Gale ranked second in the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters.
He notched a personal record of 10:37.59 in the two-mile and ran the mile in 4:56.53.
For the Leopards, junior teammate Mason Noorda also posted a pair of second place runs.
In the 400 meters, Noorda crossed second in 51.81 seconds — fellow junior Aron Hansen finishing seventh in 56.34 seconds.
Noorda ran two laps in 2:03.93 for second place in the 800 meters.
Independence junior M. Rodriguez was the runner-up in the 100 meters with a time of 11.94 seconds, and Hansen crossed in 12.42 seconds for sixth place.
Rodriguez placed third in the 200 meters with a time of 23.73 seconds, and Hansen finished in 24.16 seconds for fifth.
In the shot put, Carlin senior Jaken Burgener closed his career with a personal best throw of 40-feet-2-inches for second place.
For the Railroaders, sophomore Hayden Grondin also set a personal record of 40-feet-11-1/4-inches and finished second in the triple jump.
Wells junior Marcos Cobian posted a PR of 6-feet for third place in the high jump, and he was eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 35-feet-7-1/2-inches.
In the discus, Wells senior Carson Ballard launched a throw 109-feet-4-inches for fourth place.
Carlin junior Atticus Greer closed out the eight-person field with a time of 20.58 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles.
Relays
In the 4x100 relay, Independence — Rodriguez, senior S. Cherry, sophomore A. Marquez and senior P. Lay — ran second with a time of 46.47 seconds.
Wells (Gale, senior Cameron Livingstone, Hansen and Noorda) placed third in the 4x800 with a time of 8:47.19, and Carlin — sophomore Wyatt Kamensky, freshman Jhon Vicente, senior Tony Robles and Greer — crossed in 10:15.91 and capped the eight-team field.
The Colts — Rodriguez, Cherry, Marquez and Lay — finished fourth in the 4x400 with a time of 3:50.74, and the Leopards (junior Henry Morris, sophomore Jayden Kiser, Gale and Noorda) followed in 3:52.50 for fifth.
Wells girls dominate state championship by 33 points; Glascock brings home three state titles
Elko Daily Free Press
Anthony Mori
SPARKS — After winning the Division 1A North regional title by 53.5 points, the Wells girls track and field posted a similar performance at state.
The Lady Leopards — who finished as the state runners-up in 2025 — dominated the 2026 Division 1A Nevada State Track and Field Championships and claimed the top spot in the team standings by 33 points.
Girls Team Standings
Wells scored 138 points — winning its first state title since 2018 and ninth overall — and bested Eureka’s tally of 105.
Carlin finished eighth overall with 35.5 points, and Jackpot ranked 17th with eight points.
Girls Results
Individually, the Lady Leopards were led by freshman RileyJo Glascock — who won three state championships and added a third-place finish.
In the 400 meters, Glascock lapped the track in a personal-best 1:01.05 for the state title — the 10th-fastest time 1A time in state history — and junior teammate Maril Dahl crossed fifth with a PR of her own in 1:06.93.
Glascock won the 100 meters with a time of 13.10 seconds — tying for the ninth-fastest 1A time in the history of the state — and Dahl ran seventh in 14.32 seconds.
Glascock also bested the field in the 200 meters with a half-lap time of 26.67 seconds for the seventh fastest 1A time in state history.
Wells ran one-two in the 1600 meters.
Freshman Maggie Neff tallied the fastest mile of her career in 6:01.92 and grabbed the state title with a late charge down the home stretch, and sophomore Millie Cromley posted the best mile of her career for second in 6:02.78.
Neff snagged her state championship in the 3200 meters — an event in which the Lady Leopards mounted a multitude of points — with a two-mile time of 13:08.33 for a personal record.
Cromley crossed third in 13:13.20 for a personal best, and freshman Natalie Dahl took fifth in 14:23.46.
Marli Dahl claimed the state title in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.72 seconds and placed fourth in the 300 hurdles in 51.36 seconds.
In the 800 meters, Neff posted another PR of 2:36.86 and took second — Cromley crossing with a PR of her own in 2:44.41 for fifth.
Neff snagged her state championship in the 3200 meters — an event in which the Lady Leopards mounted a multitude of points — with a two-mile time of 13:08.33 for a personal record.
Cromley crossed third in 13:13.20 for a personal best, and freshman Natalie Dahl took fifth in 14:23.46.
Marli Dahl claimed the state title in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.72 seconds and placed fourth in the 300 hurdles in 51.36 seconds.
In the 800 meters, Neff posted another PR of 2:36.86 and took second — Cromley crossing with a PR of her own in 2:44.41 for fifth. Relays
In the 4x800 relay, the Lady Leopards — Brynli Dahl, Bochman, Natalie Dahl and Cromley — placed third with a time of 11:43.79.
Carlin (freshmen Alyssa Fladland and Savanna Hughes, junior Mercedez Malone and Loftin) crossed in 13:06.70 for fifth, and Jackpot — freshman Rosie Estrada, seniors Jocelyn Cervantes and Eunice Dominguez and junior Karina Lucero — followed in sixth with a time of 13:36.03.
In the 4x100, Wells — freshman Bella Sanchez, Reese Livingstone, Lupe Flores and McKinnley Erickson — ranked fifth with a time of 58.03 seconds.
The Lady Railroaders (Malone, Fladland, Ferguson and Loftin) crossed in 1:02.47 and closed out the eight-team field.
In the 4x400, the Lady Leopards (Bochman, Brynli Dahl, Natalie Dahl and Hansen) were fifth with a time of 5:05.67.
The Lady Leopards — Sanchez, Livingstone, Flores and Hansen — were disqualified with a bad handoff in the event.
Elko Daily Free Press
Anthony Mori
SPARKS — After winning the Division 1A North regional title by 53.5 points, the Wells girls track and field posted a similar performance at state.
The Lady Leopards — who finished as the state runners-up in 2025 — dominated the 2026 Division 1A Nevada State Track and Field Championships and claimed the top spot in the team standings by 33 points.
Girls Team Standings
Wells scored 138 points — winning its first state title since 2018 and ninth overall — and bested Eureka’s tally of 105.
Carlin finished eighth overall with 35.5 points, and Jackpot ranked 17th with eight points.
Girls Results
Individually, the Lady Leopards were led by freshman RileyJo Glascock — who won three state championships and added a third-place finish.
In the 400 meters, Glascock lapped the track in a personal-best 1:01.05 for the state title — the 10th-fastest time 1A time in state history — and junior teammate Maril Dahl crossed fifth with a PR of her own in 1:06.93.
Glascock won the 100 meters with a time of 13.10 seconds — tying for the ninth-fastest 1A time in the history of the state — and Dahl ran seventh in 14.32 seconds.
Glascock also bested the field in the 200 meters with a half-lap time of 26.67 seconds for the seventh fastest 1A time in state history.
Wells ran one-two in the 1600 meters.
Freshman Maggie Neff tallied the fastest mile of her career in 6:01.92 and grabbed the state title with a late charge down the home stretch, and sophomore Millie Cromley posted the best mile of her career for second in 6:02.78.
Neff snagged her state championship in the 3200 meters — an event in which the Lady Leopards mounted a multitude of points — with a two-mile time of 13:08.33 for a personal record.
Cromley crossed third in 13:13.20 for a personal best, and freshman Natalie Dahl took fifth in 14:23.46.
Marli Dahl claimed the state title in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.72 seconds and placed fourth in the 300 hurdles in 51.36 seconds.
In the 800 meters, Neff posted another PR of 2:36.86 and took second — Cromley crossing with a PR of her own in 2:44.41 for fifth.
Neff snagged her state championship in the 3200 meters — an event in which the Lady Leopards mounted a multitude of points — with a two-mile time of 13:08.33 for a personal record.
Cromley crossed third in 13:13.20 for a personal best, and freshman Natalie Dahl took fifth in 14:23.46.
Marli Dahl claimed the state title in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.72 seconds and placed fourth in the 300 hurdles in 51.36 seconds.
In the 800 meters, Neff posted another PR of 2:36.86 and took second — Cromley crossing with a PR of her own in 2:44.41 for fifth. Relays
In the 4x800 relay, the Lady Leopards — Brynli Dahl, Bochman, Natalie Dahl and Cromley — placed third with a time of 11:43.79.
Carlin (freshmen Alyssa Fladland and Savanna Hughes, junior Mercedez Malone and Loftin) crossed in 13:06.70 for fifth, and Jackpot — freshman Rosie Estrada, seniors Jocelyn Cervantes and Eunice Dominguez and junior Karina Lucero — followed in sixth with a time of 13:36.03.
In the 4x100, Wells — freshman Bella Sanchez, Reese Livingstone, Lupe Flores and McKinnley Erickson — ranked fifth with a time of 58.03 seconds.
The Lady Railroaders (Malone, Fladland, Ferguson and Loftin) crossed in 1:02.47 and closed out the eight-team field.
In the 4x400, the Lady Leopards (Bochman, Brynli Dahl, Natalie Dahl and Hansen) were fifth with a time of 5:05.67.
The Lady Leopards — Sanchez, Livingstone, Flores and Hansen — were disqualified with a bad handoff in the event.
A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support the Senior Steak Fry at the golf course on Tuesday, May 26th! It was a great evening celebrating our seniors with family, friends, and community members.
A special thank you to Brough Ranch for their generous donation of the steaks and for helping make the event such a success. Your support for our students and school community is greatly appreciated!
A special thank you to Brough Ranch for their generous donation of the steaks and for helping make the event such a success. Your support for our students and school community is greatly appreciated!
Congratulations to Max Dahl on signing to wrestle with Southern Virginia University! We are excited to see all the great things ahead for you as you continue your academic and athletic career at the collegiate level. Best of luck as you become a Knight! 🤼♂️
ABE/ESL Fall 2026 Registration
Great Basin College
Free English Language Classes
Clases de inglés gratis
Registration begins August 24th
Class begins August 31st
Great Basin College
Free English Language Classes
Clases de inglés gratis
Registration begins August 24th
Class begins August 31st
Congratulations to Cameron Livingstone for receiving the Elko Federal Credit Union Scholarship for $1,000! We are proud of your hard work and accomplishments and wish you the very best in your future endeavors.
A special thank you to Elko Federal Credit Union for supporting our students and investing in their future success!
A special thank you to Elko Federal Credit Union for supporting our students and investing in their future success!
Good morning, Wells Combined School,
Just a reminder that the last day of school will be tomorrow, Friday, May 29! Please have your student bring their Chromebook, charger, and any other school items they may need to return. If your student has an outstanding lunch balance or any other fees, these must be paid before your student can receive their report card.
Junior high and high school students will be dismissed at 1:00 PM for lunch, and the elementary school will be released at 1:45 PM. Buses will depart the elementary school at 1:45 PM.
Have a great summer, and we look forward to seeing everyone again in August for the 2026–2027 school year!
Just a reminder that the last day of school will be tomorrow, Friday, May 29! Please have your student bring their Chromebook, charger, and any other school items they may need to return. If your student has an outstanding lunch balance or any other fees, these must be paid before your student can receive their report card.
Junior high and high school students will be dismissed at 1:00 PM for lunch, and the elementary school will be released at 1:45 PM. Buses will depart the elementary school at 1:45 PM.
Have a great summer, and we look forward to seeing everyone again in August for the 2026–2027 school year!
9th Annual Immunization Clinic
Back to school
August 7th
12 pm to 4 pm
1780 Browning Way
Elko, Nevada
Back to school
August 7th
12 pm to 4 pm
1780 Browning Way
Elko, Nevada
A huge thank you to the seniors who stepped up and got soaked during Soak-A-Senior! It was a lot of fun for everyone involved, and together they raised $114. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make the event a success!
Spring Fling Week at WHS was a huge success! From Twin Day to Crocs and Socks Day to Hawaiian Day and an over-the-top Spirit Day, students showed amazing school spirit all week long. The week wrapped up with a fun assembly full of games and activities, along with the crowning of our Spring Fling royalty. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make the week so memorable!
Join us this afternoon, May 26th, at 4:00 PM in the High School Gym as Max D signs to wrestle with Southern Virginia University. Congratulations, Max — we are excited to celebrate this accomplishment and can’t wait to see what the future holds for you!
A heartfelt thank you to Brough Ranch for their generous donation of delicious steaks for our Senior Steak Fry!
Your support made this special event possible for our graduating class of 2026!
Your support made this special event possible for our graduating class of 2026!
🌟 WELLS COMMUNITY EVENT 🌟
Thursday Thrill
June 25, 2026
4–6 PM
Farmers Market Pavilion
Live Music
Community Walk
Demonstrations
Rock Painting
✨ Ongoing event on the last Thursday of every month!
Thursday Thrill
June 25, 2026
4–6 PM
Farmers Market Pavilion
Live Music
Community Walk
Demonstrations
Rock Painting
✨ Ongoing event on the last Thursday of every month!
Have you ever wanted to drive a school bus? 🚌
The Elko County School District is looking to train and hire new drivers for the 2026–2027 school year.
Classroom Training June 9-10, 6 AM-4 PM
Sign up for the driver training course by emailing mhorttor@ecsdnv.net or calling (775) 738-4360.
The Elko County School District is looking to train and hire new drivers for the 2026–2027 school year.
Classroom Training June 9-10, 6 AM-4 PM
Sign up for the driver training course by emailing mhorttor@ecsdnv.net or calling (775) 738-4360.
Attention High School and Junior High Parents and Guardians
Reminder: The last day of school is Friday, May 29th!
All Chromebooks, chargers, lunch fees, school-owned books, and sports equipment must be turned in during checkout on Friday. If your student still has any of these items, please make sure they bring them or have payment for replacement costs at that time.
We are looking forward to a fun last day, filled with activities and school cleanup. Students will be dismissed for lunch at 1:00 pm, and buses will depart from the Elementary at 1:45 pm. Let’s finish the year on a great note!
