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Some of our wrestlers were also featured in The Reno Gazette Journal on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
Photos credit Jason Bean Reno Gazette Journal
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Three of our wrestlers placed at the Sparks Invitational this weekend!
Gage 150 lbs- 2nd place
Max 138 lbs-2nd place
Johnny 126 lbs- 5th place
Congratulations to the wrestlers and coaches!
Way to represent our school!
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A few more photos of the wrestlers. GO LEOPARDS!
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Our wrestling team has been working hard over the holiday break! They are currently wrestling in Sparks. Here are a few photos of Russell, Max, Cade, Gage, Landon, Marcus, Johnny and Jayden.
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The basketball 🏀 games scheduled for Saturday, January 4th, vs Carlin have been cancelled and will be rescheduled to another day. There will still be home games on Friday, January 3rd, vs Owyhee starting with JV Boys at 4:30 pm. Go Leopards! 🐆
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Wrestling photos from the Wendover Salt Flats Tournament before the holiday break.
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Hello Wells Combined School
This is a reminder that today, December 19th, is an early dismissal day. Junior high and high school students will be released at 12:55 PM for lunch, while all elementary students will be released at 1:45 PM. Buses will depart from the elementary school at 1:45 PM. Please arrive promptly to pick up your students at that time. We wish you a wonderful holiday break and look forward to seeing all students again on Monday, January 6th..
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Wear your Christmas pajamas (or your favorite pajamas) on Thursday, December 19th for our last day of school until 2025. All students will be released at 1:45 pm for Christmas break!
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Hello Wells Combined School Community!
Get ready for an enchanting evening! We invite you to join us tonight, Wednesday, December 18th, for our 2024 Winter Concert happening at the Wells High School Gym and Auditorium. The festivities will kick off promptly at 6 pm. All elementary students will need to be lined up with their class in their best holiday attire at 5:55 pm on the gym floor.
All 5th, 6th, junior high, and high school music students must report to the high school music room at 5:15 pm for warm-ups.
The concert will move to the auditorium for the junior high and high school performances immediately following the elementary performance.
Don't miss out on the joyous music and spirited performances! We can’t wait to see you there!
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WHS held a fun assembly this morning. We were entertained by the talented band, high school choir, junior high choir, the cheerleaders and then had a fun round of competition between all the classes and faculty hosted by our state runner up AOT team. The faculty came away with the win! 🥇 Go Leopards!!
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UGLY SWEATER DAY
Wednesday, December 18th
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Mrs. Hansen's class has been working diligently on their dioramas!
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We're thrilled to congratulate three of our talented students who auditioned for the Northeastern Zone Honor Band and earned their spots! Such an incredible achievement deserves to be celebrated—way to go! 🎉👏
Avery S-flute
Jayden K- trumpet
Grace O- Percussion
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On Tuesday, December 17th, dress like a SNOWMAN or wear something with a snowman or snowflakes.
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WHS CHEERLEADERS
We adore our cheerleaders and how they energize our crowd during the basketball games!
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Wells Junior High and High School
Dress as a character from Santa's workshop on Monday, December 16th
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The JV Boys Basketball team is putting in tremendous effort and growing with each game they compete in! Go Leopards!
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WHS staff rocking some fun holiday t-shirts!
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Our Junior High Girls Basketball teams wrapped up their season at the end of November, competing in the Silver Bracket. It was exciting to see them face off against each other in the first game of the bracket! A big shout-out to Wells team 2, coached by B Wakley, for taking home the Silver Bracket title! Congratulations to all the girls and coaches on a fantastic season! Your hard work and teamwork really paid off!
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Our high school boys basketball team opened the season with a game against NYTC, losing 47-55. During the WREC Classic, they beat Tonopah 37-25, Round Mountain 33-23, Elko JV 28-18, lost to Pahranagat Valley 5-22, and then lost to GV Christian 23-40.
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