Girls track completed an historic performance Saturday at state, finishing second as a team for the first state trophy in school history.
Slide Show | Drama students perform fall play
Slide Show: The WHS drama club performed “The Most Amazing Christmas Play Series in the Entire History of the World" by Don Zolidis Saturday evening.
Wurtz places 2nd, Stuhlsatz 15th, team 6th at state cross country
Girls cross country concluded its successful season on Saturday in Victoria with a 6th place finish as a team and two individual medalists.
Girls cross country dominates regional to qualify to state
It was a big weekend for girls cross country with the first regional championship in 27 years. WHS had three individual medalists with Payton Wurtz finishing 2nd, Rebekah Stuhlsatz finishing 3rd, and Sophia Castillo finishing 7th.
Girls cross country runs away with league title
The Girls Cross Country team walked away from the Mid-East League meet in Riley as champions — three ladies finishing within the top 10. Freshman Peyton Wurtz finished first with a time of 20:13, making her the first individual champion since Maddie Hess in 2016. Junior Rebekah Stuhlatz and Sophomore Sophia Castillo finished fourth and seventh respectively.
Senioritis | Poets and they Know it with Lanson Parry and Rebekah Stuhlsatz
Senioritis is back! Lanson Parry and Rebekah Stuhlsatz had their poems chosen for publication in a collection last year. Listen to their work and some of the other poems in the book.
Cross country girls finish 2nd at Silver Lake
The cross country team opened up its season Saturday, running on a rather rainy morning in Silver Lake. For the girls team, freshman Payton Wurtz had a great opening run, taking 2nd place in her first high school meet with a time of 20:59. Junior Rebekah Stuhlsatz took 6th at 22:54. These two are looking to be a dynamic running duo — Stuhlsatz having state experience her freshman and sophomore years of high school already, placing 11th in 2019 and 14th in 2020. “I want to go to state this year, but I really want the whole team to go with me. I also want to crack the top-10 at state this year,” Stuhlsatz said.
Stuhlsatz places 14th at state cross country
Rebecca Stuhlsatz and Sienna Jones ended the season with 14th and 42nd place finishes at State.
Stuhlsatz ran a time of 20:40 and Jones 22:11. Both runners cut around a minute off of their regional times. This was Stuhlsatz's second state competition and Jones' first.
State Bound | Cross Country sends 2 girls to state
Two WHS cross country runners are headed to state.
The cross country team hosted its regional meet Saturday, with two runners qualifying for the state championship. Sophomore Rebekah Stuhlsatz came in second in the girls race with a time of 21:46. Freshman Sienna Jones had an eighth place finish, with a time of 23:09 seconds.
Stuhlsatz says it’s disappointing that the rest of the team won’t get to compete at state alongside her, but she’s excited nonetheless.
Cross country teams finish 10th at state
The Cross Country team ran at the state meet in Wamego on Saturday with both the girls and boys placing tenth.
Head Coach Roger Alderman said “The boys ran solid races overall, but I know they were hoping for more.” The boys have run in state for the last three years and are aiming for four.”