On Saturday, the Ellis FFA Chapter hosted the Northwest District FFA Dodgeball Tournament. Five schools participated, making up a total of nine teams. The Ellis Greenhand team won the bracket!
EJH VOLLEYBALL IS TOURNAMENT CHAMPS!!! These girls fought so hard and beat Colby 8 matching up for the second time in the tournament. They were back for revenge and proved it!! We are so proud of these girls and proud to be RAILERS!🧡🏐🖤
The Lady Railers fought hard, but couldn't hand South Gray their first loss of the season. The Railers walked off the court with 2nd place at the Kiowa tournament falling to the Rebels 20-25, 25-23, & 18-25. I'm proud of you ladies! 🚂🏐🧡🖤
Record 13-6
VARSITY IS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP @ KIOWA!!! Taking on South Gray!! Let's go Railers!!!!! 🚂🏐🖤🧡
EJH Lady Railers are 2-1 after pool play at the Thunderhawk Invitational. They lost to Colby but came back to beat Trego & Hoxie! They will move on to the championship bracket! Go Railers!
It's TOURNAMENT DAY! Good luck, Lady Railer Volleyball!
*CHANGE OF DATE*
Dear families,
Your student is invited to join us on an upcoming educational travel experience to Boston, MA in the summer of 2025! Open to students entering 10th, 11th, & 12th grades in 2025 AND 2025 graduates. All details will be covered at our informational meeting.
Meeting details:
Date: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Mrs. Downing’s Classroom
Information covered: itinerary, activities, dates, academic opportunities, cost, and EF’s risk-free enrollment period.
It is mandatory to register for the meeting. Please register here: https://bit.ly/45OAVhj
There are limited spots on this trip, so we would love to have you attend this meeting to learn more about this exciting opportunity!
We are always learning new things at Ellis Jr./Sr. High School!
Thunderhawk Middle School Invitational (JH)
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 8:30am
LEAVE TIME FROM EHS:
7:40am
LOCATION:
Wheatland High School
2920 K-23, Grainfield, KS 67737
Grinnell Middle School
402 Monroe St, Grinnell, KS 67738
The tournament will consist of two pools with the top two teams from each pool playing in the championship bracket and the 3rd and 4th place teams from each pool playing in the consolation bracket.
The championship bracket will be played at Wheatland and the consolation bracket will be played at Grinnell.
Wheatland H.S. (Pool A) 8:30am
Trego vs. Hoxie
Colby 8A vs. Ellis
Ellis vs. Trego
Colby 8A vs. Hoxie
Hoxie vs. Ellis
Trego vs. Colby 8A
The first team listed will be the Home Team and is responsible for keeping the official scorebook. In addition, each team is asked to supply one line judge for your games.
ADMISSIONS: $4 for adults and $3 for students. No league passes will be accepted.
The EHS Lady Railers traveled to Colby and walked off the court with 2 more wins! Beating Heartland Christian 25-10 & 25-8, then finished the night with a thriller beating Northern Valley 25-11 & 27-25! Way to never give up and play as a team! Saturday we head to Kiowa!
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The EHS Lady Railers traveled to Colby and walked off the court with 2 more wins! Beating Heartland Christian 25-10 & 25-8, then finished the night with a thriller beating Northern Valley 25-11 & 27-25! Way to never give up and play as a team! Saturday we head to Kiowa!
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What a great night for our XC runners as they traveled to Larned. After a strong week of practice the effort showed tonight with their effort and success. Avery, Taryn, and Cayson Boydston along with Jocelyn Eck all came home with 1st place medals. Maggie Fitzgerald finished 7th as a JV runner. Great work Railers!! I am so proud of your hard work and competitiveness!!
JV Scores: JV came out strong with a great win after two matches against Trego.
First set 24-14
Second set 27-25
Varsity fought hard through last minute line up changes due to sickness, and took Trego to 3 sets but we're unable to come away with the win.
First set:26-28
Second set: 26-24
Third set: 8-15
We're ready to work hard this weekend at our tournament at Wheatland. We would love for you to come out and support!
This set of keys was found yesterday by the tennis courts. If they are yours, please contact the high school office at 785-726-3151.
We are needing two more convertibles for our Homecoming candidates! We have two so far for the parade, but the other usual suspects can’t help out that day! If you have a convertible & would be able to drive in the parade on October 6th, please contact Mrs. Downing at the high school!
Big thank you to Nathan Legleiter from Golden Belt Bank who spoke to the seniors about the importance of credit today.
It's GAME DAY! Good luck Lady Railer Volleyball!
The sophomores finished Act V of Macbeth this week, so it’s time to say goodbye to Flat Shakespeare! I think he enjoyed his time in Ellis, KS!
Event: Junior High Volleyball Date/Time: Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 4:00pm Where: Trego Community High School Gym 1200 Russell Ave., WaKeeney, KS 67672 Teams: Trego and Ellis VOLLEYBALL WARM-UP: 20 minutes -4 minutes shared court for ball handling -4 minutes visitor to use court (no home skill work) -4 minutes home to use court (no visitor skill work) -4 minutes visitors to use court for serving (no home skill work) -4 minutes home to use court for serving (no visitor skill work) Order of Play: Trego JV vs. Ellis JV Trego V vs. Ellis V ADMISSION: $5.00 for adults // $4.00 for students (K-12).
Kaydawn Haag hit 500 career kills tonight in Phillipsburg! Kaydawn entered the night only needing 3 kills to reach 500. She got number 500 off a swing between 2 blockers in the match against Phillipsburg!
Congratulations Kaydawn!
We are proud of our #21!
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