Ellis High School/Junior High

Video premiere! The July 14th BOE Meeting video premieres today at 5pm on the USD388 YouTube Channel
https://youtube.com/c/USD388

Day 2 of Railer Wrestling Camp wrapped up. Over 30 kids took advantage of the opportunity to work and get better. Special thanks to Coach Broeckelman for sharing his skills and faith. Shout out to Coaches Zeke and Jake for taking off time from work to bond with this young Railer team. Now onto individual camps for some of these wrestlers and putting in work in the weight room. #itsagreatdaytobearailer

Day 1 of Railer wrestling camp down. Excited to see this group of Railers putting in the work to make themselves better. Thanks to Coach Broeckelman from Barton Community College and the Ellis Kids Wrestling Club for their support. Looking forward to Day 2. #itsagreatdaytobearailer

Reminder: Weights fire back up tomorrow. HS boys are starting at 6:30 am! We have excalty 14 more days in the weight room for the summer plus 5 days of camp! So, a total of 19 days left! Let's finish strong! Important Dates- High School Football camp July 14th-18th starting at 6:30am-8:30am each morning! Followed by JH/Ellis Rec camps! 1st practice of the HS football season will be August 18th 6:30am HS Football Jamboree @ Ellis vs. Victoria, Wichita County (Leoti), and Hoxie! August 29th, 6 pm 1st Game will be @ Lincoln 7pm kickoff September 5th! #OnceARailerAlwaysARailer #Mega

It was a hot one today, but that didn’t stop the Railroaders Football team! We traveled to Hill City to compete in the Ringneck 5-on-5 Football Shootout and had a great day of competition and growth. We brought two teams with 14 boys total, which I’m incredibly proud of. This marks our third year attending, and it’s exciting to see our numbers continue to grow! Results from today: Varsity: 3-1 JV: 1-3 After the games, we capped off the day with some great team bonding over dinner — a perfect way to wrap things up. Huge thank you to all the players who showed up and put in the work. Your effort and commitment to getting better do not go unnoticed. Also, a big shoutout to Coach Desbien at Hill City for the invite and for hosting a great event! — Coach Eichman

It's been a great 1st half of the summer for the Ellis Football boys! Ellis Power(HS boys' summer weights) has been going very well with lots of kids stepping up! Currently, we are at 95% attendance for the football team! Before summer motrium starts (June 30th-July 7th), we have 1 last duty, and that's the Hill City Ringneck 5 on 5 football shootout! This year, we will be taking enough boys over to field 2 teams! If you aren't doing anything tomorrow evening, make the short trip to Hill City and bring your lawn chairs and watch the boys compete! Schedule in pictures! Also sneak peak at this years team shirts that will be offered in the team store closer to season! (pictures) #Mega #OnceARailerAlwaysARailer

Hey all, we will NOT be having JH girls basketball skills tomorrow morning. We will resume next Thursday. There will still be weights as normal this week.

Start voting as the Ellis Lady Railers Track and Field team was nominated 1A team of the year and Avery Boydston was nominated XC runner of the year. Catch it Kansas nominated four to six individual or team per category. Now we get to vote on the best within each category. https://www.catchitkansas.com/2025/06/13/2025-catchy-awards/

Monday and Tuesday, 5 of the Boys Railer Wrestling team and Coach Haag attended a camp at Barton Community College. Railers competed head-to-head individually in a round robin style format on Monday. Korbyn Kroeger finished 6th, Kooper Hankins and Brendan Seibel finished 5th, Jack Reed finished 3rd, and Asher Haag finished 1st. Day 2, the Railers wrestled in team dual format, competing against 5A Great Bend, 6A Lawrence Free State, 5A Valley Center, 4A Rock Creek, 3A Ellsworth, and Team X (combined team of individual wrestlers from all classes). While no team scores were kept, the Railers faired on the winning side in 3 of the 5 duals, including the competition against one of the 5A schools. Individuals success came for Seibel and Hankins with 3 wins over larger school opponents, Kroeger racked up 4 wins, Reed finished with 7 wins, and Haag finished the two days with 11 wins, going undefeated overall. Railers are excited to host their own boys and girls camp in the Railer Wrestling room on July 8-9.

Great opportunity open to all local wrestlers, male and female. Each age group has 2 sessions (see flyer). If you are wrestling at Ellis High School next year, it is highly encouraged that you to attend. Sign up as soon as possible as space is limited. https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fform.jotform.com%2f251607799830165&c=E,1,dQYmPfnpvU0UoppZakIHq4ukmy1mSJsRnSAc30qgACquFtXQyup3BIdN9G_nWKErlt4dDAJp44YfyKHLHZQrRujgoX3FPzScoDgyd3Q6qsTs6TLyrwXY1RI,&typo=1

The June 9th BOE Meeting video premieres tonight at 5pm on the USD388 YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/c/USD388

Reminder that the JR Volleyball Camp is this week June 11th-13th at Washington Grade School Gym. Grades 6th-8th are 9:00-10:30 a.m. Grades 3rd-5th are 10:45 a.m.-12 p.m. See everyone tomorrow!! 🏐

Railer Boys Wrestling Team at Day 1 of Barton CC wrestling camp. An opportunity to get better. Watch for the information on upcoming camp in Ellis for another summer opportunity to get better!

Week 2 of Ellis Power (HS Boys Summer Weights) is in the books! This week we had a few missed days from a few kids but overall still very good attendance 96%! Kids seem to be enjoying the new work outs and I personally feel I'm not having to police lifts as much making sure we dont skip lifts so thats a great thing! Kids seem focused and hungry for big things to happen this season! We have 26 total lifting days left not counting team camp week before we start season practices! Keep working hard guys! #EllisPower #OnceARailerAlwaysARailer #MEGA

What a great day it was as Caleb Noble-Heit became the 1st Ellis Railroader to play in the Kansas 8-Man All-Star game! Caleb played for the West squad and had several good catches and yards in the game! He also had kick off duty and 10 of his 11 kickoffs went for touchbacks today as the West went on to win the game 72-0!

Its Game Day! Make the short drive to Beloit and cheer on Caleb Noble-Heit one more time as he competes in the Kansas 8 man All-Star Game! Division 1 game starts at 1:30pm @ Trojan Field

Attention Ellis High School Students: The Ellis Nutrition Center is seeking volunteers this summer. This is an excellent opportunity to earn community service hours while giving back to the community. If you're interested, please get in touch with Leonard Schoenberger at 785-726-1278. Thank you!

HS Summer League Volleyball schedule has been released. The girls play on Monday afternoons starting June 9th at Hays High and Hays Rec.

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." — Eleanor Roosevelt. Congratulations to Ellis High School's Class of 2025!

REMINDER: Sports physicals can be taken care of at the high school today from 9am-4pm. No appointment needed.