Wilbur-Creston Cooperative School Districts

Friday Night Lights, Memories Keep pouring in! What is in a number? A whole lot and maybe even some traditions! Introduction to a story about #33! 'In 2004, the Wildcat football team made school history by making it to the State Quarterfinals. This is my oldest son, Evan, giving his Uncle Nate a "good luck" head rub before the game. Nate wore #33. Fast forward about 15 years and Uncle Nate stands with Evan at his first high school football game, proudly wearing his uncle's jersey number. Jump forward a few more years, and my youngest son Gavin was sporting that #33 jersey. And then to finish his high school football career, Gavin got to wear that #33 jersey at Husky Stadium in the State Championship, right next to Coach Peyton Michel. '

Thursday Night Lights tonight at Emerson Field for our Junior High Wildcat Football team! Let's cheer them on while they go against ACH tonight at 5pm. Our HS Volleyball girls are headed to Wellpinit today to represent our Wildcat Pride. #boysoffall #FN5GL #sweepstakes @TMobile

Those Friday Night Memories often start on Late Thursday afternoons. Like so many other rural schools, Thursday nights are for Junior High at the local stadiums. Nurturing coaching and teaching fundamentals to our younger players leads to full teams of passionate and skilled high school players that transform over time into not just friends but fine young men on the field. Photos courtesy Michele Rosman. #FN5GL #sweepstakes @T-Mobile

Friday Night Lights: When people ask about my favorite high school football memory it’s hard to come up with one in particular. It started for me as a little kid going to games playing tackle in the endzone pretending your out there. I remember thinking how cool it was and how much we looked up to the kids on the field as they were pros to us. The time where we all got to play under the lights in front of the town couldn’t come soon enough. What comes to mind for me is all the great people and coaches I got to play with along the way. We might not have been a team that was playing to win a state title, but to be honest non of that matters now. What matters the most is getting the opportunity to play with your friends and be apart of a school that supported you, and to have coaches that believed in you as not only an athlete but as a person. Coach Grigsby and coach Jones were my coaches all 4 years. They as a duo made a great team and put together a fun atmosphere. Most might think that after a loss those bus rides should have not have been fun, but I always remember shaking off the loss really quick with that group and on to the next. The bus rides together were always fun time, win or lose. The thing thats hard not to think about is the friends that we got to play with along the way and the brotherhood through sports not only football, but there is something special about Friday night lights getting to run out with your team to represent your school and all the people supporting you. No words can explain the emotions we all had before the games, and All the sports I played throughout school and college I was never as nervous as I was before every Friday night game. You don’t see guys throwing up before a game being nervous in many other situations or sports, but seemed to be a Friday night thing. I still remember hearing the 4th quarter buzzer go off at home on the last game I ever got to play. I remember just dropping to my knees and crying. I’m not sure why it hurt so bad but that should explain how much Friday nights meant to all of us. One thing we all don’t realize when you’re in the moment or that young during sports is how important it is to embrace the moments and never take them for granted. There are some teammates no longer with us anymore and it’s hard to explain to kids in high school right now how important it is to enjoy every second of every down, every team huddle, every practice, every game, every teammate, every coach, and everyone supporting you. Losing friends or teammates at any point in your life hurts. Cody Robertson was a brother to me when he passed it was hard not to always bring back the memories of playing sports together. We were friends starting at a young age but it wasn’t until sports and football in particular where the friendship turned into a brotherhood. We both loved football more then anything. We would always talk about how much fun it was trying to hit people as hard as you can or running people over when you were running the ball. Cody was our running back he was a very physical running back never afraid to go right through guys. He was never scared of anyone or anything. It was fun to get to block for him and watch him as he had a special talent navigating through the lineman and getting around the secondary. The way he would bounce off guys or make guys miss was so much fun to watch. He was also an animal on defense. He played next to me at linebacker and all I can remember is having the most fun I ever had in a football season his senior year. I was a junior when he was a senior but man we would laugh and get so excited over when we would get the “big hit”. And will never forget hit dad Tom yelling on the sidelines “cmon 32 hit somebody” Cody was a special teammate to everyone. He never would put anyone down, if someone missed a block and he got hammered, he would pop up, help the guy up that just hammered him and run back to the huddle and say let’s get the next one. That was the way Cody went about not only sports but life. I miss that guy more than anything but I’m so thankful to have the memories on and off the field with him. I got to play other sports with Cody my whole life but the first and best memories I can think of are on that football field, whether it was practice or especially when those Friday night lights come on. I can’t explain to people that didn’t get the experience or opportunity to play on a Friday night with your buddies in front of a crowd on the football field. Nothing got me more jacked up then Friday nights and Cody was the same way. What we don’t realize is when the last buzzer goes off on your last game what will be missed. If I had one wish in life I honestly feel like I would want one more game under the lights with Cody and all the other teammates/coaches. Thank you Josh Sherwood for sharing the memories and Krysta Llewellyn for the photos! #FN5GL #sweepstakes @TMobile

Reminder: Tonight is the first workshop of the year for Wilbur Creston High School seniors & their parents/guardians. This meeting will be held in the Multi Purpose Room at 6pm. Workshop #1: Graduation Requirements, Post-HS Planning & Costs, & Sr. Year Fundraising See you tonight!

Come cheer on our JH Wildcat Volleyball team tonight in Creston starting at 4pm! Let's pack the gym and show our Wildcat Pride.

Friday Night Lights do not happen without effort Monday through Friday during the Day! Meet Jon Ritchey and Travis Angstrom, the men behind the facilities that keep things running, properly prepared and ready for the next event. It takes several hours and a case of paint to line the field for an event. We take pride in the care of the playing surface and keeping the right attention to ensuring our kids have a safe and awesome place to play. Our Team Rooms are a very significant source of community pride. The Lions and Booster Clubs have donated over $400,000 to making this upgrade for our community. Countless hours of volunteer time in both raising funds and in construction and set up of the facility. To be sure, there is more than enough Wildcat Pride to go around and everywhere we look, you community shows us, that it Really is a Great Day to Be a Wildcat. @T-Mobile #FN5GL #Sweepstakes

A view of last Friday Night under the Lights! Thank you Donovan Colvin our Creston School District Drone Pilot for the images. There is something so special about playing at home, and doing so on our very own field of dreams! #FN5GL #sweepstakes @T-Mobile

Parents of Wilbur Creston School Districts students, Our auto call system is not speaking correctly to Skyward for attendance regarding absences. Sorry for the inconvenience if you have received a call this morning stating your student is absent. If your student is absent from school today, please call the offices to double check. We have shut off the calls and will be working on getting the issue resolved. Thank you for your understanding!

Friday Night Lights, Senior Spotlight: RJ Dreger! As a team it is another game and we practice for it. As fans and family it is time to gather around and cheer on your local high school football team. The atmosphere is my favorite part of Friday nights, I am all hyped up and I just want to play football. I have been playing tackle football since 7th grade at Wilbur Creston Junior High, I also played flag football in elementary school. My favorite memory is scoring a touchdown on a fumble recovery which not many linemen get to do! Wilbur-Creston-Keller Communities, we really appreciate your support, I would hope that you would keep supporting us into the future! #FN5GL #Sweepstakes @T-Mobile

Monday Message: Early Release Days Friday Sept 20th is our first Early Release of the school year. Students will be released at 12:30 from school. Check out our calendar for all the early release days and no school days. https://www.wcsd.wednet.edu

Another Wilbur-Creston-Keller Friday Night Light Tradition, the Bill Grigsby Award. Offered to a player that exhibits High Character, Dependability and Toughness! "Bill was a teacher and coach that expected high achievement in the classroom and on the football field or wrestling mat. Even more than high achievement he wanted people of character. He would not take a win or success if it sacrificed character for his team or any individual. He was a coach/person that many grown men I am sure would now recognize being influential in helping them get to be the person, employee or father that they are now. " Thank you Mr. Arland for sharing your memories of Coach Grigsby @T-Mobile, #sweepstakes #FN5GL

Friday Night Lights don't happen without many dedicated staff in the background. Meet Mr. Arland Creston and Wilbur-Creston Junior High Principal. Glenn has been one of the biggest fans of our kids for 32 years! And for those years, he has been right here, running the score clock. One thing we can be sure of, when Glenn is doing it , it is done right! Thank you Mr. Arland for being part of generations of Friday Night lights in the Wilbur Creston Keller communities! #sweepstakes @T-Mobile #FN5GL

Love for Wildcat Football Starts early! This Friday Night Lights memory from Kristin Heidenthal 'This past spring, I was at the store with my then 1st grader when she happened upon silver and blue shimmery pompoms. She was EXTACTIC! She grabbed them and enthusiastically recited the Wildcat cheer in the middle of the store. This warmed my heart; as a first grader, she was thrilled to support the high school football team! Now a 2nd grader, she is excited to attend the next home game, cheering on her Wildcats. I am certain this will be the first of many, many years of Friday Night Lights for my family. In addition, like so many other places in Rural America, local volunteers pour their hearts and their time into our youth to ensure they have opportunity and access to sports and competition. Thank you to all parents who dedicate the time, energy and resources to get kids to practice, to take them on Saturdays all across Eastern Washington, who coach, encourage and support our young people. IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT DAY TO BE A WILDCAT! @T-Mobile, #FN5GL on Saturday Mornings, #Sweepstakes

The senior class of 2025 at Wilbur Creston High School is proud to present The Wilbur AG Days in Wilbur on Saturday, October 5th. Come support our senior class and join in on the fun! BREAKFAST @ VISITOR CENTER (Wilbur Pig) 6-10 AM PARADE ON MAIN STREET @ 10 AM WILBUR PARK: BBQ, FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES, VENDORS 9-4 CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT 1-3

9/13/24 Friday Message from our Superintendent, Jay Tyus. #FN5GL #Sweepstakes https://youtu.be/l77Sa-tj0xc

Friday Night Lights, Senior Spotlight: Kallen Maioho 'Friday Night Lights means the football team coming together and having fun and winning games. We come together as a team and family, playing together, with our teammates by our side. It is nice that the community comes out and supports us. We always love our support and do our best to put on a good show for our communities. I started in 5th or 6th grade. I started at Grid Kids in ACH , little kids tackle league. After that I went to Middle School and I learned a lot about football along the way. A big chunk of my whole life has been football. Named Defense All state player last year. I rushed for a touchdown, had a receiving touchdown and threw passes in Husky Stadium Even just the locker rooms were so cool there. I think last Friday I put on a pretty good show, 3 catches for TDs and 1 rushing. 134 Receiving on 3 catches, 1 rushing! Last year, I had 1004 yards last year throwing, In total I had 2000 Yards! To the community, Thank you for being there Friday Nights. At Husky Stadium we had a great chunk of our community there. It is so fun to know there will be a fan base to cheer us on! @T-Mobile, #sweepstakes #FN5GL

Friday Night Lights Memories! Last year, we had the honor of the incoming Ferry County Rodeo Queen, Inora Pheifer presenting the colors on horseback. It is not everywhere and definitely not common for such an amazing display of student empowered leadership at football! Just another great reason to love Friday Night Lights and the Wilbur Creston Keller Wildcats! https://fb.watch/uxwkkBT5Dx/ @T-mobile #sweepstakes #FN5GL

Here is an awesome opportunity for students in 6th- 12th grade in Wilbur Creston School Districts. More information is available under the H.O.P.E. Coalition tab on our website menu. https://www.wcsd.wednet.edu/

Friday Night Lights, Senior Spotlight: Treven Houston 'Started playing when I was a freshman, I did not play much that year, but as a sophomore I started on offense and defense and been starting ever since. Senior year and I get to play with my brother, a freshman, It is the first time to do stuff together athletically in Football. There is a lot of energy and adrenaline at game time, it is a good feeling, everyone is watching. Dad is one of the biggest fans. Playing in the state championship game at UW last year was such a great memory. It was tough not to come out with a win but it was such a great time. I like my teammates, they are all my friends and we are all in it together. Thank you to the WCK community for the continued support we get to play football, but do it for you!' Not just a student but works for dad on the farm and started his own hay company. No time off for Treven, weekends are working and when you see him leave one field, he’s probably heading to another. @T-Mobile #sweepstakes #FN5GL