Wellston High School is a public high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in Wellston, Ohio

Wellston, Ohio

Wellston is a city in Jackson County, Ohio, United States, in the southeastern part of the state. Founded in 1873 as an iron and coal producing center, the city was named after founder Harvey Wells, a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention. The city was incorporated in 1876. The population...

. It is the only high school in the Wellston City School District. The school's nickname is the Golden Rockets and the school's official colors are blue and gold.

Famous alumni

• Pete Abele
  Pete Abele
  Homer E. "Pete" Abele was an American politician of the Ohio Republican party.Abele graduated from Wellston High School in his birthplace of Wellston, Ohio in 1934. From 1935 to 1936, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps. After that, he played baseball with the Nashville Vols of the...
  
  , politician
• John Carey, Ohio Senator
• Lauren Kelsey Hall
  Lauren Kelsey Hall
  Lauren Kelsey Hall is a beauty queen from Wellston, Ohio, who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Hall won the Miss Ohio USA 2004 title in a state pageant held in November 2003. It was her second attempt at the title, as she made the finals in the 2003 event won by Candace Smith. Hall won the...
  
  , beauty queen
• Jeff Montgomery, baseball player

Athletics

The Golden Rockets belong to the Ohio High School Athletic Association

Ohio High School Athletic Association

The Ohio High School Athletic Association is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio...

 (OHSAA) and the Tri-Valley Conference

Tri-Valley Conference

The Tri-Valley Conference is a 16-member high school athletic conference located in southeastern Ohio. The 15 Ohio high school conference members are affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association and the 1 West Virginia high school in the conference is affiliated with the West...

, a 16-member athletic conference

Athletic conference

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 located in southeastern Ohio. The conference is divided into two divisions based on school size. The Ohio Division features the larger schools and the Hocking Division features the smaller schools.

TVC OHIO Division

• Albany Alexander
  Alexander High School (Ohio)
  Alexander High School is located in Albany, Athens County, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Alexander Local School District. The K-12 school complex is located just off SR 32 east of Albany...
  
   Spartans
• The Plains Athens
  Athens High School (The Plains, Ohio)
  Athens High School is a public high school in The Plains, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Athens City School District []. Their mascot is a Bulldog and their colors are green and gold....
  
   Bulldogs
• Pomeroy Meigs
  Meigs High School
  Meigs High School is a public high school in Pomeroy, Ohio, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Meigs Local School District. The school mascot is the Marauders.-Athletics:...
  
   Marauders
• Nelsonville-York
  Nelsonville-York High School
  Nelsonville-York High School is a public high school in Nelsonville, Ohio, a southeastern Ohio city in northern Athens County. It is the only high school in the Nelsonville-York City School District. Nelsonville-York City Schools serve York Township, Athens County in northern Athens County,...
  
   Buckeyes
• McArthur Vinton County
  Vinton County High School
  Vinton County High School is a public high school in McArthur, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Vinton County Local School District. Their nickname is the Vikings.-Notable alumni and faculty:* Pete Abele, politician and judge...
  
   Vikings
• Wellston Golden Rockets

• Bidwell River Valley Raiders (River Valley will join the TVC OHIO in Fall 2014)

TVC HOCKING Division

• Belpre
  Belpre High School
  Belpre High School is a public high school in Belpre, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Belpre City School District. Their nickname is the Golden Eagles.- Belpre High School :...
  
   Golden Eagles
• Reedsville Eastern
  Eastern High School (Reedsville, Ohio)
  Eastern High School is a public high school in Reedsville, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Eastern Local School District...
  
   Eagles
• Stewart Federal Hocking
  Federal Hocking High School
  Federal Hocking High School is a public high school in Stewart, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Federal Hocking Local School District. The school mascot is the Lancers. The communities of Amesville and Coolville are served by the district...
  
   Lancers
• Corning Miller
  Miller High School (Corning, Ohio)
  Miller High School is a public high school in Corning, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Southern Local School District. Their nickname is the Falcons, and their school colors are purple, white, and black. Southern Local School District was formed in 1961 with the consolidation of...
  
   Falcons
• Crown City South Gallia
  South Gallia High School (Crown City, Ohio)
  South Gallia High School is a public high school in Crown City, Ohio, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Gallia County Local School District, the other school being River Valley High School. The South Gallia nickname is the Rebels. South Gallia School colors are Red, Gold, and...
  
   Rebels
• Racine Southern
  Southern High School (Racine, Ohio)
  Southern High School is a public high school in Racing, , Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Southern Local School District...
  
   Tornadoes
• Glouster Trimble
  Trimble High School (Glouster, Ohio)
  Trimble High School is a public high school in Glouster, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Trimble Local School District. The school district serves the residents of Glouster, Jacksonville, and Trimble...
  
   Tomcats
• Mason, WV Wahama
  Wahama High School
  Wahama Junior/Senior High School is located in Mason, West Virginia. It is the second-largest high school in the county.Wahama High School was established in 1925 and its unusual name was derived from the first two letters of each of the three area districts: Waggener, Hartford, Mason.The school's...
  
   White Falcons
• Waterford
  Waterford High School (Ohio)
  Waterford High School is a public high school in Waterford, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Wolf Creek Local School District. Their nickname is the Wildcats, and their official school colors are green and white.-Athletics:...
  
   Wildcats

See also Ohio High School Athletic Conferences