Wells compiled a 249-163 as a varsity coach, which included a stint at St. Paul before she came to Senior High. Wells was 222-134 as head coach of the Islanders. Grand Island finished second in 1988 by beating Bellevue West and Gering before losing to Lincoln East. The Islanders went 13-9 this season. It's something I've always wanted to do.
Coaches talk to their kids all the time about having goals.
But that didn't make it any easier to tell her players that she was stepping down. Wells said after she told them, a couple of the players came to her and asked her to stay another year, but her decision was final. Those things off the court are what you remember,'' she said. Wins and losses are important because that's what we strive for, but there's so much beyond the x's and the o's. Wells will continue with her teaching job as a special education teacher who goes into the regular class rooms.