Pius X defeated an undefeated Skutt Catholic team on Saturday to start their 2025 off on the right note. In this contest, it was a close one throughout and it really came down to Pius X showing up in the fourth quarter, ultimately helping them gain the victory. In this showing, there were 4-6 major contributors for each team but one that really jumped out for the winners was Forward – Ellie Wells Ellie Wells 5'11" | PF Pius X | 2025 State NE . Wells is a Forward, that moves really well for her size at 5’11. She has lengthy arms and a quick reaction time on both sides of the ball, always leaving a lasting impact in anything she is attempting. When the final buzzer sounded her, she was one of her team’s top producers once again. Which makes a lot of sense. This is a D2 prospect, that has coordination, size, smarts, balance, and a soft touch. When you add all of that together, you understand a player like that should produce at the Varsity level and that’s what we have here so, it checks out.

I have had the chance to talk about Pius X High School and their upcoming program a couple times these past few weeks with these Class updates and I’m convinced they are in to have a very successful Winter. The main reason being the high-level prospects that they have on roster. One of them that recently committed this past year is SF – Ellie Wells Ellie Wells 5'11" | PF Pius X | 2025 State NE . Wells will be a vital piece to her teams overall success once again this Winter and she has been working all off-season for this exact moment. During AAU, Wells did a solid job of putting together a memorable year. She is now looking to take that momentum, along with the momentum of her commitment, and channel that into one more meaningful run for her Senior season. It won’t be easy but like I said. With who they have one roster, it’s definitely possible.

A team out of Nebraska that I’m going to watch closely this next eight months is Pius X High School. This program has several prospects that are either college committed or they are about to be in the near future with the interest they currently hold. Their most recent commit comes to us in the form of PF, Ellie Wells Ellie Wells 5'11" | PF Pius X | 2025 State NE . At the next level with the Drury Panthers, Wells will be more of a Combo/3-Guard in my opinion with the type of high end PG’s and Forward’s they already have on roster. By the time that Wells actually gets to wearing a Panthers uniform, they will need to make up for some lose of production but as long as she finds her niche early on, she will be just fine.