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It was a great weekend for the Wrangell High School Lady Wolves volleyball teams as the junior varsity team beat Hoonah Varsity and Klawock JV, losing only to the Petersburg JV in two close games. The JV team had a strong showing against the Vikings, winning one game but losing the match (25-14, 26-24). The varsity squad was able to pull out wins against Metlakatla (25-11, 25-17, 25-16) and Hoonah, while splitting with Craig. “We had a pretty good JV run last weekend because we had some u...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team traveled to Metlakatla last weekend to begin their season – and take part in the annual Jamboree held in Southeast. With two days of volleyball to play, the Lady Wolves wasted no time getting started as they began the tournament as the first team up to play. The varsity team went 3-2 overall in the tournament, losing only to a Klawock squad who defeated them once (25-8, 22-25, 15-4) in the opening matches, and again in the final match of the weekend (25-13, 2...
It’s almost time for high school volleyball in Wrangell again, as the Wolves 2013 season gets underway Sept. 24, with their annual Jamboree set for Oct. 5-6 in Metlakatla. Head coach Jessica Whitaker said this season will present a number of opportunities for a shot at state – mostly thanks to the returning seniors. “I’m really looking forward to this season because we have multiple seniors coming back who have played with each other since middle school,” Whitaker said. “This will be their se...
The Wrangell High School softball team hosted Craig over the weekend, and won its last game of the season Saturday. The Lady Wolves first faced the Lady Panthers Friday in Wrangell and lost 26-38. Saturday, Wrangell won 20-7. Wrangell coach Kathleen Harding said her team was ahead of Craig during Friday’s game. However, she switched up the pitchers to give players more game time and the Lady Wolves lost the lead. Yet, the Lady Wolves were hitting well Friday night, Harding said, with s...
The Wrangell Wolves traveled to Petersburg last weekend to play two different teams, the Vikings and the Thunder Mountain Falcons. The Wolves lost both games April 14. Against Thunder Mountain, Wrangell scored one run to the opponent’s 15. The game later in the day against Petersburg was a closer score, but Wrangell lost 4-6. “That’s a pretty close ball game,” said Wrangell head coach Scott McAuliffe, who added Petersburg was the tougher of the two teams the Wolves faced over the weekend...
The Wrangell Lady Wolves basketball team traveled to Ketchikan last week for the regional tournament, and lost both its games to teams from Haines and Metlakatla. The Lady Wolves first faced the Lady Glacier Bears of Haines Wednesday, Feb. 29. Wrangell was defeated 32-48. The loss led them to play the Metlakatla Lady Chiefs on Friday - a game that ended in another loss for the Lady Wolves. The final score was 27-44. Wrangell head coach Dave Silva said his players did well defensively at...
Wrangell’s varsity girls basketball team beat Juneau twice on home court over the weekend. The final home game of the season, and the last games of the regular season, gave the Lady Wolves the opportunity to try out new plays and defensive strategies that could be used during the regional tournament in Ketchikan next week, said head coach Dave Silva. The Lady Wolves beat the Lady Crimson Bears 52-20 Friday and 40-32 Saturday. “We came up pretty hard Friday night,” Silva said. “I just think w...
Wrangell High School girls’ varsity basketball team had a tough weekend traveling to Sitka for two games while half the players fought off a head cold. The Lady Wolves lost the games against the Sitka Lady Wolves. Friday night’s game ended 46-24 and Saturday night’s game ended 59-19. Sitka is a very good basketball team, said Wrangell Coach Dave Silva, who also has been battling a cold since last week. Sitka plays tough defense and matches the Lady Wolves speed on the court, he went on to say....
The Lady Wolves won its two Homecoming games this weekend against Petersburg. The games were close, with Wrangell winning by one point Friday night. On Saturday, the Lady Wolves took the game by a six-point lead. Coach Dave Silva said his players kept the intensity up and the pressure on their Petersburg opponents, which helped lead the Lady Wolves to victory. Silva also said he felt his guards were stronger than Petersburg’s, and that helped the Lady Wolves defensively. Petersburg senior C...
While the Wrangell girls varsity basketball suffered two losses this past weekend to Mt. Edgecumbe High School, Lady Wolves Coach Dave Silva said his players stayed positive, kept good attitudes and “kept their heads up.” “I have nothing but praise for how the girls handled things,” he said. The Lady Wolves lost Friday night on home court 39-67. The following night, Wrangell was beaten 37-52. However, the Lady Wolves persevered, Silva said, and tried their best. “I got to give it our girls, no...
The Lady Wolves came away with a win over the weekend after facing the Lady Glacier Bears of Haines on home court. Haines defeated Wrangell Friday 61-44, but the following night the Lady Wolves beat the Lady Glacier Bears by ten points. The game score was 48-38. The Lady Wolves looked like they were off to a good start at the beginning of the game Friday, with junior MiKayla Stokes sinking two, three-pointers in the first quarter. However, Wrangell committed nearly 30 personal fouls total as a...
The Lady Wolves varsity basketball team fell to the Lady Panthers of Craig High School this weekend in two games. Friday’s game ended in score of 32-52. The following day, Wrangell was defeated 32-62. “In the short scheme of things, they (Craig) put the ball through the hoop more times than we did,” said Wrangell coach Dave Silva. The Lady Wolves were trailing by ten points throughout the first three quarters of the game. During the fourth quarter Craig managed to add 18 points to the scoreboard, widening the gap between the two teams. “Craig i...
The Lady Wolves varsity team went down to the wire against the Metlakatla Lady Chiefs last Wednesday night as they fell 35-34 in a game Wrangell owned for more than 25 minutes on the boards. The Jan. 4 matchup, which was led by Wrangell for the first three periods, ended in a fourth period showdown where Metlakatla outscored, out-rebounded and out-played the Lady Wolves in a show of aggression rarely seen on the court. Wrangell head coach Dave Silva said it came down to his team failing to play...
January The Wrangell School Board found $128,451 in additional, unspent funding from a federal program. In passing their 2011 budget, the board also accepted an $8,300 grant for the Upward Bound program. Master carvers Steve Brown and Wayne Price visited Shakes Island to begin discussions on the renovation of the Tribal House and to propose a traditional tools class. The US Forest Service began a scoping project for an Environmental Impact Study regarding timber sales and road construction for...
Wrangell alumnus Lizzy Romane stretches for the ball against the Lady Wolves on Wednesday night as former WHS players took on current players. The Alumni team won the match 38-32....
The Lady Wolves weekend outing fared no better than the boys’ efforts as they fell to the Lady Panthers 73-44 on Friday, Dec. 16. Senior Loni Buness and junior MiKayla Stokes were both in double digits for the squad with 16 and 11 points, respectively. Erica Smith put up 6 points, with Alyssa Allen bringing in 5 points of her own. Shayna Schultz put a pair of deuces in for 4 points, with a solitary bucket for 2 points. Faring only slightly better on Saturday night, the Lady Wolves fell 51-40 a...
The Wolves boys and girls basketball teams demolished their competition in Petersburg over the weekend as Wrangell took wins in four games out of the seven played against the Vikings – and saw the Lady Wolves varsity and JV teams go undefeated (2-0, 1-0) on the road. The games, which were homecoming matches for Petersburg, saw a split for the boys’ JV team with a 43-37 win and a 44-35 loss over the weekend. On the Lady Wolves’ side, the varsity team took both Friday and Saturday nights with...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team ended their 2011 season on an up note with a win at the Region V tournament in Juneau last weekend. Though they would come back later to log a victory, the team began their jaunt with a tough loss 25-22, 25-18, 25-13 to Craig in the first round of the double-elimination format competition. During the game against Craig, junior Tori Gulla went out with a pulled outer ligament in her knee. “She was in a lot of pain,” said head coach Jessica Whitaker. “She has had p...
The Lady Wolves hosted the Mt. Edgecumbe Lady Braves last Saturday – but only after a quick rescheduling of the games to accommodate a late airplane from Sitka. The matches, which had originally been scheduled for both Friday and Saturday, were moved to Saturday only after the plane was unable arrive from Baranof Island due to inclement weather. “Volleyball is one of those sports where we can reschedule and have a double header, so that is what we did on Saturday,” said Wrangell activ...
The Lady Wolves varsity volleyball team traveled to Sitka last weekend to face Baranof Island’s own version of the Lady Wolves while the JV team from Wrangell took part in the Sitka’s invitational tournament. Sitka dominated both nights as they won easily in a 25-11, 25-17, 25-12 game on Friday, and again of Saturday with set scores of 25-15, 25-16, 25-18. Wrangell was hobbled out of the gate as starters Sasha Ashton and McKenna Harding did not travel with the team. On top of the holes cre...
