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The Wrangell high school girls basketball team opened their season with back-to-back home losses against Metlakatla. In the Dec. 20 game, Wrangell lost 64-22. The next day, the Wolves fell 62-24. Though neither game was much of a contest, head coach Christy Good understands that at this point in the season generating results comes second to building positive habits. She also noted that the Wolves were without four of their 11 rostered players, including star sophomore Alana Harrison. “We have a lot of things to work on,” Good said. “We neede...
The Wrangell boys basketball team lost both home games to Metlakatla in their first competition of the season on Dec. 20 and 21 but playing in Metlakatla this weekend will give the high school squad an opportunity to get even with their southern rivals after an early bye week. The two-game series (one game Friday and one game Saturday) started off with a bit of a rude awakening for Wrangell. Metlakatla won the Friday game 49-26 in a triumphant display in the Wolves’ home gym. On Saturday, Wrangell was far more competitive, though the Chiefs s...
Wrangell's Jackson Carney is a state wrestling champion. The sophomore finished atop the podium in the boys 140-pound bracket after beating Glennallen's Jake Stockhausen in a 7-1 decision. Carney was not the only Wolf with a strong showing at the high school state Division II championship in Anchorage on Dec. 20-21. Della Churchill finished fourth in the girls 120-pound division and Cody Barnes finished fourth in the boys 215-pound bracket. Everett Meissner finished sixth in the 152-pound...
Jack Carney's maniacs on the mat aren't slowing down. At the Southeast wrestling championship in Haines on Dec. 13-14, Wrangell boasted three champions, four runners-up and five bronze medalists. Seven wrestlers qualified for the state tournament in Anchorage on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 20-21, but head coach Jack Carney hopes many more will receive an at-large bid. Wrangell's triad of top-step finishers were Della Churchill, Jackson Carney and Everett Meissner. Hailey Cook, Ian Nelson, Vanessa...
What do you get when you mix a cross-country superstar, a couple of wrestling studs, one of the best basketball players in Southeast and a coach who believes in his system and his players? My guess? A damn good basketball team - but at the very least a really, really, really, really fun team to watch. And if you aren't quite convinced, add to the mix the following: a feisty freshman vying for a spot in the rotation and a high basketball-IQ senior leader unwilling to accept anything other than...
Last season, just two high schoolers signed up for cheerleading. This year, that figure exploded to 12. Head coach Tyla Nelson is thrilled, and you can expect to see Wrangell's cheer squad at every home basketball game this season. The cheerleaders began practices on Dec. 4, and their season will wrap on the same day as basketball regionals on March 5-8 in Ketchikan, where they will compete against other Southeast cheer teams. The top two teams will go on to state the following week. Nelson...
The Southeast champions' season came to a close at the hands of Susitna Valley on Dec. 6 at the state tournament. The double elimination, three-day tournament was held in Palmer. After plowing their way through Southeast competition the weekend prior, Wrangell had high hopes going into state. However, due to some injuries, illnesses and struggles to close out games, the Wolves were forced to settle for fourth place at the tournament. "Fourth at state is nothing to hang our heads about," head...
"You have to do hard better." That's what high school girls basketball coach Christy Good keeps telling her players. It's a phrase that she likes to fall back on, a mantra of sorts. Though those six words may not have any tangible meaning, they encapsulate Good's understanding of the game of basketball: Do the hard stuff and results will follow. Good, who is now in her fourth season as head coach, sat down with the Sentinel on Dec. 5 to discuss the upcoming season, her mindset as a coach and...
Wrangell asserted its wrestling dominance over 10 Southeast rivals at the Viking Invite held in Petersburg on Dec. 6-7. While the competition was not organized like a traditional bracket-style tournament, the scramble-style play gave Wrangell wrestlers plenty of opportunities to get back on the mat after a week of rest. On the first day of competition, Wolves won 27 of their 32 matches and led the 10-school invitational with 17 pins. On day two, they picked up right where they left off, winning...
Three-peat secured. The Wrangell High School volleyball team are Southeast champions. After entering the tournament as favorites, Wrangell beat Hoonah, Petersburg and Metlakatla en route to head coach Brian Herman's third consecutive title in as many years at the program's helm. The Southeast 2A tournament was held at Craig High School on Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 21-23. The champs have a week to rest up before the state tournament Dec. 5-7 in Palmer. Wrangell trounced the Hoonah Braves...
One day Wrangell will attend a wrestling meet where they don't come home with a podium finish. The Sitka Invitational on Nov. 22-23 was not that day. Four Wrangell wrestlers ended the weekend on the podium's top step. Two finished with silver medals and two more finished third. The team finished in fourth place, just 10 points behind third-place Ketchikan. Mt. Edgecumbe High School won the meet, but Wrangell boasted the highest winning percentage, beating opponents in 53 of their 75 matches....
And with that, the Jamie Roberts era of the Wrangell swim team comes to a close. A head coach who has always valued improvement over results, Roberts was pleased with the high school team’s final performance with her watching over from the pool deck. Of the 28 individual events that Wrangell swimmers competed in, they earned 13 personal-best times. Both relay teams posted their fastest swims of the year as well. The Southeast championships were held in Petersburg on Nov. 1-2. Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé won the girls championship...
In a series of intersquad and exhibition matches, Wrangell wrestlers put on a show in front of their fans, friends and families. On Friday, Nov. 15, the high school wrestling team hosted their only home event of the year. Petersburg made the trip to town for the one-day meet, comprised of a handful of exhibition matches between the two rivals. The senior night festivities that preceded the competition were emotional for head coach Jack Carney. Carney, who also serves as the middle school wrestli...
After a two-week hiatus, the girls high school volleyball team returned to the court, winning six of their seven matches in the second and final seeding tournament of the year. Their record was enough to secure the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Southeast championships held in Craig later this month. The three-day tournament in Petersburg Nov. 7-9 is one of just two tournaments that determines the seeding for the Nov. 21-23 Southeast championships. The Wolves got their Petersburg play off to a hot start on Nov. 7, brushing aside the hosts in two...
The Wolves put on a show at the Bill Weiss Wrestling Invitational in Ketchikan. By the time the meet had wrapped up on Nov. 9, Wrangell walked away with two champions, three runners-up and three bronze medalists. The girls team finished fourth overall while the boys team finished fifth. Palmer’s Colony High School won the meet with 369.5 points. Wrangell boasted the tournament’s third-highest winning percentage, with Wolves winning 68 of their 106 matches. Additionally, the boys and girls teams combined with the fifth-highest number of pins acr...
Wrangell High School wrestlers attended the Mountain City Christian Academy Invitation tournament in Anchorage this past weekend. Over the meet’s two days (Nov. 1-2), every single Wrangell wrestler won at least one match. The team also returned home with the first-place award for small teams. This is the third time in four years that the Wolves were the recipients of the award. Ben Houser was the team’s sole champion of the tournament. The junior finished atop the podium in the 125-pound weight class after finishing in second place in Jun...
The four seniors on Wrangell's girls volleyball team had but one chance. Just one. A single night to play in front of their classmates, their loved ones, their families and friends. Though the match's outcome contributed nothing toward Southeast seeding or state tournament qualification, the crowded high school gym told another story: This match mattered. Following an emotional senior night, the high school girls volleyball team defeated Ketchikan 3-2 on Oct. 24. In their only home match of the...
In the Wrangell High School swim team’s fourth meet of the year, the water-bound Wolves keep getting quicker. The Sitka Invitational took place on Oct. 25-26 and served as a final regular season opportunity for swimmers to compete against Southeast rivals before this weekend’s regional championships in Petersburg. Of the 24 individual events Wrangell swimmers competed in, they walked away with nine personal-best times. Even better, the Wolves’ relay team finished with season-best times in all four events they competed in. Andrei Bardi...
The Wrangell High School wrestling team secured six podium finishes at the Juneau Southeast Showdown on Oct. 26-27. Senior Vanessa Johnson finished first in the girls 165-pound bracket while sophomore Jackson Carney continued his unbeaten season, finishing first in the boys 140-pound class. Ben Houser, Della Churchill, Cody Barnes and sophomore Hailey Cook all finished second in their respective events. Senior Kyan Stead came in fourth place for the boys 125-pound weight class. Of all the...
Wrangell swimmers continue to chip away at their race times, boasting 11 personal bests against Southeast competition on Oct. 11-12. The Juneau Invitational was the Wolves third meet of the season. And as the season nears its close, head coach Jamie Roberts remains optimistic about her last couple of weeks at the helm of the Wrangell swim program (she is moving out of town this winter). The reason for her optimism? Her swimmers keep getting faster. Of Wrangell swimmers’ 25 individual events in Juneau, 11 resulted in personal-best times. Better...
The Wrangell High School wrestling team competed in its first meet of the season this past weekend in Hoonah. The three-day meet Oct. 17-19 was a success for the Wolves, as they boasted four tournament champions, three second-place finishers and two bronze medalists. On the girls side, senior Della Churchill finished atop the podium in the 120-pound bracket, while Hailey Cook won the 114-pound weight class against her nationally ranked opponent in the gold medal match. For the boys, sophomore...
Head coach Brian Herman has been confident about the girls volleyball team all season long — like, really, really confident. After this week, one thing is clear: Herman has every right to be. The team won eight matches in half as many days, including a seven-match stretch at the Southeast seeding tournament where the Wolves did not drop a single set. The seeding tournament was a three-day affair, with the first match on Oct. 10 before competition wrapped up on Saturday, Oct. 12. It was the first of two seeding tournaments the team will play in...
The Wrangell boys cross-country team finished third in the state championship meet while the girls finished eighth on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Bartlett High School in Anchorage. For the boys, Daniel Harrison was Wrangell's highest finisher. The senior finished just outside the top 10 with a time 18:41.0. Junior Ian Nelson and sophomore Jackson Carney crossed the finish line one after the other in 14th and 15th. Jackson Powers finished 31st of the 85 runners with a time of 20:00.04. Everett Meissner...
The Wrangell girls volleyball team attended its first tournament of the season over the weekend in what head coach Brian Herman called a “hit and miss” series of six matches against five opponents. Hosted by Juneau-Douglas High School, the Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza gave Wrangell a rare peek outside the Southeast conference during pool play on Friday, Oct. 4, and the subsequent seeded tournament on Saturday, Oct. 5. The wolves opened their season with a 1-1 split against Metlakatla, before Mount Edgecumbe “handed them their hat...