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"Low, guys! Heads up, elbows in! Tap that floor a couple times," said Jack Carney, assistant coach of the high school wrestling team. His direction is met with a resounding THUMP! as the squad of 14 student-athletes hits the mat. They continue to run drills and warm up without any further instruction from their coach. Wrestling season started on Wednesday and athletes are already poised to pin the competition at the first meet on Oct. 22. "They're looking tough," said head coach Jeff Rooney in...
Kayla Rooney hated running when she started. Now she can't imagine her life without it. The four-time state placer returned to Wrangell specifically to coach the high school cross country team, continuing a family legacy of coaching. "My mom (Trisa Rooney) made me start running. I told her I didn't want to do it. She told me I could try it out, and if I didn't like it, I could quit," Rooney said. "So, a few weeks in, I didn't like it and I wanted to quit, and my mom told me, 'Well, you've...
Even though high winds canceled last Friday's flight to Ketchikan, Wrangell runners were able to travel there and clock their times on Sunday, the day after the Southeast regional championship meet was held. Two did well enough to qualify for state. Senior Liana Carney and freshman Daniel Harrison both qualified for state after placing second and seventh, respectively. Both the boys and girls cross country teams placed fourth overall. "My team did amazing given the situation we were given and...
The Wrangell High School swim and cross country teams competed in meets last weekend. The results were mixed, but a few athletes turned in personal bests and first-place finishes. Swimming The swim team competed in the Petersburg Invitational Swim Meet, going against teams from Juneau-Douglas, Thunder Mountain in Juneau, Petersburg, Craig, Sitka and Ketchikan. Renée Roberts finished first in three of her events: the 50-yard freestyle (25.92); the 100-yard backstroke (1:05.02); and the 50-yard...
Devlyn Campbell, a junior at Wrangell High School, finishes the boys' 5-kilometer race, coming in 11th out of 69 runners. Teams from a dozen Southeast schools competed in cross country competition last Saturday in Wrangell. Read the full story here....
Despite intermittent downpours, the Wrangell High School boys' and girls' cross country teams took on several other runners in the first in-person meet of the season last Saturday. Forty-six girls and 69 boys from around Southeast competed in the soggy conditions, with Wrangell boys placing third as a team against 11 others, and the girls' team placing fifth out of nine in the 5-kilometer event. "The boys stuck together like we have been in practice, and they listened to me as I told them to...
The Wrangell High School swim team traveled to Ketchikan this past weekend to compete in its first in-person meet in a year, as COVID-19 restrictions had relegated the team to virtual swim meets. In the two-day Ketchikan Invitational Swim Meet, the seven athletes from Wrangell swam against students from Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain high schools in Juneau, Petersburg, Craig and Ketchikan. Every Wrangell athlete turned in a personal best, and a couple had multiple bests along with first-place finishes. Renee Roberts placed first in two...
Wrangell’s Muskeg Meadows Golf Course will be busy the first two weekends of September with four different tournaments. The Breakaway Adventures nine-hole, best-ball tourney is planned for Sept. 4. The Club Championship will tee off on Sept. 5, with individual scores. The three-club tournament in honor of Randy Littleton will be a nine-hole, best-ball competition on Labor Day, Sept. 6. The American Legion Auxiliary benefit tournament is planned for Sept. 11-12, also a nine-hole, best-ball event. All of the tournaments are scheduled to start a...
Most of last year's runners are back for the high school cross-country team, with some freshmen joining the squad too, the coach said. Practice is underway and the first meet will be sometime in September. "It's really nice to have some younger kids join the team. I've got most of my kiddos back, so that's great," said coach Mykayla Rooney, in her second year. This year's team consists of 15 runners, but a few need to take their physicals before they can start running, Rooney said. "I only had...
Petersburg defeated Wrangell in this year’s Ray Pederson Memorial Ryder Cup golf tournament between the neighboring communities. The Ryder Cup play used a best-ball and best-score format the first day, May 22, and a best-ball and individual-score format the second day, May 23, of the weekend tournament. The first day drew 20 golfers, with Petersburg winning 6-4. The visitors won the second day 13½ to 8½, with 16 golfers on the course. The annual tournament, sponsored by the Petersburg Golf Club, is a fundraiser for Wrangell’s Muskeg Meado...
It had been about a dozen years since Wrangell High School wrestlers came home with two state title winners, and this year juniors Ryan Rooney and Liana Carney both took first place in their weight divisions at the state tournament in Anchorage last weekend. Rooney wrestled in the 160 weight class; Carney in the 135 weight class. It was her second state title; she took first in 2019. Wrangell racked up the highest score among all Southeast schools at the state meet last Friday and Saturday,...
The Wrangell High School cheer squad placed second in Division 2A in this year's virtual Southeast regional competition, and now they have the plaque and medals to prove it. The squad sent in videos of their four routines to the judges back in March, and the awards just arrived last week, said coach Stephanie Cartwright. In addition to the team award, Wrangell squad members Aaliyah Messmer and Brodie Gardner were named to the 15-member all-conference squad, Cartwright said. Schools were...
The team of Jerry Bakeburg, Frank Roppel, Doug Nelson and Eric Kading took first place May 8 in Wrangell IGA 9-hole best-ball play at the Muskeg Meadows golf course. The team of Rocky and Rodney Littleton and Marva Reid took first place in May 9 competition. The Ray Pederson Memorial Ryder golf tournament is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Muskeg Meadows. It’s 18 holes each day, with a $25 cash entry fee. Register by 9:30 a.m. each day. Call 874-4659 for more information....
Despite rainy weather, Wrangell's Little League season opened Saturday morning. Players on the league's sole junior league team for 13 to 14 year olds, and two major league teams for 10 to 12 year olds, were introduced in the opening ceremony at Volunteer Park. Afterward, the major league teams, the Cubs and the Wolverines, held their first game. "It's my favorite sport," said Kai Wigg, of the Cubs. "I'm excited, it's going to be fun," said Brody Hommel, of the Wolverines. "This is my first...
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling team continued its strong season last weekend with several wrestlers taking first place in Southeast regionals and then making a solid showing the next day at the Bill Weiss Tournament, also in Ketchikan. Several wrestlers also claimed high state rankings. "Really happy about the weekend, it was genuinely a good time," Assistant Coach Jack Carney said. Six Wrangell wrestlers took first place in their respective weight divisions: Liana Carney, Jamie Early, Mia...
Kendra Meissner, a junior on the Wrangell High School girls basketball team, prepares to release a 3-point shot in this year's virtual 2A Region V shooting competition. Brett Abrahamson, a graduating senior, also competed in the 3-point shooting contest. The Wrangell players took their shots and free throws on home court Monday, sending in their results for the virtual competition. The contest usually is held at the Southeast basketball tournament, but this year the schools took the shots at...
The Wrangell Wolves high school wrestling team took second place at the Tom Sims Invitational, their first home meet of the season, last Friday and Saturday. After two days of wrestling, the Wolves scored a total of 87.5 points. Ketchikan High School took first place at 128.5 points. Since the early 2000s, the Wrangell tournament has been named for Tom Sims, a Wrangell wrestling star and later a coach in the 1980s and 1990s, and as well as a well-respected high school wrestling official in...
With somewhere close to 100 kids signed up, Wrangell Little League is gearing up for a new baseball season this summer. League President Briana Schilling said she is excited to see so many people signing up to play this season, especially after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "This year is comparative with 2019,"she said. "It's really wonderful. I'm so glad we didn't lose interest, our kids are eager to get out on the field." Wrangell Little League will host opening ceremonies and its...
The Wrangell Wolves High School wrestling team took second place in their first match of the season. The team traveled to Juneau to compete Friday and Saturday in the Brandon Pilot Invitational at Thunder Mountain High School, where they wrestled against five other Southeast teams. At the end of the tournament, the Wolves had tallied 74 points, behind only Juneau's Thunder Mountain at 84 points. "We whooped everybody except for Thunder Mountain,"Assistant Coach Jack Carney said Monday....
The Wrangell Lady Wolves played two hard-fought games against the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs last week but were unable to bring home any victories. These were the first games in over a month for the Lady Wolves, due to COVID-19 restrictions or poor weather forcing several cancellations. Coach Christy Good said having the opportunity to play more games would have helped the team, but she was proud of their performance regardless. The first game last Friday opened with the Miss Chiefs taking the lead 14-8, and holding the lead in the second quarter...
Despite playing hard, the Wrangell Wolves lost both games to the Metlakatla Chiefs in last weekend’s basketball games. This was the first set of games the Wolves were able to play in more than a month, as the COVID-19 pandemic or bad weather forced cancellation of several games this season. “We fought hard,” Coach Cody Angerman said. “Metlakatla’s a tough place to play but we stuck with it.” Friday’s game opened with a close quarter. Metlakatla took a lead 11-10. The Chiefs expanded their lead in the second quarter to 24-18, and then 37-28 in t...
After several weeks without games due to bad weather or spikes in COVID-19 cases in other towns, the Wrangell High School boys and girls basketball teams are eager for scheduled games against Metlakatla on Friday and Saturday. It has been a truly unique season for the Wrangell Wolves and Lady Wolves. The Wolves began their season at the end of January, with two games against their rivals, the Petersburg Vikings. The Lady Wolves began their season against the Craig Lady Panthers in early...
For the second week in a row, poor weather last weekend forced the Wrangell High School boys and girls basketball teams to cancel their travel plans for games in Metlakatla. The contests were to have been the teams' first away games of the season. Travel should not be an issue for the Wrangell teams when they play at home this week against Haines on Friday and Saturday, assuming the Haines' squads can make it to town. Tip-off for the boys game is scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, with the girls game...
Due to high winds last weekend, neither of Wrangell High School's basketball teams traveled to Metlakatla for their first away games of the season. However, the high school said the games are tentatively rescheduled for this weekend - boating weather dependent. The school said the Wrangell Wolves and the Wrangell Lady Wolves will travel to Metlakatla for games Friday and Saturday. Friday's games will start with the boys junior varsity game at 4:35 p.m., followed by the girls varsity game and...
The Wrangell Wolves claimed two victories against the Craig Panthers in their first regular conference games of the season this year. The high school boys basketball team hosted Craig for a set of home games Feb. 5 and 6. During the first game, the Wolves pulled ahead and established a commanding lead of 24-9. They extended the lead to 24 points in the second quarter, 41-17, then maintained their wide lead to win 61-34. Saturday's game saw Wrangell take the lead again, 12-7. The second-quarter...