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The Wrangell Wolves high school boys basketball team is tentatively scheduled to open the season in Metlakatla on Jan. 30, followed by their home opener against Craig on Feb. 6, according to the latest schedule provided by Activities Director Trisa Rooney. The schedule is still tentative, Rooney said in a Jan. 8 email, particularly the games against Metlakatla and later Haines. The district will announce when it has the final schedule. After two bye weeks for rest and practice, Wrangell will...
Wrangell High School has provided a schedule for the upcoming basketball season to the Wrangell Sentinel. Trisa Rooney, activities director, said that the schedule is only tentative, as they do not have a full idea of what some other schools are planning. The schedule is subject to change. "We don't know what Haines or Metlakatla are doing at this time, so we'll let you know when it gets closer and they know what they're doing," she wrote in a Dec. 10 email. According to the tentative schedule,...
It has been a strange year for high school sports, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. State tournaments were cancelled, mitigation plans were drafted, travel and in-person competition were limited. The situation was no different for the Wrangell High School swim team. Their season came to an abrupt end in early November, when in response to increasing cases across the state the City and Borough of Wrangell closed their facilities to the public. This included the community pool. While the season...
The Wrangell Lady Wolves travelled to Prince of Wales this past weekend for regionals. It has been a unique season, with the COVID-19 pandemic requiring schools to organize mitigation plans and to host games with limited access to the public. The Alaska School Activities Association also decided, back in October, to cancel all state championship events for the year. This meant that regionals would be the end of the season for Alaskan volleyball teams. The Lady Wolves played hard against two...
The Wrangell High School swim team competed in their fourth meet of the season last weekend. This was a virtual meet, according to a Facebook post by Coach Jamie Roberts, hosted by Sitka High School. The swim team managed to achieve multiple new personal bests, she said. Friday results Jacob Allen, Jimmy Baggen, Jack Roberts, and Nikolai Siekawitch swam a 200-yard medley relay for a combined time of 1:56.48. Tyson Messmer swam a 200-yard individual medley for 2:45.47, and a 100-yard freestyle fo...
The Wrangell Lady Wolves travelled to Klawock this past weekend for a set of volleyball games against the Chieftains. The three games were hard-fought and all were close, but they all went to Klawock. The first game started with both teams neck-and-neck for a significant portion of the game. Wrangell held a narrow lead at several points, but was never able to build off of it. The Chieftains always managed to come back and take a narrow lead of their own. The final score was 25-23, Klawock. During the second game, the Lady Wolves took the lead...
The Wrangell Swim Team met last Friday and Saturday for another swim meet. According to times provided by Coach Jamie Roberts, there were several personal bests made by her swimmers this weekend. It was a unique meet, Roberts said. Not only was it virtual, as most swim meets have been this past season due to COVID-19, but she said she was not actually sure how many other schools they were competing against. "I am unsure of how many teams, if any, participated in this weekend's virtual meet,"...
The Wrangell Lady Wolves hosted their second home games of the volleyball season last Saturday, Oct. 24, against the Petersburg Lady Vikings. A previous article in the Wrangell Sentinel reported that Wrangell would be traveling to Petersburg for these last games, but this was incorrect. While Wrangell played hard, they only managed to pull off a single win. "They played hard," said Coach Alyssa Allen. "We need to work on our serving and our passing. They hit the ball well." The first game went...
The Wrangell Lady Wolves volleyball team, held their first home games of the season last Saturday against the Craig Lady Panthers. The games were hard-fought, but ultimately Wrangell was not able to claim any victories this time around. As part of a COVID-19 mitigation plan, the public was not invited to attend the games. Instead, they were live-streamed to the school district's YouTube channel. The first game had the two teams neck-and-neck for a good portion of the game, with the Lady Wolves m...
The Wrangell Lady Wolves travelled to Petersburg last weekend for their first scrimmages of the season, against their school rivals. Coach Alyssa Allen said that they only travelled with six members of the team, via Breakaway Adventures. The players wore masks and followed a mitigation plan while visiting Petersburg, she added, to stay safe from COVID-19. Shayna Shultz shared scores from the scrimmages to the WHS Volleyball Facebook page on Oct. 10. They played four games, in which Petersburg...
Wrangell's swim team travelled to Petersburg this past weekend for their second meet. This was their first meet this season where they travelled. The meet in Petersburg was held over two days, Oct. 9 and 10. Coach Jamie Roberts said that the first day of swimming was held virtually, but they travelled to Petersburg on Saturday. Petersburg wrote a six-page mitigation plan just for their one-hour meet, Roberts said, that she was impressed by. They travelled to Petersburg via boat and met up with...
Last weekend was the regional meet for Region 5 cross country teams. While Wrangell High School has participated in the season virtually this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were able to travel this weekend to Petersburg to compete in person. Activities Director Trisa Rooney said, in an email, that while Wrangell was in Petersburg last Friday, Oct. 2, they ran separately from Petersburg's cross country team. Other participants in regionals include Haines and Metlakatla virtually,...
Wrangell's high school swim team held their first meet of the season last Friday and Saturday. Coach Jamie Roberts said this was a virtual meet, with Wrangell swimmers competing in their own pool against other swimmers across the region. Friday results Aaliyah Messmer swam 31.02 in the 50-yard freestyle, and 1:11.26 in the 100-yard freestyle. Renee Roberts swam 25.89 in the 50-yard freestyle, and 57.12 in the 100-yard freestyle. Jack Roberts swam 25.99 in the 50-yard freestyle, and 57.79 in the...
Wrangell's cross country team competed in their second meet of the season Saturday, Sept. 28. Like their first meet of the season, on Sept. 12, it was a virtual meet against several other competing schools. Results were provided to the Wrangell Sentinel by WHS Activities Director Trisa Rooney. Rooney said that there were five competing teams: Juneau Douglas, Thunder Mountain, Gustavus, Petersburg, and Wrangell. For the boys' race, first place for Wrangell went to Ethan Blatchley with a time of...
Muskeg Meadows hosted two tournaments this weekend; the annual Stikine Sportsman Association tournament and the Greg Scheff Memorial Tournament. The Stikine Sportsmen Association tournament took place on Friday. According to an email from Muskeg Meadows, $730 was donated to the course by participants and winning teams. The Greg Scheff Memorial Tournament took place on Saturday and Sunday. The event was sponsored by R&M Ketchikan. The golf course raised a total of $3,110 for the Greg Scheff...
It is springtime in Wrangell. Birds are returning for the warmer weather, fishing season is gearing up, and under normal circumstances little league season would be kicking off right about now. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic, little league has been temporarily put on hold. There is no cause for concern though, according to Briana Schilling, as she promises Wrangell kids will get to play baseball in the near future. Schilling, Wrangell's little league president, said that little league...
While basketball season is at an end, a bit abruptly thanks to the COVID-19 virus, the Association of Alaska Basketball Coaches released the names of players who made their all-state teams. The all-state teams represent Alaskan high school players who excelled through the season and really stood out. This year, two Wrangellites received this recognition: Kaylyn Easterly and Trevor Miller. Kaylyn Easterly (No. 44) has been playing varsity basketball since she was a freshman, she said, and is now...
The Alaska School Activities Association had announced the cancellation of the 2020 State Basketball and Cheer Championships. The purpose of the postponement and mandate is to reduce the possibility for spreading Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). ASAA agrees with the State of Alaska’s assessment that our best course of action in dealing with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), is to slow down the statewide spreading of the virus. One of the ways to mitigate the spread is to not have large statewide gatherings. March Madness Alaska is possib...
With one loss, two wins, and one forfeit, the Wrangell Lady Wolves ended their season at Regionals this past week. The Lady Wolves went into Regionals with a second place seed, after a strong performance all season. Coach Laurie Brown said she was proud of how her team did in Regionals, and all year long. The team went up against third-place seed Petersburg first. It was a tough game, Brown said, losing badly to the Lady Vikings. While they did not win, she said that it was a good wake up call...
The Wrangell Wolves basketball team has returned from regionals in Juneau, another season completed. Much like their season this year, regionals saw both wins and hard-fought losses for the team. While they did not reach the championship or runner-up spot, Coach Cody Angerman said he was very proud of his team’s performance. The end of the season is always a bittersweet moment for him, he said, as he’s proud of how his team played but sad to see his senior players graduate and move on. “Overall I’m proud of the way we played,” he said. The...
Wrangell hosted the Stikine Hoops Invitational last week, March 5 to 7. The tournament brought together AAU teams from several Southeast communities, including Sitka, Petersburg, and Juneau. "A" and "B" teams from each community competed through several days of games to get seeded in the final day's bracket. Wrangell's "A" team, the No. 3 seed, lost a game to Juneau, but came back to win their second game against Petersburg. They were finally kicked out of the bracket by Sitka. Wrangell's "B"...
The Wrangell Wolves and Lady Wolves boarded the morning flight to Juneau on Tuesday morning to head to Regionals. Basketball season is drawing to a close, and the regional tournament will decide who will be going to State this year. Both teams have fought hard this season, and both have some challenging games ahead of them in Juneau. The Lady Wolves have done well for themselves this season. They have won 11 of their 16 regular games, as well as their annual alumni game. The team has had some...
The Wrangell Lady Wolves hosted their final home games of the season last Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 25 and 26, against the Haines Glacier Bears. It was the final set of home games for two seniors on the team, Kaylyn Easterly and Maddy Harding. "Those two have been crucial in our success as a team,'' Coach Laurie Brown said. In both games, Wrangell blew Haines out of the water and walked away with two big wins. The first game opened with Wrangell taking a commanding lead in the first quarter, 2...
The Wrangell Wolves played in their final home games of the season last week, Feb. 25 and 26, against the Haines Glacier Bears. For several seniors on the team, this was the last set of home games of their high school careers. While Wrangell did not walk away from the games victorious, the games were hard-fought. The team also came together to recognize one senior in particular. The first game on Tuesday, Feb. 25, opened with Wrangell and Haines going at it neck-and-neck. The first quarter...
The Wrangell Swim Club has had a busy start to 2020, competing in two tournaments in Anchorage and Ketchikan in January and February. Four club members swam in the Alaska Senior Championship, in Anchorage, near the end of January. Coach Jamie Roberts said that this is the highest level competition in Alaska for swimmers between the ages of 13 to the mid-20s. The three-day event saw about 160 swimmers from 16 different teams compete. Wrangell was represented by Jimmy Baggen, Nikolai Siekawitch,...