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The BearFest Best Ball Tournament was held on July 30 with 18 participants. First Place Team: Nikolas Toocheck, Daniel Toocheck, Randy Littleton. Net Score: 21. Second Place Team: Wayne Harding, Kathleen Harding, Grover Mathis. Net Score: 21. Third Place Team: Faye Kohrt, Chris Ellis, Kevin Skeek. Net Score 21. Team Handicap: 19. Straightest Drive: Faye Kohrt 14”. Closest to Pin: Faye Kohrt 32’1. Grand Prize: Trip for Two to Anan Donated by Alaska Vistas Won by George Woodbury. The Al Kaer Memorial/Senior Apartments Best Ball Golf Tou...
The First Bank Best Ball Tournament was held July 24 with 19 participants. First Place Team: Matt Hagen, Christa Hagen, Brian Slick, Kathy Slick. Net Score: 17, Team Handicap: 20. Second Place Team: Wayne Harding, Kathleen Harding, Grover Mathis. Net Score: 19, Team Handicap: 16. Straightest Drive: Kathleen Harding 7’. Closest to Pin: Matt Hagen 5’4”. The Al Kaer Memorial/Senior Apartments 9 Hole Best Ball Tournament will be July 30-31....
The Ottesen’s True Value Best Ball Tournament was held July 16 and 17 with 33 participants. July 16: First Place Team: Wayne Harding, Kathleen Harding, Grover Mathis. Net score: 18, Team Handicap: 17. Second Place Team: Jerry Bakeberg, Robert Johnson, Randy Littleton, Jim Shoemaker. Net score: 23, Team Handicap: 11. Straightest Drive: Ed Rilatos 9”. Closest to Pin: Randy Littleton 4’2”. July 17: First Place Team: Doug Nelson, Rita Harms, Ed Rilatos. Net Score: 20. Second Place Team: Wayne Ellis, Faye Kohrt, Keene Kohrt, Robert Johnson. Net Sco...
The Kito’s Kave Best Ball Tournament was held June 25 and 26 with 23 participants. June 25: First Place Team: Brian Smith, Renee Claggett, Kevin Skeek. Net Score: 18, Team Handicap: 18. Second Place Team: Eric Kading, Keene Kohrt, Faye Kohrt. Net Score: 23, Team Handicap: 16. Third Place Team: Grover Mathis, Aaron Bolton, Joe Ieremia, Eli Johnson. Net Score: 24, Team Handicap: 16. Straightest Drive: Grover Mathis 141”. Closest to Pin: Kevin Skeek 13’8”. June 26th: First Place Team: Grover Mathis, Wayne Harding, Kevin Skeek, Renee Clagget...
The KSTK/AP&T 3 Person Best Ball Tournament was held June 18 with 15 participants. First Place Team: George Woodbury, Rondy Littleton, Pam McClockey. Net Score: 23 Team Handicap: 15. Second Place Team: Ed Rilotos, Doug Nelson, Don Shermon. Net Score: 24 Team Handicap: 17. Third Place Team: Keene Kohrt, Faye Kohrt, Chris Ellis. Net Score: 26, Team Handicap: 19. Straightest Drive: Chris Ellis 9’8”. Closest to Pin: Doug Nelson 12’5 5/8”. The Kito’s Kave, 9 Hole Best Ball tournament will be June 25- 26....
The Stikine Sportsmens best ball tournament was held on June 10 with 43 participants. First place went to the team of Tor Gunderson, Steve, Trevor Sandie and John Smith. Straightest drive was made by Jean Shoemaker and John Thompson was closest to the pin. The Greg Scheff Memorial 2 person best ball tournament was held on June 11 with 40 participants. First place went to the team of Travis Scheff and Matt Henderson. Longest drive was made by Steve Kemble and Matt Henderson was closest to the pin. The Greg Scheff Memorial 4 person best ball...
Bobs’ Golf Tournament was held on May 21 and 22 with 24 participants. May 21: 1st place: Chris Ellis, Wayne Ellis, Grover Mathis. Net score: 21, Team handicap: 17: 2nd place: Jane Bliss, Sue Nelson, Eric Kading. Net score: 23, Team handicap: 19: Straightest Drive: Faye Kohrt, 119”: Closest to Pin: George Woodbury, 24’5”. May 22: 1st place: George Woodbury, Grover Mathis, Doug Nelson. Net score: 22, Team handicap: 14: Straightest Drive: Grover Mathis, 12’5”: Closest to Pin: Joe Delabrue, 22’6”. Saturday, May 28 will be the Wrangell Medica...
Muskeg Meadows saw 19 participants on Saturday and 18 participants on Sunday for the Ray Pederson Memorial Ryder Cup Tournament. Wrangell won the cup back this year with a score of 14.5 to Petersburg’s 8.5. May 21 and 22 will be the Bobs’ IGA 9 Hole Best Ball Tournament....
Sixteen golfers participated in the Angerman’s Golf Tournament on May 8. First place team: Brian Smith, Dick Angerman, Grover Mathis, Wayne Harding. Net score 24, team handicap 16. Second place team: Jerry Bakeberg, Ed Rilatos, Judge Coniff, Eric Kading. Net score 25, team handicap 13. Straightest Drive: Rodney Littleton 5’2”. Next weekend is the Ryder Cup: Wrangell vs. Petersburg....
Despite some particularly inclement weather Saturday, Wrangell's Little League teams were able to hold their season's opening ceremony. With temperatures in the 40s, better than an inch of rain coming down and gusts of up to 30 miles per hour, games planned for the season opener were cancelled. Despite that, players donned their uniforms and took to the field at Volunteer Park to usher in the season, which runs through the first week of June. Two leagues have been set up for players aged 7 to...
Wrangell's Amateur Athletic Union girls basketball team passed through the season unscathed, after tearing up the court in Juneau last week. Team Wrangell was unbeaten through three tournaments this season, taking first in Ketchikan in January, at home last month, and during last week's tournament. The Mike Jackson Memorial Tournament took place from March 23 through 26, a busy event held at Juneau-area schools which saw a total of 130 games played. Wrangell's AAU program took 14 girls, enough...
Wrangell High School’s cheer squad represented the region with Petersburg last week during the Cheerleading State Championship on March 23. The squad took second place during Region V earlier this month, qualifying for the state-level competition in Anchorage. “It went really well,” said Megan Clark, one of the squad’s two coaches. Along with Anna Hagelman, Clark signed up for the program shortly before the season began last fall. “It’s been interesting,” she said. “We had a lot of trial and error on how to handle things.” A gymnast and cheer...
The Wrangell Wolves took fourth during Alaska's 2016 March Madness tournament last weekend. The boys had a tough pairing to start with, squaring off against the eventual 2A champs Unalaska on March 17. Wrangell played a close couple of quarters, keeping scores on both sides in the single-digits in the fourth. Unalaska won with 40 points to Wrangell's 25. "We had one of those shooting games," coach Ray Stokes recalled, with only 16 percent made during the second half. Bryce Gerald led his team...
Wrangell secured berths to the State Tournament for its boys basketball team and cheer squad last weekend after each took second place during the Region V 2A at Mt. Edgecumbe High School. After playing a hard-fought couple of games, the Lady Wolves concluded its season on Thursday. Playing Craig March 9, the girls took the lead in the second quarter and led at the half. The Lady Panthers landed a lot of free throws through the third to keep apace of Wrangell, then scored a net of 10 points to...
Garrett Miller shoots from the three during Wrangell's game against Metlakatla on Friday. The Wolves lost to the visitors 30-44, but fought hard again in the next afternoon's game for a 56-52 win over the Chiefs. The team heads to Region V this week in Sitka, where they are set for a rematch with Metlakatla in the semifinals. Playing in Metlakatla, the Lady Wolves won both of its matches against the home team, 45-32 on Friday and 39-35 on Saturday. The girls finished off their season on a...
Wrangell's high school girls won both games against Craig over the weekend, following up after a close win against Haines the previous week. Playing at home Feb. 26, the Lady Wolves overtook the visitors early in the second quarter, keeping ahead in a close game until the finish. Wrangell won their match 39 to 33, led by scorer Helen Decker with 13 points. The girls put down seven of 10 free throw attempts during the second quarter, giving them the edge they needed to win the game. Amy Jenson le...
Wrangell High School's boys basketball team kicked off the school's homecoming celebrations with a victory, striking a blow to their visiting rivals from Petersburg with the Vikings' first defeat of the season. The homecoming royalty was already crowned and supporters of both teams packed the gymnasium stands when players bounded onto the court Saturday night. Wrangell was tenacious through the first half, edging a lead at the first quarter buzzer and making good on a number of turnovers. By...
The girls basketball varsity and junior varsity teams came away with losses over the weekend, as Wrangell High School hosted division leader Petersburg for its homecoming celebrations. Friday and Saturday's varsity games played out similarly in terms of points, with Petersburg picking up leads early on and building from there. Wrangell finished each evening with 32 points, to the visitors' 61 and 63 points on Friday and Saturday. The team had some standout moments, with Helen Decker making...
Wrangell High School's boys basketball team chalked up a pair of wins at home over the weekend. The Wolves captured the momentum early on in Friday's game, leading throughout the high-scoring matchup and finishing 92-62. Tyler Gillen led the team for points, scoring 26. He led for free-throws as well, sinking six of 11 attempts, and picked up three assists and three steals. Trent Stokes, Tyman Teat and Blake Stokes each scored 11 in the game, Dawson Miller had 10, Bryce Gerald eight, Sam...
The Lady Wolves took their first win of the season last weekend at Craig High School, scoring the winning points in the last few seconds of the game. Friday’s basketball game saw a lot of back-and-forth but low scoring, with the Lady Panthers ahead 18-15 at the half. Craig kept a slight lead going into the fourth quarter and looked set to beat Wrangell by one point as the game clock went into its last minute. A foul in the final ten seconds gave Amy Jensen the opportunity to make two free throws. Pressure on, she sank both and turned the score...