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It was a busy weekend for Wrangell Public Schools' autumn extracurricular programs, with the wrestling, volleyball, and humanities teams traveling to meets all over the Southeast. The high school's Drama, Debate and Forensics competed in Haines Friday and Saturday. “It went really well,” said Sydney Reed, the program's director. Two groups progressed to the final round in the “Reader's Theater” and pantomime categories. Joseph Hommel, Amos Comstock, and Devin Till took sixth in the theater, and Tabitha Hommel and Karl Torgramsen took sixth i...
Wrangell's wrestling Wolves did well at the 2014 Petersburg High School Invitational and Round Robin last Friday and Saturday. "We took the region," said the team's coach, Jeff Rooney. He figured Saturday's tournament to have been among the biggest this season, featuring 15 teams from multiple regions and divisions. "This one here was pretty big, with 170 kids," Rooney added. "We got to see a lot of great competition." For the 1A-3A on Saturday, Wrangell's team of 11 wrestlers accumulated 133.5...
Wrangell's Lady Wolves volleyball team performed well last week, as the borough hosted this year's High School North Seeding Tournament. "Things went without a hitch," Wrangell Public Schools Superintendent Patrick Meyer commented. There were no problems to speak of, and visiting players found places to stay among local families for the three-day tournament. "This community always opens up their arms," he said. Preceding the varsity tournament on the evening of Oct. 16, the Wolves' junior...
Wrangell High School's cross-country season came to a good finish, as six of its runners made it to the Cross Country State Championship hosted by Bartlett High School in Anchorage on Saturday. "The kids did really well at State for cross-country," said Jack Carney, activity director for Wrangell Public Schools. He said Bryce Gerald beat his personal record from the regional meet in Ketchikan by taking eighth overall in the 1-3A race at State, with a time of 17:22.8. This climaxed a streak of...
Wrangell High School's cross-country teams did very well at the Section V Regional Championship in Ketchikan on Saturday, with the girls' team taking first in the 1A-2A meet and runner Bryce Gerald coming in second place for the boys. A bear at one point appeared on the course, putting a temporary stop to the race. It was rerun later that day. "Our girls handled it like champs and didn't let that stop them from competing at their best," said Jenn Davies, the team's coach. Reyn Hutten finished...
Students at Wrangell High School are lacing their trainers as the new wrestling and volleyball seasons started Monday. It's already looking to be a big season for the school's sports program, with the girls cross-country team heading to State after taking first at last weekend's Region V in Ketchikan, and Wrangell hosting this year's Region V wrestling tournament Dec. 5 and 6. "We're going to have a lot of people coming," said Jack Carney, Wrangell High School's new athletic coordinator. He...
Wrangell High School's girls cross-country team had a fine showing in Petersburg last weekend, coming in fifth overall with 87 points. Seventy-five girls and 127 boys from 15 different schools participated in Saturday's meet. "Petersburg was a great race for all," said Wrangell's head coach, Jenn Davies. Wrangell Public Schools reported the results for 1A, 2A and 3A. For the girls' team, Wrangell runner Amy Jenson took fourth place overall, at 21 minutes, 24 seconds. Kimberly Cooper took sixth...
Wrangell's Garnet Grit Betties roller derby team kicked off their new season Saturday, wheeling circles around the high school basketball court together for a preseason weekend bootcamp. The Betties had their first real season last year, skating in two bouts. Starting this month and lasting through May, this season will be the first where they have had a full, regulation roster of 14 skaters. "We've done some serious recruiting," said Shawna Buness, the team's head coach. Membership is open to...
Humble and competitive. That alone should be enough to justify a selection into any hall of fame. Mt. Edgecumbe High School basketball coach and teacher Archie Young carries those traits and passes them on to his students, players, coaches and opponents. He was acknowledged for these integrities by the Alaska School Activities Association recently and announced as one of the 11 members of the Class of 2014 to be inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame. "When I first heard about my...
Let's be clear: the Lady Wolves softball team showed up in force this year. Unlike the high school baseball team, which didn't garner enough participants to field a full team (not enough relief pitching for a double-header has hamstrung the Wolves baseball team for this season), the softballers have 16 student athletes – almost enough players to stock two full teams without relief – raring to go. Unfortunately, they lack credible opposition, school activities officials have said. Officials hav...
The forecast for this spring: sunshine, followed by small children on pitchers' mounds. The Little League season unofficially opened this weekend with an open tryout session in the community gym. About 65 kids signed up for the perennial summer baseball league, which features travel to Petersburg. Practices will be held for the next three weeks. Opening ceremonies for the season will be held April 26. The league is structured into four categories, according to Brennan Eagle, who is among the...
A ten-man Wrangell basketball team grabbed second place at a competitive regional basketball tournament held every spring in Juneau. The Wrangell Thunderbirds fought their way to Saturday's B-Bracket (for ages 32 and under) Championship game at the Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball tournament undefeated, but succumbed to returning champions Angoon despite beating them in the semifinals, said Cody Angerman, a member of the team. The championship was close, Angerman said. "We went back and forth...
Two might just be the magic number for the Wrangell High School Cheer squad. The cheerleaders will head to the State competition in Anchorage this week for the second year in a row after having come in second place, also for the second time. After holding a community bake sale over the weekend to raise funds for traveling, the team left on an Anchorage-bound jet Monday with a performance slated for Tuesday evening. While basketball teams get 32 minutes of regulation (plus overtime) to craft a...
The Wrangell High School boys' varsity basketball team went out of the Region V 2A tournament on straight losses March 5 and 6. The Wolves dropped the opener to the Craig Panthers 49-26 March 5. Thursday's 53-49 loss to the Haines Glacier Bears was much closer, with the teams trading the lead late into the fourth quarter. Craig put on a relatively even effort, with no one player standing head and shoulders above the rest, said Coach Ray Stokes. "On their part, they just had a whole bunch of...
The Lady Wolves season ended with two losses March 5 and 6 in Juneau. They dropped their Region V opener to Craig 38-26, then lost their Friday match-up against Haines by two points. Craig's Marie Yates contributed to the March 5 loss. The Lady Wolves struggled to find a defensive solution to an athletic and competitive player, said head coach Edna Abella-Nore. "We literally just got out-rebounded by (Yates)," she said. "She's got some vertical leap. No matter how much my kids would box out, the...
The Wrangell High boys' varsity basketball team lost twice in Haines this weekend. Friday's 48-60 loss and Saturday's 47-53 brought the Wolves' record against Haines to 2-2 on the season. The Wolves own a conference record of 4-8 and third-place seed headed into the Region V tournament in Juneau March 5, in between second place (and first round opponents) Craig and last-place Haines. Perennial power Metlakatla holds the first place seed in this year's four-team double-elimination tournament....
The Lady Wolves split games this weekend in Haines. They won the opener 35-26 and lost the Saturday sequel, 34-43. Senior Erica Smith led the Wrangell offense Friday with 11 points on four field goals and two-for-three from the line. Sophomore Taylor Bean and Amy Jenson followed with eight points each. Bean sank two field goals and shot four-for-seven from the line. Jenson scored four field goals. The Haines offense was unable to muster a major response Friday. Sophomore Kayley Swinton led the...
The Wolves downed Region V power Metlakatla Friday night but were unable to repeat on the Chiefs Saturday. The Wrangell High School boys' varsity basketball team put double digits on the board for three quarters Friday night, and won the opener handily, 31-49. They were outscored every quarter but the first and lost the closer 54-37. "It was nice to get a win, especially against the king of the conference, I guess," said head coach Ray Stokes. "We did it pretty handily, but then we...
The Wrangell girls’ varsity basketball team lost twice in Metlakatla this weekend. Friday’s 22-55 loss was typical of scores for Wrangell teams visiting the fiercely competitive Metlakatla teams. Saturday’s 25-31 loss was closer, and from the perspective of Head Coach Edna Abella-Nore, counts as a win. “Personally, from what I’ve heard around town, you never really win a game in Met,” she said. The Lady Wolves faced foul trouble early Friday. Junior Darian Meissner eventually fouled out. Amy Jenson recorded four fouls. Sophomore Taylor Bean...
The Lady Panthers outshot the Lady Wolves twice this weekend. Wrangell lost both games to Craig by double digit margins, dropping the opener 58-39 and Saturday's game 58-40. The losses bring their season conference record to 2-6. "Our defense is there," said head coach Edna Abella-Nore. "This is a shooting team, and they all can shoot. They all shot from the outside." "If you look at the score sheet, a lot of them shot three-pointers," Abella-Nore added. "We are playing against last year's...
The varsity boys’ basketball team won one game against conference rivals Craig this week. They lost Thursday’s game 56-58, but won the Friday sequel 50-49. The split result brings the Wolves’ conference record to 3-5 on the season. The Wolves paced the Panthers through three quarters Thursday leading by two at the half, then poured it on in the fourth. They outscored Craig 19-11, coming up just shy of another win in the last minutes. The finish was so close, it might as well be a win, said head coach Ray Stokes. “We really could have won the...
