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Head coach Jeff Rooney spends a few moments with some of Wrangell’s youngest wrestlers as the 2013 season of Wolfpack Youth Wrestling began on Friday, Jan. 14 at the community gym....
The Wolves basketball squad lost two hard fought games last weekend as the Craig Panthers rolled to victories on Wrangell’s home court. On Friday night, the Wolves led most of the game and came close to a win as they fell by a 56-50 final score, with senior Ryan Reeves blasting through for 20 points on the night – outstripping even Craig’s best offensive player who shot for 18 points. Reeves also went 11-for-14 from the line and dropped five deuces during the game. Wrangell was hampered by tu...
In 1908, the poet Grantland Rice wrote a truism that exists in all interscholastic, non-professional sports. In his poem “Alumnus Football” he wrote, “For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks – not that you won or lost – but how you played the Game.” Through the years and after millions upon millions of high school basketball, volleyball and other sporting events, that stanza most likely became, “It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.” Th...
Wolves freshman Davis Dow pushes and cajoles his way into the paint against Craig last week during one of the JV squad’s two victories over the Panthers. Wrangell won their matches 50-41 on Friday and 37-27 on Saturday evening....
5 Elks Hoop Shoot winners: Elizabeth Johnson, Ashley Allen, Tymon Teat, Darren Shilts, Kaylyn Easterly, Maddy Harding, Helen Decker, Stone Guggenbickler, Brett Abrahamson, Robyn Booker, Jamie Early, Renee Roberts, Jacen Hay, Jake Eastaugh and Alex Rooney. (Not pictured: Racquel Mingming, Mikel Smith and Trevor Miller)...
Although they played in a more aggressive form than in recent outings, the Wrangell Wolves basketball team hit a brick wall last weekend in the form a Metlakatla Chiefs squad that defeated them 64-34 on Friday evening and 49-27 on Saturday night. It was a rough night from the beginning for the Wrangell squad as Met fired off six unanswered points in the first 90 seconds of the Friday game, allowing the Wolves to fall behind 16-9 in the first period – though the home team was buoyed by a trey f...
The Lady Wolves basketball team faced a tough series against the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs as they fell in two games 48-29 and 47-22 respectively on Wednesday and Thursday last week. The first period held hope for the Wrangell squad on Friday as they rallied to a one-point deficit at 11-10 in Met’s favor, but a second period run by the Lady Miss Chiefs – where they outscored Wrangell 10-3 –led to a halftime score with Wrangell down 23-13. Wrangell was able to put 13 points on the board in the third period, courtesy of three treys apiece by Katie...
Seniors Tori Gulla and Kurt Dingwall were named the 2013 Wrangell High School Homecoming Court Queen and King on Saturday night. Not pictured: Junior King and Queen Luke Gunderson and Erica Smith, Sophomore King and Queen Cody Thomassen and Caroline Ward, and Freshman King and Queen Bryce Gerald and Taylor Bean....
Two sentences can sum up the Homecoming basketball weekend between the Lady Wolves and Petersburg’s Lady Vikings, which began last Friday night. Friday was a night of high drama. Saturday was a game of strenuous play. After tipoff, and for the first quarter of action on Friday, the Wrangell squad played decisively and with speed – racking up a 23-13 halftime lead off a show stopping performance by the duo of Kayla Rooney and Alyssa Allen. The pair put up a combined 13 points and shot better tha...
The Wolves basketball squad suffered a pair of losses last weekend to the Petersburg Vikings during Wrangell’s 2013 homecoming celebration – the latest in a string of defeats for the boys’ team and head coach Ray Stokes. After a low scoring first period on Friday night, when Wrangell trailed just 6-5, the Petersburg offense kicked into high gear in the second to take a 24-14 advantage – spurred mostly by the defensive play of Vikings Clayton Franklin and Jared Volk, and the big offense of Tris...
The Wrangell Wolves basketball team opened their 2012-13 season Dec. 28-29 and took two losses on the chin as they battled the Thunder Mountain Falcons on the home hardwood. Even with a 65-41 loss on Friday, senior captain Ryan Reeves led the scoring push for Wrangell with 11 points and going 1-for-6 at the free throw line. Junior Robert Marshall followed close behind with 9 points and shooting 33 percent from the line. Robert’s brother, senior Jacob Marshall, ended the night with five p...
The Lady Wolves basketball team proved a point last weekend as they showed a truism on the court; sometimes a wolf can outfox a bear. Wrangell did just that as they faced off against Juneau Douglas’ Lady Crimson Bears to open their 2012 season at home – and walked away with a pair of wins on the hardwood to start their march toward the Region V and state tournaments in March. After shooting, blocking and defending their way to a 36-22 victory on Friday night, the Wrangell squad, led by a sta...
Trevor Miller takes his shot in the 10-11 year old portion of the Elk’s Hoop Shoot on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Community Gym. Miller took 1st place in his category with 13 shots completed....
The Wrangell boys’ and girls’ basketball teams made their season debut for the 2012-13 school year last weekend in Petersburg as part of the annual Little Norway Tournament. The tournament featured six other teams and the Wolves and Lady Wolves squads took part in their first year as competitors in the 2A conference – which means both teams will be in heavy competition with Craig, Metlakatla and Haines as the season progresses. While the Petersburg Vikings were the hosts, varsity squads from...
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling squad finished their 2012 season at the 1A-3A state championships last weekend in Nikiski with Kurt Dingwall, Tanner Thomassen and Jeffrey Rooney, Jr. taking 4th place among the hundreds of wrestlers who traveled from across the state to compete. The Wolves also landed a top-20 finish in the tournament, coming in at the No. 13 spot with a total mat time of 14:13 and five pins. Bethel’s varsity squad took the top spot at the competition. Three Wolves wrestlers managed to complete the tournament while enduring the p...
The Lady Wolves basketball team now has a new head coach – officially. The Wrangell Public Schools Board of Directors officially hired Dane Vincent, an educational aide at Wrangell High School and interim head coach of the squad, on Monday, Nov. 26 during their special session meeting. WHS Activities Director Monty Buness said he is looking forward to a good season for the Lady Wolves under the tutelage of Vincent. “I think we have some great returning players that should be able to put poi...
Wrangell High School hosted the 2A Region V volleyball tournament Nov. 29-Dec. 1, with Wrangell nearly making it to the finals before losing in straight sets to Craig (25-19, 25-6, 25-17.) The Lady Wolves began the tournament with a win against Hoonah, but fell later in the day on Thursday with a tough loss to Craig. The squad was able to bounce back by winning three straight matchups in the B-bracket against Metlakatla and Haines, however, to get them into the semifinals against the Lady...
1st place – 145lb Senior Tanner Thomassen 2nd place – 138lb Senior Kurt Dingwall 2nd place – 170lb Junior Devon Miller 2nd place – 182lb Sophomore Jeffrey Rooney Jr 3rd place – 113lb Junior Alex Cano 4th place – 132lb Freshman Roger Miller 4th place – 160lb Senior Jordan Veelle The Wolves took 2nd place overall in the tournament behind Craig with 140.5 points for the weekend....
Sophomore Ryan Reeves goes in for the easy lay-up during the Wolves’ first practice this week. The 2013 season for the Wolves and Lady Wolves begins in earnest Dec. 13-15 in Petersburg at the Vikings’ “Little Norway Tournament.” The first home game for the boys’ squad will be homecoming against Petersburg over the Jan. 4-5 weekend....
Wrangell High School’s wrestling team took second place at the Bill Weiss Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Ketchikan High School last weekend – with sophomore Jeff Rooney, Jr. taking the No. 1 spot in the 182-pounder class as the 2012 season nears completion. The tournament at Kayhi featured 17 teams from across Southeast. Rooney began his run at the top spot by defeating Sam Sergie of Craig with a pin in 44 seconds. Entering the championship round, Rooney took out Kohl Hallman of Ketchikan...
Rolland Wimberly, a 2009 graduate of Wrangell High School, poses with a championship belt he won at a Mixed Martial Arts event sponsored by Extreme Challenge, Inc. on Nov 10. The competition was held at the Civic Center in Quincy, Ill. where Wimberly beat fellow MMA fighter Mark Tangvon in five rounds by a decision. Wimberly is currently attending Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo....
The Wrangell Wolves wrestling team came together in a big way – and took 2nd place at the Thorne Bay High School Invitational Tournament last weekend after being edged out only slightly by the squad from Ketchikan. A mix and match format was the name of the game on the first day of competition and was, according to head coach Jeff Rooney, a way to prepare his wrestlers for a high level of play on the mat. “Our attending coaches set up a minimum of two matches per wrestler for the first day of the meet,” Rooney said. “We did these matchup...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team traveled to Klawock last weekend and walked away with a convincing win over Metlakatla – though losing in straight sets to Craig and Klawock, and losing 3-2 against Haines. According to head coach Jessica Whitaker, the Metlakatla match, where the Lady Wolves dominated 25-19, 25-13, 25-8, was the highlight of the weekend for the team. “Metlakatla was during our second day there and the girls were able to focus on transitioning on-and-off the net as well as setting...
With their trip to Haines last weekend, the Wrangell High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team is mid-season in regional competitions involving teams from Ketchikan, Sitka, Mt. Edgecumbe, Juneau, Thunder Mountain and Haines. Wrangell's two Debate teams, comprising Tyler Eagle and Matthew Covalt, and Lorenzo Silva and Blaine Wilson, both won seven debates in the last two Sitka and Haines tournaments. The team of Eagle and Covalt also previously won four debates in Juneau before the second...
