The 1951 Wrangell Thunderbirds basketball team pose during their last appearance at the Juneau Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. The team will be resurrected during the 2013 event with a team of local Wrangellites.
In the oral history of Native Alaskans, the thunderbird is a creature that is revered, respected, sometimes feared, and responsible for stirring the winds with storms and thunder when it flies.
That said, after 62 years of absence, the Wrangell Thunderbirds basketball team, comprised of organizer Anthony Harding along with Brad Angerman, Cody Angerman, Jason Clark, Dustin Johnson, Kevin Young, Keith Young, Archie Young, Ryan Howell, Graham Gablehouse and Mitch Mork, will travel to Juneau for the March 17-23 Lions Club Gold Medal basketball tournament – and hopefully stir some winds of their ow...
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