The girls on Wrangell High School’s volleyball team forayed into their first pair of games last weekend, taking on Craig and Klawock.
Traveling across to Prince of Wales Island by charter boat the morning of October 6, the Lady Wolves’ first match-up was at Craig. There, the Lady Panthers’ varsity won in three sets, besting Wrangell 25 to 17 in the first, and 25 to a close 22 in the second two sets.
The two schools’ junior varsity squads also had an opportunity for a match, and after losing the first set to Craig 22 to 25, the Lady Wolves JV won the second 25 to 22. Craig came back with a pair of winning sets, with the final’s score at 27 to 25.
On Saturday, the girls played against the Klawock Chieftains. As with Friday’s match, the varsity squad finished just behind in a close three sets. Klawock won the first 25 to Wrangell’s 22 points, the second 25-20, and the third 25-23.
“All really close matches,” noted Wrangell coach Jessica Whitaker.
Wrangell’s JV fared better in a best-of-three match, winning it in two with scores of 25-19 and 25-14.
Whitaker felt player Helen Decker had had a strong weekend, playing some crossover on both the varsity and junior varsity teams. “She was able to be a leader on the court,” the coach said.
Kaylyn Easterly also did well, leading the team for kills both evenings.
“She has grown tremendously,” Whitaker commented, adding Easterly had done a good job both offensively and defensively.
As the team prepares for its next meets, they will be focusing on cleaning up their passing, and working on serving. The girls first head to Juneau-Douglas for the school’s annual JIVE Tournament on Friday and Saturday, then travel to Haines immediately afterward for the season’s first seeding tournament Monday and Tuesday.
“We’re going to be playing a lot of volleyball the coming weekend,” said Whitaker. She plans on taking 12 students for the extended weekend’s matches. “Hopefully they’ll get a lot of experience on this trip.”
The team’s only home game scheduled for the season will follow its trip to Metlakatla, hosting Petersburg November 10 and 11.
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