Girls split against Lady Panthers

You win some and sometimes lose some, the Lady Wolves showed during the weekend’s basketball matches in Craig.

The high school girls’ performance was their second split so far of the regular season, following a similar showing at Petersburg the week before. At Craig the shortened weekend was only between the two schools’ varsity teams, as the Lady Panthers lack a junior varsity squad.

During Friday’s game Wrangell had begun the game with an early lead at the half, ahead 27-12. Kaylyn

Easterly led her team for points, sinking four extra attempts and scoring five two-pointers. Craig rebounded during the next half, garnering 23 net points over the Lady Wolves to win 45-37.

“We were coming out really strong, but the second half we didn’t seem to have the energy,” Wrangell coach Laurie Brown commented.

The girls found their pep the next day, keeping apace with Craig through the first quarter before holding a 20-15 lead at the half. Despite losing starter Abigail Armstrong to a knee injury, Wrangell was able to stay up on its offense and outpace the Lady Panthers in points. The

Lady Wolves finished with a 45-30 win, and its players together finished with an 80-percent success rate in extra points. Easterly led the

team again for points during the game, garnering 18 points in all.

As it hosts Haines during a midweek match-up, Brown said her team will continue to work on its gameplay. “We need to learn to bring it all together,” she said.

Junior varsity will again have to sit out the next couple of games during the team’s first home weekend, but the full team should be seeing some court time next week when it heads to Metlakatla January 26 and 27.

After that midpoint to the season, Wrangell will be slated to host three of its four games through February.

“We’re really looking forward to some home games,” Brown said.