Wrangell hosts Stikine Middle School Invitational basketball tournament

From Thursday to Saturday last week, Wrangell high school and the old community gym held numerous basketball games. The town held the Stikine Middle School Invitational, a large basketball tournament for middle school teams across the region. The tournament rotates between the towns of Wrangell, Petersburg, and Craig each year, according to Aleisha Mollen.

Six schools were represented at the tournament: Wrangell, Petersburg, Craig, Hydaburg, Thorne Bay, Klawock, and Prince of Wales. These teams competed in four different "A" and "B" brackets for the boys and girls teams. Craig and Thorne Bay won the Girls A and B brackets, respectively. Hydaburg took the Boys B bracket, with Wrangell and Craig in second and third place. Wrangell took first place in the Boys A bracket. They beat Petersburg Middle School 54-39 in the final game.

Each first place team got to take home their brackets to show off. Wrangell High School's fabrication class is also making plaques for the winning teams, which will be delivered to them at a later date. Next year's invitational tournament will take place in Craig.