Wins, losses, and hard work for Lady Wolves at JIVE tournament

The Lady Wolves volleyball team traveled north this past weekend for the Juneau

Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza. The tournament, taking place on Oct. 11 and 12, saw six teams from across Southeast Alaska compete. The Lady Wolves, saw several wins and losses through the tournament, but Coach Alyssa Allen said she was very proud of how they performed.

In two games against Klawock on Oct. 11, Wrangell lost with a score of 21-5 but claimed a win at 21-16. They won and lost games against Craig, 21-18 and 12-16 respectively. They also lost two games to Juneau-Douglas High School and to Thunder Mountain High School.

“The girls played hard today for their first games of the season,” Allen wrote on the WHS Volleyball Facebook page. “We started out a little shaky, but we’re able to pull some things together and play better volleyball after our first set.”

On Oct. 12, Wrangell went up against their school rival Petersburg for two games.

The Lady Wolves lost their first game narrowly, 23-21, but won the second game at 21-14. Afterwards, they won two games against Haines.

Bracket play for the tournament began on Oct. 12. The teams competed for the best two out of three sets to advance in the bracket. Wrangell went up against Klawock first, but lost two sets at 25-21.

After that, they were knocked down into a different bracket where they played Craig. They went three sets, losing the first one 25-20, winning the second at 25-14, and losing the third 15-6.

She also mentioned on Facebook that two of her players, Kaylyn Easterly and Tasha Massin, were named to the all academic team. Easterly was also named to the all tournament team.

“I think that they played really hard while we were there,” Allen said. “We only had a couple of practices with the rotation that we ran up there, so I think that they performed really well.”

Allen added that they will be traveling to Skagway for a seeding tournament next week, Oct. 25-26.