The Lady Wolves made a good showing in their games against the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs this weekend, Jan. 10 and 11. While they did not come home with any wins this week, the games could easily be described as intense and were lost by only a narrow margin.
The first game on Friday started with Wrangell and Metlakatla neck and neck. Both teams managed to tie at 3 points each in the first quarter, and tied again at the second quarter at 14-14. The Miss Chiefs managed to take a slight lead in the third quarter, 20-17. This lead only increased slightly in the fourth quarter, from 3 points to 6. The final score was 30-24, a narrow loss for the Lady Wolves.
The second game, on Saturday, was equally intense. The Lady Wolves took an early lead in the first quarter, 6-9, and only stayed ahead of Metlakatla by the narrowest of margins. The score was 15-17 in the second quarter, and 29-31 in the third. Unfortunately, the Miss Chiefs began putting on a very strong offensive game in the fourth quarter and managed to take the lead. The final score was 43-38, another last-minute win for the Miss Chiefs.
Coach Laurie Brown said she was especially proud of her team’s performance in Saturday’s game, particularly in her team’s defensive game. Metlakatla has a strong basketball program, she said, but she thinks that with some more practice and hard work the Lady Wolves could come back and beat them in the future. Moving forward, she said that the team is going to focus on building confidence in their passing game and on offense, and continuing to gel together as a team.
“They were definitely some close games,” Brown said.
The Lady Wolves have a bye week this weekend. They will be playing against Haines next week, on Jan. 24 and 25.
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