Lady Wolves return from regionals

The Wrangell Lady Wolves travelled to Prince of Wales this past weekend for regionals. It has been a unique season, with the COVID-19 pandemic requiring schools to organize mitigation plans and to host games with limited access to the public. The Alaska School Activities Association also decided, back in October, to cancel all state championship events for the year. This meant that regionals would be the end of the season for Alaskan volleyball teams. The Lady Wolves played hard against two teams, the Craig Lady Panthers and the Klawock Chieftains.

Wrangell and Craig faced off against each other in a best two out of three on Friday morning, Nov. 20. Neither game went well for the Lady Wolves. In the first game Wrangell only managed to score 3 points to Craig's 25. The second game also went in Craig's favor, but the Lady Wolves managed to put up a tougher fight. The final score was 12-25, a win for Craig.

After these two losses, Wrangell moved along to play against Klawock. The Chieftains came into the games after a loss to the Petersburg Lady Vikings. This set of games, between the Lady Wolves and the Chieftains, was for the best three out of five. The first game was very competitive. While the typical volleyball game will go to a max score of 25, the game was so tight it had to go further than that. Despite a hard fight by Wrangell, the final score was 24-26, a loss for the Lady Wolves. The following game was also close, but not quite as close as the first. The final score was 20-25, another loss for Wrangell. After that, Wrangell turned things around and won two games in a row: 25-17 and 25-19. Things now stood at two games to two games, with the final determining the winner. Once again, it was a competitive game, but Wrangell was stuck behind Klawock by only a few points. The final score was 11-15, another win for Klawock.

With that, regionals and the season were over for Wrangell. The regional championship went to the Lady Panthers this year.

Coach Alyssa Allen said she has seen a lot of growth in her team throughout the season, as well as adaptability.

"The girls stepped up," she said. "They improved a lot through the year and many of them played multiple positions and were able to adapt well."