Wrangell wrestlers take second in season opener

The Wrangell Wolves High School wrestling team took second place in their first match of the season. The team traveled to Juneau to compete Friday and Saturday in the Brandon Pilot Invitational at Thunder Mountain High School, where they wrestled against five other Southeast teams.

At the end of the tournament, the Wolves had tallied 74 points, behind only Juneau's Thunder Mountain at 84 points.

"We whooped everybody except for Thunder Mountain,"Assistant Coach Jack Carney said Monday.

Individually, several Wolves wrestlers won their weight divisions. Liana Carney, Ryan Rooney and Lily Younce took first place in their divisions both days of the competition, coach Carney said. Rowen Wiederspohn took first in Friday's competition.

"You got to remember that a lot of these kids had the minimum amount of practices they needed to go,"Carney said, adding that he is excited to see what the team could pull off as the season continues.

Other teams at the tournament were Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe.

The tournament is named in honor of Brandon Pilot, a Juneau freshman wrestler who died in a car accident in 2000.

The Wolves are scheduled host a tournament Friday and Saturday, but it will depend on what teams can make the trip to town. High School Activities Director Trisa Rooney said wrestling is tentatively set to begin 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. The event and times will depend on what teams are able to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"With our city mandate of having to have PCR (Coronavirus) tests within 72 hours of getting here, we aren't sure what teams can do that,"Rooney said in an email.

 

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