Volleyball team wins 5 out of 6 matches

The Wrangell High School volleyball team traveled to Metlakatla last weekend for six matches. They won all but one match during three days of play.

In best-three-out-of-five match sets, the Lady Wolves played against Petersburg, Craig, Metlakatla, Haines, Skagway and Klawock, which was the only team to defeat them.

Thursday’s match against Petersburg resulted in Wrangell winning three sets in a row, 28-26, 25-16 and 25-19.

Friday’s matches were against Skagway, Metlakatla and Haines. Wrangell took all three matches against Metlakatla, 25-19, 25-12 and 25-11. Scores for the other two matches were unavailable as of Tuesday.

The team played against Craig and Klawock on Saturday. Wrangell beat Craig in three out of four sets, 25-18, 21-25, 25-15 and 25-9. They fell to Klawock in the final match (the scores were not available Tuesday).

“The girls played very well overall. We had a couple of players playing in different positions than they normally do and they stepped up,” said head coach Alyssa Allen. “They passed the ball well, for the most part, which made it so we were able to set up our offense, which was key for the success we had this weekend.”

Allen said a few of the players stood out in their performances. “Emma Martinsen did a nice job running the offense. Kiara Harrison and Kendra Meissner both had a good weekend hitting the ball, and on defense. Aubrey Wynne did a really nice job serving the ball for us,” she said.

The team travels to Petersburg on Nov. 5.

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The wrestling team didn’t travel to Petersburg last weekend due to bad weather. Instead, the grapplers stayed home.

“We hosted an inter-quad scramble and had about 13 matches here at home,” said assistant coach Jack Carney.

The wrestlers are scheduled to travel to Haines this weekend.

The swimming team will be headed to regionals in Ketchikan this weekend. Head coach Jamie Roberts hopes her team does well enough to move on to state in Juneau Nov. 5-6.