Lady Wolves wins first place at Talkeetna tournament

The Wrangell High School girls basketball team dominated their first three games of the season to win the Rally at Denali tournament last weekend.

In three games over two days in at Susitna Valley High School in Talkeetna, the Lady Wolves defeated Birchwood Christian from Chugiak, Susitna Valley and Petersburg.

At first it appeared Wrangell wouldn’t be able to make the tournament due to mechanical problems on the flight last Wednesday. The plane was grounded in Petersburg and the team was returned to Wrangell the same day. The players made it out the next day, and tournament organizers rearran...