After missing out on a chance to compete at last year’s state tournament by a two-point loss at regionals, Wrangell Lady Wolves basketball coach Christina Good is ready for her team to try again this season.
“We’re due again, so we’ll see how it goes this year,” she said. “Everything cycles in sports.”
The season opens this weekend with home games against Petersburg.
“As coaches, we want to say we’re going to go to state, but that depends on how our girls perform,” she added. “Overall, I’m always super optimistic. We have a lot of really fast girls and I feel this is going to be a very special season.”
Good acknowledged that practices were challenging to schedule while players were concluding their seasons in regional and state competitions for other sports, including wrestling and volleyball. However, she pointed out that this also provided benefits. “They’re in really good shape and ready to go,” she said.
Good, who has been head coach since 2021, said she believes the team is looking good, with two seniors, two juniors, two sophomores and five freshmen, ranging in height from 5 feet, 2 inches to 5 feet, 9 inches.
The varsity squad as well as the junior varsity team are ready to play Petersburg at the high school gym for their first games of the season on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 5-6. “It’s hard not to have JV teams and then just throw them into varsity,” she said.
Over the holiday break from school, the girls team held their alumni game on Friday, Dec. 29, which also featured a taco dinner fundraiser for the Lady Wolves basketball program. The alumni won 49–20. “We just wanted to make sure that all our alumni got back and had the opportunity to play,” Good said.
After challenges like COVID and the Nov. 20 landslide, Good feels that a new season of basketball could be a source of healing for the town. “Basketball is something that can really bring the community together. Our town needs it, our community needs it.”
Good said that the true test for her team will be learning how to execute the plays and communicate as a team. “If we can get that figured out, we’ll have some wins under our belt.”
Wrangell Lady Wolves team roster:
Kayla Meissner, senior, 5’8”
Mindy Meissner, senior, 5’5”
Aubrey Wynne, junior, 5’8”
Addy Andrews, junior, 5’4”
Christina Johnson, sophomore, 5’2”
Shaylyn Nelson, sophomore, 5’8”
Alexis Easterly, freshman, 5’8”
Alana Harrison, freshman, 5’9”
Sophia Martinson, freshman, 5’3”
Madelyn Davies, freshman, 5’4”
Hailey Cook, freshman, 5’3”
Christy Good, head coach
Kaelene Harrison, assistant coach
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