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Lady Wolves take regional championship, prepare for state
After a dominant showing in the regional volleyball tournament Nov. 15-17 in Petersburg, the Lady Wolves won the Southeast high school championship for the second year running and will head to state...
The Way We Were
Nov. 15, 1923 Word was received from John Hooper, president of the Tourists’ Society, that in addition to giving a number of newspaper interviews regarding his trip north, he will set different topics for each address, dwelling principally upon W...
Wolves compete at annual Ketchikan wrestling tournament
The Wrangell High School wrestling team traveled to Ketchikan to compete in the Bill Weiss Tournament on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11. Including exhibition matches, they came away with 54 wins and...
Community center prepares for dedication ceremony in March 2024
The building housing the community center is in its eighth decade and the center is into its fifth decade — with the Parks and Recreation Department looking to gather up remembrances for a dedication ceremony planned for March. In a letter posted o...
Roberts takes third in state swim championship
Senior Jack Roberts outswam athletes from much larger schools around Alaska at the state championship swim meet Nov. 3 and 4 in Juneau, placing third in the 100-yard freestyle at 47.95 seconds and...
Wolves wrestlers grapple through Anchorage tournament
Half of the dozen Wrangell wrestlers who traveled to Anchorage for a meet last weekend placed in the top six in their respective weight classes. The Wolves competed in a tournament at Mountain City...
Lady Wolves take down Petersburg in JV matches
The Lady Wolves are refining their technique and getting their new players up to speed as they ramp up training before volleyball regionals in mid-November. The team won two home matches against...
Wolves wrestle in round robin and scramble in Sitka
The Wrangell Wolves wrestled at Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka this past weekend, with a round robin on Friday, Oct. 27, and a scramble on Saturday, Oct. 28, earning 67 wins, 24 losses, and 55 pins, according to wrestling coach Jack Carney....
Lady Wolves win 3, lose 3 at first volleyball tournament of the season
The Lady Wolves volleyball team started their season with three big wins and three tough losses in the Klawock seeding tournament Oct. 19-21. After winning their first match against Skagway 3-0, the team played “a really tough match” against Cra...
Wrestlers earn top spots in Juneau Southeast Showdown
Wrangell wrestlers excelled on the mat at the Southeast Showdown at Thunder Mountain High School in Juneau. "We went 34 wins, 15 losses and 30 pins," said coach Jack Carney. "Four of the losses were...
Wrestling team starts season strong in Craig
The Wrangell Wolves high school wrestling team competed at a meet at Craig this past weekend, winning 61 of their 87 matches. “We competed against pretty much everybody in the region, except Sitka,” said wrestling coach Jack Carney. With a rou...
Boys cross-country team wins state championship; Loucks takes first
The Wrangell Wolves cross-country team braved near-freezing temperatures and stiff competition to take home their second state championship title in a row in Palmer on Saturday, Oct. 7. The boys team...
Boys cross-country team wins Southeast championship again
The Wrangell Wolves boys cross-country team won the Division III Southeast championship meet in Juneau on Saturday, Sept. 30, and are headed to the state competition in Palmer this weekend. Though...
Girls volleyball team getting ready for season opener in October
After taking first place at regionals last year, the girls volleyball team is setting up for another competitive season. With seven out of 11 players returning and a roster of strong hitters,...
Swim team breaks personal records at Juneau meet
The Juneau Invitational Sept. 15 and 16 was a weekend full of progress and personal bests for the Wrangell swim team. The team participated in 27 individual and four relay events during the two-day event, which was hosted by Thunder Mountain High...
Runners continue to improve times in advance of Southeast regionals
At the last cross-country meet before regionals, the Ketchikan Invitational, the Wrangell Wolves continued to shave seconds - and in some cases, minutes - off their times as they prepare for the end...
Wolves raced in Sitka against largest field yet
The Wrangell Wolves competed in the Sitka Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 16 - their largest cross-country meet before regional and state championships, with more than 240 competitors from 16 high...
Cross-country meet draws large crowd of runners and supporters
Over 300 athletes, family members and volunteers showed up to the Wrangell Invitational cross-country meet Saturday, Sept. 9, for a race featuring teams from 10 schools around Southeast. The Sitka...
Swimmers log personal bests at first swim meet of season
The high school swim team competed in its first meet of the season, the Sitka Invitational, on Sept. 1 and 2. Though the Wrangell Wolves placed sixth overall, many swimmers logged personal bests in...
Wrangell hosts high school cross-country meet on Saturday
The year’s only high school cross-country meet in town is set for Saturday, Sept. 9, with runners from nine Southeast schools scheduled to travel to Wrangell for the competition. Starting time for the 10-team meet is 1 p.m., said Wrangell coach M...
I really have enjoyed my stay, but I must be moving on
When I arrived almost exactly two years ago, Jeff and Kay Jabusch told me people in Wrangell aren’t necessarily wary of newcomers. Rather, they pointed out, they’re hesitant to get attached since they never know who’s going to stay. I fully inten...
Seasonal 'postcards' tell stories of Southeast life and culture
This is a good time to introduce you to a project we have been working on this past year. We received a fellowship with the National Folklife Network to introduce the world to our rainforest life....
Stikine birding festival about to take off for 16-day flight
Every spring when the eulachon spawn, the Stikine River flats are flooded with thousands of migratory shorebirds. And each year, the town responds in-kind with the Stikine River Birding Festival, filling the radio airwaves with bird songs and...
Boys varsity team wins fourth place at state tournament
After three days of intense play, the Wrangell High School boys varsity basketball team won fourth place in the state Division 2A championship in Anchorage. It was the first time the team went to stat...
Boys defeat Petersburg in battle for second place, win spot at state
In four days of tough battles on the hardwood, including an overtime win in the third round, the Wrangell High School boys basketball team took second place in the Southeast regional championships...
