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The Wrangell High School softball team hosted Craig over the weekend, and won its last game of the season Saturday. The Lady Wolves first faced the Lady Panthers Friday in Wrangell and lost 26-38. Saturday, Wrangell won 20-7. Wrangell coach Kathleen Harding said her team was ahead of Craig during Friday’s game. However, she switched up the pitchers to give players more game time and the Lady Wolves lost the lead. Yet, the Lady Wolves were hitting well Friday night, Harding said, with s...
April 18, 1912: Congressman Sulzer recently introduced a bill providing a bounty on Alaska wolves. The bill, as referred to the committee, provides for a bounty of $10, with establishment of proof before any clerk of district court, any U.S. Commissioner or the Collector, or any deputy Collector of Customs in the District. April 16, 1937: At the special meeting of the newly elected city council last evening, attended by Mayor Hanford and councilmen, McBride, Hansen, Cunningham, Hugerford, and Campbell, reappointment of all present city...
The Wrangell Wolves traveled to Petersburg last weekend to play two different teams, the Vikings and the Thunder Mountain Falcons. The Wolves lost both games April 14. Against Thunder Mountain, Wrangell scored one run to the opponent’s 15. The game later in the day against Petersburg was a closer score, but Wrangell lost 4-6. “That’s a pretty close ball game,” said Wrangell head coach Scott McAuliffe, who added Petersburg was the tougher of the two teams the Wolves faced over the weekend...
The Wrangell High School baseball team kicked off its 2012 season Saturday, hosting three games against the Craig Panthers. The Wolves won its first game Friday 5-4, but lost both games on Saturday 4-15 and 7-18. Wrangell Coach Scott McAuliffe said despite the losses, the weekend games were a good series to start the season as it gave the team an idea of how they need to improve. The Wolves began practicing in early March. McAuliffe said he would have liked to begin practicing earlier in the...
The Wrangell Lady Wolves basketball team traveled to Ketchikan last week for the regional tournament, and lost both its games to teams from Haines and Metlakatla. The Lady Wolves first faced the Lady Glacier Bears of Haines Wednesday, Feb. 29. Wrangell was defeated 32-48. The loss led them to play the Metlakatla Lady Chiefs on Friday - a game that ended in another loss for the Lady Wolves. The final score was 27-44. Wrangell head coach Dave Silva said his players did well defensively at...
The Wrangell Wolves ended its season last week at the regional tournament in Ketchikan, losing two of its three games. The Wolves first faced off against the Glacier Bears of Haines High School on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Wrangell lost the game 50-75 and went on to play the Petersburg Vikings the following day. Wrangell won that game, 46-37. Wrangell head coach Ray Stokes noted strong performances by sophomore Jake Murphy, junior Ryan Reeves and senior Clayton Stokes during the game against...
Feb. 29, 1912: William Neill returned on the Jefferson from the Sound where he had been on business regarding the new river boat to ply on the Stikine. Plans for the new boat were drawn up by L. E. Geary and company of Seattle, noted designers of speed boats. The Telegraph II will be a twin screw, funnel stern, shallow draft boat, 64 by 14 feet and will be powered with two 32 horsepower, 4 cylinder N&S motors to drive her against the current of the Stikine. Work on the hull started Monday. They expect to have the boat ready for work as soon as...
After losing two games on home court last week to Sitka High School, the Wrangell boys varsity basketball team won two games over the weekend to Juneau. Friday night, the Wolves scored 67 points to the Crimson Bears’ 41. The following night, Wrangell scored 70 points while Juneau scored 37. Wrangell coach Ray Stokes said he thought his team played well both nights against Juneau and added it was a good weekend for the players to prepare for next week’s regional tournament in Ketchikan. Sto...
Wrangell’s varsity girls basketball team beat Juneau twice on home court over the weekend. The final home game of the season, and the last games of the regular season, gave the Lady Wolves the opportunity to try out new plays and defensive strategies that could be used during the regional tournament in Ketchikan next week, said head coach Dave Silva. The Lady Wolves beat the Lady Crimson Bears 52-20 Friday and 40-32 Saturday. “We came up pretty hard Friday night,” Silva said. “I just think w...
John Charles Ellis, the youngest of four children was born to Chet and Margaret Ellis on May 20, 1947 in Juneau, Alaska. The Ellis family lived near the Mendenhall Glacier, homesteading behind Auke Lake. Young John spent his first ten years subsisting with the family in the lifestyle of wood stoves, coal oil lamps, outhouses, and water buckets. They survived on a menu of venison and fish in addition to vegetables grown in a big garden. Early on in John’s life he spent summers trolling with C...
Wrangell High School girls’ varsity basketball team had a tough weekend traveling to Sitka for two games while half the players fought off a head cold. The Lady Wolves lost the games against the Sitka Lady Wolves. Friday night’s game ended 46-24 and Saturday night’s game ended 59-19. Sitka is a very good basketball team, said Wrangell Coach Dave Silva, who also has been battling a cold since last week. Sitka plays tough defense and matches the Lady Wolves speed on the court, he went on to say....
The Wrangell Wolves lost by one point Friday night on home court to the Petersburg Vikings. The following night, however, Petersburg gained a larger lead and took the game 70-52. The games on Wrangell court were the team’s first home games in over a month. Saturday night was also the Wolves Homecoming game. Though the games were fast-paced and the teams kept the level of intensity high, the Wolves could not keep up with the Vikings. Coach Dave Stokes said though his team fought hard over the wee...
The Lady Wolves won its two Homecoming games this weekend against Petersburg. The games were close, with Wrangell winning by one point Friday night. On Saturday, the Lady Wolves took the game by a six-point lead. Coach Dave Silva said his players kept the intensity up and the pressure on their Petersburg opponents, which helped lead the Lady Wolves to victory. Silva also said he felt his guards were stronger than Petersburg’s, and that helped the Lady Wolves defensively. Petersburg senior C...
The Wrangell High School boys basketball team has spent the last month traveling to games out of town, and coach Ray Stokes thinks it may have negatively affected his players’ performance in recent match ups. Last week, the Wolves faced Haines and lost the two games. After losing the first game against Haines by one point (47-48), the Wolves got into foul trouble the following night and the Glacier Bears won by 18 points. The game score was 69-46. This past weekend, Wrangell lost another set of games on Mt. Edgecumbe’s court. Stokes said his te...
While the Wrangell girls varsity basketball suffered two losses this past weekend to Mt. Edgecumbe High School, Lady Wolves Coach Dave Silva said his players stayed positive, kept good attitudes and “kept their heads up.” “I have nothing but praise for how the girls handled things,” he said. The Lady Wolves lost Friday night on home court 39-67. The following night, Wrangell was beaten 37-52. However, the Lady Wolves persevered, Silva said, and tried their best. “I got to give it our girls, no...
The Lady Wolves came away with a win over the weekend after facing the Lady Glacier Bears of Haines on home court. Haines defeated Wrangell Friday 61-44, but the following night the Lady Wolves beat the Lady Glacier Bears by ten points. The game score was 48-38. The Lady Wolves looked like they were off to a good start at the beginning of the game Friday, with junior MiKayla Stokes sinking two, three-pointers in the first quarter. However, Wrangell committed nearly 30 personal fouls total as a...
The Wolves were originally set to face Haines over the weekend. However, due to weather, flights out of the island were canceled and the team’s games were rescheduled to Monday and Tuesday night of this week. The Wrangell Wolves lost to the Glacier Bears Monday night by one point. The game score was 47-48, according to the scorebooks. At halftime, Wrangell was trailing by one point with the Wolves scoring 20 points in the first two quarters of the game to Haines’ 21 points. By the end of the third quarter, Wrangell was still behind one point wi...
The Wrangell boys’ varsity basketball team won and lost away games over the weekend against the Craig High School Panthers. Coach Ray Stokes said a team effort helped the Wolves defeat the Panthers Friday 60-56, but an injury and high number of fouls contributed to the 47-78 loss Saturday. Friday’s game was what Stokes called the “best game we played all season.” The Wolves rebounded well, played good defense and looked good offensively, he said. Every one of the players contributed to the win. Clayton Stokes scored 26 points for the Wolves...
The Lady Wolves varsity basketball team fell to the Lady Panthers of Craig High School this weekend in two games. Friday’s game ended in score of 32-52. The following day, Wrangell was defeated 32-62. “In the short scheme of things, they (Craig) put the ball through the hoop more times than we did,” said Wrangell coach Dave Silva. The Lady Wolves were trailing by ten points throughout the first three quarters of the game. During the fourth quarter Craig managed to add 18 points to the scoreboard, widening the gap between the two teams. “Craig i...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. Jan 11, 1912: With a rush and a roar the new roller rink opened Monday with a full representation of Wrangell skaters who took advantage of the first chance to enjoy the pleasing exercise in their home town. A great many beginners too clamped on the obstinate, or all-to-willing little rollers and although several spills were experienced no one was injured and all made surprising progress toward the degree of perfection that brings the real enjoyment of the sport. The “400” Skating Club has cha...
The Lady Wolves varsity team went down to the wire against the Metlakatla Lady Chiefs last Wednesday night as they fell 35-34 in a game Wrangell owned for more than 25 minutes on the boards. The Jan. 4 matchup, which was led by Wrangell for the first three periods, ended in a fourth period showdown where Metlakatla outscored, out-rebounded and out-played the Lady Wolves in a show of aggression rarely seen on the court. Wrangell head coach Dave Silva said it came down to his team failing to play...
January The Wrangell School Board found $128,451 in additional, unspent funding from a federal program. In passing their 2011 budget, the board also accepted an $8,300 grant for the Upward Bound program. Master carvers Steve Brown and Wayne Price visited Shakes Island to begin discussions on the renovation of the Tribal House and to propose a traditional tools class. The US Forest Service began a scoping project for an Environmental Impact Study regarding timber sales and road construction for...
Richard Rinehart Sr, passed away peacefully just before noon Thursday, December 29th. He was a great father, grandfather, great-grandfather, husband, uncle, and a real good man. He was a respected elder and leader of his people. His passions were his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren (Rinehart’s, Powell’s, Churchill’s and Oliver), fishing and his organizations (ANB, American Legion, T&H, WCA and more). He loved his wife Joann and he loved Wrangell. Richard led a long life with hono...
Wrangell alumnus Lizzy Romane stretches for the ball against the Lady Wolves on Wednesday night as former WHS players took on current players. The Alumni team won the match 38-32....
The Wolves of Wrangell High School hosted the Craig Panthers on Dec. 16-17 in the home opener for WHS. Things got off to a bumpy start for the Wrangell Wolves varsity team on Friday night as they came within one point of winning their first game in front of the home crowd. Although it was close throughout the game, Craig was able to pull out the 58-57 win in the 4th quarter. Exceptional offense in the Friday game came courtesy of Clayton Stokes with 28 points. Clayton Rhodes added 9 points,...