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Wrangell swimmers continue to chip away at their race times, boasting 11 personal bests against Southeast competition on Oct. 11-12. The Juneau Invitational was the Wolves third meet of the season. And as the season nears its close, head coach Jamie Roberts remains optimistic about her last couple of weeks at the helm of the Wrangell swim program (she is moving out of town this winter). The reason for her optimism? Her swimmers keep getting faster. Of Wrangell swimmers’ 25 individual events in Juneau, 11 resulted in personal-best times. Better...
The Wrangell High School wrestling team competed in its first meet of the season this past weekend in Hoonah. The three-day meet Oct. 17-19 was a success for the Wolves, as they boasted four tournament champions, three second-place finishers and two bronze medalists. On the girls side, senior Della Churchill finished atop the podium in the 120-pound bracket, while Hailey Cook won the 114-pound weight class against her nationally ranked opponent in the gold medal match. For the boys, sophomore...
Head coach Brian Herman has been confident about the girls volleyball team all season long — like, really, really confident. After this week, one thing is clear: Herman has every right to be. The team won eight matches in half as many days, including a seven-match stretch at the Southeast seeding tournament where the Wolves did not drop a single set. The seeding tournament was a three-day affair, with the first match on Oct. 10 before competition wrapped up on Saturday, Oct. 12. It was the first of two seeding tournaments the team will play in...
The Wrangell boys cross-country team finished third in the state championship meet while the girls finished eighth on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Bartlett High School in Anchorage. For the boys, Daniel Harrison was Wrangell's highest finisher. The senior finished just outside the top 10 with a time 18:41.0. Junior Ian Nelson and sophomore Jackson Carney crossed the finish line one after the other in 14th and 15th. Jackson Powers finished 31st of the 85 runners with a time of 20:00.04. Everett Meissner...
The Wrangell girls volleyball team attended its first tournament of the season over the weekend in what head coach Brian Herman called a “hit and miss” series of six matches against five opponents. Hosted by Juneau-Douglas High School, the Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza gave Wrangell a rare peek outside the Southeast conference during pool play on Friday, Oct. 4, and the subsequent seeded tournament on Saturday, Oct. 5. The wolves opened their season with a 1-1 split against Metlakatla, before Mount Edgecumbe “handed them their hat...
Third-year head coach Jack Carney feels good about his team, and he's got his eyes fixed on a handful of state titles. "We're in a high point," he said. Carney expects 22 wrestlers for the 2024 season: eight girls and 14 boys. There will be just three seniors on the roster, including returning standout captain Della Churchill. A two-time region champion, Churchill was voted Outstanding Female Wrestler of the tournament at the Southeast championships last year. This year, her coach hopes she can...
For the third year running, the Wrangell boys cross-country team is the Southeast Division III champion. Boomchain Loucks won the race for the second year straight as the Wolves' eyes turn toward the state championship meet in Anchorage this Saturday. The boys team eclipsed Petersburg by just two points to claim the championship at the Sept. 28 competition in Ketchikan, solidifying their dynasty status with three Southeast titles in as many years. Loucks continued his winning ways when the...
These Wolves just keep getting quicker. At the Ketchikan Invitational on Sept. 20-21, Wrangell swimmers claimed 14 new personal-best times — 12 at the individual level and two by the relay teams. The trend pleased head coach Jamie Roberts, who at the start of the season told the Sentinel that incremental improvement is her No. 1 priority for the 2024 swimmers. Roberts said swimmers often see quick improvement after the first month of practice as their endurance levels reacclimate to in-season swimming. But as the team wraps up its second m...
The results from Petersburg are in and head coach Jamie Roberts is feeling good. The Wolves competed in the Petersburg Invitational Swim Meet on Sept. 6-7. Wrangell swimmers raced against Southeast rivals Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau and Craig, and boasted impressive times considering it was the first meet of the season. By structuring the two-day competition as two separate meets - one on Friday and one on Saturday - swimmers were able to compete in different events on both days. Amura...
Contrary to mud-caked impressions, the Capital City Invite was not an officially organized mud run, but it certainly wasn’t a fast and dry high school cross-country meet either. Held in Juneau on Sept. 21 with teams from 10 Southeast high schools, the Capital City Invite went forward as scheduled despite the slow and muddy conditions. In speaking to the Juneau Empire, Sitka senior Marina Dill reflected on the course’s condition. “Through my entire years of running, I’ve never run on something this muddy,” she said. Over 200 runners competed...
In their third race of the season, the Wrangell cross-country team boasted several personal-best times at the Sitka Invitational on Sept. 14. Standout junior Boomchain Loucks was the boys highest finisher, crossing the line in second place with a personal best of 16:42.46. Loucks, who won the season’s previous two races, has improved on his time every race so far this year. The boys team finished third behind the much larger schools from Ketchikan and Sitka — which won their home race. The boys bronze medal finish was spurred on by Ian Nel...
Head Coach Brian Herman wants the Wrangell High School girls volleyball to be the best team in Southeast — and he knows they can be. After winning the regional title (and fourth place at state) last year, the team is looking to take another step up this year. The 2024 season will be the second year for the team’s co-head coaching duo of Herman and Shelley Powers, and Herman noticed that the players are already looking better than they were at this point last year. Since May, Herman and Powers have hosted open-gym sessions for the players to...
Wrangell High School’s cross-country teams raced well last Saturday and improved their results from the season’s opening race two weeks ago. The boys team finished first in all divisions in Craig, anchored by another Boomchain Loucks victory. Loucks, a junior, won the boys 5K handedly, and improved on his personal best race time by nearly 14 seconds. The girls side showed improvement as well — something coach Mason Villarma has emphasized as the focus of their season. Wrangell finished second in their division thanks to a sixth-place finis...
Wrangell’s only home cross-country meet of the season, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 31, was canceled the night before due to forecasts for heavy rain. Earlier on Friday, a tentative plan to run a boys 5K and a girls 5K at the same time as cross country was put in place, but eventually it was decided that even this would have been untenable in the weather. Head Coach Mason Villarma hopes to reschedule the cross-country meet later this season. The cross-country team will race next at the Craig Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 7...
The cross-country season is officially underway. The boys team finished second overall in the team score, with Boomchain Loucks taking first handily. On the girls side of things, Kalee Herman was Wrangell's highest finisher, with Bella Ritchie crossing the finish line just behind her. The girls finished in 11th place at the race Saturday, Aug. 24, in Petersburg. Wrangell raced against all Southeast schools in the 5K race. And though head coach Mason Villarma saw the meet as a "test effort,"...
Medals made of pieces from the Eiffel Tower may not be up for grabs in Southeast Alaska, but the Wrangell High School swim team is just as motivated as ever. Another swim season is underway as practices began earlier this month. The team trains five days a week and will travel to its first meet of the season in Petersburg on Sept. 6. For Jamie Roberts, the team's head coach, the upcoming season has some sentimental value. After eight years on the job, this season will be her last. Roberts...
The Wrangell Wolves cross country boys team outran strong competition last year to take home their second state championship title in a row, and head coach Mason Villarma has high hopes for the runners returning for a new season. “I’m hoping to keep the culture alive,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of excellence in the program right now, particularly on the boys’ side.” Villarma is still working on building the girls’ program, and he hopes that the addition of middle school teacher Laura Davies as the team’s new assistant coach will help to attract...
Varsity softball coach Marsha Ballou said the Wrangell Lady Wolves team was unable to compete in their scheduled games in Juneau this season “due to unforeseen circumstances” beyond their control. She did not elaborate on what forced the team to cancel its Juneau games. The squad’s only game this year was the informal alumni fundraiser April 27 at Volunteer Park. “We deeply regret any disappointment this may cause to our team, supporters and the community,” Ballou said in an email May 28. She said they are committed to overcoming the challenge...
The only member of the Wrangell Swim Club to qualify, senior Jack Roberts competed and set several personal bests at the Alaska Swimming State Championship, a four-day meet held at the Bartlett High School pool in Anchorage on April 25-28. Twenty-two teams from around the state competed in this end-of-season swim club tournament. Roberts swam preliminaries and advanced to the finals in all of his events. In the 50-yard freestyle, he placed fifth with a time of 22.17 seconds. In the 100-yard...
Amid the rigors of state testing and preparations for prom, members of the Wrangell Wolves girls softball team turned out for informal practice after school with head coach Marsha Ballou at the baseball field near Volunteer Park on Thursday, April 18. While softball season officially started for Southeast high schools on March 4, the Wolves won't start their season until May 9-13 when they travel to Juneau for games. They will return to Juneau near the end of May to play regionals. There are no...