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 By Marc Lutz    Sports    July 26, 2023

Cross country team prepares to run down goals

This year’s Wrangell High School cross country team has some big running shoes to fill. Last year, the boys team placed first at regionals and first at state, which was a first-ever accomplishment for the team. Some of those runners are returning a...

 

Wrestling Camp

Visiting coach Mike Bundy demonstrates a move on incoming freshman Jackson Carney at Wrangell Wrestling Camp on July 13. The camp was sponsored by Parks and Recreation and backed by grant funding....

 

A shot at learning more

Alysa Horn, center, instructs students Boomchain Loucks, left, and Jackson Pearson last Friday during drills at a three-day basketball camp at the high school gym over the weekend. Horn is the owner...

 

Time to play ball

Malachi Harrison looks to the catcher, determining his next pitch during opening day of Little League in Wrangell last Saturday. Harrison plays for the Wolverines, who faced the Cubs in the first...

 

Diamonds shine

Delilah Roane, 11, sweeps a dugout last Saturday as part of the volunteer effort to clean up the baseball diamonds at Volunteer Park. The batting cages were weeded and raked, while the fields were...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    March 29, 2023

Student interest in spring sports goes deep; coaches hope it's enough to play ball

For the first time in more than a decade, it's possible that Wrangell High School could have not only a baseball team but a softball team as well. But the question remains as to whether umps will...

 

Cheer squad places 7th at state competition in Anchorage

The Wrangell High School cheer squad has finished their season of drills and RAH, RAH, RAH-ing with the conclusion of state competition last week. The squad of Brodie Gardner, Cassady Cowan, Alisha Armstrong, Lily Younce and Nate Rooney placed sevent...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    March 22, 2023

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...

 

Wrangell AAU girls team nets first-place at home tournament

While the high school state championship tournament in Anchorage was attracting a lot of hoopla, the Stikine Hoops Invitational was netting plenty of its own excitement back home, including a big...

 
 By Josh Reed    Sports    March 22, 2023

Kake boys cap undefeated season with 1A state championship

The last time the Kake high school boys basketball team appeared in a state championship game was more than two decades ago. The team was competing in Division 2A and current head coach Anthony Ross, who went by Anthony Dolan at the time, was on the...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    March 15, 2023

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...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    March 1, 2023

Boys team splits with Petersburg, girls win both games at homecoming

At times, the cheers for the Petersburg Vikings were almost as loud as the cheers for the Wrangell Wolves. And the cheers for the Wolves were almost deafening. The Wrangell High School gym was alive...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    February 22, 2023

Chiefs defend homecourt against visiting Wolves to win all four games

Learning to adapt and improvise can be a key strategy in basketball, which is what Wrangell’s basketball teams had to do last weekend against Metlakatla. However, it was not enough. The Wrangell High School varsity boys and girls teams traveled to p...

 

Middle school wrestlers win top spots at Juneau regionals

Stikine Middle School wrestlers traveled to Juneau last weekend for regionals, winning first- through eighth-place finishes. The girls squad showed up in force, taking first, second and third place in their weight classes. It was the first time a...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    February 15, 2023

Wrangell varsity boys fare better in rematch against Sitka

The last time they met on the hardwood, the Wrangell High School boys varsity basketball team fell in two games against the Sitka team on Sitka’s homecourt. “Our guys played really tough,” head coach Cody Angerman said after those games in Decem...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    February 8, 2023

High school boys sweep Craig, while girls teams struggle

Coordinated plays, three-pointers galore, solid defense and near misses defined Wrangell High School basketball teams’ games against Craig High School last Friday and Saturday. The boys varsity and junior varsity teams each won both of their games a...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    February 1, 2023

Wrangell manages one win out of six games against Metlakatla

Boys and girls varsity and junior varsity teams knew they would face some of the toughest teams in Southeast last Friday and Saturday as Metlakatla came to Wrangell for high school basketball. And...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    January 25, 2023

Wrangell nets more wins than losses in Petersburg homecoming weekend

It may have been Petersburg's homecoming weekend but two of Wrangell High School's basketball teams were the ones coming home with wins. In two days of tough competition last Friday and Saturday,...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    January 18, 2023

Wolves lose one, win one against Glacier Bears on the road

From the start of the game, the Wrangell High School boys basketball team had their work cut out for them against Haines. The energy from both the Wolves and the Glacier Bears was evident from tipoff...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    January 18, 2023

Lady Wolves lose two in a row to Haines in away games

Bad luck on Friday the 13th bled into Saturday the 14th for the Lady Wolves as they traveled to Haines to take on the Glacier Bears last weekend. In the first competition of the new year, the...

 

High school players take on alumni in annual matchups

Alumni Sam Armstrong, left, Riley Blatchley, Sean Gillen and Tyson Messmer pursue senior Ethan Blatchley as he drives the ball during the annual alumni game on Dec. 27. The game started at a fast...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    December 21, 2022

Blatchley, Churchill close out high school wrestling as state champs

Two senior wrestlers went to Anchorage as regional title holders. They returned to Wrangell with another title to their names: State champions. Ethan Blatchley and Randy Churchill each took on four...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    December 21, 2022

Wolves win two, lose two in season openers in Sitka

The Wrangell Wolves had a preview of what's to come in this season's basketball tournaments, and the team has its work cut out for them. In competition that spanned three days, the Wrangell High...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    December 14, 2022

Wrangell places second in Southeast; 7 wrestlers qualify for state

There was plenty of tough competition last Friday and Saturday as the Wrangell High School wrestling squad attended the Southeast Division II regional championship competition in Ketchikan. Head...

 
 By Marc Lutz    Sports    December 14, 2022

Girls basketball team lacing up for new season

"Remember, ladies," head coach Christina Good yells to her players from across the high school gym, "stretch really good. Hammies. Quads." Good moves about the hardwood, keeping an eye on the...

 

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