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Wrangell may see a return of track and field for high school athletes. The effort is starting small. Wrangell junior Boomchain Loucks, a standout cross-country runner, competed Saturday, May 3, at the South Sound Classic at Puyallup High School east of Tacoma, Washington. Loucks, who had started practicing in mid-April, was the only Wrangell athlete with enough practices under his feet to qualify for the meet, explained Mason Villarma, who is volunteering as track and field coach this year. “My goal for this year is to get it off the ground,” s...
Graduating senior Kyan Stead, who was selected by the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches for this year's all-star game in Anchorage, wished the game had lasted just a little longer. Stead's team lost in double overtime in the April 12 contest, 84-82, in a high-scoring game that he described as fast-paced. "I was hoping for a third overtime," he said. Cordova's John Itliong sank the winning basket for the Gold team. Stead played on the Blue team in the Division 1A/2A all-star matchup of...
On paper, the Wrangell High School boys basketball state bid was unexceptional. They dropped their opening game to Seward, bounced back in a win against Fairbanks charter school Effie Kokrine, and eventually settled for sixth after falling by three points to Susitna Valley at the tournament held in Anchorage on March 13-15. But you'll need to keep shaking the Polaroid if you want to develop the full picture of Wrangell's performance. Early Sunday morning, March 9, while the team was at the...
Before the high school boys basketball season started, head coach Cody Angerman said his goal was to win state. But he also said, “If we’re the best team possible by the time March comes around, that’s the best I can ask for.” After a tight second place Southeast finish to defending champions Metlakatla, the boys team is very much still in the running to achieve both those goals. The boys took home the silver medal after winning two of their three games March 5-8 at the Southeast tournament in Ketchikan. The Wolves got out to an impress...
The Wrangell girls basketball team finished third at the Southeast tournament in Ketchikan on March 5-8. The top two teams in Southeast (Metlakatla and Haines) received automatic bids to the state tournament in Anchorage this week. Wrangell did not receive an at-large bid, meaning the season ended in defeat to Haines on March 8. While they may have hoped for more from the Southeast tournament, Wrangell’s performance was not without its highlights. The Wolves opened tournamentplay with a win against rival Petersburg. After splitting the h...
This year's girls high school basketball team has had quite a roller coaster of a season. Some days they're unstoppable, and opponents have no answer for the sharpshooting acumen of Christina Johnson or the post-presence of Alana Harrison and Alexis Easterly. On other days, the offense falls flat and the shots simply fail to fall. In their two-game homestand against Petersburg on Feb. 21-22, the Wrangell homecoming crowd witnessed the full spectrum of the girls basketball team. They fell on...
Toward the end of the first millennium, Vikings were known for their effectiveness as a warrior culture. Their intention was not to win land but instead to pillage and plunder, seizing all the resources they could glean from enemy villages. When Petersburg stepped off their boat to play in Wrangell last weekend, one can only imagine this is how they wanted the two-game away trip to go, a reflection of the tired tropes of their mascot: Get off the boat, win a couple of battles (games), hop back o...
The high school boys varsity basketball team lost both nonconference games on a road trip to Mt. Edgecumbe High School on Feb. 14-15. The Wolves currently sit in a convincing second place in Southeast with a 6-2 record. Their only in-conference losses came at the hands of 8-0 Metlakatla earlier this season. While Wrangell will likely head into next month’s Southeast tournament as the No. 2 seed no matter what happens this weekend, the upcoming Friday and Saturday homestand against 0-8 Petersburg will be a good opportunity for Wrangell to get b...
The high school girls basketball team won the 15th annual Susitna Valley Crowley Classic, held in Talkeetna from Feb. 13-15. While the tournament did not contribute to Wrangell’s Southeast standing, the win will certainly instill some confidence ahead of the homecoming series against Petersburg this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-22. Alana Harrison, Alexis Easterly and Hailey Cook were named to the all-tournament team. Harrison was also named MVP of the tournament. Sophia Martinsen was awarded the Heart and Hustle award while Christina Johnson w...
The high school boys basketball team played four games over six days Feb. 3-8. They won the first two, both home games against Craig. They then lost the latter two, both away games at Ketchikan. Notably, only the wins count toward the conference standings, as the much larger Ketchikan team competes in Division 4A while Wrangell is in Division 2A. As things stand, Wrangell sits second in Southeast with an in-conference record of 6-2. They are second only to Metlakatla, whose unblemished 6-0...
After the weekend slate of home games was rescheduled to Monday and Tuesday nights, Feb. 3-4, the girls high school basketball team was left with just two days of rest before their next games on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8. In an early week homestand against Craig, the Wolves split the series before getting swept by Ketchikan's junior varsity squad on the subsequent weekend road trip. On Feb. 3, Wrangell dropped a close battle against Craig 55-60 before dominating the Panthers the following...
The boys and girls high school home basketball games between Wrangell and Craig were postponed from the weekend (Jan. 31 and Feb. 1) to Monday and Tuesday this week (Feb. 3-4). Bad weather in Craig made it unsafe for student travel by boat for the weekend games, though the Panthers were eventually able to make it to Wrangell ahead of the Feb. 3 matchup. Following the postponement, the boys varsity games tipped off at 5:30 p.m. on Monday and again at 7 p.m. the following night. The girls schedule was the inverse, tipping off at 7 p.m. Monday...
Wrangell is a better basketball team than Craig. They’re better organized, taller, better athletes, better shooters, better rebounders, better playmakers and they understand the sport at a higher level. At one point Wrangell’s Daniel Harrison even told a Craig player where to stand during a pair of three throws. And while the series opener on Monday, Feb. 3, got off to a clunky start, the Wolves eventually found their rhythm, defeating the Panthers on back-to-back nights 74-61 and 73-49. The wins bounce Wrangell up to second in Southeast, jus... Full story
This wasn’t the first time a point guard named Johnson played center when their team needed it. A move made famous by Magic Johnson in the 1980 NBA Finals was replicated by Wrangell’s Christina Johnson 45 years later. In a split series held in Wrangell on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 3-4, the Wolves relied on some unconventional methods to contain a Craig team that had handedly beaten them in the Southeast Alaska Cultural Tournament championship game last month. Wrangell dropped the first game 55-60 but bounced back on Tuesday, winning 52-35. Wra... Full story
The Wrangell girls basketball team took second in the inaugural Southeast Alaska Cultural Tournament, held in Craig from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25. After some back-to-back wins against the Ketchikan junior varsity team and Klawock, Wrangell eventually fell to hosts Craig in the championship game. Wrangell returned home adorned with a silver medal and a chip on their shoulder ahead of the upcoming rematches against Craig on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in Wrangell. Wrangell started off the tournament strong, beating the Ketchikan JV team...
The high school boys basketball team took first place in the inaugural Southeast Alaska Cultural Tournament, hosted by Craig Jan. 23-25. The Wolves won three of their four tournament matches, meaning Wrangell has won seven of their last eight matchups, dating back their out-of-town matches against Petersburg earlier this month. Though the tournament will not contribute to the Southeast conference standings, the win will certainly bolster the boys’ confidence ahead of the two-game home stand against Craig this weekend. The opening contest of the...
Editor’s note: The Alaska School Activities Association later decided -- after the Sentinel went to press this week -- that the overtime period for the Thursday, Jan. 16, boys high school basketball game should never have been played. ASAA has apologized to both teams. The official score for the game will no longer include the additional points from Saturday’s overtime period. Thursday’s final score was Wrangell 55-54. ---------------------- The boys high school basketball team won three times...
The girls basketball team split their home series against Haines on Jan. 16-17. Though the Wolves won on Thursday 49-46, their offensive struggles reemerged Friday in a 27-37 defeat. The Wolves, who entered the series with a conference record of 1-3, are now 2-4 on the season. Despite the Friday loss, the packed crowd left the gym with much to be optimistic about. The Thursday matchup between the Wolves and the Glacier Bears was thrilling from the tipoff. After scoring from Hailey Cook, Sophia...
The Viking is no match for the Wolf, at least by the logic of Southeast high school boys basketball. The Wrangell High School boys basketball team triumphed over Petersburg in both their matches last weekend. On Friday, Jan. 10, the Wolves won 57-36, following up with a 45-35 win on Saturday, Jan. 11. The games put Wrangell in the winning column for the first time this season after a tough four-game skid against Metlakatla to open the season. The Wolves currently sit third in Southeast. Though...
After a slow start, the Wrangell High School girls basketball team secured their first win of the season in Petersburg on Saturday, Jan. 11. The Wolves split the two-game series with their rivals, dropping the Friday game 34-36 before rebounding on Saturday in a 47-33 triumph. Wrangell now sits third in Southeast (1-3) but will look to make up ground on Haines (1-1) in a two-game home stand Thursday and Friday. Though the Wolves dropped the first game by just two points, it wasn't because they...
The high school boys basketball team lost both games at Metlakatla on Jan. 3 and 4. The pair of away matchups was the second half of a four-game series against Metlakatla, dating back to Dec. 20-21 when the Chiefs came to town for Wrangell’s home opener. Despite a valiant third-quarter surge, Wrangell’s efforts were not enough to surpass Metlakatla’s early lead in the Friday game. After the Chiefs closed out the game with a strong fourth, Wrangell started off the weekend with a 41-55 loss. The Saturday matchup was more of the same. Wrang...
Wrangell’s high school girls basketball team has started the year at 0-4 after back-to-back losses at Metlakatla on Jan. 3-4. This is the second weekend in which the Wolves have dropped both games to their southern rivals, though this second round of games provided much more optimism for the young team. In what will probably be the toughest stretch of the season, the girls basketball team not only faced up against the Southeast stalwarts of Metlakatla, but did so without Alana Harrison, who will likely be one of the team’s most critical players...
The Wrangell high school girls basketball team opened their season with back-to-back home losses against Metlakatla. In the Dec. 20 game, Wrangell lost 64-22. The next day, the Wolves fell 62-24. Though neither game was much of a contest, head coach Christy Good understands that at this point in the season generating results comes second to building positive habits. She also noted that the Wolves were without four of their 11 rostered players, including star sophomore Alana Harrison. “We have a lot of things to work on,” Good said. “We neede...
The Wrangell boys basketball team lost both home games to Metlakatla in their first competition of the season on Dec. 20 and 21 but playing in Metlakatla this weekend will give the high school squad an opportunity to get even with their southern rivals after an early bye week. The two-game series (one game Friday and one game Saturday) started off with a bit of a rude awakening for Wrangell. Metlakatla won the Friday game 49-26 in a triumphant display in the Wolves’ home gym. On Saturday, Wrangell was far more competitive, though the Chiefs s...
Wrangell's Jackson Carney is a state wrestling champion. The sophomore finished atop the podium in the boys 140-pound bracket after beating Glennallen's Jake Stockhausen in a 7-1 decision. Carney was not the only Wolf with a strong showing at the high school state Division II championship in Anchorage on Dec. 20-21. Della Churchill finished fourth in the girls 120-pound division and Cody Barnes finished fourth in the boys 215-pound bracket. Everett Meissner finished sixth in the 152-pound...
