While Wrangell High School’s cross-country program prepares for its final meets, other sports are just starting up for the new school year. Wrestling begins next week, and on Sept. 16 volleyball players began practicing for the season ahead.

Nineteen girls have signed up for the team so far, and the team is currently holding six practices a week before its first games begin.

“We have strong seniors this year,” commented Jessica Whitaker, Wrangell’s coach for the past decade. Five new freshmen will be joining the varsity and junior varsity squads, and Whitaker said the season began o...