With one win and one loss, both narrow, the Wrangell Wolves had a hard-fought opening to their high school basketball season. Wrangell High School hosted the Petersburg Vikings last weekend to start the season.

"They were definitely exciting for sure," Coach Cody Angerman said of the Friday and Saturday games.

The first game, Jan. 29, went to the Vikings. They took the lead early in the first quarter, sinking a three-pointer. However, the Wolves were not deterred. They took the lead briefly, but ended the quarter in a tie, 10-10.

Wrangell pulled ahead slightly in the second quarter, 17-16, wid...