Wrangell teens bowl over the competition at state

Five Wrangell teens know their books, chapters and verses better than any other team in Alaska, and for the second year in a row Wrangell won the state title at The Salvation Army’s Bible Bowl competition.

The team was so dominant and won by such a wide margin at the competition March 16 in Juneau that “Anchorage actually forfeited,” said Capt. Chase Green of The Salvation Army’s Wrangell church.

Haines took second and Juneau won third in the four-team contest, he said.

With the state title in hand, Wrangell will move on to the nationals, scheduled for June 15 in Pasadena, California, Green sa...