Girls basketball season ends after third place finish in Southeast

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 homecoming series against the Vikings last month, Wrangell...