{"id":116979,"date":"2025-03-15T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/wolves-battle-rams-in-2a-state-tournaments-final-day\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T05:30:00","slug":"wolves-battle-rams-in-2a-state-tournaments-final-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/wolves-battle-rams-in-2a-state-tournaments-final-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves battle Rams in 2A state tournament’s final day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t
The Wrangell Wolves boys basketball season ended with a 53-50 loss to the Susitna Valley Rams on Saturday in the 4th\/6th-place game at the 2025 ASAA March Madness Alaska 2A State Basketball Championships in UAA’s Avis Sports Complex.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Wrangell fell into an early deficit trailing 23-9 after eight minutes of action, but fought back in the second quarter with a defense that held Susitna Valley to just four points in the stanza and the Wolves trailed 27-22.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“This game has meant everything to me,” senior Lucas Schneider said. “I feel like my identity has been basketball. Throughout the summer, fall, winter it has always been basketball. In our games we just scrap it out and play basketball, be the best that we can be.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Wrangell led 41-39 starting the fourth quarter and senior Daniel Harrison hit from past the arc for a 45-39 lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I think this season meant a lot to all of us,” Daniel Harrison said. “We have worked hard the past four years. This seems like a family because we spend so much time together and just do everything together. It is just a blast. We will always remember this team and the guys that we played with because, I mean, they are so supportive and they are there for us and we definitely played our heart out and it means a lot to all of us for sure.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t