Glacier Bear wrestlers climb down from a fire truck as community members celebrate their return from state championships on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Last weekend, three Haines high schoolers earned bragging rights at the state wrestling championship with two reaching the top of the podium and one earning second place. 

Among the 615 athletes representing 70 teams across the state, five Glacier Bears headed to the Alaska School…

Francisco Martínezcuello is the Chilkat Valley News summer reporter. Previously, he was in Southwest Alaska working for KYUK Public Media as a News Reporting Fellow from November 2022 through January...