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Coming off a season in which they won their first 2A state title since 2017, the Petersburg High School Boys Basketball team will be looking to make another deep postseason run in 2024-25. Despite winning a championship, the Vikings don't plan to rest on their laurels anytime soon. "Play hard, smart, together and get better every day, those are our vocal points," head coach Rick Brock said. "One of the good things about playing in our league is that you have to get better every week because the...
A season after they lost at regions and several seniors to graduation, the Lady Vikings enter 2024 with excitement. Heading into his second season as head coach of the Vikings, coach Matt Pawuk is looking to hit the ground running. "What I'm excited about for this year is that we were able to put in a lot of things last year, a lot of it was new to the team and this year, a lot of that is going to be review so we'll be able to build from the foundation that we started creating last year," Pawuk...
Petersburg wrestling seniors Angus Olsen and Kaden Duke qualified for the state championships in Anchorage. For Olsen and Duke, this was their final region tournament and final chance to qualify for state in their high school wrestling careers. "At the start of their matches I said this: Get to the legs. Get in on the legs, get your takedown, wrestle," Valentine said. "I tried to keep it simple ... it's as simple as get to the legs." Olsen took second in the 285-pound weight class. "I really...
The PHS wrestling team had a solid showing in front of the home crowd in a meet that consisted of 10 other schools. This was the final meet before regionals and the first time this season that every wrestler won at least one of their matches. Jake Newlin, a freshman wrestler, claimed the first win of his high school career under the spotlight. "Every time I got on my back, I was right by the mat – at the end when I was about to get pinned, I bridged out of it and didn't give up and I was able t...
PHS Volleyball season ended at the Region V Championships this past weekend in Craig. The Vikings were the number four seed and played Craig in their first match. The Vikings won three out of four sets against Craig on Thursday, Nov. 21. "We came out and played exceptionally well," head coach Jaime Cabral said. With the win, the Vikings matched up against the number one seed Wrangell Wolves, losing in three sets. "In games two and three, our passing and first contact were not there, we just...
The Viking Swim Club put on a swimming clinic in front of their home crowd during the annual November Rain which could not have been made possible without the help of volunteers coordinating the meet. November Rain was the second meet of the year for VSC but it was a good opportunity to see where the team stood against other schools such as Craig, Wrangell, Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka. "What I want to see in the water is improvement in technique, especially for our younger swimmers," head coach...
Over the past weekend, Petersburg hosted the 2024 Middle School Basketball Stikine Tournament. Klawock, Craig and Wrangell participated in this tournament. There were two divisions, with Boys and Girls A and B brackets. This tournament consisted of 99 players and 23 [Viking] cheerleaders. "We ended up pulling off 25 games. We had 16 pool play games and nine championship bracket games," Petersburg Athletic Director Jaime Cabral said. The Stikine Tournament has been rotating every year between Cra...
The PHS Volleyball team went 5-2 at home during the North Seeding tournament consisting of Wrangell, Skagway, Klawock, Metlakatla, Craig, Hoonah and Haines. The tournament results mark a significant improvement after a slow start to their season – thanks to making adjustments and putting impressive amounts of work into practice. Their tournament started with a two-set shutout loss to last year's regional champions – the Wrangell Wolves. The Vikings lost the first set 25-22 and the second 25-...
The PHS Wrestling team continued its positive momentum at the Bill Weiss Tournament in Ketchikan. Unfortunately, the Vikings had to battle an illness that spread throughout the team and fatigue in a round-robin style tournament. "It definitely caught up with us ... We knew that going into this tournament so the theme of [the tournament] was we're not afraid to try new things," head coach James Valentine said. "We already know that everybody is sick so let's just try some new things and see if...
All members of the 2024 PHS Swim team qualified for the state meet, which is the outcome that head coach Andy Carlise was confident about heading into the regional meet. "They worked real hard and it paid off," Carlise said. The regional meet was highlighted by junior Logan Tow and freshman Lexie Tow, who each won a Region V title in their respective event. Logan Tow finished first out of eight swimmers in the Boy's 500-Yard Freestyle with a finals time of 4 minutes and 57 seconds, 11 seconds...
The PHS Wrestling team got their first taste of playoff competition at the Mountain City Christian Invitational, from Nov. 1-2, in Anchorage. At this tournament, there were multiple 32-player brackets and roughly 52 teams from across Alaska. Seniors Kaden Duke, Angus Olsen and Markus Anderson (assistant), were the only team members to travel for this tournament. "We were as sharp as we could be a month into the season," head coach James Valentine said. "We were out here to prove to the up north...
Petersburg's Devil Thumb Shooters competed in the Southeast Regional tournament in Juneau from Oct. 26-27. The fall season saw a record attendance of 19 athletes participating in the event due to the help of Hammer and Wikan's donated Alaska Airlines miles — allowing the team to travel to the tournament. "They donated quite a few miles and that's one thing that helped us get that many athletes up there," said Devil Thumbs Shooter assistant coach Jake Slaven. After this meet, it was revealed, t...
The PHS Wrestling team grappled through their second meet in Juneau-Douglas over the weekend. While the young squad didn't have the best results, Head Coach James Valentine is focused on the experience his young team is getting early in the season. The majority of the Vikings who traveled to this meet were freshmen, except for sophomore Fyscher Humphrey and senior Kaden Duke. "It was still their very first tournament ... the first tournament in Hoonah. It was a majority learning curve...
Nearly 100 high school musicians from Southeast Alaska were in Petersburg to celebrate the 50th annual Southeast Honors Music Festival. It's also the first time Petersburg has hosted the event since 1974. "I think it's really cool that we're bringing it back [honors music festival] for its 50th and I think it's a testament to the music directors and administrators throughout Southeast Alaska that have kept it going," Petersburg High School Music Director Chelsea Corrao said. The festival began...
The PHS Wrestling team got off to a strong start during their first meet at Hoonah over the past weekend. Only four kids took the trip to Hoonah due to the 10 practice criteria, but the Vikings left feeling good about how they performed to start the season. "Overall the experience was really good," Head Coach James Valentine said. "The first tournament of the year – we like to call it getting the bats out of the cage. This is your first match, we're going to make some mistakes and it's going t...
The PHS Swim team is rounding into form with strong performances from several swimmers in Sitka, with the playoffs on the horizon. “Our racing was pretty good and the splits on their [swimmers] races were pretty good,” Head Coach Andy Carlisle said. “I feel like their fitness level is really good – we just need to work on some speed and once they rest, that will come pretty good.” The Vikings are peaking at the right time heading into regions and potentially state. “Everybody was getting closer to best times – we’re going in the right direc...
Three Petersburg High School students were recently selected to the All-State Music Festival Ensemble. Petersburg senior Eleanor Kandoll and juniors Canek Sosa and Heidi Brantuas were selected to represent Alaska at the Music Festival from Nov. 21-23, in Anchorage. Kandoll was selected for the Clarinet section. "Honestly, I was mostly relieved because I've been an All-State twice before, I would've been very disappointed if I hadn't been [selected]," Kandoll said. "It's a wonderful experience -...
Coming off a season in 2023 in which Petersburg High School's wrestling team sent four competitors to state, the Vikings will look to get back there again, with seniors Kaden Duke, Angus Olsen and Marcus Anderson leading the way. Having wrestled for 12 years now, Duke knows what he needs to do to achieve his goal to improve on his 2-2 finish at state last year. "I've accumulated a lot of knowledge of how to properly diet – I'm hoping this year I can at least win a regional championship – my seco...
For the first time in program history, the PHS Boys and Girls Cross Country teams are both the ASAA State Champions for Division III. "It's a special and historic day – I'm so happy for the kids, they earned it ... they've been consistent and worked hard every day," Head Coach Casey Gates said. Last season, the PHS boys cross country team finished third, behind Cordova and Wrangell. This year, the Vikings were able to beat Wrangell and claim their spot on top. The team was led by junior Gaje V...
The PHS Swim team continues to ramp up their intensity heading towards regions, with strong performances from multiple swimmers at the Juneau meet. "We bumped everything up after Ketchikan – they're getting pretty fit right now and we'll start working on speed," Head Coach Andy Carlisle said. "We're getting pretty close to our best times in the middle of the season which makes me pretty optimistic after we get another month of work in, we'll be doing pretty well at regions." One swimmer who h...
For the first time since 2018, the PHS girls' cross country team are the Region V Champions for Division III. Last year – despite a few very strong finishes including a second place overall finish from Maria Toth – the girls' team was unable to place as a team because of having too few runners, which made this year's championship win that much sweeter. This time around Maria Toth claimed first place in the race. And along with her, all of Petersburg's girls finished in the top ten. With a com...
Petersburg High School's volleyball team lost their first games of the season, falling to the Ketchikan Kings in games one and two this past week. The Vikings lost the first set of game one 25-13, 25-17 in the second set, and 25-19 in the third set on Thursday, Sept. 26, in Ketchikan. The Vikings had just 18 total kills on 43 attempts (41.8%) in total through both nights. "We struggled offensively, we could not put a ball away from our hitters – we didn't attack well," Head Coach Jaime Cabral s...
The PHS Cross Country team continued to build momentum toward regionals with strong performances from the men's and women's teams at the Capital Invite on Saturday, Sept. 21., in Juneau. A mid-season break didn't slow the Vikings as they race towards regionals. "The kids had a real strong week of training – and with this race, I was more excited about the overall experience and the kids pushing through a tough, gritty course," Head Coach Casey Gates said. "It was really wet, it was really m...
The PHS Swim team continued their 2024 season with strong results on Sept. 20 to 21, in a meet that included Juneau-Douglas, Ketchikan, Sitka, Craig and Wrangell, at the Ketchikan Invite. Head Coach Andy Carlisle was pleased with his team’s progress since their first meet in Petersburg. “We had a pretty good meet,” Carlisle said. Junior swimmer Logan Tow was one of the swimmers who posted strong results throughout the two-day meet. On Friday, Tow finished second out of 11 swimmers in the Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle, with a time of 50 seconds and t...
Coming off a season in which they finished third at regions in 2023, the Petersburg High School Volleyball team open 2024 with a young team, on a mission to qualify for the 2A Volleyball State Championship. "The seniors this year, they've got this mentality that last year is over, this year is this year now, but we learned a lot of stuff from last year that we got to continue on to keep it going," Head Coach Jaime Cabral said. "The closer we unite and stay together, the more production we can ge...
