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The Lady Vikings ended their season in Ketchikan last week at the Region V 3A/4A Tournament. Petersburg’s girls started tournament play on Wednesday with a game against Craig. The girls started out the game a little slow according to Lady Viking Head Coach Dino Brock. They were down 5-9 at the end of the first and 12-19 at halftime. “It was a very good defensive first half…we didn’t give up many open looks,” said Brock. The pace picked up in the second half as both teams turned up the offensive...
The Vikings played their final home series of the season against the Metlakatla Chiefs last weekend. The Vikings pillaged the court during Friday night’s first quarter, outscoring the Chiefs 17-8. In the second period the Metlakatala boys cranked up their defensive pressure, effectively stopping Viking scoring for a solid four minutes. The Chiefs knocked down two crucial threes right before the half withering the Viking lead to one point. The two teams were evenly matched through the third q...
The Lady Panthers of Craig came to town to face the Lady Vikings last weekend in the girls’ last home series of the season. On Friday the Craig ladies jumped out to an early lead and managed to maintain the lead throughout the game. The Panthers outshot the Petersburg squad throughout the game and ended up winning 54-37. “They shot the ball well all weekend, and I didn’t think that defensively we played with the intensity that we’re capable of,” said Lady Vikings Head Coach Dino Brock. Ca...
The Vikings popped down to Craig last weekend to challenge the Panthers on their home court. “The weather was good, but the basketball wasn’t,” said Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock. Friday’s game got off to a slow start and ran into early foul trouble. The Vikings were down 18-12 at the end of the first quarter. Craig maintained that lead for much of the second quarter, until Anthony Curtiss and Kayin McCay came off the bench and had a huge quarter, Curtiss scoring 8 and McCay adding 4. “Both did...
The Vikings had an outstanding weekend of boys basketball in Wrangell. Friday’s varsity game started with a first half where neither team really controlled the tempo of the game. Petersburg was ahead 11-8 at the end of the first period. The second quarter was dead even, so Petersburg kept a one possession lead of 21-18 going into the half. “We came out a little flat in the third and Wrangell outscored us 17-10,” said Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock. Wrangell’s leader Clayton Stokes scored 11 poin... Full story
In 1945, the Alaska state legislature signed the Anti-Discrimination Act into law, and began an era of improved racial relations in the state. Civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich was instrumental in this bill’s passage and her work is celebrated across the state on February 16, Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Anti-Discrimination Act. Festivities in Petersburg on February 16 will include a parade through downtown at 4 pm and an event at the Seaside House f... Full story
Last weekend all the Vikings stormed into Wrangell for some fiercely competitive homecoming basketball. Friday night’s girls varsity game was a wild one. The Wrangell Lady Wolves are an aggressive, physical team and they came out hungry, jumping out to an eighteen-point lead early in the game. Going into the half, Petersburg was down by 13 points, but they came charging into the third quarter ready to fight back. “Once we adjusted to Wrangell’s physical play we had a really strong second half,...
The boys of the Petersburg Vikings basketball program know the meaning of hard work, as the past week attests. They just played five games in six days all against top teams in the region. Their odyssey began with two fierce games at home against Sitka, which you read about in the last edition of the Pilot. The next day the Vikings boarded their blue longboat for a trip to Juneau and Sitka. They arrived in Juneau on Monday and charged out to meet the 4A powerhouse Falcons of Thunder Mountain...
The actors of Petersburg High School took to the stage, over the weekend, performing the play ‘Straight from the Horse’s Mouth.’ It was performed Thursday through Saturday, with big crowds turning out for the weekend shows. Tiffany Christensen, who works at Stedman Elementary School, took up the reins as director for the very first time. Christensen has a degree in theater and has been involved in occasional summer productions since graduation in 2001, but had never directed a high school produ...
The Sitka Wolves prowled into Petersburg last weekend to challenge the Vikings boys basketball team. Sitka left with a handful of wins but the story is more interesting than the scores show. The Vikings have struggled this season with starting ballgames well, but Friday’s varsity game showed improvement in that respect. Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock described the first quarter as passionate and competitive with a momentum that carried into the next quarter, until halfway through the second quart...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings rode the big blue boat to Sitka last weekend to challenge the Lady Wolves to a few games of basketball. The Wolves are known to have one of the strongest teams in the region and their performance over the weekend showed it. On Friday Sitka came out on top with a final score of 52-27. Lady Vikings Head Coach Dino Brock described the Lady Vikings as doing a nice job defensively, but having too many turnovers. Emily Luczak led the Petersburg girls with 9 points on...
Petersburg Arts Council brought the Capitol Steps to Petersburg on Tuesday. The Capitol Steps are a group of political satirists, whose live show feature song parodies and skits roasting the political headlines of the day. They have recorded over 30 albums since their formations in the early 1980s....
Mt Edgecumbe’s Lady Braves came to town last weekend to face off with the Lady Vikings. Friday’s game was a triumph for the Petersburg girls. “It was our best game of the year,” said Vikings girls coach Dino Brock. “We played with a lot of confidence and focus.” After doing what Brock described as a better job of taking care of the basketball, getting into the offense and rebounding, the Lady Vikings finished the game 51-44. Scoring was nicely balanced across the team. Carolyn Kvernvik wi...
Ketchikan hosted a basketball jamboree this weekend and the Petersburg Vikings gladly accepted their invitation to participate along with teams from Hydaburg and Prince Rupert. Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock made the trip south with 14 of his players. The first game on Friday was a matchup between Ketchikan and Petersburg’s JV squads. The Vikings JV were down double figures during the 3rd and 4th quarters, but managed to battle back. They had a chance at the game’s end to sink a shot that would t...
Temperatures plunged and the clouds parted this week, a change of pace after months of grey skies. Outdoor enthusiasts rushed into the cold to meet the sun. (Above) A backcountry skier makes fresh tracks near Crystal Mountain as the sun peaks over the ridge....
The Haines Glacier Bears travelled to town to wage war with the Vikings last weekend with games Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday the Vikings got off to a slow start and it cost them. The Glacier Bears are an experienced team, with their entire starting lineup returning from last year, and they snapped up the opportunity to take an early lead. Right away the Bears were up 12-2, the Vikings caught some momentum and closed the gap to 14-21 going into the half. In the third quarter Petersburg...
The Lady Vikings took a long boat ride up to Haines to face the Glacier Bears on the basketball court. In the varsity’s first game on Friday night, Petersburg’s girls had a final score of 39-59. According to Lady Vikings Head Coach Dino Brock, Haines kept their lead at around 13 points for most of the game and made a run at the end to raise it to twenty. “We played really hard, battled with them,” said Brock. “There were just a couple of little stretches where we weren’t taking care of the bask...
In keeping with a holiday sports tradition, last weekend the Vikings traveled to Ketchikan to participate in the Clarke Cochran Christmas Classic tournament. Games started on Tuesday the 27th of December when the Vikings played the team from Eatonville, Wash., a school of around 500 kids. The Eatonville team started the game with a hard press and the Vikings weren’t quite ready for it. At the close of the first half the Petersburg boys were down by around 20. “We did a nice job of regaining our...
The Lady Vikings lost three to some tough teams at the Clarke Cochran Christmas Classic in Ketchikan last weekend. The first matchup was against Cascade High School from Ore., a loss of 31 to 68. “I thought we came out ready to play. We hustled. They’re just a very good team,” said Lady Vikings Head Coach Dino Brock. “They’re big. They’re aggressive and fast.” Cascade eventually made it to the finals where they narrowly lost to Anchorage’s Dimond. Carolyn Kvernvik had 9 points in the game. Si...
The Indigo Trio included Petersburg on their tour of Southeast Alaska. The lively group featured Matthew Griffith on clarinet, Richard Kahn on piano, and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins on cello. Their performance included classical standards, work from English romantic composers, and arrangements of new pop artists like Radiohead and Lady Gaga. The performance was presented by the Petersburg Arts Council, part of their busy winter schedule of performances which continues on January 24 with comedy...
