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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...
