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Petersburg High School's wrestling team competed in their first tournament of the season in Craig last weekend. With a loose round robin format, the meet gave students as many chances as possible to gain some experience on the mats, helping them shake off some of their first tournament jitters. "This competition was ironing the kinks, there's no doubt about it," said head coach James Valentine. "You take a year off and you go to your first tournament, you're not going to be your best self."...
Petersburg's junior varsity volleyball squads were able to practically triple their game time from last season during a home meet in Petersburg last week. After barely having any opportunities to play against other teams last year, the JV girls are finally getting some much needed practice on the court, helping accelerate their improvement at a rapid pace. "Just to get them to play in front of their families was really cool... so it was really good all around court time for the kids, working on...
Petersburg High School's cross country team finished their season off strong at the state championships last weekend in Palmer. With a third place podium finish for the boys as a team and high placing individual performances across the board for the girls, both squads of Petersburg runners have quite a few accomplishments to be proud of. "I'm really proud, if I could describe them in one word I would just say tough. They were a tough group, they went out there every day and worked hard, they got...
The Petersburg High School cross country team's hard work all season long paid off big time last weekend with their incredible performance at regionals in Juneau. Their accomplishments included a second-place finish for the boys as a team and an impressive set of individual finishes for the girls. "We had a mission to place at a certain level as a team and we accomplished that," said head coach Casey Gates. "The kids all did well. They ran hard and they ran well." But before the race even...
Even after a difficult couple of weeks, Petersburg High School’s swim team duo put on a strong showing at their third meet in Ketchikan last weekend. Despite just coming out of a bout of sickness, Brooklyn Whitethorn kept up with the competition with a series of strong performances, and Logan Tow absolutely excelled, exemplifying what the duo might be capable of at their full strength. “Logan did great in all his races actually,“ said head coach Andy Carlisle. On Friday he took first in the Men's 500 Yard Freestyle with a finals time of 5:25....
In his days coaching the Petersburg High School cross country team, Klas Stolpe often urged the team to do another lap on the track or up the water tower hill, running every mile with the team, and sometimes running backwards to face his runners and yelling, "You guys are doing great, let's do one more." If a runner had any glimmer of energy left in them, coach Klas saw it and urged it out. Recently, Klas Stolpe ran 44 miles to bring awareness to prostate cancer, which his brother Jim has been...
Petersburg High School's volleyball team is having an exciting start to the season in 2023 with a varsity win in Ketchikan under their belt and a packed junior varsity schedule ahead. The varsity squad dominated the first stage of last weekend's three-day tournament without dropping a game and climbed to the top of the bracket for an incredible first place finish. "Our Varsity team did exceptionally well, they played really well together. We've got a special group," said head coach Jamie...
Petersburg High School's cross country team finished their regular season off with a bang last weekend during their final regular meet in Ketchikan. With a series of strong races under their belt, the team has high expectations going into regionals next weekend, and they certainly have the results to back it up with this last race. "It ended up being a really fast course because our kids ran tremendously. I mean, it was definitely our best race of the season," said head coach Casey Gates. "I...
With two dominant performances under their belt in Klawock and Wrangell, Petersburg High School's cross country team is training harder and harder as they get closer to regionals. They faced tough competition at their third meet in Sitka last weekend and met the challenge head on. "[It was the] biggest race in Southeast. About 260 kids racing, around 160 boys, 100 girls," said head coach Casey Gates. "It's [all] wearing on the kids-as to be expected-but they're enduring it." Despite the...
Petersburg High School’s swim team of two is quickly accelerating towards the back half of their season with another strong performance in Juneau last weekend. After an above and beyond first meet in Sitka, the duo of Logan Tow and Brooklyn Whitethorn are training harder and harder each week with the goal of a successful regionals, and possibly state. “I'm pretty excited. I think they both might qualify for the state meet,” said head coach Andy Carlisle. Tow and Whitethorn both had standout showings across the course of last weekend’s two-day...
Hot on the heels of a dominant performance in Klawock last weekend, Petersburg High School's cross country team had a lot to prove heading into their second meet in Wrangell this last Saturday. With another set of strong placements from the girls and another overall third place finish from the boys amongst a set of even stronger competitors-including squads from Juneau and Sitka-the PHS squad continues to prove that they're up to the challenge. "I felt really good about the weekend and I'm...
Petersburg High School's cross country team showed impressive performances across the board at their first official meet in Klawock last Saturday. The ten Petersburg runners arrived in Klawock the morning of the race, along with teams from Craig, Hydaburg, Ketchikan, Klawock, Metlakatla, Mt Edgecumbe, and Wrangell. "Our team did very well overall, we had a really successful weekend," said head coach Casey Gates. Petersburg's Maria Toth and Kinley Lister took first and second respectively with...
Petersburg High School's swim team started things off with a strong showing this year with their first meet in Sitka last weekend. Over the course of the two-day meet, sophomores Brooklyn Whitethorn and Logan Tow-the only members of this year's smaller than usual squad-both showed strong performances, hinting that the team has a successful season ahead of them this year. "We're doing really well I think. We're ahead of schedule," said coach Andy Carlisle on Wednesday. Both swimmers had...
The Petersburg High School baseball team toughed it out through three games at the ASAA Division II State Tournament in Wasilla last week, but ultimately fell short of a return to the championship game. "We didn't reach our goal of what we set out for at the beginning of the season but, you know, we just had to refocus our goal each day and the guys rallied after losing the quarterfinal game," Head Coach Jim Engell said. The Vikings dropped into the back side of the bracket after a 1-5 loss to...
In his last leaps of the season, Rik Cumps soared high above the Palmer High School track and landed on top of the podium at the ASAA Division II State Championships last weekend. The Petersburg High School junior placed first in both the long jump and the triple jump while fellow Vikings Elaina Enriquez, Kinley Lister, Anya Pawuk, Alexus Sakamoto-Quezon, and Erik Thynes pushed themselves to their limits at the meet. "Even though it's all small schools, all these other programs have such large...
Petersburg baseball's hope of a return to the DII State Championship game lives on. The Alaska School Activities Association state committee announced on Sunday that the team earned the second at-large seed in the tournament, which will be held at Wasilla High School this weekend. There the Vikings will face Kodiak in the first round on Thursday, June 1 at 12:30 p.m. Petersburg ended the regular season 3-14-1, having faced one of the strongest schedules in the state, with wins over Palmer and...
After training all season on gravel and mud, the Petersburg High School track and field team proved they got what it takes to compete on the rubber for real. 13 Vikings made the trip up to Thunder Mountain last weekend to compete in the Division II regional competition. Of those students, Rik Cumps, Alexus Sakamoto-Quezon, Erik Thynes, Kinley Lister, Elaina Enriquez, and Anya Pawuk qualified for the state championships. "It was a really good performance by our kids," Activities Director Jaime...
The Petersburg High School baseball team played its final series of the regular season in Ketchikan last weekend. Though the Vikings boarded the ferry back without a win, Head Coach Jim Engell said the team played the three games with grit and determination. “It felt like the kind of games we needed to be able to prepare for a state tournament so hopefully we’ll get that nod,” Coach Engell said. Despite Petersburg starting pitcher Jack Engell throwing a no-hitter, the Kings claimed the win Friday night in a 1-0 game. Engell struck out eight...
The Petersburg High School track and field team battled through stormy weather last weekend at the Kayhi Invite, but still managed to pick up some personal bests in their final meet before the regional championships. 17 students and Assistant Coach Rob Cross made the trip down to compete against other schools from across Southeast. Erik Thynes topped the podium in the discus with a 109-foot 9-inch throw. Rik Cumps placed fourth in the triple jump, leaping just over 35 feet, and finished fifth in the long jump. Anya Pawuk tied for fourth place...
The Petersburg High School baseball team took a stunning series win against visiting Thunder Mountain last weekend. Scores of parents, fans, and students made the trip up to the ballfields last Wednesday and Thursday to enjoy the sunshine and cheer on their hometown team. "It was big for us to go out and get the series win," Head Coach Jim Engell said. "I'm glad everybody came out to watch it." The Falcons opened the series with a tight 4-3 win over the Vikings in a game that featured a classic...
Athletes earn awards through excellence in competition. Athletes of distinction are feted for that excellence, but it is secondary to the character and compassion they exhibit and nurture as lives off the podium continue. Heralded for such achievements on the track, in the pool and beyond, Petersburg High School 2017 graduate Izabelle Ith was honored Sunday at the 2023 Alaska School Activities Association Alaska High School Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Anchorage's Lakefront Hotel. "It's...
They may be small, but the mighty Viking Swim Club turned up big at the Alaska Swimming State Championships in Anchorage last weekend. VSC only took six swimmers to the meet but managed to finish ninth overall as a team in the 14 and under division. "We may not have taken quite as many swimmers but we sure did compete," Head Coach Scott Burt said. Petersburg went up against 320 swimmers from 19 teams across the state who had to pass through stringent time requirements to attend the competition....
The Petersburg High School baseball team took on unfamiliar competition at the Buddy Dale Invitational last weekend as they continued their pursuit of a state tournament bid. The Vikings played four games in Wasilla, winning one. "It was a great opportunity for us to compete against really good teams, teams that we don't face every day," Head Coach Jim Engell said. Petersburg opened against the Eagle River Wolves, the eventual tourney winners, last Thursday, losing 17-2. The Vikings held a 2-1 l...
Longtime Petersburg High School Coach Rick Brock has made it his mission not just to develop students as better athletes, but to help them build stronger character. Teaching kids that it is not just about how well they shoot a basketball or how fast they can run, but how they lift others up on and off the court. For those efforts, the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches named Brock as the recipient of the 2023 Roger Steinbrecher Coaching Integrity Award. The integrity award is given annuall...
