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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...
The visiting Sitka Wolves took down the Petersburg High School baseball team last weekend, winning each of the three games by mercy rule. The Vikings started the series with a 15-4 loss Friday evening, which Head Coach Jim Engell said was a "real gut check for us." The Wolves broke away with a six-run third inning and added to their lead with five runs in the fifth while Petersburg suffered through five errors in the game. "We've been talking a lot this year about being resilient, being able to...
The Petersburg High School track and field team made it over their first hurdle of the season-the Capital City Invitational-last weekend with many students chalking up personal records over the two-day meet. The competition was the Vikings' first opportunity to race on a real track all season after training in the rocks and dirt of the school yard, and Head Coach James Valentine said they are still getting used to the feel of it. "It was just a good overall first meet to get the jitters out,"...
The Petersburg High School baseball team held a scrimmage at the ballfield Friday afternoon, giving local fans their first look at the team in action this season. The Vikings were initially scheduled to play a three-game series against Sitka, but the Wolves' flight to Petersburg was canceled after an ash cloud created by the eruption of the Shiveluch Volcano in Russia flew over Southeast. Mother Nature, however, did not stop the Vikings from putting on a show as they took the field for a Blue vs...
The Viking Swim Club rocked the waves at the Southeast Championships in Juneau earlier this month. The Petersburg club took 29 swimmers to the meet, which saw over 200 swimmers from six teams across the region compete, and placed second overall as team, only behind Juneau's Glacier Swim Club. "They did amazingly well," Head Coach Scott Burt said. The VSC girls finished second overall and the VSC boys took fourth. Individually, Petersburg swimmers earned 31 first-place finishes, 15 second-place f...
The Petersburg High School baseball team started their season swinging in Sitka last weekend, playing six games against regional challengers and potential state tournament opponents. The games were limited to 1 hour and 45 minutes each and had a maximum pitch count of 25 per inning to keep players fresh during the invitational. "All in all I'm really pleased with where we're at," Head Coach Jim Engell said. "Defensively we need to work on some things, and we did yesterday in practice, but...
Over 200 people from across Alaska, the Lower 48, and Canada converged on Thunder Mountain High School last weekend to compete in the 2023 Traditional Games where Petersburg's team took first place overall in the middle school division. The Traditional Games, also referred to as the Native Youth Olympics, is an annual competition put on by Coach Kyle Kaayák'w Worl and Sealaska Heritage Institute composed of events based on hunting and survival skills of the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and the...
Petersburg High School students are spending their afternoons running, jumping, and throwing in the build up to their first track and field meet of the season. The team has been in practice for two weeks as students hone their skills in the cold, wet weather of early spring. "With running it's not about just super intensity all the time, it's about building a base and that's what we're doing currently," Head Coach James Valentine said. Over 20 students have joined the team including seniors...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team racked up two more individual accolades following the conclusion of their season at the state championships last month. Jack Engell was named to the 2A boys all-state second team and Kyle Biggers was named to the 2A boys all-state third team as voted on by the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches. "I am so happy that both Kyle and Jack were recognized by the coaches around the state for the excellent season that they had this year," Head Coach...
With the coming of spring, the Petersburg High School baseball team took the field this week for practices as the start of the season fast approaches. The team aspires to repeat last year's feat of reaching the state championship game, but this time around they want to take that extra step and win it all. "Our goal is to be on a trajectory to get back and win that game," Head Coach Jim Engell said. "It wasn't in our grasp but it was there, it was close, we could taste it and we didn't get it....
Petersburg High School graduate Izabelle Ith was announced as one of the eleven members of the Alaska High School Hall of Fame Class of 2023 earlier this month. The Hall of Fame honors individuals who exhibited integrity while achieving excellence in high school athletics and activities according to the Alaska School Activities Association. During her high school career, Ith was a leader on the track, in the pool, and in the classroom. Ith won four state track titles in the 100-meter hurdles...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team closed out its season at the ASAA State Championships last weekend in Anchorage, finishing fifth in the 2A tournament. "My first thought is that we 100% absolutely belonged there," Head Coach Rick Brock said. "I was real happy we went, glad just because they worked so hard and it's an honor and a privilege to go up there and I'm so happy we got the at-large bid and then played well up there." The Vikings earned their spot with a 58-55 win in the...
KAKE -The last time the Kake high school boys basketball team appeared in a state championship game was more than two decades ago. The team was competing in Division 2A and current head coach Anthony Ross, who went by Anthony Dolan at the time, was on the team that came up short in a 10-point loss to Angoon in the 2000 state title game. In its first trip back to big stage since the turn of the century, Kake ended a nearly four-decade title drought by blowing out the Aniak Halfbreeds 67-49 in...
The Petersburg High School cheer squad took center stage last weekend, winning the 2A Region V Cheer Championship at Thunder Mountain High School during the regional basketball tournament. First-year Coach Andrea Weathers said it took a lot of work over the season to get to where they were at regions and that the competition was a "huge learning opportunity." The nine-member team was made up of Jonas Anderson, Lakell Deinhardt, Kaden Duke, Nya Eby, Becky Fisher, Meghan O'Soup, Lillith Odegaard,...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team competed in the regional tournament last week, playing three games over four days. Though the Vikings ultimately fell against Metlakatla in the championship game and against Wrangell in the runner up game, Petersburg booked its ticket to the state tournament through an at-large bid. In their first game of the regional tournament, the Vikings beat Wrangell in a tight 32-31 victory. "We were able to keep ourselves in that game by holding down their...
