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The Petersburg High School cross country team is gearing up for the Region 5 Championships this weekend after a successful showing in the Capital City Invitational last Saturday. The quick trip saw the Vikings battle the elements as they labored through the rain and mud on the packed course. While Petersburg only brought 10 students total, Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain had upwards of 50 or more each and Sitka had over 30. Juneau-Douglas placed first in the women's race with 21 points and...
The Petersburg High School gym has been packed for the last two weeks with students eager to play volleyball this season. Though their practice shirts have already arrived, Coach Jaime Cabral said with 36 students on the team, including seven seniors, he now needs to order more, which is a great problem to have. “It’s an energetic group, a tight-knit group too but they work well together,” Cabral said. Currently the students are split up into two groups based on their skill level and knowledge of rotations but students will have the oppor...
The Petersburg High School cross country team had extra motivation going into the Ketchikan Invitational last weekend. The meet was the Vikings' first opportunity to compete with a full women's team as Kinley Lister returned from injury and newcomer Eleanor Kandoll joined up for her first race of the season. "It was pretty exciting having a full five girls, that's something that we always kind of struggle with because there's not a whole lot of girls who like to run because we have volleyball at...
The Petersburg High School swim team hit the waves for the first time this season last weekend at a two-day meet in Ketchikan. Coach Andy Carlisle said many of the swimmers he brought to the meet dropped their times in the water, showing their improvement from the start of practices this summer. “Friday we could do no wrong. Friday we were on fire. It was a great day and then Saturday was only a good day instead of a great day but it was still pretty darn good,” Coach Andy Carlisle said. The Juneau-Douglas High School women’s team topped the s...
The Petersburg High School cross country team hosted over 150 students from 14 schools last Saturday for the Jack Eddy Invitational. The meet saw a return to the regular course near Sandy Beach after three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "It's always exciting to have that many come to Petersburg to enjoy the hospitality," Head Coach Tom Thompson said. The Petersburg men placed third as a team with 108 points behind Sitka with 17 and Thunder Mountain with 52. Sitka Junior Annan Weiland...
Petersburg will host its first cross country meet since 2019 on Saturday with 165 runners from 11 schools expected to take part, according to Activities Director Jaime Cabral. The meet will see a return to the usual course, which will begin at the start of Frederick Sound Drive near Sandy Beach. Runners will turn from Sandy Beach Road onto Haugen Drive. They will then turn left onto Water Tank Road and run uphill for a short ways before turning right into a tunnel of trees. After running...
The Petersburg High School cross country team got its first taste of competition at the Sayeik Invitational last Saturday in Juneau. Five Petersburg runners made the trip up on the plane and down on the ferry to compete against students from Juneau-Douglas, Thunder Mountain, and Haines as they prepare for the season. "I was really happy with how all the individual performances were," said Coach Tom Thompson. Vikings newcomer Daniel Asprey placed third in the race with a time of 18:03. The...
Students on the Petersburg High School swim team are spending their afternoons training in the aquatic center for the fast approaching fall season. The team is in the midst of its third week of training and though not everyone has returned from the summer fishing season, the students that are back have been putting in the work. “We’re still gaining fitness, we’re just starting to ramp it up this week a little bit so we’ll put the hurt on them starting today really,” Coach Andy Carlisle said Tuesday. “The kids that come late just have to jum...
The Petersburg High School cross country team has been hard at work training for the past two weeks in preparation for the fall season. After racing in the state championships last year, the students are hungry to return to the highest level of the competition. Head Coach Tom Thompson, who just returned to Petersburg from competing in the Ironman Alaska race in Juneau where he finished sixth in his age group, said it looks like this season will feature a younger team. The Vikings lost a strong...
The Devil's Thumb Shooters competed in the 18th Annual AlaskaYESS State Championship in Chugiak last weekend. 11 shooters from Petersburg attended the four day long competition at the Birchwood Shooting Park which saw 115 students from across the state take part. They competed in all seven styles of shooting featured at the competition and also got the chance to socialize with shooters from other communities. "We are continuing to build our program and it is going strong and it shows when we go...
The Petersburg High School baseball team far exceeded their expectations in the ASAA Division II state championships last weekend in Wasilla, winning their first two games and finishing their season within reach of the state championship. Though the team finished one step from glory, they can take pride in earning their first ever win in the Division II tournament and marking the first time Petersburg baseball has competed in the championship game. "It was a very fun trip and I'm thrilled for th... Full story
The Petersburg High School track and field team ended its season strong with many students setting new personal records at the ASAA Division II State Championships in Anchorage last weekend. Head Coach James Valentine said his team was better equipped at handling the heat than at the regional tournament and spoke highly of their performance. "The whole team in general, I thought, looked better than they did when they were at regions because the pressure was off, they had more fun doing it, and...
The Petersburg High School baseball team will be competing in the ASAA DII State Championships this weekend after earning an at-large berth. The first-seeded at-large Vikings traveled up to Wasilla High School on Wednesday ahead of their final competition of the season. They will face off against Fairbanks’ Monroe Catholic in their first game on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Win or lose, they will play again on Friday versus either Palmer or Kodiak. Head Coach Jim Engell said his team’s goal this season is to play a game on Saturday at the state tou...
The Petersburg High School track and field team battled Southeast rivals and the elements in Ketchikan at the regional championships last week. Head Coach James Valentine said that though they did well, he could see how the heat impacted the performance of his young team. "I love our team, we showed up, we physically showed up, however every week whenever we do this it's sometimes hard to be like every week is the best week," Valentine said. "This last week really showed what the pressure and...
The Petersburg High School baseball team fell short in their final home series of the season against state powerhouse Juneau-Douglas last week. The Vikings' chances in their three losses were mired by a combined 18 errors. "It's plaguing us, and we got to figure out a way to stop it because if we're going to win games it's going to be because we don't make errors," Head Coach Jim Engell said. The Vikings suffered from seven errors in Thursday night's game which they lost in extra innings 10-9....
The Petersburg High School baseball team is looking to bounce back in their final home series this weekend after taking three losses against Sitka last weekend. The first game on Friday saw the largest loss for the Vikings with an 11-1 score line, but Head Coach Jim Engell said it could have been a lot closer. Lathum Johnson started on the mound for the Vikings and was playing well until he reaggravated an abrasion on his hip by diving back to first base on a pickoff move. Though Petersburg was...
A new triathlon club sponsored by Parks and Recreation is welcoming interested community members of any skill level to train for upcoming races. Scott Burt, who organized the group and is in the process of becoming a certified Ironman coach, believes the club will provide a supportive environment for people who want to train in the sport. “I just saw Parks and Rec as being a perfect venue to be able to bring all of these people together that share a common interest so that we could train together, so that we could benefit from each other’s exp...
2 students on the Petersburg High School track and field team competed in the Capital City Invitational last weekend which saw many on the young team get personal records in their largest meet yet. “It was just such a fun experience especially for like, again, some kids this is their first time on a track ever, first time even in the sport ever, you know, and it was so much fun, so I think overall the team did well,” Head Coach James Valentine said. Uriah Lucas took first in the 3200 meters, finishing “with absolute style” and a school...
The Petersburg High School baseball team went up against the Kayhi Kings in a home series last weekend but lost all three games against the tough opposition. "They're just a really good team and I can't say enough about the program, they've historically been a really good team for years and they do everything the right way," Head Coach Jim Engell said of the visitors. The Kings took a mercy rule victory in the first game Friday night, beating Petersburg 10-0 after five innings. Lathum Johnson...
The Viking Swim Club ended its season with five swimmers attending the Alaska Junior Olympics meet in Anchorage from April 21-24. Tori Miller, Lexie Tow, Logan Tow, Brooklyn Whitethorn, and Lucia Worhatch each competed in multiple events at the competition after meeting the challenging time standards required to race in their final meet of the year. Miller finished first in the 50 fly and third in the 100 fly. "Just making it to the meet is an accomplishment in and of itself and then making it...
The Petersburg High School baseball team opened its first home series of the season with a commanding 13-2 win over Thunder Mountain last Thursday, but costly mistakes led to losses in both games of Friday's double header for the Vikings. Thursday's dominant showing was the first time that Petersburg has ever won by mercy rule according to Head Coach Jim Engell. Lathum Johnson led the team from the mound with a strong pitching performance, striking out nine batters in 4.2 innings. "I was real...
The Petersburg High School track and field team hit the ground running in Ketchikan last weekend in their first competition of the season. Head Coach James Valentine took 20 students to the meet which he said was the first opportunity for many of the students to compete on a track in their high school careers' since the COVID-19 pandemic. "For pretty much everybody it's been a long time but it was really good because now they actually understand how the track works, how the whole thing runs, and...
Grace Christian in Anchorage hosted the 1A/2A Senior All-Star Games on Saturday. Four Petersburg seniors-Kaili Simbahon, Ines Larson, Adrianna Stough, and Michael Durkin-made the trip to cap off their high school hoop careers. Coach Dino Brock reported that Larson was named MVP of the 1A/2A girls' game, and Michael won the 1A/2A slam dunk contest. Pictured above, Simbahon, playing for visitors, beat Larson, wearing 33 for the home team, to the rim for two....
