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The Petersburg High School wrestling team headed to Sitka last weekend for a two-day tournament which gave the Vikings a good look against many of their regional opponents. Though not every school that attended brought their full team, each student still got about five matches to help build their experience, which Coach James Valentine said was the most important thing. "It was awesome because we saw schools that their program has been gone for the last couple years," Valentine said. Petersburg...
The Petersburg High School swim team closed out its season at the regional championships last weekend. Though none of the swimmers from Petersburg will be traveling to the state championships, the Vikings did post some of their best results of the season at their last meet. The Thunder Mountain girls placed first after scoring 160 points. Brooklyn Whitethorn placed fifth in the 100-yard freestyle, going sub-1-minute for the first time this season with a 59.13 second swim. The Juneau-Douglas...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team has stayed busy these last two weeks with students competing in both the Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza and the South Seeding Tournament in Wrangell. Before the JIVE tournament, the Lady Vikings also had a warmup match at Thunder Mountain, which the hosts won, in what was a great test against a very good team according to Coach Jaime Cabral. "For our first game of the year to be against them it was a challenge for our girls," Cabral said...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team got more valuable time on the mat last weekend at the Brandon Pilot Invitational in Juneau as the season gets into full swing. Students competed in round robin matches on Friday followed by a tournament on Saturday where six Petersburg wrestlers placed in the top three of their weight classes. DD Toyomura, who won a regional championship last season, and Jonas Anderson both placed first in their brackets. Senior Kyle Biggers placed second in the...
The Petersburg High School swim team competed in the Sitka Invitational on Oct. 14-15 in what was the team's third meet of the season. The two-day meet offered the Vikings their last chance to face their local competition before the regional championships. Freshman Brooklyn Whitethorn finished third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:15 and fourth in both the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. Logan Tow swam the 500-yard freestyle in 5:46, his fastest time of the season, to place...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team traveled to Haines last weekend for its first test of the season. The invitational consisted mostly of round robin matches which offered students multiple bouts against a range of opponents. Coach James Valentine said the focus of the competition was to give students as many good matches as possible against Haines, Ketchikan, Thunder Mountain, Hoonah, and Skagway. There was, however, some time Saturday evening for the famed spotlight matches which...
The Petersburg High School cross country team had a flying finish to their season at the ASAA Division 3 State Championships last Saturday. Though there was rain throughout the night before the race, which left muddy holes along the hilly course, Coach Tom Thompson said the weather cleared up around Bartlett High School by its start to make for a good run. The Vikings only took two boys up to the race, preventing them from competing as a team, and Wrangell ultimately won the boys race, scoring 2...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team has been tackling and grappling on the mats for the past three weeks as they ramp up for their first tournament of the season. The team, made up of 12 students, features a core group from last year's team who have returned for another year in the ring including seniors Kyle Biggers, DD Toyomura, and Wyatt Litster. Head Coach James Valentine and Assistant Coach Mike Corl are also entering their second year of coaching. Valentine said the team's training h...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team had a false start to their season last weekend after the Juneau-Douglas High School team was unable to fly down due to fog, but that did not stop the Lady Vikings from getting some time on the court. The junior varsity and varsity teams each put on blue vs. white games where the teams were split in half and played best three out of five sets. "Our officials were here so we had our officials do it like normal, had to run their rotations, the whole...
The Petersburg High School cross country team booked its ticket to the state championships after a dominating showing at the Region 5 Championships last Saturday in Sitka. The PHS women finished second as a team with their five runners scoring 40 points, behind first place Haines with 25. Haines' Ariel Godinez Long finished first overall with a time of 19:56. "We did really good as a team," said junior Kinley Lister. "It was a bit of a rainy day so we were fighting the weather a little but I...
The Petersburg High School swim team hosted the Petersburg Invite last weekend which saw teams from across Southeast travel to Little Norway to take part in the two-day meet. Brooklyn Whitethorn got two podium finishes on Friday, placing first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:00 and third in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 27.75. Logan Tow finished second in the 50-yard freestyle with a 27.12 swim. Oliver Peterson placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle, swimming it in 2:12, and...
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...
