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The Petersburg High School wrestling team took the regional championships by storm last weekend, proving that they still have one more fight left in them before the season is through. After a rough round of matches on their first day in Ketchikan, the team turned it around on Saturday with nine Petersburg wrestlers placing in the top three of their brackets. As a team, the Petersburg boys, who did not bring a wrestler in any weight class below 140, also took third overall in the region. "That...
Practices are well underway for the Petersburg High School girls basketball team-a team that has seen much change from the one that was knocked out of the regional tournament last season. The team graduated four seniors last year, which put into question the makeup of this year's team, but the Lady Vikings have bounced back with 16 girls now on the roster-enough for a varsity and a junior varsity team. "It was different walking into the gym and seeing that many people in the first couple of...
Students on the Petersburg High School boys basketball team are making their final preparations ahead of this weekend's matchup against the Metlakatla Chiefs. The games will give the Vikings their first opportunity to see how their new team meshes on the court. The balanced group of 22 students, led by seniors Jack Engell, Kyle Biggers, Devon Guthrie, Owen Anderson, and Andrew Cole, has taken the last few weeks to get back in shape ahead of a packed season. There are still some students...
The Petersburg High School gym was packed last weekend for the Viking Rumble, Petersburg's home wrestling meet, which saw over 100 students from across Southeast test their mettle on the mat. Wrestlers competed in a round robin on Friday and Saturday morning and duals in the afternoon where teams went head to head, pitting wrestlers of each weight class against each other. The weekend was capped off Saturday evening with a series of thrilling spotlight matches. Head Coach James Valentine said...
6 swimmers from across Southeast traveled to Petersburg to compete in the Viking Swim Club's November Rain meet over the weekend of Nov. 11-13. 37 of the VSC's own took part in the three-day competition along with swimmers representing clubs in Wrangell, Craig, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Juneau. "It was a massive event and it was such a good success, not just for our team, but for all of the teams that visited," said VSC Coach Scott Burt. The VSC swimmers dominated the waves, earning 36 first-place...
Petersburg High School alumni returned to the court Tuesday night for a scrimmage against the varsity volleyball team in what was their final home game of the season. The alumni swept the students in three sets, going back and forth in the first two to narrowly claim victories and running away in the third set with a 25-15 win. After the match, Coach Jaime Cabral honored Coach Bev Siercks who is retiring after 43 years of coaching in a multitude of sports. Coach Bev initially retired in 2012...
8 Petersburg athletes from the Devil's Thumb Shooters attended the 8th Annual Southeast Fall Shoot at the Juneau Gun Club in late October where they racked up multiple medals. According to Becky Turland, this fall season the club had its highest participation yet, rising from six athletes in 2015 to 32 this year, including nine girls, ranging in age from 8-18 years old. The team placed third overall out of the 11 youth marksmanship clubs who traveled to the event from across Alaska, and one...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team competed in the Bill Weiss Tournament in Ketchikan last weekend with five Vikings placing in the top three in their respective brackets. Though some schools had been impacted by illness, Coach James Valentine reported that the tournament, which is usually the biggest wrestling competition in Southeast, still had a great turnout with over 100 students in attendance. The Vikings brought six students who competed in a round robin on Friday and in tournament...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team made the long trip up to Anchorage last weekend for the Anchorage Christian Schools invitational, the largest competition they have attended yet, and were rewarded with their best performance of the season. "We just turned it on and we did really, really well," Coach James Valentine said. The Petersburg boys placed fifth overall, making them the top team from Southeast at the competition. Kaden Duke and Wyatt Litster both flew through their brackets,...
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...
