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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....
The Petersburg High School baseball team got their first taste of competition last weekend at the Sitka Invitational, getting two wins from five games. The Vikings competed against regional rivals over three days in the round robin tournament though the games were shortened with pitch and time limits. "Anytime we get a W it's a big deal for us and for them to get two wins over there in Sitka even though it's preseason with all the modifications, just to be in those games and get wins is a huge...
As a junior, Ines Larson helped the Lady Viking's basketball team reach the state tournament. Going into her senior year, she felt pressure to duplicate that success, so she made returning to state a top priority. But, unfortunately, the team didn't make it out of regionals. Two weeks ago, seconds into what would be her last high school basketball game, Larson went to intercept a pass and stepped on an opposing player's foot, rolling her ankle in the process. She had dealt with ankle injuries... Full story
To some people springtime means the start of outdoor projects, tending to the garden, or doing some overdue house cleaning, but to one group of Petersburg High School students it can only mean one thing-time for baseball. The team has been hard at work for the past month preparing for the upcoming season, not on fresh-cut green grass or turf but on the gravel field they call home. Jim Engell is returning for his 15th year as the head coach of the Vikings and is joined by Ethan Bryner, a former...
Things around the track will look a little different this time around for the Petersburg High School track and field team which hopes to compete in its first full season in two years. James Valentine, who also became the wrestling coach this season, is the new head coach of the Vikings, taking over the reins from Tom Thompson. For Valentine, this is completing a full lap since he participated in track and field under Brad Taylor's coaching for all four years as a student, running the 110...
After a packed schedule which took the Vikings to some of the toughest courts across the state, the Petersburg High School boys basketball team ended its season with a sixth-place finish at the Alaska School Activities Association 2A State Tournament in Anchorage last weekend. Though they did not fly home with a championship trophy, Head Coach Rick Brock said he was proud of his team's performance this season and the grit they showed in their final tournament of the year. The trip to state was n...
