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After a short boat ride over to Wrangell last weekend, the Vikings took to the court twice against the Wolves for Wrangell High School's homecoming, losing on both Friday and Saturday. The Vikings were missing a few key players, said Head Coach Rick, and his team struggled to score against Wrangell's tough half-court defense. "I think it was two times we went probably over five minutes without scoring and when you have those long lapses in your offense it's difficult to be successful and that's...
The Viking Swim Club traveled to Fairbanks last weekend for the Age Group Championships which saw 10 of its members swim in over 40 events against hundreds of swimmers from across the state. Head Coach Scott Burt said the level of competition pushed his team to up their game and helped them improve their times across the board in both preliminary races and in the finals. "Having the energy of a swim meet when you have hundreds of people there cheering and having intense, talented competition to...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team, supported by a full house of home fans, faced the Metlakatla Chiefs twice last weekend, losing on Friday and winning on Saturday. It was a tough two games for the Vikings as they battled their conference opponent, but Head Coach Rick Brock said the games gave the team a lot to learn from. "We've kind of figured out how we want to play. Now we need to do that every possession in practice and in the games, and it's a work in progress," Brock said. T...
The Lady Vikings took on conference opponents Metlakatla in front of a packed house in their first home games of the season last weekend. Though Petersburg lost both games, Head Coach Dino Brock said there were some positives including improved blocking and rebounding which his team was able to take away from the matchups. "It was just kind of a game of swings both nights, but I thought that we battled," Brock said. "I really liked our effort and we talked a lot about trying to play the right...
The Petersburg High school boys basketball team played three games last weekend, two of which were their first matchups against a conference opponent this season. On their way to Haines the Vikings stopped in Juneau on Thursday and faced the Thunder Mountain varsity team in a non-conference game, beating the home team 66-52. "Any time you can play a bigger school gives you an opportunity to really test yourself and our kids really rose to the occasion," Head Coach Rick Brock said. Petersburg...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team got its first taste of conference competition last weekend, taking on the Glacier Bears in Haines. The Lady Vikings played Haines twice over two days in what was also the host team’s first experience of conference play this season. Petersburg has faced both Metlakatla and Wrangell earlier this season in tournaments but those games were not considered for conference standings. “Haines is a good, young, aggressive, scrappy team and they were two good games for us,” Head Coach Dino Brock said....
The Viking Swim Club held its November Rain meet last week, hosting the Glacier Swim Club from Juneau over two days of competition. Across the 88 events, the 32 VSC swimmers and 12 GSC swimmers fought the clock in their last shot to record qualifying times for the Alaska Swimming Age Group Championships which will be held in Fairbanks from February 18-20. Friday and Saturday's meet was originally scheduled in November but was delayed due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Petersburg. "It was just so nice...
The Petersburg High School boys and girls varsity basketball teams are set to travel to Juneau and Haines this weekend to play their first matches in two weeks. The Vikings will first face Thunder Mountain on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. before both teams travel to Haines to play on Friday and Saturday. The teams did not play last week after they were unable to go to Craig but plan to make up those games at the end of the season according to Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock. Craig had also previously planned a trip to Petersburg in early January...
Lower back pain, that's what made Dave Thynes start running one fall, almost a decade ago. He'd grown tired of going to the medicine cabinet for multiple ibuprofen, and occasionally having to resort to pain killers, as a means to cope with "goofed up discs." He chipped away at running and, after a rocky period of his back adjusting, it became his new thing. "By the wintertime I was feeling really good with my gains, and I had lost a lot of weight," Thynes says. "So, I just went ahead and got... Full story
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team took home the winner's trophy after going undefeated in last weekend's basketball tournament hosted by Su Valley in Talkeetna. The Vikings won all three of their games in a tournament that they almost did not make it to after the team's flight from Petersburg last Wednesday was delayed. They flew out later that day, but by the time they reached Juneau their connecting flight had already left. After spending the night in the capital, the team...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team traveled to Talkeetna for the Rally at Denali tournament last weekend, making it to the championship match where they fell to Wrangell in their first meeting of the season. The six teams who traveled were broken up into two groups at the tournament which Head Coach Dino Brock said was a good environment to play against competitive teams outside their conference. "I thought that the weekend showed us that we really need to work on," Brock said....
The Petersburg High School junior varsity basketball team took on the Sitka Wolves on Friday and Saturday in its first home games of the season, giving young players their first taste of high school athletic competition. Last weekend's action was originally set to see the Petersburg boys and girls varsity teams play against Craig but that was canceled due to high COVID-19 case counts on Prince of Wales Island. After the cancelation, Activities Director Jaime Cabral invited the junior varsity... Full story
Petersburg High School boys and girls varsity basketball games were canceled this weekend after Craig was unable to travel due to COVID-19 cases in their community according to Activities Director Jaime Cabral. The matchups would have been the first home games of the season for the Vikings and Lady Vikings. In their place, Petersburg will host a mini-tournament where the PHS boys junior varsity team will split into two teams and play against the junior varsity teams from Sitka and Juneau-Douglas. The teams will not be playing full games in...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team competed in the Clarke Cochran Tournament in Ketchikan last week to play a few more games before going up against conference teams. Only seven students traveled to the tournament, three of whom were freshmen, because of sickness and travel, but Head Coach Dino Brock said he could see the team's development on the court in each game. The Lady Vikings opened the tournament with a 41-36 loss to Valdez after going behind early and kicking it into gear...
1 members of the Petersburg High School boys basketball team traveled to Ketchikan last week to battle some of the toughest non-conference opponents in and out of the state in the Clarke Cochran Tournament. Though the teams that the Vikings went up against were not all at their level, Head Coach Rick Brock said it gave them an opportunity to get some on-court experience and get comfortable playing as a team before facing local competition. “At the beginning of the tournament, I could tell we had improved from the week before in Sitka and t...
The Petersburg High School girls’ basketball team kicked off its season in Sitka last weekend in the Holland America Tournament, winning two of its three games against non-conference opponents. Nine students traveled to the competition. Head Coach Dino Brock said they battled through their games in their first outing of the year. The Lady Vikings’ first opponent was 2A Glennallen on Thursday whom they were able to beat 45-38 after breaking away in the fourth quarter. Brock said the first quarter was shaky for both teams as they tried to work ou...
The Petersburg High School boys' basketball team opened its season in Sitka last weekend in the Sitka Holland America Tournament. Though the full squad did not travel because of the holidays and the wrestling state tournament, Head Coach Rick Brock believes the three matches showed the young team what they can work on and was happy with their progress. "We were able to compete against very good teams and different styles, so we got everything out of the tournament that we wanted to going in,"...
The Viking Swim Club traveled to Ketchikan on December 10 for its first meet in over two years. It was Scott Burt's first opportunity to travel to a meet as head coach of the team which he said was an overwhelmingly positive experience. "I know for the kids that went as well, it was so nice to finally be able to travel and have head-to-head competition with swimmers across the state of Alaska," Burt said. The team has not been able to travel in the last two years because of the COVID-19...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team capped off its season with a trip to Anchorage last weekend to compete in the state championship tournament. Eight PHS students took part in the tournament which saw hundreds of students go head-to-head in the Alaska Airlines Center to crown the best in the state. “All of our wrestlers, I think, peaked this trip,” Valentine said. “I’ve never seen them wrestle better to be honest.” DD Toyomura, who won the regional championship this season, claimed fifth at state. She lost to the number two seed in t...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team traveled to Wrangell last weekend to compete in the Region V Championship Tournament which gave students a chance to qualify for the state championships in Anchorage. Head Coach James Valentine said he was proud of the confidence the team had going into the tournament which was the culmination of all the hard work the students had put into the season. "This weekend, I thought that everybody showed up and left 110% on that mat, which is fantastic to see a...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team is set to open its season at the Sitka Holland America Tournament this week. Led by Head Coach Rick Brock, who was named as the 2021 2A Boys Coach of the Year, the boys basketball program is starting its season with approximately 20 students, four of whom are seniors. The team is still waiting on a handful of students who are coming back from injury or are still with the wrestling team. After two years of big senior classes, Brock said a lot of...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team is looking to bounce back from last year’s shortened season going into its first tournament of the year. The team has been practicing for two weeks under Head Coach Dino Brock, who said so far practices are going well and the students are working hard. This year’s team is younger than most. It is made up of three seniors, two sophomores, and seven freshmen who practice on the court who put time on the court every day. “The younger kids are learning quickly, older kids are doing a great job helpi...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team traveled to Juneau last weekend to compete in the Pilot Invitational tournament after a three-week break. The tournament went smoothly according to Head Coach James Valentine, who said he was excited for the five students who were able to travel but that some were unable to go due to COVID-19 quarantine. Most of the teams in the region attended the tournament, except for those from Prince of Wales Island. Deirdre Toyomura claimed first in her bracket, maintaining her top form from before the break....
The Petersburg High School wrestling team traveled to Ketchikan last weekend for the Bill Weiss tournament which had students compete in a round robin followed by a tournament. The tournament was the largest in Southeast Alaska behind the regional championships according to Head Coach James Valentine, who said it was the best opportunity for his students to see their competition in the region. “We were able to bring a majority of the team, a couple kids are out right now, but we were able to bring the majority of the team,” Valentine said. The...
The Petersburg High School Volleyball team has not had it easy this season, but the students are still persevering and preparing for their biggest tournament of the season so far. The team had to cancel its home and away matches last week against Wrangell High School after COVID-19 cases continued to rise in both communities according to Head Coach Jaime Cabral. “With Wrangell’s cases popping up and our cases still pretty high, we didn’t want to risk regions that is coming up this week,” Cabral said. Earlier in the season the North Seeding...
