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After traveling to Juneau last weekend to play against Juneau-Douglas High School in a series of games, Head Coach Jim Engell said the Petersburg High School baseball team will be working on reducing their mistakes and errors in upcoming practices. "That's been the repetitive theme," said Engell. "If we can reduce our errors, we're going to be in the games. The kids are fully aware of it. It's something we're going to build on. We're really showing that we haven't played for two years." The...
The Petersburg High School played their second series of the season against Ketchikan High School on April 22 and 23. While they suffered three more losses, Head Coach Jim Engell said the Vikings have been improving by the week. "It went real well," said Engell. "I know the scores don't necessarily show that, but we made a lot of progress. I was very pleased. Every practice that we have had since we got on the field in Sitka, we've just seen our kids get better and better." Brekin Davis, Lathum...
Two Petersburg High School wrestlers will head to the Alaska School Activities Association Wrestling State Championships in May after placing first in their weight classes at Regionals. Jonas Baekkelund placed first in the 171 pound weight class at the ASAA Division II Southeast Alaska tournament in Ketchikan last weekend. Baekkelund, a freshman, pinned his way to the final round to face off against Wrangell High School's Ethan Blatchley, said Coach Jeff Davidson. The two students had wrestled b...
The Petersburg High School track and field team participated in their first meet of the season on April 23 and 24, which saw several of the Vikings take top spots in their events. PHS senior Aiden Luhr had the best showing among the Vikings at the Ketchikan Invitational. He took first place in the mens 100 meter sprint, the 200 meter sprint and the high jump. His performances in the preliminaries saw him set new records. His preliminary performance in the 100 meter sprint was a new season...
The Petersburg High School baseball team played their first games of the year in a preseason jamboree in Sitka last week. Although the Vikings lost the three games, Coach Jim Engell said the team had a strong showing in their first outing of the season. In Sitka, the Vikings were able to play on a ball field for the first time in almost two years. Last year's season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the weather this year prevented the team from practice on the Petersburg ball...
In the last tournament before Regionals, the Petersburg High School wrestling team saw several of their wrestlers place at the Tom Sims Invitational in Wrangell on April 10. Although overall the team placed sixth in the tournament, Coach Brandon Ware said the scores were skewed due to the low number of wrestlers competing for the Vikings. Five PHS wrestlers competed in Wrangell, while the average team size was about 15 students. Ware said despite the odds, the Vikings fought hard in their...
Next week the Petersburg High School baseball team is scheduled to have their first game in almost two years, after last year's season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Head Coach Jim Engell said the team has been practicing six days a week, since March 22, in preparation for their first two games of the season against Sitka beginning on April 14. However, Engell has to keep reminding both himself and the students to be patient as they play the sport for the first time in two years. Th...
The Lady Vikings took first place in the Region V 2A Division Regional Tournament in Ketchikan on March 27 with a team of only five players. The Petersburg High School girls basketball team went into the tournament with the number one seeding. After winning a match against Metlakatla, Craig played in the championship game against Petersburg. The Lady Vikings started off their game against the Lady Panthers with a burst of adrenaline, said Head Coach Dino Brock. They went into the second quarter...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team took second place at the Region V 2A Division Regional Tournament on March 27 in Ketchikan, seven weeks after their last basketball game. The Vikings, who were seeded third, were just one of three teams that participated in Regionals this year, and their first match was against Haines. Additionally, all the players had to wear face masks on the court to prevent the possible spread of COVID-19, which was a first for the Vikings. In the game against...
Three sixth graders at Mitkof Middle School have placed in the statewide 2021 virtual Native Youth Olympic games. Elias Anderson placed first in the Seal Hop with a distance of 81 feet and 10 inches. He also took the bronze medal in the Two-Foot High Kick with a height of 52 inches. Gunner Washke also placed in the Seal Hop and secured himself the bronze medal with a distance of 48 feet and 5.25 inches. Paige Hansen finished third in the state for the girls Kneel Jump and took home the bronze...
The Lady Vikings had two wins in the past week against Thorne Bay and Klawock, but while the basketball games didn't count towards the regional seeding, Head Coach Dino Brock said the team will take any opportunity to improve on the court. "They were good games," said Brock. "It's always good to get on the floor and play against good competition." Petersburg played Thorne Bay Tuesday night at home and maintained a high lead throughout the game. Brock said Thorne Bay is only in their second year...
The Lady Vikings racked up two wins against Metlakatla on Feb. 5 and 6 at home in their first games of the basketball season. Right out of the gate, Petersburg scored 22 points in the first quarter. They would go on to score in the double digits for each quarter in the game. By halftime, the Lady Vikings were up 35-22 against the Miss Chiefs. Petersburg continued outscoring Metlakatla through the fourth quarter and ended the game ahead, 61-41. "Friday we started out hotter than heck," said Head...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team split their wins against Metlakatla at home last weekend in the first two seeding games of the season. The games were held on Feb. 5 and 6. The Vikings had a strong showing on Friday, which saw them win the game with a 39 point lead, but the Chiefs were able to secure a narrow win on Saturday. Because of the shortened season, Petersburg will only get to play each team in their division twice in back to back games. The Vikings now have one win and...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team traveled to Wrangell on Jan. 29 to play the Wolves for their homecoming weekend in the first two games of the season, and came back with one win and one loss. The first game was held Friday evening and was filled with excitement as the Vikings were back on the court to play an opposing team for the first time since early March 2020. Head Coach Rick Brock said both teams fought hard, but the Vikings made quite a bit of mistakes and missed makeable...
After a late start to the basketball season following uncertainty around the pandemic in Alaska, the basketball players at Petersburg High School were finally able to return to the court on Jan. 11. Coaches Rick and Dino Brock said both teams are unfazed by COVID-19 protocols in place and are just happy to be playing the sport again. "We're making the best of it," said Rick. "We're happy to be back in the gym. It's good for the kids. They want to play. They're excited to be there and be able to...
Activities at Petersburg High School are set to resume later this winter and spring with basketball and cheer starting Jan. 11. The decision comes after an Alaska School Activities Association Board of Directors meeting on Dec. 8. Petersburg School District Activities Director Jaime Cabral serves as the president for the region and also attended a conference for activity directors across the nation. "We're still super fortunate," said Cabral. "I got to talk with quite a few [activity directors]...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team runners up in this year's Region V Regional Tournament on Nov. 21. During a normal school year, the team would have advanced to State, marking their first return since winning the state championships in 2017, said Head Coach Jaime Cabral. The team woke up early on Saturday to travel to Klawock for the first game of the tournament. The match was shortened to best two out of three sets to limit the amount of time each team spent interacting with each...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team won two matches against Wrangell last weekend, just one week before a modified regional tournament is set to take place. Nov. 13 saw the kick off of Petersburg's and Wrangell's senior appreciation ceremonies with a home game for the Vikings against the Wolves. Petersburg stayed on top of Wrangell through the game and won the match in three sets. Petersburg won the first set 25-19, the second set 25-21 and the third set 25-12. "The girls did great over...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team traveled to Wrangell on Oct. 24 and came home with their second win against Wrangell High School this season. By the end of the first game, the Vikings were up 13 points with a final score of 25-12, but Wrangell fought back in the second game. Head Coach Jaime Cabral said the Petersburg team was causing serve receive errors and hitting errors throughout the second game; as a result, Wrangell was able to pull ahead and hold onto their lead for the...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team went 3-0 against Wrangell in their first exhibition match of the season on Saturday, Oct. 10. "It was a great way to start off somewhat of a competition year as much as possible," said Head Coach Jaime Cabral. Typically at this point of the season, about one month in, the Vikings would have played about 15 matches, said Cabral, but the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented tournaments, skirmishes and travel from taking place. The Vikings had been playing...
The Petersburg High School swim team welcomed Wrangell High School to the Parks and Recreation's aquatic center on Saturday for both team's first in person swim meet of the season. It was just the two teams racing in person, but their times were compared to other high schools' times throughout the region. Head Coach Andy Carlisle said he doesn't know how well the Vikings did within the entire meet since he has yet to receive the times from the other schools. Just between the two teams, PHS came...
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Members discussed the challenges faced by staff at their second board meeting held on Oct. 1 as visitors to the aquatic center have reached record numbers in the weeks following its reopening. The board discussed several issues, including upcoming Halloween plans and facility upgrades, but a bulk of their discussion focused on the aquatic center. Board Members Brian Richards, Stephanie Hayes and Malena Marvin were in attendance. According to Borough Manager...
The Petersburg High School swim team had their first meet of the season on Sept. 25, and while it was held in the Parks and Recreation aquatic center, swimmers were able to compare their times with other schools in the region. The Vikings ended up placing third overall in the meet with a combined final score of 91, just behind Ketchikan High School in first and Sitka High School in second. Allie Morgan had the best weekend out of the Vikings. She took first place in the womens 200 yard IM with...
The Petersburg High School boys cross country team placed second in the Region V Division III Regional Championships held at Greens Camp last weekend. Uriah Lucas and Michael Durkin took first and second place in the boys race respectively. Head Coach Tom Thompson said Durkin set a new personal record at the meet with a time of 17:44.55 and managed to shave 40 seconds off his time. Although Lucas didn't set a personal record, he still ran a fast race, completing the course in 17:23.63. Thompson...
