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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...
The Petersburg High School boys cross country team finished second in the Capital City Invitational, their last meet of the season. The meet was held virtually with the cross country team running out at Greens Camp in preparation for the regional meet this weekend, which will be held in the same location. Uriah Lucas took second place in the meet with a time of 17:19. Valon Weathers and Chase Lister came in 12th and 13th place with final times of 18:58 and 19:01 respectively. Rylan Smith...
The Petersburg High School runners took first place in both the boys and girls races in the first cross country meet of the season at Klawock on Saturday, Sept. 5. On the boys team, junior Uriah Lucas took first place with a time of 17:32, and sophomore Alexus Sakamoto-Quezon came in first place in the girls race with a time of 24:08. Petersburg, Craig and Klawock were the only teams to compete in the race. The number of runners allowed on the course were limited to prevent the spread of COVID-1...
The Petersburg High School cross country team is about three weeks into their season, and Coach Tom Thompson said this season's young team is showing great potential. The team, which is made up of 16 runners, has spent six days of each week getting in shape for the season. On Saturday, they will be doing time trials and comparing their times to runners across the state. Thompson said he anticipates low times for this team. "Over the first three weeks, we've seen some really great improvements,"...
Although the Petersburg Parks and Recreation community pool has reopened on a limited basis, Petersburg High School students will have to wait until Sept. 2 for the swim and dive season to start. According to Activities Director Jaime Cabral at the Petersburg School Board meeting last week, the Alaska School Activities Association held a special meeting earlier this month, and found that several schools throughout the state did not have access to a pool until Sept. 1 due to COVID-19 concerns;...
Four Petersburg High School basketball players were named to Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches all-state teams. Thomas Durkin made the first team, and Brayden Larson made the second team among the boys 2A schools throughout the state. On the girls side, Ines Larson made the second team, and Kaili Simbahon made the third team. The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches is an organization that formally connects all the basketball coaches in the state, said Coach Rick Brock, head coach...
The Lady Vikings took first place in the Regional basketball tournament last week in Juneau and brought back the Region V Championship title for division two. Petersburg was seeded third at the tournament and played against Wrangell last Wednesday for the chance to compete in the championship game. Head Coach Dino Brock said that the first game of the tournament started off strong, but the game soon became a low-scoring, defensive bout. The Lady Vikings had played the Lady Wolves in four...
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team was named Region V Champions among Southeast Alaska's 2A schools at Regionals last week after beating Wrangell and Haines in two high-energy games. The Vikings went into the tournament with the number one seeding position and didn't play until the second day of Regionals last Thursday. Their first game of the tournament was against the Wrangell Wolves who had just beaten the Craig Panthers the previous day. Head Coach Rick Brock said he...
The Alaska School Activities Association announced on Wednesday that Alaska’s state high school basketball and cheer championships have been postponed until further notice due to concerns over the COVID-19 virus, according to a statement from ASAA. The decision on whether or not to cancel the basketball and cheer championships will be made sometime in the future, according to the statement. The State of Alaska has also issued an advisory to those planning on attending ASAA regional basketball tournaments this week. Anyone with underlying m...
With their last two games of the regular season behind them, the Petersburg High School boys basketball team will have the number one seeding spot in the regional tournament in Juneau that will be held on March 10 through 14. Head Coach Richard Brock said the team just had to win one game in their two home games against Haines over the weekend in order to take the number one spot at Regionals. The team did win one game, but they lost their second game. The Vikings fell behind early in...
The Lady Vikings won both their games against Haines with at least a 30-point lead. They were their last two games of the season before Regionals. From the second the first game started last Thursday, the Lady Vikings had a strong offense, said Head Coach Dino Brock. They scored 16 points in the first quarter, while holding the Lady Glacier Bears to five points. The Lady Vikings scored double-digits again in the second quarter, and only allowed Haines to score one point. "We did a real nice job...
There were just a few seconds left on the clock in Friday's overtime basketball game between the Vikings and the Wrangell Wolves, and the score was tied, 61-61. Just before the buzzer sounded at the end of the fifth period of the game, Thomas Durkin made a tough baseline jump shot that put the Vikings ahead, 63-61, and won them the game. "Wrangell shot the ball well for that whole game," said Head Coach Richard Brock. "I kind of knew that going into the game. It's homecoming and records don't...
The Lady Vikings suffered a loss on Friday in Wrangell against the Lady Wolves, but they were able to turn around the next day and bring home a win. Head Coach Dino Brock said he was happy with the team's effort on Friday, but the Lady Vikings were burdened by the amount of times they put the Lady Wolves on the free throw line. The Lady Wolves went to the free throw line 23 times throughout Friday's game, and Wrangell made 21 of those shots. Additionally, Petersburg struggled to put the ball in...
The Vikings basketball team won both their games against the Craig Panthers over the weekend by significant margins, particularly on Saturday when they ended the game with a 44-point lead. The Vikings quickly took control of Friday's game as soon as it started, said Head Coach Richard Brock. Petersburg was up 13-6 at the end of the first quarter and by halftime, the Vikings were up 32-16. In the third quarter, the Vikings further stretched out their lead, holding the Panthers to just three...
The Lady Vikings had two solid wins against Craig's Lady Panthers on Friday and Saturday, which shows it's a team that's aggressive and physical. Head Coach Dino Brock said the Lady Vikings were unable to get into a rhythm in the first half of Friday's game because of the number of times they put the Lady Panthers on the free throw line. Craig was put on the free throw line 29 times throughout the game, and they made 20 of those baskets. Despite the amount of free throws the Lady Panthers made,...
In two hard fought battles over the weekend, the Vikings came out victorious against the Metlakatla Chiefs, the only team this season to beat them. "I think it was important to get a couple of wins under our belt against them going into Regionals," said Head Coach Rick Brock. The atmosphere in the gym during Friday's home game had a tournament like atmosphere, said Brock. Both teams struggled to obtain and maintain a lead in the first half of the game. The Vikings were up at the end of the...
