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In the final championship game against Metlakatla on Friday at the regional tournament in Sitka, the Petersburg Vikings lost by one point with a final score of 63-64. Petersburg's first game of the tournament was against Wrangell. It was the Vikings' third game against the Wolves in five days, since the two teams had played each other the previous weekend. "It's always difficult to play anybody that many times in a row, especially your rival," said Coach Richard Brock. The game started out in Pe...
The boys varsity basketball team won their last two home games of the season against Wrangell before heading to Sitka to compete in the regional tournament. "I thought the kids played with positive passion," said Coach Richard Brock. "Good two hard fought battles both nights, and good games to go into Regionals with. It was a good experience for the kids to see what level to play at Regionals." During Friday's game, neither team seemed to take control of the ball. Every time the Vikings began...
The girls varsity basketball team lost their last two home games of the season against Wrangell over the weekend. "Wrangell's good," said Coach Dino Brock. "They're big. They're one of the top ranked teams in the state. I thought that we were competitive with them in the games. It's a good way to get ready for tournament." Friday's game began with Senior Appreciation Night. Seniors Holli Davis and Tayla Heppe, along with their families, were thanked for their dedication throughout the season....
The boys varsity basketball team won two games against Craig at home over the weekend, with Saturday's game finishing with a 55-point lead for the Vikings. Right away the Vikings jumped to an 11-point lead at the start of Friday's game; one thing that the team has been working on all year was their ability to gain a lead early in the game and keep it. The Panthers made three 3-point shots early on in the second quarter closing Petersburg's lead. The game went back and forth for the duration of t...
After two hard fought games, the Petersburg girls varsity basketball team lost both games against Craig over the weekend. “Two good battles against another good team,” said Coach Dino Brock. “Our league is very balanced. Every weekend is competitive.” Friday’s game started out slow for the Lady Vikings as they struggled to score. Craig had scored 12 points before Petersburg was able to make a basket. The first quarter ended with Petersburg down, 4-14. For the remainder of the game, the Lady Vikings matched the Lady Panthers point-for...
The Vikings lost their first basketball game of the weekend against Haines on Friday, but were able to win Saturday's game. Friday's game saw a solid first half for the Vikings. Petersburg was down by two points at the end of the first quarter, but went into half time up by one point, 24-23. At the start of the third quarter, Haines went on a 10-point run with Petersburg unable to stop it or score. Although the Vikings played even for the rest of the game, they weren't able to lessen Haines'...
In their second weekend playing Haines this season, the girls varsity basketball team defeated Haines in their home court during both their games over the weekend. “We played the way we were supposed to in terms of intensity level and effort,” said Coach Dino Brock. “We did a nice job running the floor and had good effort. We did a nice job communicating.” Friday’s game started out with Petersburg scoring twice as many points as Haines in the first quarter. Haines was able to prevent the Lady Vikings from scoring as many points in the second qu...
Petersburg's boys basketball team lost two home games to Metlakatla over the weekend. They are ranked as one of the top teams in the state. Friday's game began with good offense for both teams. The Vikings ended the first quarter 15-17. Then in the second quarter, the Vikings took a couple tough shots and threw the ball away, allowing Metlakata to stretch their lead. "They're a team you can't make mistakes on," said Coach Richard Brock. "They convert your turnovers to points quickly. If you...
The Petersburg girls varsity basketball team travelled to Metlakatla where they lost their first game of the weekend, but won their second game after a spike in the Lady Vikings’ energy. “I thought that we played well, especially on Saturday,” said Coach Dino Brock. “I liked our energy. I thought that we competed. We always talk about getting better every week, and I thought that was a good push for us.” Friday’s game started out slow for both teams. The Lady Vikings scored four points in the first quarter, while the Miss Chiefs scored 11....
The boys varsity basketball team travelled to Wrangell to play the Wolves during their homecoming weekend, resulting in one win and one loss for both teams. Friday's game started out slow for the Vikings. They ended the first quarter 7-11. The Vikings found their openings and began making shots in the second quarter and went into half time ahead, 24-17. The Wolves closed the lead by two-points in the third quarter after getting three possessions in a row. "Two things happened," said Coach...
The Lady Viking's basketball team lost two games back-to-back against Wrangell during their homecoming weekend. As the number two team in the state for 2a teams, the Lady Wolves were quick and aggressive during Friday and Saturday's games. "In stretches of the game we played really well," said Coach Dino Brock. "One of the things we'll be working on is doing that for 30 minutes." During Friday's game, Petersburg, who isn't ranked in the state, struggled to score and found themselves down 2-14 at...
The Vikings basketball team won their two home games against Haines on Saturday and Sunday. "We had good, positive energy," said Coach Richard Brock. "Definitely playing at home helps the guys keep that energy level high." In Saturday's game, the team took advantage of critical baskets and scoring opportunities. As the game progressed, the Vikings scored an increasing amount of points each quarter. Petersburg was ahead at the end of the first quarter, 11-9, and scored 14 points in the second...
The Petersburg High School boys varsity basketball team won both their games in Craig against the Panthers on Sunday and Monday. During the first half of Sunday’s game, both teams were trying to determine which defense would work best and to get into their offensive sets. Craig took the lead by the end of the first quarter and were up 10-7. The Vikings only managed to score five points in the second quarter. By half time, the Vikings were still down 12-16. The game started to turn around for Petersburg in the third quarter when their d...
The Lady Vikings were 1-1 after two home games against Craig on Friday and Saturday. In the first quarter of Friday's game, the Lady Vikings scored 12 points, but they still found themselves five points behind the Lady Panthers by the end of the quarter. There was a bit of a back-and-forth between the two teams that persisted through the second quarter, but Petersburg went into half time down 20-26. The third quarter ended with Petersburg closing the gap by two points with a score of 33- 37....
The Mitkof Middle School wrestling team went 57-37 at a tournament in Wrangell on Friday and Saturday with 53 of those victories coming by pin. “We did exceptionally well,” said Coach Jeff Davidson. “I think the other teams were a little shell shocked.” After the first day of the tournament when Petersburg went 28-16, some of the wrestlers got bumped up two or three weight classes in the second day of the tournament for better competition, said Davidson. Petersburg’s momentum continued into Saturday with the team finishing the day 24-18. In...
The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers lost their second match of the season 104-155 against Boom Town Roller Derby on Saturday in Wasilla. "I think we surprised ourselves a little bit in this game," said Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers Captain Alice Williams. "I think we were anticipating that they would beat us by quite a bit more points." In the first half of the game, Boom Town Roller Derby was behind because they were making jammer penalties that put Petersburg in a position to score points; h...
Petersburg hosted the Little Norway Tournament this past weekend with the boys junior varsity basketball team placing third overall and the Lady Vikings coming in second. The boys JV team lost their first game of the basketball tournament against Thunder Mountain 37-43, but they were able to make a comeback in their second game, which was against another Thunder Mountain team, and won 70-44. On Saturday, the Vikings had their last game of the tournament against Sitka. They weren't able to carry...
The Petersburg High School boys varsity team won two out of three games in a basketball tournament in Nome over the weekend, and came in second place over all. On Thursday, the team’s first game was against Grace Christian School. The first quarter ended with the Vikings behind 10-12. Grace Christian is an aggressive and quick team and has a strong half court defense, said Viking head coach Richard Brock. Petersburg went into half time down 18-30. “We missed some makeable shots and they don’t give you very many opportunities to score,” said Br...
The Petersburg High School girls varsity basketball team game came in fourth place in a tournament in Nome playing against Grace Christian School, Nome-Beltz High School and Unalakleet School. “I thought that we did a nice job on the board against games that were big and physical,” said head coach Dino Brock. “Overall, we responded pretty well to it.” The team’s first game of the weekend was against Grace Christian. At the end of the first quarter, both teams were tied at 7-7, but by half time, Petersburg was ahead 15-14. In the third qua...
In Metlakatla, the boys varsity basketball team played two conference games on Friday and Saturday, followed by a regular season game in Ketchikan on Monday. The varsity team lost both games in Metlakatla 48-53 and 33-42. The junior varsity team also played in Metlakatla , and although they lost their game on Friday 17-30, they won on Saturday 15-10. Petersburg varsity team’s two losses will affect their seeding position in the regional tournament in March since both games were conference games and directly affect regional seeding positions. F...
At the wrestling state tournament in Anchorage over the weekend, Petersburg's Ruby Massin won the girls state championship in the 125-pound weight class, which marks the first state championship in wrestling for Petersburg in eight years and the first won in the girls tournament. Massin won all four of her matches by pin. The first three matches were won within the first round. In the final match, she was losing 0-9 to Wasilla's Kristina Gerasimyuk by the end of the first round. She was able to...
The Petersburg High School girls wrestling team came in third place and the boys team came in fifth place for the Division II schools at the regional tournament in Juneau this past weekend, with four wrestlers placing first in their weight classes. "We wrestled really well," said Head Coach Daniel Van Swearingen. "The kids wrestled tough." Jolyn Toyomura placed first in the 119 weight class scoring the team 20 points. She had been injured most of the season and was cleared last week to go to...
At the Region Five tournament over the weekend, the Petersburg High School varsity volleyball team came in third place, just one place short of attending the state championship tournament in Anchorage in two weeks. "I wish we could have gone on to the next one, but for the young group that we had, they really, really learned a lot and I think they grew a lot," said head coach Jaime Cabral. "Their volleyball IQ got better. I couldn't be happier with the progression that they made. They kept...
The Devil's Thumb Shooters participated in the Southeast Fall Tournament, Oct. 27-28, at the Juneau Gun Club. Over 80 kids from Alaska participated and a team from Washington. The five returning members shot 18% better than last year in American Trap, increasing from 375 to 443 clays out of 500. In the varsity class, Israel Collison shot a 96 out of 100 clays in trap, winning that event. He also came in 3rd in doubles. Noah File shot 93 in trap and come in 6th. He improved 10 clays from last...
On Saturday, the Petersburg High School volleyball team held a senior appreciation night after both the junior varsity and varsity teams won their games against Wrangell. Five seniors, Trinity Davis, Clair Byrer, Tiare Simbahon, Martha Johnson and Gillian Wittstock, were named one by one and their families embraced them on the court bringing flowers, balloons and gifts. The two seniors from the Wrangell team, Helen Decker and Ashley Allen received applause from the crowd as well. The players als...
