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Over the weekend, the Petersburg High School wrestling team took three students to the Anchorage Christian Schools meet. “Overall, it was a good tournament,” said head coach Daniel Van Swearingen. “A lot of match time for those guys, and it’s always fun to go up to Anchorage.” Kole Sperl and Adam Ware wrestled in the 160 pound weight class. Koren Sperl wrestled in the 171 weight class. Kole Sperl ended up taking third overall, only losing to the champion. “He wrestled pretty tough, but we still have a lot of room for improvement...
Five Petersburg High School swimmers traveled to Anchorage to compete in the state championships, three of whom made it to the individual final events. "It was good," said head coach Andy Carlisle. "It was better than expected. Usually it's hard for the kids to race at regions and then do state a week later." Preliminary events were held on Friday, with the top eight in each event making it to the final rounds on Saturday. PHS's top finisher was Allie Morgan who placed fourth in the final girls...
At their second seeding tournament, the Petersburg varsity volleyball team beat four out of six teams over the weekend at home. "Overall, [I'm] very happy with where we are right now and how much more we get to grow," said head coach Jaime Cabral. The weekend started on Thursday with a game against a strong Klawock team. Petersburg won the three games 25-19, 25-22 and 25-21. On Friday, Petersburg played Skagway, Metlakatla and Craig. Petersburg won a three match game against Skagway 25-7, 25-6...
The Petersburg wrestling team took a hit at their third meet over the weekend in Metlakatla after half the team had to stay behind. “We didn't take very many people,” said head coach Daniel Van Swearingen. “Sickness and injuries plagued us.” Fourteen wrestlers were supposed to go, but several of those that did participate scored well. A confident Kayden Geelan came in 6-0. Sawyer Bryner, who has wrestled in the past, is getting back into the rhythm and won five out of his six matches. Adam Ware also finished the meet 5-1. Ruby Massin, who wen...
Five Petersburg High School swimmers will be competing in the state swim and dive meet this weekend in Anchorage after qualifying at the regional meet this past weekend at home. "It went really well," said head coach Andy Carlisle. "It's hard to be the host and try to keep everything going and still coach the kids. I had a lot of good help." Preliminaries were held on Friday to determine who would be part of the A and B teams for each event on Saturday. The top six in each event were placed in...
Petersburg High School’s varsity volleyball team competed in its first seeding tournament winning four out of six games October 19-20. On Friday, Petersburg defeated both Skagway and Klawock. The game against Skagway went for three matches with Petersburg winning 25-10, 26-24 and 25-13. “Friday's game against a very good Klawock team pushed us to the limit,” said head coach Jaime Cabral. “We found ourselves up 2 games to 1 and in the 4th set down 24-19. Kaili Simbahon assisted in serving us to win the game 26-24 in an exciting game.” Petersbur...
In their second meet of the season, the Petersburg wrestling team came in fifth place at the Ketchikan meet over the weekend. “We had overall a better weekend than we had here,” said head coach Daniel Van Swearingen. “The guys that we brought wrestled tougher. We didn’t put ourselves in as many bad situations as we did here. Overall, I’d say our team is getting better as our season progresses.” Wrangell was the only 2A school that was ahead of Petersburg, which is in the same division. Over the past couple years, Craig has always been placin...
The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers had their first match of the season against the much more experienced Sitka Sound Slayers on Saturday losing 99-177. "Everybody worked really hard and I can't be more proud of our team and how we did in that game," said Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers Captain Alice Williams. "Attitudes were great. Everyone fought hard to the end. We had a really great time." On the Petersburg team, there were 10 women players, with Sitka having nine; however, only five players from e...
The Petersburg High School's varsity volleyball team participated in the Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza over the weekend, finishing in fifth place out of ten teams. "Really, really good matches overall during the weekend," said head coach Jaime Cabral. "A lot of court time for the kids. We finished fifth overall by the end of the weekend, which is really good knowing that our team is young and we're getting better every single weekend." JIVE is a tournament style meet that includes...
Both the boys and girls swim teams came in fifth place overall both days at a swim meet in Ketchikan over the weekend. “The scores don’t really work for us very well, because we get outnumbered,” said head coach Andy Carlisle. “We can win every event and still come in fifth, just because all the other places score more points all together.” On Friday, Maddy Whitethorn came in fourth place in the girls 50 yard freestyle. Allie Morgan came in third in the girls 100 yard freestyle. She then went on to get first in the girls 200 yard free style, fo...
Over the weekend, the Petersburg High School wrestling team hosted the first meet of the season with each wrestler placing between second and sixth in their matches on Friday and Saturday. Josh Coonrad placed sixth on both Friday and Saturday. On Friday he scored three team points and ended the day 0-3. He finished Saturday at 1-2 and scored 5 points for the Vikings. Reed Anderson placed fifth both days, finishing 0-2 on Friday and 1-2 on Saturday. He scored zero points on both days. John...
A newly incorporated nonprofit organization, South East Flag Football Inc., is currently looking for community feedback in naming a co-ed flag football team that will introduce Petersburg youth to the game. “I wanted to do it for the kids, just to introduced them to football while they’re still young, so they can get a taste of it too,” said Tony Vinson, president of SEFFI. “Maybe that’s why I’m here.” Vinson was waiting to receive paperwork from the state that the organization was incorporated, which he got Monday, before he introduced th...
The Petersburg High School volleyball teams finished in the top three in each of their matches over the weekend in Ketchikan. The Petersburg C team finished in second place in the C bracket; the Petersburg junior varsity team finished in third place in the JV bracket and the Petersburg varsity team finished in second place in the varsity bracket. The C team placed second in their division behind Mt. Edgecumbe High School with a score of 1-7. In the championship game with Mt. Edgecumbe, the Petersburg C team lost 2-0. While in Ketchikan, the...
The Petersburg High School cross country team had their final meet of the season in Anchorage on Saturday. The girls team came in fifth place over all, and the boys team came in ninth. "Getting up there and having that experience with some really good runners is just going to make them stronger," said assistant coach Debby Eddy. "I was really proud how they accomplished what they did this weekend." Kendra Coonrad and Maia Cowan came in 10th and 11th place respectively, at 20:42 and 20:50. At...
The Mitkof Middle School cross country team ran their second and last meet this past weekend in Ketchikan at Ward Lake, which is where the high school teams run their meets. Both the boys and girls teams came in second place over all. "I was proud of them," said Coach Joe Viechnicki. "They did a great job running." Kinley Lister came in second place at 14:13, followed by Bryana Ratliff in third place at 14:22. Ratliff barely beat Bree Johnson of Schoenbar Middle School. Johnson had stopped...
At a meet in Juneau over the weekend, the Petersburg High School girls swim team came in fourth place overall and the boys team came in fifth place in Saturday’s events. The team had a combined score of 128, coming in fourth place overall behind Thunder Mountain High School, Juneau Douglas High School and Sitka High School. In the girls 200 yard medley relay, Allie Morgan, Clarisa Bashoff, Jaden Perry and Kate Bisset came in 10th with a time of 2:29.39. Maria Pfundt came in fifth place and Lister came in ninth place in the girls 200 yard freest...
At their first match of the season, the Petersburg High School volleyball team played against Juneau-Douglas High School, winning three out of eight matches. “All good things that we saw,” said head coach Jamie Cabral. “It showed us what we need to work on and focus on in the next couple weeks. Your flaws can be really ignited when you play a team of that caliber.” On Friday, Petersburg C team lost 3-0. One of Petersburg’s junior varsity teams won 3-1 with the second JV team losing 3-1. The varsity team lost 3-0. At Saturday’s games, the...
The Petersburg High School girls cross country team came in first place at Regionals in Juneau on Saturday, with the boys team coming in third. Both teams will be heading to the state cross country meet in Anchorage this weekend. "I think we inherited some good talent," said assistant coach Debby Eddy. "They're just willing to work hard, which makes them faster runners. That comes from inside of them." The girls cross country team came in first place overall with a combined score of 32. This...
This Saturday, the Petersburg High School cross country team will be competing in Juneau at the Regional championships. “It’s just been a great group to work with all year and now we’ll see if the training has paid off,” said head coach Tommy Thompson. Only seven boys and seven girls who were selected for their times, eligibility and involvement in the program this season will be competing at Regionals this weekend, said Thompson. On the boys team, Tolin Eddy, Brennan Skeek, Chase Lister, Kole Sperl, Koren Sperl, Uriah Lucas and Julian Cumps w...
The Petersburg High School swim team had their second meet of the season in Sitka on Friday and Saturday. “Our fitness levels were good because the end of our races were good, but the speed wasn’t quite there. So we’re going to work on that,” said head coach Andy Carlisle. On Friday, in the boys 200 yard medley relay, Sean Spigelmyre, Chase Lockhart, Rylan Wallace and Peter Kowalski came in fourth place. Wallace, Caleb Pfundt, Spieglemyer and Kowalski came in third place in the boys 200 yard freestyle relay. Kowalski came in fourth in the boy...
In their first meet of the season, the Mitkof Middle School cross country team saw their girls team come in first place and boys team in second behind Schoenbar Middle School on Saturday. "Both teams did great," said Coach Joe Viechnicki. "I'm really proud of them. They did an awesome job." Seventh graders Kinley Lister and Bryana Ratliff were the top girls runners for Petersburg coming in at second and third place respectively. Lister set a new record for the Petersburg team at their home meet...
On Friday, the Petersburg girls cross country team came in second place with a combined score of 65 points and the boys team came in 4th place with 107 points at a home meet. "I really appreciate the amount of support that the community and school gave us," said head coach Tommy Thompson. "It means a lot to the kids to have people out there cheering for them." Maia Cowan came in first place for the second week in a row at 19:51.71. She is ranked third in state in the girls 1a, 2a and 3a...
Petersburg High School hosted a swim and dive meet on Friday and Saturday that saw the girls team finish in the top three in several of the relay events. "I was really happy with the girls relay," said Coach Andy Carlise. "We hadn't had girls relays that could compete for a long time." On Friday, the boys and girls team had a combined score of 443.5 and came in 5th place overall. The girls team came in 4th place with 291 points. The boys team came in 5th place with 152.5 points. The boys and...
At the cross country meet in Metlakatla on Saturday, the Petersburg girls team came in 1st place with 31 points and the boys team came in 2nd with 32 points after Ketchikan. "We did really well," said assistant coach Debby Eddy. "We had a boy and a girl come in first place." The top three places in the girls 5k race were all claimed by the Petersburg team. Maia Cowan came in 1st place at 20:01, Kendra Coonrad came in 2nd place at 21:00 and Melanie Chase came in 3rd at 22:10. The Petersburg and K...
