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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...
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...
