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PHS girls basketball lost two games to Wrangell over the weekend but later won its first round matchup of the region tournament on Wednesday. Petersburg traveled to Wrangell to play the Wolves during their homecoming weekend. The Vikings lost 73-66 in overtime on Friday. "Both teams just shot lights out," said Dino Brock, the Vikings head coach. Petersburg senior Rikki Lewis finished with a season high 23 points on Friday. Senior Maddy Parker had 15 and seniors Courtney Fredricksen and Katie...
WRANGELL — Wrangell Medical Center Foundation last month issued a letter to supporters informing them it would forgo its annual fundraiser weekend this year. For the past ten years the Brian Gilbert Memorial Golf Tournament and fundraiser dinner is hosted in Wrangell each May in order to raise money for the Foundation. The Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to support the community’s medical needs. The funds it handles fills a few roles, primarily supporting WMC’s bid for a new facility but also procuring new equipment, funding its cance...
The Petersburg Vikings won two games last weekend in Craig, where the Vikings got its first sweep of the year coming ahead of its rival matchup against Wrangell this week. The first half of Friday’s Craig-Petersburg matchup looked promising, said Rick Brock, the head coach. Petersburg was scoring well and holding a steady lead. The halftime score was 26-23. But Craig ran a full court press defense to start the third. “I figured they would make an adjustment,” Brock said. “And their press bothered us, the physicality of it.” Petersbur...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings split its series with Craig last weekend. On Friday, Petersburg held Craig under 25 in its 33-24 defensive effort, picking up its first win against Craig this year. Senior Courtney Fredricksen led the team in scoring with seven. Freshman Allie Davis and senior Katie Brock both had six. “We did a nice job protecting the paint,” said Dino Brock, Petersburg’s head coach. “We just stayed solid defensively.” Petersburg started off slow offensively, only scoring four in the first quarter. “Then Nina [McCay] hit a coupl...
The PHS Lady Vikings won two games this weekend in Haines, increasing its record to 6-8 ahead of a tough road trip in Craig. Led by Petersburg senior Rikki Lewis' 15 points, the Vikings beat Haines on Friday, 41-34. Petersburg coach Dino Brock said his team made Haines uneasy with its full court press. "But I thought Haines did play better than the last game," Brock said. "Which you kind of expect at this point in the year." The Vikings beat Haines in early February in Petersburg, 50-28, and...
In its second series of the year, the Haines Glacier Bears won two more games against the Petersburg Vikings. The Vikings hosted the Glacier Bears two weeks ago, which included a four-overtime Haines win. Last weekend, this time in Haines, the Vikings lost in regulation on Friday, 55-54. Rick Brock, Petersburg's coach, said his team was ahead one point with about five seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. Before looking for the game's last shot, Haines called a timeout, during which...
The only Alaskan to compete in this year's Roller Derby World Cup is a Petersburg woman, and she joined the indigenous team to help support a mission to include native peoples globally, and advocate against upticks in violence against them. Victoria Moore, who plays derby with the Ragnarök Rollers in Petersburg, was welcomed to the indigenous global team in August 2017. She joined 20 women and two coaches, all coming from three continents and 20 tribes. It's the first time Team Indigenous has...
Vikings boys basketball logged 75 points on Friday and then 37 on Saturday, enough to split its series with Craig last weekend in Petersburg. It was senior recognition night for most winter athletes on Friday, including the Petersburg cheer team, pep band and basketball teams. "The community always goes all out in recognizing them," said Rick Brock, the Vikings basketball coach. "Kids have to feel good about all the support they get in the community from their family and friends." Boys hoops...
The PHS girls basketball team lost both games to Craig last weekend. It was homecoming weekend, and senior recognition was Friday. The Lady Vikings recognized Katie Brock, Maddie Parker, Courtney Fredricksen, Kaia Dahl and Rikki Lewis. "We started all five seniors on Friday," said Dino Brock, the Vikings coach, "And I thought they played really well together." The Vikings lost on Friday 46-20. Brock had seven points, while Lewis and Parker had six. Brock said the girls kept the game close...
There were four overtimes of free basketball on Saturday in the PHS boys matchup against Haines, where the Viking gym was deflated by a one point loss, but it was all made possible because of a last second three in regulation by a hometown senior. Petersburg lost to Haines on Saturday, 63-64. The overtime saga began when Mark Neidiffer, a Petersburg senior, made a last second three pointer off an out-of-bounds play with about two seconds remaining, tying the game 45-45. "His will to win and...
The PHS boys basketball team lost two this weekend in Metlakatla, where scoring lulls continue to hurt the Vikings, but a full court defense kept double-digit margins into one possession fourth quarters. The Vikings lost 39-33 to Metlakatla on Friday, and 41-39 Saturday, making their record 1-7 on the season. Friday’s game started fast for Petersburg as it jumped to an 11-8 lead in the first quarter. But the team would only score five in the second quarter and four in the third, giving Metlakatla the lead 27-20 heading into the fourth. The d...
The Viking girls basketball team lost two games against Metlakatla last weekend, dropping its record to 2-6 on the season. On Friday, Metlakatla beat Petersburg 36-20, and then again on Saturday, 42-24. “To kind of summarize the game,” said Petersburg Coach Dino Brock, commenting on Saturday’s matchup. “[Metlakatla] put in their subs part way through the fourth quarter, and their subs went out and made like four out of five shots in a row.” In the first half, Metlakatla had four three-point field goals and added another in the second half. “I w...
For the first time in at least 28 years, the Petersburg girls basketball team played a series in Unalaska, where a defensive weekend gave the Vikings their second win and fourth loss of the season. “What a great cultural experience,” said Dino Brock, the Vikings coach, noting Unalaska’s mountainous landscape and scant forest land. “What a different part of the state -- a whole different world for us.” On Friday, the Vikings lost to Unalaska 26-24, but won on Saturday after the team went 11 for 15 from the free throw line. “We won the game fr...
Petersburg boys basketball took a team of eight to Unalaska this weekend where it struggled to shoot the ball, losing two games and dropping to a 1-5 record. The Vikings lost to Unalaska on Friday, 48-27, and Saturday 64-38. "That's a quality team we played," said Rick Brock, the Viking head coach. "Has to be one of the best teams in the state for what I've seen." With Petersburg shooting woes against Unalaska -- a team that's big, fast and can shoot, Brock said -- he was happy to see his team...
The Petersburg girls basketball team started its weekend series against Wrangell on Friday with its first win of the season, coming after a pair of free throws put the Vikings up one with seconds left. The second half of the lady's game on Friday saw two key Viking scores at the end of each break. A last second shot by Petersburg at the end of the third gave the team the lead heading into the fourth. And then again, with 4.9 seconds left in regulation, Petersburg was down two and Nina McCay was...
Petersburg boys basketball split two games with Wrangell last weekend, losing on Friday and coming better prepared for the rivalry matchup on Saturday, the coach said. Petersburg had to reach into its bench early in a game against Wrangell on Friday, which caused for a stop-and-go night with recurring scoring lulls. Petersburg lost 44-50. Mark Neidiffer, a Petersburg senior and one of its highest scorers, was benched after being whistled for two fouls early in the first quarter. Dale Strong,...
The Petersburg high wrestling team placed 22nd at the division two state tournament last week, where two Viking wrestlers placed top five in their weight classes. The Viking wrestling team sent five boys and two girls to the state championship in Anchorage. The only Vikings to place were senior Taegen Schwartz, who was fifth, and sophomore Jolyn Toyomura, who finished fourth in the girls championship. "We weren't really expecting to come out like we did last year, as far as team points," said...
Petersburg High School boys basketball lost two games against Metlakatla last weekend, an outcome that underscored the Vikings' effort but punctuated its youth, the coach said. In Friday's game -- last year's 2A state championship matchup -- the Vikings jumped out to a 28-27 lead at the end of the half. Petersburg senior Mark Neidiffer led the way in scoring with 13 points in the first quarter and three in the second. He finished with 21. The start of the third quarter saw Metlakatla go on a...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball coach said the team needs to learn how to play more rounded after it lost both games against Metlakatla last weekend. In its first weekend of the 2017-2018 campaign, the Lady Vikings dropped two games to Metlakatla. On Friday, the game ended with a 25 to 45 score, and on Saturday it ended 44 to 34. Senior Rikki Lewis, whose feet were cramping during most of the game, led the team in scoring on Friday with her perimeter shooting. She finished with 10...
The Southeast Regional Wrestling Championship was last weekend in Ketchikan, where Petersburg was at full health and controlled most top spots across their weight classes, but the team is still beset by its roster size. Ten Petersburg wrestlers traveled to Ketchikan, and six of them finished in the top two in their weight class. The Viking girls, with two wrestlers, finished second, and the boys, with eight, finished fourth. Jolyn Toyomura, a Petersburg sophomore, finished first, but only one other wrestler matched-up in her weight class....
The 2017 Vikings basketball season will begin Friday night in Petersburg, and the coaches say the matchup will likely be the toughest of the year, along with a state championship rematch in the boys game. "It's an interesting team for us to match up with first," said Richard Brock, the boys head coach, offering a preview into Petersburg's state championship rematch from March 2017 with Metlakatla. "I am sure they will be ready to come back in here and try to set the tempo for how the league is...
It took three games and nine sets for the Petersburg volleyball team to inflict a sweeping championship run at the region tournament last weekend. The Vikings didn't drop a set on their home court. Petersburg rolled over Klawock on Friday, Craig on Saturday morning and then secured the region title against Wrangell that night. "The win confirms to the team that they belong in the state tournament," said Jaime Cabral, Petersburg's head coach, when asked if this was a statement weekend. "Also a tr...
The Petersburg wrestling team spent three days wrestling last weekend in Klawock and Craig, where a Viking freshman came off injury and finished on top for most of the trip. Ruby Massin was kept out of the home meet last weekend because of an ankle injury. She started her return in Craig on Thursday with a first place finish. In Klawock on Friday, Massin finished second with two pins. On Saturday, she took first place again in her weight class with two more pins. She finished the weekend 6-1, said Dan Swearingen, the Petersburg head coach....
