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After a chilly start, Petersburg High School’s track and field team was well on its way into the new season with its meet in Ketchikan over the weekend. Scoring 140 points, the school’s girls finished the invitational in second place, with 28 personal records set over the course of two days. Junior Gillian Wittstock took first place in the high jump, while sophomore Kianna Kivisto led the board in the varsity long jump. Kivisto also took first in the triple jump competition, setting a personal best in the process. Seniors Erin Pfundt and Shy...
A Petersburg High School alumnus was selected to this year's Alaska School Activities Association Hall of Fame for his excellence in basketball. Cam Severson, who graduated in 2008, will be the first high school athlete from Petersburg to be inducted into the ASAA Hall of Fame. "I was kind of surprised," Severson said, adding that the honor was made possible by the support from his family, community, teammates and coach. "I was taken aback." Severson was a varsity basketball player in all four y...
Baseball is back, despite a thick layer of ice covering the diamonds in Petersburg. The Viking high school tteam has practiced in the gym for about a month and is scheduled to host Ketchikan in less time. “That’s the toughest part,” Coach Jim Engell said practicing inside. “I hate the fact that it’s out of my control.” This year’s group is young, much like last year’s winless team, and could see leadership from one junior and a few sophomores, Engell said. Some dozen kids are out right now, practicing indoors on pitching, hitting, fieldi...
The boys' basketball team finished its season fourth in the state after the 2018 ASAA March Madness Alaska 2A Tournament this past weekend. Slow starts and hurried comebacks, which often burn the players out, plagued the Vikings for most of the regular season. In the state tourney it seemed comparable. In the first round last Thursday, Petersburg fell behind Tok 22-10 at the end of the first half. Coach Rick Brock called a press and Petersburg came out firing in the second half, surging on a...
The cheer team in Petersburg placed first last weekend at the regional tournament in Ketchikan, securing its fourth straight title and prompting area coaches to say the Vikings should compete against bigger schools. In the Petersburg boys basketball game against Metlakatla last Thursday, two people weren't watching the game. They were judges, tasked with observing the Petersburg cheer team. For about 20 minutes during warmups, through the second quarter and then a two-and-a-half-minute halftime...
The Petersburg boys basketball team got a bid to the state tournament after it took second place at the 2A region championship last week. After a 5-13 regular season, Petersburg, which leaned heavily on its underclassmen and dealt with off-the-court issues all year, is going to the state tournament. "Especially with all the tough losses that we had, which could have been disappointments," said head coach Rick Brock, "and a revolving door in a sense of who was playing on what weekend, shows a...
A Petersburg teen was named most outstanding female wrestler at a Fairbanks middle school tournament earlier this month that hosted about 500 athletes. Amanda Worhatch, a Mitkof Middle School seventh grader, was the only Petersburg wrestler to compete in the Tanana Invitational on Feb. 2. After she went undefeated in her weight class, without allowing a single offensive point, she was named the most outstanding female wrestler among the 500 athletes there. Timber Patten, another southeast...
The PHS girls basketball team finished its season at Regionals last week in Ketchikan, winning just one game of its three-game road trip. Seeded fourth, Petersburg, with a 7-11 regular season record, beat Haines, 33-23, in the first round of the Region V 2A Basketball Tournament. The Lady Vikings then lost to Metlakatla (20-2) in the second round, 49-20, and then again to Craig, 62-32. Metlakatla would go on to win the tournament and grab the number one seed in the state tournament. Wrangell...
The Petersburg Swim Club competed in Juneau recently, where two members had multiple top-five finishes in their age group. Hosted by the Glacier Swim Club, six Petersburg members raced in the 2018 Alaska Swimming Age Group Championships for three days, starting Feb. 16. The swimmers were Natalie Bertagnoli, 9, Brooklyn Whitethorn, 9, Lexi Tow, 8, Logan Tow, 10, Abby Worhatch, 9, and Allie Morgan, 13. Morgan was top-10 in every event she raced, including a second place finish in the 200 meter...
The PHS boys basketball team was at full health for the first time this year last weekend in Wrangell, where it split its series and ended its regular season with a 5-13 record. "Friday was the first game all season that we had our whole roster together," said Rick Brock, coach of the Vikings. Petersburg beat Wrangell on Friday, 46-27. Early on it was shaping up to be a one possession contest throughout. Wrangell jumped ahead to just a 4-2 lead at the end of the first quarter. "But then that...
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...
