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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....
It was senior appreciation night for the Petersburg volleyball team on Thursday, where it shutout Wrangell in arguably its best performance of the season, said Jaime Cabral, its head coach. Petersburg swept Wrangell in three games with little resistance. The team adjusted and became quicker and cleaner since its last home game when it was beaten handedly by Juneau. But since then, Petersburg mounted a run. The team is now 15-0 in conference play, 15-2 overall. "We have a bunch of kids who want t...
In an injury-ridden state, Petersburg wrestling hosted eight teams for a round-robin tournament, finishing second overall in the senior and parent appreciation weekend. Petersburg rostered eight wrestlers to start the Viking Face Off and Scramble on Friday. By Saturday, the team was down to six. The injuries started when two girls on the 11-person roster left the team permanently before the meet even started. Then, freshman Ruby Massin was injured and elected not to suit-up. The setbacks...
The Petersburg Volleyball team continued its regular season winning streak in Metlakatla last weekend where they went 5-0 in conference play. The varsity volleyball team played its second and final conference seeding tournament last weekend. The winning streak has reached 12 in conference play for the Vikings and places them as the number one seed heading into the Region V 2A Volleyball Championships to take place in Peterburg next weekend. The Petersburg streak began in September after...
Four Petersburg High School swimmers went up against about 30 teams at the state championship in Anchorage last weekend, where two finished in the top 10 and nearly all swam personal record times. “We did really well,” said Andy Carlisle, the coach. “All the swimmers were either right at their best time or a little faster.” The state meet is separated into two days. On Friday, 16 swimmers race in each event, and eight move on to the finals. Senior Van Abbott was the only Petersburg swimmer to advance to the finals on Saturday. He finished seven...
The Petersburg Swim & Dive team was in Juneau last weekend for the Southeast Regional Championships, where four athletes qualified for the state meet on Friday. "It went really well," said Coach Andy Carlisle. "Even the kids who didn't make it to state were lights-out swimmers." Sophomores Maddy Whitethorn and Maria Pfundt, along with seniors Britton Erickson and Van Abbott, qualified for the state meet in Anchorage starting Friday. Regionals were split into preliminary races on Friday and...
The Petersburg Wrestling team took only five kids to the meet in Ketchikan last weekend, and its coach “didn’t even look” at the final score. “It was a tough weekend,” Coach Dan Swearingen said. “We left all of our upperclassmen and our physically stronger kids at home due to injuries, sickness or personal reasons.” As a result, rostered with two sophomores, two freshmen and one senior, Petersburg got “worked pretty well,” Swearingen said. During the matches, Petersburg had trouble staying on top and getting off bottom, Swearingen said....
The Petersburg Swim and Dive team traveled to Sitka last weekend where Coach Andy Carlisle said most swimmers logged personal record times. The boys' relay team, which Carlisle thinks has a good chance to qualify for the state meet, placed in the top five on Friday and Saturday. "We are either first or second every time we get up there," Carlisle said on the boys' 200-yard relay performances. "They have been all year, so they're pretty stoked about that." The relay team, Britton Erickson, Ethan...
The Petersburg Volleyball team was bested narrowly in the finals at a one-and-done tournament in Juneau last weekend, but did jump ahead in conference play overall. The team attended the 23rd annual Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza on Friday and Saturday. In the Gold Bracket Single Elimination JIVE Tournament, Thunder Mountain from Juneau beat Petersburg in the championship. Juneau was the number five seed and Petersburg was three, losing by six points in the first match and two point...
The Petersburg roller derby team began its season on Saturday by winning in Sitka by more than 130, a runaway victory that the coach called a testament to preparation and conditioning. The Petersburg Ragnarök Rollers defeated the Sitka Sound Slayers, also known as Shee Devils, on Saturday evening 205 to 72. It was a rematch from last year, said Rebecca Anderson, the lady rollers' head coach. "We had anticipated that they would be coming at us, knowing our strengths and weaknesses and ready to...
The Petersburg Cross Country team was recognized at the high school on Tuesday for its performance at the regional and state meets. The boys and girls both qualified for the ASAA Division II, 1A, 2A and 3A State Championship meet in Anchorage two weeks ago. That's the second time in four years both teams made it and the third time in about two decades, said Tommy Thompson, the head coach. Of the 14 teams in division two, the boys' team placed ninth. The girls' team finished in fourth place among...
The Petersburg Girls Cross Country Team started its postseason with a perfect finish at regionals on Saturday, claiming the top five places and a complete bid to State this weekend. The high school Cross Country team on Saturday traveled to Ketchikan for regionals where heavy rainfall hit the track, making it slick with mud. There was a gradual but lengthy incline at the beginning, which complemented hills that Petersburg had trained on in practice. They were pacing through ideal conditions, sai...
The Viking harriers continued their strong season in Sitka and in their final race before regions finished second overall for the girls and fifth for the boys. Against their own division opponents (1A/2A/3A) the boys were third, and the girls first. The girls have not lost a regular season or regional meet to a division opponent for three years. Freshman Maia Cowan continues to impress as she finished second overall only behind the 4A Alaska champion Sadie Tuckwood in a personal best time of...
Both Petersburg Cross Country teams finished in the top five at the Wrangell Invitational on Saturday, with runners clocking personal records despite an uphill-finishing course. The men's team finished in fifth place, out of 10 teams competing, and the women's team finished in third among seven. Of the 118 male runners, Petersburg's Brennan Skeek came in 15th place and ran a personal record time of 18:23. Sophomore Kole Sperl placed in 22nd place with a time of 18:45. Junior Tolin Eddy finished...
The Petersburg Cross Country teams placed at the top of the leader boards in the Klawock Invitational on Saturday. The women's team took first place in Klawock, routing the competition by nearly 30 points. The men's team took second place after losing by three points to Ketchikan. Sophomore Kole Sperl led the men's team by taking third place overall, notching a personal record of 18 minutes 42 seconds in the 3.1-mile race. Other personal records come from freshman Brennan Skeek, who placed...
WRANGELL – Intermittent rains and wind on Saturday prompted Muskeg Meadows Golf Course to cancel one of its two days scheduled for the First Bank Golf Tournament. Twenty-six golfers from Wrangell and Petersburg still hit the links on a sunny Sunday morning for the best-ball, team play competition. Players vied for a number of prizes and for First Bank-related raffle items during the lunch to follow. Golfing with a handicap of 16, Eric Koding, Faye and Keene Kohrt, and Tyler Eagle took first p...
On July 9, Juneau based Alaska State Troopers received a report of a vehicle that off of the roadway in Angoon. A State Trooper and Village Public Safety Officer responded and contacted the driver, Alan Zuboff, age 58 of Angoon. Alan was observed to be under the influence of an alcoholic beverage. Alan was subsequently arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence. He was issued an Alaska Uniform Citation and released with a future arraignment date. On July 12, Juneau based Alaska State Troopers received a report of an assault that...
The Gatorade Company named a Petersburg High School graduate the best track and field athlete in Alaska last week; she joins an elite group of awardees including NFL Quarterback Robert Griffin III and Olympian Hurdler Lolo Jones. Izabelle Ith is the first person from Petersburg to be awarded the 2017 Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding athleticism, academic achievement and character demonstrated on and off the track, according to a recent press release....
On an ailing hip and no experience in long-distance races, 49-year-old Jo Ann Day took first place in the 18th annual Prince of Wales Marathon last month. “That was my first marathon,” said Day, who lives in Petersburg. “I was just running with hopes to finish. I had no expectations whatsoever.” Those small expectations took hold after Day injured her hip three weeks before the race. She was all but sidelined as the race loomed. “My hip would tighten up and it was too painful,” Day said. “In those three weeks, the longest I ran was five mile...
