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The Lady Vikings brought home three wins after last week's grueling four games in four days against Sitka and Mt. Edgecumbe. The Lady Vikings defeated Mt. Edgecumbe last Wednesday in overtime 50-49. "It was a great game," Head Coach Dino Brock said. "The score went back and forth." The Petersburg squad jumped out to a 16-5 lead at the end of the first quarter but the Mt. Edgecumbe squad fought back and were only down six at the half. The back and forth battle continued during the third quarter b...
The Petersburg Vikings lost two tough games against Sitka despite taking early leads in both Friday and Saturday's contests. The squad took control of Friday's game early in the first quarter with a 16-5 lead against the Wolves. "We were being quick but not in a hurry," Head Coach Rick Brock said. "We were flashing into their openings." The Vikings kept the momentum going halfway through the second quarter until the Wolves turned the tide with several big runs and outscored the Petersburg...
The Petersburg Vikings duked it out with Mt. Edgecumbe Friday night coming away from the bout with a last second win. Head Coach Rick Brock said he knew going into the game the battle against Mt. Edgecumbe would be hard fought and the atmosphere resembled tournament style play. "The crowd was incredible," Brock said. "The noise level in the gym was tremendous. The level of play was intense." Mt. Edgecumbe took an early double-digit lead in the first quarter as the Vikings struggled to find...
The Lady Vikings tamed the Sitka Wolves during both of last weekend's home games. Head Coach Dino Brock said Friday evening's senior appreciation night revved up the team and the crowd. "We came out on fire running up and down the court," Brock said. "We kind of shocked Sitka as hard and as fast as we were playing." The Lady Vikings scored 26 points in the first quarter, setting the tone for the rest of the game. The girl's squad gained and held the lead throughout the night. Kylie Wallace...
The Lady Vikings dominated its rival Wrangell Wolves last weekend during two away games. The girls squad set the pace during the first quarter with a lead of 16-7 but got into foul trouble early on. "At one point I had all five starters on the bench in the second quarter," Head Coach Dino Brock said. "For the large part of the second quarter most of the starters didn't even play." But the Lady Vikings bench didn't let the momentum linger and kept the lead at 21-17 at the half. Brock said his...
The Vikings brought home two wins from last weekend's homecoming games in Wrangell. Friday night's match was neck and neck as the two teams battled between one or two possessions throughout the night. "One of the keys for us is to be able to control the tempo on the defensive end," Head Coach Rick Brock said. "We weren't able to do that. Wrangell did a nice job of keeping the pace they way they wanted it and spreading us out." With 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter Petersburg lost...
The Lady Vikings lost two close home games last weekend against the Mt. Edgecumbe squad. The Lady Vikings faced similar challenges as the boy's team in its conference games. "We struggled shooting the basketball both nights, but other than that we did a nice job defensively," Head Coach Dino Brock said. Although the Lady Vikings started off slow they took the lead in the third. Mt. Edgecumbe took the lead after making a run and maintained it the rest of the night. The girl's squad lost Friday...
The Petersburg Vikings battled through four long conference games last weekend and brought home two wins. The varsity squad had a rough start against Sitka High School on Wednesday evening. “We really struggled to score,” Head Coach Rick Brock said. “We were getting very good looks at the basket but the ball would not drop for us.” The Vikings only put up three points on the board during the first half but managed to hold Sitka to seven points through most of the half. Sitka hit their stride during the middle of the second quarter though...
Petersburg's Ragnarøk Rollers hosted the Wrangell's Garnet Grit Betties and Ketchikan's Rainforest Rollergirls for a big roller derby weekend in Petersburg; consisting of skills workshops, referee training, and a two-hour scrimmage in front of a packed house of fans cheering for their favorite roller girls. The event was a milestone for the new derby squad, most of whom donned skates for the first time in October 2012 when they travelled to Wrangell for their first derby boot camp. Building... Full story
The Petersburg Vikings lost in the 4th quarter to the Ketchikan Kings last Thursday. The Vikings held the Kings to 27 points and the lead throughout most of the game. "We started off playing probably some of our best half court defense that we've played all year," Head Coach Rick Brock said. "We were quick to the ball, not letting them get into the spaces they wanted to." Michael Brock dropped seven points in the first quarter and the squad led the game 22-13 at the half. "In the third quarter...
The Lady Vikings put the pressure on the Wolves last weekend and came out with two wins-putting the squad at 7-1 for the season. The squad beat the Wolves 49-36 Friday night. Head Coach Dino Brock said his team controlled the pace of the game from the get go. The Lady Vikings lead by 20 points during several different points of the game. "The key to the game was our defensive pressure," Brock said. "We were able to put enough pressure on Wrangell so we could get some steals and run." Grace...
The Vikings basketball squad nailed down two big wins against the Wrangell Wolves last weekend. The Vikings defeated the Wolves 47-35 Friday night and again 52-32 on Saturday night. Head Coach Rick Brock said his squad did well defensively against the Wolves during Friday night's game but needed to do a better job of setting the offensive pace of the game. "There were times in the game where we had opportunities to take a 10 or 11 point lead and stretch it out to 15 or 16, which is real...
The Petersburg girls competed in the ACS Tournament, hosted by Anchorage Christian Schools, over the weekend. This year Bethel, Barrow, ACS, Valdez, Petersburg, Kotzebue, Eielson, and Point Hope attended. “A lot of the best 3A teams try to make it there because of the competition. It’s who you're going to see if you make it to state,” said Lady Vikings Head Coach Dino Brock. The tournament is a single elimination style, with a guarantee of playing three games. In their first game the Lady Vikings faced off against the ACS Lions, who took secon...
The Vikings basketball squad placed 4th at the Anchorage Christian School’s Invitational Tournament in Anchorage last weekend. The Vikings lost a tough first game 57-43 against Barrow. Head Coach Rick Brock said Barrow is one of the better quality teams in the state. “We played them last year and were looking forward to see where we’re at this time of the year,” Brock said. The Vikings fell behind 15-5 in the first quarter but played strong in the second and closed the gap to 22-20 at the half with Barrow leading. But the Vikings missed...
The Vikings took first place after a three-way tie for first place but took the tournament because its point spread had the widest margins overall. Head coach Rick Brock said the tough tournament provided his team great experience because of the various styles of play the team went up against. "Skyview was an athletic aggressive team," Brock said. "Metlakatla was a veteran, talented squad, and Cordova was very aggressive on the defensive end." Thursday's game pitted the Vikings against Skyview...
The Lady Vikings blew the competition away last weekend during their first games of the season. The girl's squad beat Thorne Bay Friday evening 51-12. Grace Weller scored 17 points and Kyla Willis scored 8. "It was a great all around game," Head Coach Dino Brock said. "It was very balanced scoring." The Lady Vikings beat Haines Saturday morning 51-30. Kylie Wallace was the high scorer with 20 points. The squad finished the tournament with a win against Cordova. Weller led with points, scoring...
The Petersburg Viking wrestling squad took 9th place in the state tournament in Anchorage last weekend-ahead of every other Southeast team. "We ended up in a good position," Assistant coach Ed May said. "We're very, very happy with the outcome." Freshman Buddy Stelmach, wrestling in the 98-pound weight class, placed 4th in the tournament. "It was pretty fun," Stelmach said. "There were a bunch of other kids up there that were a lot bigger and more experienced." Stelmach broke his wrist early in...
The boys Viking basketball squad came home with a win from last weekend’s series against Ketchikan. They beat Ketchikan 58-46 on Friday night and lost a close game Saturday 46-55. The games were the Vikings first this season and head coach Rick Brock is happy with his team so far. “It was a great way to start the season,” Brock said. “Anytime you can go on the road and come away with a win is a success.” The Vikings led Friday’s game by ten points at the half. Ketchikan came back and played a strong second half but the Petersburg team was ab...
Sixteen 3rd through 5th grade girls participated in a finale 5K run last Saturday morning as part of the 'Girls on the Run' program. This winter is the first time the event has been held in Petersburg in four years. Joyce Burke-Biggs, Girls on the Run liaison, said the program consists of teaching various values. "Anything to do with self-esteem, self-awareness, teamwork, feeling good about who you are and appreciating other's differences," Burke-Biggs said. For the past several months, the... Full story
Eight Petersburg Viking wrestlers placed at the Pilot Invitational in Juneau the weekend before last. DJ Toyomura, John Brooks and Billy Ware took first place in their respective weight classes. Buddy Stelmach and Isaiah May took second. Logan Turcott and Matt Gudel took third. Bret Martinsen took fourth. Petersburg placed second overall in the tournament. "The team really pulled together," said assistant coach Ed May. "We're, at this point, hitting our stride. Hopefully we'll be getting near...
Five swimmers represented Petersburg at the State Championship swim meet last weekend in Anchorage, and after getting mostly personal best times in preliminaries on Friday, and then even better times in the finals, the boys ended up placing 5th out of 19 schools with many individual achievements, including Abel Aulbach defending his state title in the 100-yard Freestyle event. Service's Ezra Corwin-Hogue came in 7 hundredths of a second faster than Aulbach in the prelims, but the next day, when... Full story
The Vikings volleyball squad nearly beat the Sitka squad in what head coach Jaime Cabral described as a "heart wrenching" match last weekend during the regional double elimination tournament in Sitka. Sitka beat the Vikings in the first round but lost to Mount Edgecumbe in its next game. Sitka faced Petersburg again in an elimination game where the Vikings took the first two matches. "The girls came out on fire. Everything was working," Cabral said. "Passing was phenomenal." But Sitka hit back a...
Swim and Dive's Region V Championship meet took place last weekend in Juneau, and the Petersburg Vikings performed outstandingly well. Individual Vikings won a number of events, and the Vikings boys took third as a team, finishing just 5 points out from first place. "If a couple things had gone differently we could have been second or even first," said Vikings head coach Andy Carlisle. "It was good. The kids did well." Petersburg's Abel Aulbach and Thunder Mountain's Kenny Fox were the top... Full story
The Viking Wrestling team took fourth place in a tournament in Wrangell last weekend. Head Coach Dan Van Swearingen said the team as a whole was much more aggressive last weekend than in their first tournament of the season. "We were punishing some of our opponents," Van Swearingen said. "I like to see that." DJ Toyomura beat a returning region champion and pinned him in the first round. Billy Ware walked through his final 14-1. The coach said two of his better wrestlers didn't attend the...
