Cheer champions

The Petersburg High School cheer squad will be heading to Anchorage for the state cheer championship for the first time in eight years. The team took first place at the Regional basketball tournament in Sitka last week. Coach Veronica Maldonado said the team points were the highest of any Southeast squad, and their performance was the best she has seen to date. The state competition is March 23, and the entire team will make the trip, including Molly Parks, Kiana Simbahon, Kirk Evens, Cina Martinez, Victoria Wegener, Alissa Lund, Leann Lapeyri, Carolina Macluf, Lillee Graham, Julia Evens, Austin Ratliff, Tanya Spears, Maggie Owens, Matthew Espeseth, Martha Johnson and Avery Skeek.