PHS baseball looking to junior, sophomores

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, fielding and, most notably, not allowing path runners to steal...