Petersburg Pilot -

The Petersburg Vikings took down the number one seed Hooper Bay to win the state at the 2A boys state basketball championships in Anchorage last weekend.

The team beat both Ninilchik and Cordova in close matches leading up to the championship match, where they took control after some adjustments in the second half and maintained a strong hold on the game throughout.

"To win a state title is extremely challenging, it's hard, it's difficult... I'm very happy," said head coach Rick Brock.

"We talked a lot about doing things together as a group-playing together is one of our models-and we really d...