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Viking Swim Club had a dominant performance this past weekend at the Savannah Cayce Southeast Championships. The team claimed a second overall finish as a team with a total of 1151 points. "A lot of swimmers swam best times. To keep doing that at every meet, is pretty awesome for them," head coach Derek Gibb said. Cyrus Hulebak continued his record-breaking season with another club record in the 100 breaststroke at 1 minute and 1 second. Trygve Marohl got first place for high point award in his...
The community got to see the hard work and training of Mitkof Middle and Petersburg High School Native Youth Olympics athletes on display during the NYO Showcase this past Friday and Saturday. Middle school has been practicing since the second week of February and high school since mid-January in preparation for the two-day event which included 11 total events such as Dene Stick Pull, Alaskan High Kick, One Foot High Kick and more, as well as 18 athletes between middle and high school. While it...
The Petersburg High School Baseball team began their season at Sitka, in a preseason tournament this past weekend. Results weren’t the main priority during this tournament as much as experimenting and putting what they’ve been working on in practice out on the field against another opponent. The team had a lot of success stealing bases with at least one person on the team stealing a base. In the Vikings game against the Kodiak Bears, the team had five stolen bases and Petersburg junior pitcher Tanner Caulum had three himself. “It’s all about t...
This past weekend, Viking Swim Club held a three day clinic that saw 3x Olympic medalist Margaret Hoelzer bring her knowledge and experience to Petersburg. These days, Holzer resides in Seattle, where she coaches swim team athletes year round. "I've been doing swim clinics for 20 years now. I do this periodically, all over the place, specifically in Seattle, I teach lessons," Hoelzer said. Her lessons are every year, while the swim clinics are periodically. "I did a lot of [clinics] when I was...
With a focus of getting better before the state championship meets, several Viking Swim Club swimmers competed in high level age group competitions, competing against a plethora of west region teams such as Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, New Mexico and more. There were three competitions all going on at the same time this past weekend. Swimmers Audrey Boggs, Trygve Marohl and Ryder Diehl competed at the Mountain West Age Groups in Boise. Jackson Zweifel also traveled to this meet but was unable to...
With spring (officially) underway, the Petersburg High School Track and Field team have hit the ground running with fierce and intense competition. Due to the extended winter Petersburg has seen, the team has mostly been focusing on conditioning and physically preparing themselves for the fast season. While the team has only been practicing for a little bit, head coach Casey Gates already has an idea of the potential strengths of this year's squad. "I think our strengths are going to be in...
Petersburg High School's baseball team will be looking to rebound after a winless campaign and missing the postseason. Unlike last season, this year's is more experienced. Head coach Jim Engell said the team boasts seven kids that are juniors and seniors. One of the big differences between this season and the previous one is the team boasts an eight man pitching rotation, which will be key for depth and postseason aspirations. "The year we took fourth at state, we were deeper pitching wise. The...
The Petersburg Rod and Gun Club has outlined a slate of range improvements and community events for 2026, with some construction already underway and several projects in the pipeline. Reid Brothers Construction is slated to replace the rifle range boardwalk with gravel extending to the 100-yard line and establish truck access to the rifle field. The project, funded through a state capital projects appropriation, is expected to take place this year, though the timeline will depend on Reid Brothers’ schedule, according to Rod and Gun Club c...
Team Block and Blue were the winners of last weekend's Community Volleyball Tournament organized by the new adult volleyball league in Petersburg. Pictured left to right are Olivier Christensen, LeeAnna Lucas, Rebecca Thynes, Brian Richards, Dm Harry, Kim Harry and Callie Bell....
Viking Swim Club continued to set more individual records during their last time trial of the season. VSC swimmer Trygve Marohl crushed the 10 and under 1000 freestyle (previous) record by 43 seconds at 13 minutes and 88 seconds. "It was a very impressive performance. It was cool to see. The whole crowd got into it. It was cool to hear the crowd cheer for him," head coach Derek Gibb said. Marohl surprised himself with his marquee performance. "I thought that I was going to break the record but...
The Petersburg Vikings headed into the tournament as the #1 seed with their first match against the #4 seeded Wrangell Wolves. The Vikings continued their dominance over the Wolves, winning 48-12. "Once we started getting out in transition because we were defending well and rebounding, we got some easy looks at the basket ," head coach Rick Brock said. "We kinda rolled from there." The Vikings advanced to the next round where they faced the #2 seeded Haines Glacier Bears. It was a slow start...
In their first match of the Region V tournament, the #4 seeded Petersburg Lady Vikings faced of against the #5 seeded Haines Glacier Lady Bears.The Lady Vikings scored their most points of the season (43) against the Lady Bears man-to-man defense. "We're pretty good against man-to-man defense and I think that's why teams have not played man-to-man against us much at all this season," head coach Matt Pawuk said. "I almost felt like the kids were chopping at the bit to attack a man-to-man defense...
All season long the Petersburg High School Cheer team was on a mission to claim their third regional title. With regionals this past weekend, they had their opportunity but It wasn't going to be easy. Their adjudication match was in the morning and while they got full support from the Pep band, they didn't have full crowd support compared to some of the other cheer squads there at later tip off times. This cheer squad also had little regional experience as 13 out of 16 members made their first...
The Petersburg Vikings looked to solidify their standing as the #1 seed heading into the Region V Championships, with a Homecoming series against the Wrangell Wolves. The Vikings got off to a strong start, scoring 14 points in the first quarter and limiting the Wolves to only seven. The Vikings again scored double digit points (12) in the second, while limiting the Wolves to only five, to take a 26-12 halftime lead. "That was one of our best games of being connected on the offensive end – p...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings looked to end regular season play on a high note by beating the Wrangell Lady Wolves, who they were 0-2 against heading into the Homecoming series this past weekend. The Lady Wolves got out to a commanding 18-5 lead in the first quarter, thanks to strong shooting by Wrangell's Hailey Cook, who hit one three and scored seven of the Wolves 18 first quarter points. "I noticed a lot of times when we were trying to close out on their perimeter offensive players, we were...
Get ready to bump, set and spike this spring with the adult volleyball league. The adult volleyball league has been going on since last fall and was only supposed to run through December, but things changed. "We did a fundraising event in November around the tree lighting and we were able to raise some funds to keep our season going through April," said Courtney Thynes, a member of the adult volleyball league. "We are in the middle of scheduling an invitational event, which hopefully [Prince of...
Viking Swim Club made a massive splash at the Age Group Championships recently in Kodiak, shattering records and racking up first place finishes against competition. Petersburg's Cyrus Hulebak broke two new club records: the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1 minute and 14 seconds (previously held by Todd Haltner since 1984) and the 200 backstroke, with a time of 2:05.30 (previously held by Derek Gibb since 1995). "He's an up and coming, one of the great swimmers I think that's going to be around...
The Petersburg Boys Basketball team looked to continue their strong season on the road against the Haines Glacier Bears. Game one was a back and forth affair until the third quarter when the Glacier Bears seized the momentum. “We weren’t playing how we typically do. As poorly as we were playing, I kept looking at the score and we were within striking distance,” head coach Rick Brock said. “[In] the third quarter, the pace of play caught up to us – and our floor balance wasn’t very good so we kept giving up transition layups.” The Vikings were...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings looked to get back in the win column this past weekend against the Haines Lady Glacier Bears. They got off to a good start in game one as the Lady Vikings defense only allowed nine points the entire game against the Lady Glacier Bears. “We did a good job of limiting [the Lady Bears] to only one shot, blocking out and rebounding. We just did the little things well I felt like,” head coach Matt Pawuk said. Offensively, the Lady Vikings put up 39 points against the Lady Glacier Bears defense. “We started the seaso...
Petersburg's Maddie Dreisbach and her cheermates perform "spirit fingers," during a Viking free throw attempt on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Petersburg. The 5th Annual Cheer Camp, presented by the High School Cheer team will be Feb. 20 and 21st. Cheer Camp times: PreK-1st grade: (20th) 2:30-3:30, (21st) 10:00-11:00am 2nd-5th grade: (20th) 4-5pm, (21st) 12:00-2:00pm 6th-8th grade: (20th) 6-8pm, (21st) 2:30-4:30pm *All held in PHS Gym...
The Petersburg High School Boys basketball team looked to continue their undefeated conference season so far, welcoming the 8-7 Metlakatla Chiefs into town. The Vikings quickly got down 12-0, powered by four Chiefs three pointers. "We were not in tune to how we wanted to play defense in the halfcourt. [The Chiefs] have very good shooters and I think that we didn't understand that well enough," head coach Rick Brock said. "I thought Metlakatla was playing well at that point but we were helping...
The Petersburg High School Girls Basketball team looked to continue their momentum at home last weekend with a rematch against the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs. In game one, the Lady Vikings held a 8-4 lead after the first quarter and then a 17-13 lead at halftime. "We were doing a good job of moving the basketball. Getting the defense to shift and [be] out of position, I think we did a really good job of that, particularly in the first half," head coach Matt Pawuk said. While the offense was...
Roughly a year ago, Petersburg senior Gabriele Whitacre began her powerlifting journey in Anchorage, where she set the USA Powerlifting State record at 165 pounds for bench in the age 16-17 group. About a year later, Whitacre continues to break records and ascend to new heights this past weekend at the USA Powerlifting State Championship, in Anchorage. With her trainer Chris Peterson, Whitacre has been on the grind since June with an emphasis on benching and back strength. "Squat, bench and...
Four Mitkof Middle School wrestlers will be representing Petersburg at the Tanana Invitational for its 50th anniversary. The kids representing will be Thomas Slaven, Freya Fenner, Ethan Edward and Declan Olsen. Slaven went 2-0 in the 161 weight bracket this past weekend. "[I] worked my breakdowns [and] got my points circling," Slaven said regarding what the catalyst was of his two wins. Slaven finished top first in his weight bracket, something he always expects of himself. "My own rule is, if...
Recently, four Viking Swim Club swimmers got the opportunity to compete in the 2026 Alaska Swimming Senior Championships. The four swimmers representing VSC were Tori Miller, Kendyl Lachapelle, Hakon Eddy and Cyrus Hulebak. "They all did very well. They stepped up against the older kids and it was cool to see how they competed against them," head coach Derek Gibb said. During this competition, ages ranged from 11-year-olds, all the way to 18-year-olds. Like he's done throughout this season,...
