Petersburg Pilot -

The Petersburg High School Vikings volleyball team opened the regular season last weekend by hosting the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears for two days of games.

Petersburg’s team is particularly young this season, after graduating nine volleyball seniors last year; leaving one senior, 12 sophomores, and seven freshmen.

“We could be the youngest varsity team in the state,” said PHS head coach Jaime Cabral.

With such youth comes inexperience, but Coach Cabral describes the group as very athletic.

“They’ve been getting better every time they play,” he said.

The team’s young composi...