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The 2026 Swim and Dive season is now underway in Petersburg. With now graduates Logan Tow and Brooklyn Whitethorn gone, this year's team is poised to be a little younger. The team has been back in the pool for just a week and a half of practice, with the first day being Aug 5, but the team had to do dryland training in the gymnasium due to the pool area being in maintenance. "We're happy to be back in the pool, that's for sure," said head coach Andy Carlisle. Carlisle said those practices consis...
The PHS Cross Country team had their first meet of the season this past weekend in Sitka, culminating in a strong outing. The girls team didn't have their full roster as they were missing a couple of other runners. Despite this, all four girls that competed in the meet finished in the top 25. Junior runner Cadence Flint finished 2nd, Zia Hulebak finished 12th, freshman Arya Holmgrain finished 19th and Devyn Flint finished 25th. Flint set a new personal best with a time of 21:39.84. "For my...
For the previous two years, the Petersburg High School Cross Country team has been the premiere D2 school. With former head coach Casey Gates at the helm, the boys team won two consecutive state titles and the girls team won state (2024) and finished third last year. With Gates heading to Oregon to coach football, Petersburg alumna and marathoner Kayleigh Lenhard takes the reins of high school cross country. While this will be Lenhard's first season coaching in Petersburg, she was the assistant...
Petersburg's Medical Center recently had their biggest Pedal/Paddle Battle event yet with officially $25,135 raised a new all time high for the 12th annual event. This year's event saw over $2500 raised by champion sponsors, over $1000 raised by partner sponsors, over $500 raised by supporter sponsors and $18500 raised by corporate sponsors. "We have been successful in getting more corporate sponsors for the event each year," Community Wellness and Public Relations Manager Julie Walker said....
Another powerlifting competition, another record-setting performance for Petersburg local Gabriele Whitacre. This time, at the Raw Nationals in Chicago, Whitacre broke five Alaska state records – squat, deadlift, bench, total combined weight, and total push pill – for the Teen 3 division (18-19). For bench, Whitacre broke the 200 barrier, benching 204 pounds, a 16.5-pound increase from her previous lift. "That was surprising to me. I was hoping I would (break 200) but it felt very surreal whe...
For just the second time in their program's history, the Petersburg Vikings Baseball team were in the championship game - their opponent: the 8-6-1 Homer Mariners. The Vikings were three outs away from claiming their first state championship - but then, everything changed. To get to that point, the Vikings had to defeat the Kodiak Bears. With the game tied at the bottom of the tenth and Scotty Newman up to the bat, he hit a single, walking off the Vikings and sending them to the championship...
The Petersburg High School Track and Field team finished their 2026 campaign in a flurry at the ASAA DII State Championships this past weekend. Both the boys and girls team had strong performances to end the season. "[The boys team] did really good. Exceeded expectations. Definitely peaked at the state tournament which was great," head coach Casey Gates said. Senior Noah Pawuk finished fourth in the 110 hurdles, capping off his Viking career with a new personal best of 16.70. "He beat [James Nel...
Needing to win at least three of their four remaining games to win the newly integrated Aurora Coastal Conference (ACC), the Petersburg Boys Baseball team began their quest with their first two games against the Monroe Catholic Rams. It was a pitchers duel to start with Tanner Caulum getting the start for the Vikings. The first runs of the game came after two errors by the Rams scored two runs for the Vikings and then senior center fielder Nathan Kerr singled, scoring two more runs to give the...
The Petersburg High School Track and Field team qualified 17 athletes to the ASAA Championships this upcoming weekend after their recent performance at the Region V Championships – nine boys and eight girls. "We're still getting better, which is the biggest thing, we haven't peaked yet," head coach Casey Gates said. "The kids are still in a very positive-driven mindset so I think we're in a good spot to have a successful weekend up at Anchorage." The Vikings had region winners in the boys 4...
A few weeks ago and during their first meet of the season, the Petersburg boys 4x100 relay team came within a few mere seconds of setting a new school record. After the meet, the team consisting of Brayden Tucker, Alex Homgrain, Noah Pawuk and Jakob Preisler planned to set a new school record. This past weekend, a new school record was born in the 4x100 and 4x200 relay. The 4x100 team ran an official time of 46 seconds (46.41) and the 4x200 team, consisting of Brayden Tucker, Nolan Lutomski,...
After dismantling the Hutchison Hawks, the Petersburg Vikings Baseball team looked to continue their winning ways against their toughest opponent so far: the Ketchikan Kings, a team the Vikings were winless against in 2025. The Vikings got off to a promising 3-1 start in game one at the end of two innings played. Then, the third inning came and the Vikings scored one run and the Kings scored nine. All of a sudden, the Vikings were down 10-4. “The inning started off with an error, then a walk, a single, another error, a walk, a single and a...
The Boston Marathon, the world's oldest and one of the most prestigious annual 26.2 mile marathon, held on Patriots Day. This event has been around since 1897. This year, according to NBC Boston, over 30,000 runners competed in this event. One of those runners, marathoner and Petersburg local Uriah Lucas, ran Boston for his very first time. Lucas, 22, had been training for this event since December 2025. "My training was a mixed bag of good and bad. The bad was that I rolled an ankle in the...
After a postponement due to field conditions, the Petersburg Vikings Baseball team finally hit the mound to play their season and home opening series. The Vikings decimated the Hutchison Hawks, winning game one 20-0 and game two 28-0. The Vikings showcased the offensive firepower they possess, scoring 15 runs in the first inning during game one, with Tucker Gibson, Scotty Newman, Nathan Kerr and Camden Johnson all driving in at least one run. In the bottom of the third, the Vikings added five...
Petersburg High School track team blazed their way through their first meet of the season this past weekend in Ketchikan. The meet saw the Vikings set several personal bests and have near record-breaking performances. In the boys shot put, Petersburg's Cedar Helms threw a personal best, with a throw of 29 feet and 8 inches and Payton Dreisbach, threw with a best of 27 feet and 6 inches. Helms also threw a personal best in discus, throwing 76 feet, as well as Dreisbach, who threw 70 feet. David...
Viking Swim Club capped off a successful season with a strong finale this past weekend at the 2026 Alaska State Swimming Championships, in Anchorage. Out of 22 teams present, VSC finished seventh overall. VSC brought 14 swimmers to the event and all 14 finished in the top eight of their respective events. Cyrus Hulebak won third place high point for his age group and Trygve Marohl won second place high point in his age group. Because of these placements, amongst other accomplishments, the team...
As of 2024 and according to Fox 10 Phoenix, the fastest growing high school sport in this country is girls wrestling. The number of participants surpassed 74,000 in 2024-25, according to data from the National Federation of State High School Associations. This was a 15% increase with roughly 1,000 schools adding programs, a huge jump compared to only 11,498 girls a decade ago, according to NFHS. One of the biggest reasons for this recent growth is states sanctioning girls wrestling, allowing...
This past weekend, Petersburg's Cedar Helms, Conor Oppenheim and Maddie Dreisbach competed in the 2026 Senior Native Youth Olympic Games, in Anchorage. This meet saw Oppenheim set a new personal best for himself in the Two-Foot High Kick, kicking as high as 80 inches. "In your jump, there's kind of a space in front of your chest when you're standing up right and when you're trying to get your legs up, your chest crunches forward and it occupies that space and you don't want that because your...
This past Saturday, Petersburg celebrated their 27th Beat the Odds race, a fundraiser that supports local cancer related programs such as cancer treatment level, equipment training and more for patients and families. So many families came out in support and either ran or walked their way, starting at Sandy Beach. "It continues to impact people all over town. Either a member of their family or themselves, or a good friend. People want to help," committee member Marlene Cushing said. The money...
In early April, Region V Music Fest took place in Ketchikan, bringing southeast Alaska music together in one spot for a few days. Petersburg, which brought 40 students to the music fest, had been working tirelessly on various forms of music for this event, full of different languages. "Our jazz band has been working on a few different tunes that are big band swing, a funk and a Latin piece," music teacher Chelsea Corrao said. "Choir, we did a lot of foreign language, we had a Spanish piece and N...
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...
For the second time in his music career, Petersburg senior Canek Sosa was selected to the All-State Jazz Band. Sosa was also selected to the Juneau Honor Jazz Band. Only one drum set player is selected to the All-State Jazz Band and the Juneau Honor Jazz band, it's rare. "It's definitely exciting. I'm not someone that's pressured very easily so I would say I didn't feel as much pressure as people would think. I took it very well knowing I was the only drummer there," Sosa said. Sosa got to play...
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...
