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The Petersburg Lady Vikings entered the regional tournament as the #5 seed, with their first game against the #4 seed, Wrangell Lady Wolves. The Lady Vikings got off to a slow start – facing a 14-6 deficit at the end of the first quarter. However, the Lady Vikings were able to go on an 11-4 run to pull within 18-17 at halftime. "I felt like Wrangell had the advantage in the first and then we had the advantage in the second quarter," head coach Matt Pawuk said. "I was pretty happy with where we w...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings played their final regular season games of the season against their rival, the Wrangell Lady Wolves this past weekend, in Wrangell. In search of faster starts, Petersburg junior guard Rikka Miller provided a spark to the team, scoring 5 of the Lady Vikings' 9 first-quarter points and collecting two offensive rebounds. "She's starting to develop a confidence on the court that she hadn't had earlier in the season. When other teams try to put pressure on the ball – it d...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings headed out onto the road against another conference opponent the Haines Lady Glacier Bears. In what has been a theme for the majority of the season, the Lady Vikings got down early, facing an 18-7 deficit. "It seems like each game we have a different five that ends up kind of clicking with each other and it's taken us a little bit of time to figure out who those five are going to be," head coach Matt Pawuk said. "Maybe one thing I need to try is making substitutions...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings faced off against the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs in their final home games of the season. In game one, the Miss Chiefs ran a 2-3 zone that allowed them to get out to a 12-5 lead at the end of the first. "I think playing more in practice and using this last month of the season to get up and down the floor and play against a zone to where it becomes more habitual rather than us having to put so much thought into each step of the process will help," head coach Matt Pawuk...
Returning to games after a small break in the action, the Peterburg Lady Vikings sought to start faster with their first attempt against the Hooper Bay Warriors, during the 2A Conference Clash in Anchorage. Unfortunately, turnovers plagued the Lady Vikings as they got down 17-2 midway through the second quarter. In the first half, the Lady Warriors hit three threes. “It’s been a common theme for us this year unfortunately is getting off to a slow start. Offensively, we’ve struggled a little bit playing against zone defenses this year, so I thin...
The Lady Vikings looked for improvement on offense and defense heading into the 3rd annual PSG Varsity Tournament. Unfortunately in the Lady Vikings' first game against the Skagway Lady Panthers, the Vikings were down 11-1 at the end of the first, and then 24-3 heading into halftime. "We just weren't ready to play. I was pretty blunt with the kids at halftime of that game – it just looked like we didn't have a whole lot of interest being on the court," head coach Matt Pawuk said. "That's been k...
The Petersburg cheer squad had their first big performance this past homecoming weekend, as they hyped up the home crowd throughout the boys and girls basketball games against rival Wrangell. "I think it was a big eye-opener for some that have never cheered ... they did well," head coach Becky Turland said. "They also had to set up for the homecoming dance in the morning and Sunday morning had to meet to clean up because cheer is in charge of the homecoming dance, so they had a very long...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings looked for improvement against their rival the Wrangell Lady Wolves. However, game one didn't start the way they wanted to. At the end of the first, the Lady Vikings were down 15-6. "We had started in our 1-3-1 and [the Lady Wolves] were having quite a bit of success against it so that's something as a coach, I'll need to go figure out," head coach Matt Pawuk said. During the second quarter, the Lady Vikings switched to a box-and-one defense, focusing on Wrangell...
The Lady Vikings began their season last weekend on the road against the Craig Panthers. Heading into the matchup, the Panthers were undefeated (2-0) and had the home crowd and momentum on their side – using both to their advantage and getting out to a fast start, leading 15-8 after quarter one of game one. The second quarter was marked by seven Lady Vikings turnovers due to the physicality and aggression of the Panther’s defense, leading to transition points. “[Craig is] a fast team, scrappy and physical. I think we got out there and the p...
A season after they lost at regions and several seniors to graduation, the Lady Vikings enter 2024 with excitement. Heading into his second season as head coach of the Vikings, coach Matt Pawuk is looking to hit the ground running. "What I'm excited about for this year is that we were able to put in a lot of things last year, a lot of it was new to the team and this year, a lot of that is going to be review so we'll be able to build from the foundation that we started creating last year," Pawuk...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings closed out their season last week during the 2A Region V Championships in Sitka. The team were able to pick up a win against Craig after playing them the weekend prior but couldn't beat Metlakatla and ended up in the loser's bracket, where they faced Craig once again and lost, ending their tournament run. "It was a pretty emotional locker room after our last game. But I told the girls that this is how a good season should feel when it ends," said head coach Matt...
The Lady Vikings took on Craig on their home court in Petersburg last weekend wrapping up their regular season with an exciting two games series. The team had difficulties in their first match on Friday night, but they shifted strategy heading into Saturday's match, giving them an edge that led to their highest scoring game of the season. According to head coach Matt Pawuk the team initially had a rough time adapting to Craig's style of basketball. "We really struggled in the first half, I...
Petersburg's Lady Vikings competed in some of their final conference matches of the season against Haines in Petersburg last weekend. Things fell through during Thursday's game, but Wednesday was a close battle, and head coach Matt Pawuk hopes that the team can take some lessons from the losses. "It was good to see some of the things that we worked on worked well in the games, and some of the things we worked on didn't work well in the game, especially knowing that this is a team that we're prob...
After a difficult trip down to Metlakatla the Lady Vikings fought their hardest during their two matches on Thursday and Friday. Up against Metlakatla -- one of the best teams in the conference—the Lady Vikings struggled to take much ground leading to two losses. Things started off on the wrong foot for the Petersburg athletes. “It was a challenge. We went from ready to go down there, to almost mentally deciding that we aren’t going, to meeting at the school at 5 am the next morning to take a nine-and-a-half-hour boat ride down,” said head co...
Petersburg's Lady Vikings took on a four-game tournament against teams from Klawock and Su Valley this weekend on their home court. Up against tough competition, the team couldn't reach the same heights as their previous homecoming games against Wrangell, but there was still a lot to learn from the experience. According to head coach Matt Pawuk, the team had a rougher start to their first game of the tournament against Klawock on Thursday. "Klawock got out to a little bit of a lead in the first...
February 8, 1924 – An interesting discussion took place before the meeting of the Petersburg Men’s Club last Saturday evening when Thos. Elsemore, at that time a candidate on the Republican ticket for the Senate, and C. Christensen, a candidate on the Democratic ticket for the House, appeared and answered questions. Both candidates frankly admitted that so far they had not worked out a platform in detail, but were prepared to act to the best of their abilities for the general good of the Territory. A feature of the meeting was a talk by Rev. Jo...
After two nail-biting matches during homecoming weekend in Petersburg, the Lady Vikings were finally triumphant, picking up their first wins of the season up against the Wrangell Lady Wolves. Both Friday and Saturday's matches came down to a few key plays from Petersburg's varsity girls basketball squad, and thanks to their diligence, time spent, and effort over the course of the season, all their hard work paid off. Leading up to the weekend, the team had two full weeks to practice and regroup...
Petersburg High School's Lady Vikings had a difficult set of games in Haines last weekend against the Lady Bears, taking two losses. However-despite their record so far-the team is keeping their spirits high and coach Matt Pawuk still believes they have a lot of fight left before the end of the season. "I still feel like the girls are giving me every bit of effort that I'm asking of them. Morale is just fine, and I feel like we're still heading in the right direction," he said. "By the end of...
Despite having a rough start to the season, Petersburg High School’s Lady Vikings are on the road to improvement after a set of close games in Wrangell last weekend. The team wasn’t able to pick up a win, but their time spent in practice tightening up on their offense and set plays clearly paid off in both games. “Both games came down to one possession. We had the ball at the end of the game with the chance to either win or tie the game,” said coach Matt Pawuk. “I was really happy with how the girls played—and you know you always want to get...
Petersburg High School’s Lady Vikings were able to pick up some valuable experience during their first games in Sitka last weekend. Over the course of the three-day tournament, the team played against two strong Alaskan teams from Sitka and Chugiak as well as a team from Idaho’s Kendrick High School, giving them some practice against some tough squads before their league games begin. “I think the thing I’m most excited about is how up-tempo the practices have been,” said this year’s head coach Matt Pawuk. “I feel like I’ve really been able to p...
The Petersburg High School track and field team battled through stormy weather last weekend at the Kayhi Invite, but still managed to pick up some personal bests in their final meet before the regional championships. 17 students and Assistant Coach Rob Cross made the trip down to compete against other schools from across Southeast. Erik Thynes topped the podium in the discus with a 109-foot 9-inch throw. Rik Cumps placed fourth in the triple jump, leaping just over 35 feet, and finished fifth in the long jump. Anya Pawuk tied for fourth place...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team ended its season at the regional tournament in Juneau last weekend after losing in both of their appearances. "The kids definitely played hard, I thought that they left everything out on the court," Head Coach Dino Brock said. The Lady Vikings lost their first game against local rivals Wrangell 48-10 as Kiara Harrison led the Lady Wolves with 17 points. Petersburg played well defensively to start the game but struggled to make baskets and trailed...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team closed its regular season in the rowdy atmosphere of Wrangell's homecoming games last weekend. Wrangell won the first game 38-13 as Kiara Harrison led the Lady Wolves with 25 points. Petersburg struggled from the offset and were held to just two points in the first half, but the Lady Vikings' full court pressure helped keep them in the game. The Lady Wolves stamped their name on the game in the third quarter with 17 points, bringing the score up t...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team played in their final home series last weekend in preparation for the regional tournament but fell short in each of their three games. The Lady Vikings were missing a few players due to travel and illness but despite their challenges Head Coach Dino Brock said he was pleased with the weekend's action. "I was really happy with how hard we played and the way we battled and I thought...we definitely got better over the weekend," Brock said....
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team traveled down to Metlakatla last weekend but left empty handed after suffering two losses on the road. The two games were the Miss Chiefs' first home games of the season, which also served as their homecoming games, and were played in front of a packed house. "Overall I thought it was a very good weekend just playing against a very good team," Head Coach Dino Brock said. The Miss Chiefs made their intentions clear on Friday night, winning the...
