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The Lady Vikings basketball team out beat Haines by over 30 points in two home games over the weekend. "It was a good weekend," said Coach Dino Brock. "We continue to work hard and get better. That's the goal." Saturday's game started out slow for both teams. Petersburg scored six points, and Haines scored one point. By the second quarter, the Lady Vikings got into their groove scoring 18 points, twice as many points as Haines. The third quarter began with Petersburg ahead 24-10, and the team...
The Lady Vikings were 1-1 after two home games against Craig on Friday and Saturday. In the first quarter of Friday's game, the Lady Vikings scored 12 points, but they still found themselves five points behind the Lady Panthers by the end of the quarter. There was a bit of a back-and-forth between the two teams that persisted through the second quarter, but Petersburg went into half time down 20-26. The third quarter ended with Petersburg closing the gap by two points with a score of 33- 37....
Petersburg hosted the Little Norway Tournament this past weekend with the boys junior varsity basketball team placing third overall and the Lady Vikings coming in second. The boys JV team lost their first game of the basketball tournament against Thunder Mountain 37-43, but they were able to make a comeback in their second game, which was against another Thunder Mountain team, and won 70-44. On Saturday, the Vikings had their last game of the tournament against Sitka. They weren't able to carry...
The Petersburg High School girls varsity basketball team game came in fourth place in a tournament in Nome playing against Grace Christian School, Nome-Beltz High School and Unalakleet School. “I thought that we did a nice job on the board against games that were big and physical,” said head coach Dino Brock. “Overall, we responded pretty well to it.” The team’s first game of the weekend was against Grace Christian. At the end of the first quarter, both teams were tied at 7-7, but by half time, Petersburg was ahead 15-14. In the third qua...
January The borough assembly received a proposed update to its zoning code that would introduce a new form of affordable housing, an expansion of the historical and industrial districts and the end of a requirement for businesses to include parking downtown. The borough assembly held a work session to discuss a plan to impose restrictions on the senior tax exemption. A possible annual fee to sales tax exemption card holders was agreed upon ranging between $50 and $60. Police Chief Kelly Swihart...
Petersburg’s track and field team had a productive weekend, competing at Ketchikan’s May Invite against the hosting high school and Thorne Bay. The Lady Vikings had the run of the board at Esther Shea Field, with its athletes taking first in most events. The team’s younger runners saw success on the track, with sophomore Elizabeth Gregoire placing first in the 100- and 200-meter events. She had company, with classmate Kianna Kivisto placing just behind in second in both events. In the 100m, freshmen Allison Davis and Ruby Massin placed third...
The PHS girls basketball team finished its season at Regionals last week in Ketchikan, winning just one game of its three-game road trip. Seeded fourth, Petersburg, with a 7-11 regular season record, beat Haines, 33-23, in the first round of the Region V 2A Basketball Tournament. The Lady Vikings then lost to Metlakatla (20-2) in the second round, 49-20, and then again to Craig, 62-32. Metlakatla would go on to win the tournament and grab the number one seed in the state tournament. Wrangell...
The Petersburg Lady Vikings split its series with Craig last weekend. On Friday, Petersburg held Craig under 25 in its 33-24 defensive effort, picking up its first win against Craig this year. Senior Courtney Fredricksen led the team in scoring with seven. Freshman Allie Davis and senior Katie Brock both had six. “We did a nice job protecting the paint,” said Dino Brock, Petersburg’s head coach. “We just stayed solid defensively.” Petersburg started off slow offensively, only scoring four in the first quarter. “Then Nina [McCay] hit a coupl...
The PHS Lady Vikings won two games this weekend in Haines, increasing its record to 6-8 ahead of a tough road trip in Craig. Led by Petersburg senior Rikki Lewis' 15 points, the Vikings beat Haines on Friday, 41-34. Petersburg coach Dino Brock said his team made Haines uneasy with its full court press. "But I thought Haines did play better than the last game," Brock said. "Which you kind of expect at this point in the year." The Vikings beat Haines in early February in Petersburg, 50-28, and...
The PHS girls basketball team lost both games to Craig last weekend. It was homecoming weekend, and senior recognition was Friday. The Lady Vikings recognized Katie Brock, Maddie Parker, Courtney Fredricksen, Kaia Dahl and Rikki Lewis. "We started all five seniors on Friday," said Dino Brock, the Vikings coach, "And I thought they played really well together." The Vikings lost on Friday 46-20. Brock had seven points, while Lewis and Parker had six. Brock said the girls kept the game close...
The Viking girls basketball team lost two games against Metlakatla last weekend, dropping its record to 2-6 on the season. On Friday, Metlakatla beat Petersburg 36-20, and then again on Saturday, 42-24. “To kind of summarize the game,” said Petersburg Coach Dino Brock, commenting on Saturday’s matchup. “[Metlakatla] put in their subs part way through the fourth quarter, and their subs went out and made like four out of five shots in a row.” In the first half, Metlakatla had four three-point field goals and added another in the second half. “I w...
The Petersburg High School girls basketball coach said the team needs to learn how to play more rounded after it lost both games against Metlakatla last weekend. In its first weekend of the 2017-2018 campaign, the Lady Vikings dropped two games to Metlakatla. On Friday, the game ended with a 25 to 45 score, and on Saturday it ended 44 to 34. Senior Rikki Lewis, whose feet were cramping during most of the game, led the team in scoring on Friday with her perimeter shooting. She finished with 10...
The 2017 Vikings basketball season will begin Friday night in Petersburg, and the coaches say the matchup will likely be the toughest of the year, along with a state championship rematch in the boys game. "It's an interesting team for us to match up with first," said Richard Brock, the boys head coach, offering a preview into Petersburg's state championship rematch from March 2017 with Metlakatla. "I am sure they will be ready to come back in here and try to set the tempo for how the league is...
The Petersburg Cheer Squad finished off its season with a third-place win at State on March 22, after taking first place at Region V the week prior. "It's only our second year going back, since 2008," coach Becky Fortna said of the state-level competition. Due to the size of its squad, Petersburg High School competed in the large co-ed division, going up against three other teams. Fortna explained her cheerleaders had put on a good performance during the meet, and the time overall was...
The basketball season comes to a close for the Petersburg girls, after placing third last week at the Region V Tournament in Juneau. “All of our games were definitely battles,” said girls coach Dino Brock. “All three of them, we played really good defense.” That showed in the team’s opening game against Craig on March 8. Both teams’ defenses kept scores low going into the second quarter, holding each other to a 4-4 tie. The Lady Panthers’ offense finally broke through before the half, turning the tie into an 18-11 lead over Petersburg. T...
The Lady Vikings finished off its regular season with a win and a loss against Wrangell at Petersburg High School. The crowd was there in full force both evenings, with both a special ceremony to recognize the outgoing senior class on Friday and Homecoming proceedings Saturday. "It was so loud in the gym," said girls coach Dino Brock. The team has three girls graduating this year, Emma Chase, Chandler Strickland and Sydney Guthrie. They were brought front and center along with their parents to...
The Lady Vikings were beaten by the buzzer again last weekend while hosting division leaders Metlakatla High School. Petersburg started Friday shorthanded, with only eight girls in uniform. "Twenty-five seconds into it we lost Emma Chase," said their coach, Dino Brock. Chase has been a strong scorer on the team this season, and her knee injury left the team a little on the defensive. The Miss Chiefs offense was able to outpace their hosts for points through the evening, finishing with a 41-24...
The Lady Vikings had a pair of close games last week playing against Craig High School, but the home team came away with the victories. “We lost two good games,” girls coach Dino Brock commented. Petersburg’s girls bussed straight to their first game right on arrival on February 9, and Craig opened on the offensive. The Lady Panthers led 28-10 at the half, but the momentum shifted over to the visitors from there. Chandler Strickland scored eight points in the third quarter, sinking four for four on free throws. Petersburg locked it up in the c...
Petersburg High School's girls added a pair of wins to their standings over the weekend, hosting Haines on Saturday and Sunday. "They went well," coach Dino Brock said of the games. In Saturday's game, Haines took an early lead over the hosts. The Lady Vikings struggled offensively at first, but as the game progressed their shooting improved. Their defense held Haines to a handful of points in the second quarter, and a scoreless fourth. "The girls played very well defensively," Brock noted. "It...
Heading to Wrangell last weekend for their homecoming weekend, the Lady Vikings varsity and junior varsity teams swept their hosts. Playing Friday, the girls began the game trailing the Lady Wolves after a closely-played first quarter. Wrangell led 16-13 after the first half, but Petersburg retook the momentum into the second. Though shooting at around 28 percent through the game, the girls were able to get more shots off as their offense picked up, and made 13 of 15 free throws overall. Tying...
The Lady Vikings went up against region leaders Metlakatla in a pair of away games over the weekend. Both games were characterized by a lot of defensive play, with scores staying comparatively close but low. In Friday’s game, Petersburg trailed along throughout, finishing with a 22-34 score. Saturday’s game was almost a repeat, with the final score 23-34 in the Miss Chiefs’ favor. “I thought it was a good defensive game from both groups,” said Petersburg coach Dino Brock. He noted his team will be working on its positioning and offense....
The Lady Vikings basketball team traveled to Haines last weekend and ended up playing postponed games on Monday and Tuesday due to bad weather. Head coach Dino Brock said the girls are so used to traveling that the delay didn't negatively impact his squad. Teams playing in Southeast have to be prepared for anything, Brock said. "They handled it very well," he said. "They are pretty used to weird things happening." Brock said the girls started the game on Monday with more energy than Tuesday's...
January Public Works rolled out the borough's highly anticipated blue cart recycling program. The borough received $820,117.61 from the annual raw fish tax. Dave Zimmerman was hired as the new Tongass National Forest Petersburg District Ranger. The assembly continued discussing the reallocation of the Kake access road funding. Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins took part in a budget crisis presentation at Sons of Norway Hall. The visit was the first of many by representatives throughout the...
The Lady Vikings’ basketball team traveled to Anchorage for the Rally of The Regions Tourney and ended up going 3-1. Head coach Dino Brock said the team performed well all weekend and he had no complaints about dropping a game. “I was very happy with the first games of the year,” Brock said. “I thought we got exactly what we wanted. We saw improvement from every player, from the first game to the last game.” The team also impressed coach Brock with its improvement on offense and defense as the weekend progressed. The junior varsity team show...
The Petersburg High School junior varsity girls' team had two victories in home games last weekend during the JV Little Norway tournament in town. The team lost to Juneau-Douglas the first night, but came back to win the final two of the tournament against Thorne Bay and then Sitka on Saturday night. Head coach Dino Brock's been dealing with participation numbers so far this season, because of a lower than normal turnout of players. The varsity will have seniors returning from last year's state...
