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PHS wrestlers were successful at the regional tournament in Sitka last weekend however they came up short in their goal to win the 2A team title. Petersburg came in second place to the Wrangell Wolves by less than six team points. "Fortunately, we wrestled well and gained a lot of respect from opposing wrestlers and coaches," says head coach Robert Schwartz. "Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to beat Wrangell for the title." Buddy Stelmach and Teagan Schwartz won individual region five...
The Lady Vikings earned a return trip to the state tournament with a second place finish at the region five 2A tournament last weekend in Craig. The team went 10-2 in conference this season and held a 14-2 record overall, heading into regions. The girls quickly advanced on day one, beating Klawock and Skagway in three games apiece setting the stage for a big game with the Craig Lady Panthers on Friday. The contest meant a ticket to the region championship match and an automatic berth at state. The Lady Vikings won the first game somewhat easily...
Ruth Dawson, 81, passed away in Juneau, Alaska on November 28, 2016. On April 25, 1935 Royal Ezra Duval and his wife Clara Marcia Duval were blessed by the birth of Ruth Elaine Duval in Randolph, Vermont. In 1941 the family moved to Bremerton, Washington where Royal worked at the naval ship yard. Five years later in 1946 the Duvals moved to Petersburg, Alaska. After living on Front Street for a time with Ruth's grandfather Charles Oscar Duval and wife Druise, Royal and Clara purchased a home at... Full story
The high school gym was filled with locals of all ages last Friday as the school and its students honored Petersburg men and women who have served our country. Jim Engell told those in attendance a brief history of how the Veteran’s Day Assembly came about in the 1980s. “A lot of schools around the country take the day off, you can go to the malls and there’s big sales and all those things,” Engell said. “I love the fact that we actually have school, and here we are today honoring our veterans.” Some fifth graders carried flags during the...
The entire PHS wrestling squad made the trip to Metlakatla last weekend and stayed aggressive earning multiple first place finishes on the first day of competition. Petersburg ended up gaining the most team points on day one, and the second most on day two. There were three rounds on day one and two rounds on day two. Petersburg faced multiple wrestlers from Ketchikan, a team looking to be a powerhouse, but some of their best wrestlers stayed home. Buddy Stelmach placed first at 126 pounds on...
Bill Neumann spent 20 years teaching shop in Petersburg and smoke houses built by his students can still be seen around town. Neumann's oldest students might be reaching retirement age, but they still remember him, even if he doesn't always remember them. "I'll go to the post office and some guy will come up and shake my hand and what I have to say is, 'The face is familiar but I can't put a name on it,'" he says. "But I love that, and I'm so thankful that I've stayed in Petersburg. So many...
Betty Ann Schmit 87, passed away Oct. 20, 2016 in Vancouver, Wash. Betty was born to J. Harrison and Minnie Bigelow, March 3, 1929, in Olympia, Wash. She was athletic and as a youth played basketball at Wrangell High School in Alaska. Betty and Pete (Beldon) Arthurs raised their five children in Napavine, Wash. Both parents were active in the community, coaching baseball, PTA and ensuring their children got the benefit of learning a musical instrument. Music and dancing were something Pete and Betty enjoyed doing together. As a volunteer, Betty... Full story
The Petersburg High School has a new club called Rotary Interact, and it held its first meeting last month with around 20 interested kids. The club is open to any student in the eighth grade or above and the goal is for students to improve their community through regular service work. PHS teacher Ginger Evens says the group will meet once a month and complete a project once a month also. The project could be service oriented like partnering with the Salvation Army for a winter coat drive for tee...
November 11, 1916 – “Gee, but Sunday was an ideal day for ducks!” It wasn't a duck that emitted the exclamation, however, but one of a party of eight who spent the day hunting somewhere in the vicinity of Thomas Bay. They made the trip on Captain Grindrod's launch Lark. It is said that over a thousand shells were emptied by the party. Although C. H. Pautzke didn't make as much noise as some of the others, when the returns were computed it was found that he led with a limit of 25 ducks. November 14, 1941 – Much interest has been shown among t...
Fifteen PHS students qualified to participate in the SE Honor Music Festival in Haines last month. There were eight band members and seven choir members and music teacher Matt Lenhard says that is probably the most musicians Petersburg has ever sent to the festival. “It was a wonderful, wonderful festival,” he says. “We were really contributing to the quality of the festival, especially with the kids on first chair.” Lenhard says seeing four first chairs in the honor band was by far one of his best days with PHS. In the last 18 years, he’s on...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team headed south for the 2016 Bill Weiss Invitational last weekend and finished in the middle of 15 teams. The Vikings ran into some quality competition and a couple wrestlers managed to place but no one took a championship. “It was a tough tournament and we didn’t take a full team,” said Coach Dan van Swearingen. “We were a little bit rusty on our feet.” Wrestlers made small mistakes allowing their opponents to capitalize and swing matches in their favor. Coach van Swearingen said Brandon Ware lost a co...
Petersburg played host to over 10 teams last weekend for the All Comers Tournament. Head coach Jaime Cabral and the coaching staff were busy taking turns coaching three PHS squads that saw a lot of action over the weekend. Psg 3, the youngest PHS team, finished first in their pool and headed to the silver bracket. The team played against competitors like Ketchikan and Sitka, and Cabral called their performance “awesome.” Nina McCay did great in her role of outside hitter and Miranda Nilsen was busy patrolling the net all weekend. Cabral say...
A group of students at Petersburg High School have proposed wording changes to the school’s dress code policy related to yoga pants and leggings. Principal Rick Dormer presented the proposal to the school board at its Oct. 11 meeting alongside staff’s suggested changes to the policy. “Most of the young ladies in the high school came forward and talked about that our dress code may be a little archaic and that people are wearing leggings and that it can be a professional type of outfit or dress code,” said Dormer at the board meeting. Those s... Full story
The community gym was bustling for the better part of Saturday as over 50 food, art and craft vendors set up booths and sold their wares at the 40th annual Oktoberfest Art Share. The event is coordinated by the Muskeg Maleriers and this year Jean Curry, Sally Dwyer and Polly Koeneman were the lead organizers. "It went well," Curry said. "It was busy almost the entire time." Shoppers had access to everything from pottery and jewelry to beeswax candles and handcrafted textiles. As tradition goes,...
On Saturday October 22 the Elks Soccer Shoot took place in the Petersburg High School gym. In the photo volunteer Louden Sandhofer records Ivy Worhatch's attempt to score a goal in a tiebreaker shootout for 3rd place with Ivy's sister Lucia. Emilia Anderson, Olivia Hinde and Lucia Worhatch took the top scores in the girls 7 & under age group, Calden Smith, Nolan Lutomski, and Eli Anderson were top scorers in the boys 7 & under group, Gage Massin, Noah Pawuk and Isaiah Etcher took the top scores...
Area hunters brought in a bumper harvest this fall, with 112 moose reported at the end of the month-long 2016 season on Saturday. The total ended up being the largest on record, besting the 109 harvested in 2009. That year, antler restrictions were loosened to allow the harvest of bulls with two brow tines on both antlers, allowing for better yields. Alaska Department of Fish and Game area biologist Rich Lowell noted returns on the Stikine River were well below the long-term yearly average of 26...
The Petersburg High School swim teams took off to Juneau last weekend to compete in their final meet before regionals in two weeks. Head coach Andy Carlisle says both teams did well. “We had several best times, and that’s always good,” he says. “One more week of hard work and then we start resting and hopefully we’re sharp when we get to regions.” Carlisle has the events picked that swimmers will focus on at the upcoming meet. And he’s sticking with the belief that everything up until this point has been practice. He believes the approach help...
Mitkof Middle School cross country hosted the first meet in the young history of the program last Saturday with a sizable squad from Ketchikan. The cross country program started as a club and became an official sport a couple years ago, according to coach Joe Viechnicki. "Last week we ran in Ketchikan and this week we were really excited to have a meet here," he says. "Really proud of the kids, they did a great job." The team trained on the course for weeks leading up to the meet, running three...
Fish on! The lure of reaching a statewide radio audience has once again attracted a full slate of political hopefuls to Kodiak for its popular fisheries debate. On Wednesday, October 12, five candidates for U.S. Senate will travel to the nation’s #2 fishing port to share their knowledge and ideas on a single topic: Alaska’s seafood industry. “It’s a great service to Kodiak, to our fishing communities and to Alaska in general,” said Trevor Brown, director of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, host of the event. “Fishing is the state’s lar...
PHS volleyball played Wrangell last weekend and swept the Wolves, adding two more victories to their early season total. The teams faced off in Wrangell on Friday, then played in Petersburg the next night. Head coach Jaime Cabral is happy with the progression of his team so far, especially the younger players. Comfortable leads against the Wolves allowed him to play different lineups against Wrangell, showing the depth of this year's squad. For him, coaching high school and middle school...
Over 75 community members gathered in the Wright Auditorium last Wednesday to watch and discuss a documentary about opiate addition called “Chasing the Dragon.” The film lasted 45 minutes, was co-produced by the FBI and DEA, and it’s available on YouTube. The night was filled with a variety of audience questions about how prevalent the issue is in Petersburg, physical and mental health impacts and warning signs. One young man in the film said opiates made him do things he was raised not to do. “It made me a monster,” he said. A middle-ag...
September 7, 1916 – The school building was wired for lights last Sunday. Two 200-watt lights are provided for the lower rooms and four 75-watt lights for the upper rooms; also lights for the halls. The work of extending the light line along board walk in the north end of town was started Wednesday. When it is finished, wires will be extended in the south end. September 10, 1941 – Petersburg residents Tuesday elected the first woman mayor in the city’s history. Mrs. Bernice Stokke was unopposed for election until a write-in campaign sough...
PHS volleyball hosted a handful of teams last weekend with a full schedule of games. The Lady Vikings had four squads participating in the event and they looked ready for the season, especially PSG 1. "The varsity did a heck of a job, they won them all and good, good experience for them," Cabral said. "We got to see what we need to work on and play somebody else, which was nice." The Vikings had a close game against the Craig Panthers, but the rival Wrangell Wolves showed up to play and put...
The Petersburg High School swim team hosted its only meet of the season last weekend, and everything went smoothly, except for the scoreboard malfunctioning a few times. The Vikings took on Ketchikan and Juneau-Douglas. "Really good weekend, lots of lifetime bests," head coach Andy Carlisle said. Ben Higgins took the 500 yard freestyle on Friday and Saturday. It's an event the senior's been focusing on all season. Van Abbott won the 100 yard breaststroke Friday and finished first in the 200...
