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March 31, 1982- Don Schultz has three months left before he retires as superintendent of the Petersburg School District, and the School Board has more than 100 applicants to sift through before the position is filled. As of March 26, 102 applications had been received by the Alaska School Board Associations which was retained to conduct the search for a new superintendent after Schultz announced last fall his intention to resign at the end of June. “That’s a lot of paperwork to go thr...
Petersburg’s swim program consistently produces some of the most competitive young swimmers in the state. The following is a recap of the three major swim events the Viking Swim Club (VSC) has competed in so far this season. Southeast Champs In December, the VSC traveled to compete in Juneau’s new pool against the top swimmers in the region at Southeast Champs, a tournament style swim meet. Sixteen Viking swimmers had fast enough qualifying times to compete, which was a rather small team com...
The Region V 3A/4A Tournament started off tough for the Vikings on Wednesday with a game against Mt. Edgecumbe. Edgecumbe was seeded 3rd going into the tourney and had been one of the better teams in the league all season. The Vikings started off with a strong first quarter. “We were behind 15-11, but I felt that we were playing well. Our offense was very balanced. One of the things I look for is that we have multiple people scoring, and we had six different people scoring,” said Viking Hea...
The Lady Vikings ended their season in Ketchikan last week at the Region V 3A/4A Tournament. Petersburg’s girls started tournament play on Wednesday with a game against Craig. The girls started out the game a little slow according to Lady Viking Head Coach Dino Brock. They were down 5-9 at the end of the first and 12-19 at halftime. “It was a very good defensive first half…we didn’t give up many open looks,” said Brock. The pace picked up in the second half as both teams turned up the offensive...
March 3, 1982 - The “Jaws of Life” was recently purchased by the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department, with $10,000 in donations from the community. The hydraulic rescue tool can exert approximately 25,000 lbs. of force for lifting, breaking and prying parts of cars, when victims are trapped inside. The equipment has other accessories and can be used in a variety of rescue applications. February 27, 1992 - Oil spills in the Petersburg Harbor have become so frequent in the last year that if the...
The Vikings played their final home series of the season against the Metlakatla Chiefs last weekend. The Vikings pillaged the court during Friday night’s first quarter, outscoring the Chiefs 17-8. In the second period the Metlakatala boys cranked up their defensive pressure, effectively stopping Viking scoring for a solid four minutes. The Chiefs knocked down two crucial threes right before the half withering the Viking lead to one point. The two teams were evenly matched through the third q...
The Lady Panthers of Craig came to town to face the Lady Vikings last weekend in the girls’ last home series of the season. On Friday the Craig ladies jumped out to an early lead and managed to maintain the lead throughout the game. The Panthers outshot the Petersburg squad throughout the game and ended up winning 54-37. “They shot the ball well all weekend, and I didn’t think that defensively we played with the intensity that we’re capable of,” said Lady Vikings Head Coach Dino Brock. Ca...
The Vikings had an outstanding weekend of boys basketball in Wrangell. Friday’s varsity game started with a first half where neither team really controlled the tempo of the game. Petersburg was ahead 11-8 at the end of the first period. The second quarter was dead even, so Petersburg kept a one possession lead of 21-18 going into the half. “We came out a little flat in the third and Wrangell outscored us 17-10,” said Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock. Wrangell’s leader Clayton Stokes scored 11 poin... Full story
The Sitka Wolves prowled into Petersburg last weekend to challenge the Vikings boys basketball team. Sitka left with a handful of wins but the story is more interesting than the scores show. The Vikings have struggled this season with starting ballgames well, but Friday’s varsity game showed improvement in that respect. Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock described the first quarter as passionate and competitive with a momentum that carried into the next quarter, until halfway through the second quart...
Mt Edgecumbe’s Lady Braves came to town last weekend to face off with the Lady Vikings. Friday’s game was a triumph for the Petersburg girls. “It was our best game of the year,” said Vikings girls coach Dino Brock. “We played with a lot of confidence and focus.” After doing what Brock described as a better job of taking care of the basketball, getting into the offense and rebounding, the Lady Vikings finished the game 51-44. Scoring was nicely balanced across the team. Carolyn Kvernvik wi...
Ketchikan hosted a basketball jamboree this weekend and the Petersburg Vikings gladly accepted their invitation to participate along with teams from Hydaburg and Prince Rupert. Vikings Head Coach Rick Brock made the trip south with 14 of his players. The first game on Friday was a matchup between Ketchikan and Petersburg’s JV squads. The Vikings JV were down double figures during the 3rd and 4th quarters, but managed to battle back. They had a chance at the game’s end to sink a shot that would t...
The Haines Glacier Bears travelled to town to wage war with the Vikings last weekend with games Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday the Vikings got off to a slow start and it cost them. The Glacier Bears are an experienced team, with their entire starting lineup returning from last year, and they snapped up the opportunity to take an early lead. Right away the Bears were up 12-2, the Vikings caught some momentum and closed the gap to 14-21 going into the half. In the third quarter Petersburg...
An elderly man was hit by a vehicle while crossing the street at Gjoa and Nordic Drive on Tuesday night at about 4:40 p.m. EMT Dave Berg responded from his office at Viking Travel and summoned police and the ambulance to the scene. The man’s name was not released, but Berg told the Pilot the man was crossing inside the crosswalk and was apparently grazed by the vehicle’s mirror as it passed. Berg added the man was thrown about 20 feet. The victim was on crutches. EMTs treated the man for suspected broken bones, internal bleeding and spinal cor...
In keeping with a holiday sports tradition, last weekend the Vikings traveled to Ketchikan to participate in the Clarke Cochran Christmas Classic tournament. Games started on Tuesday the 27th of December when the Vikings played the team from Eatonville, Wash., a school of around 500 kids. The Eatonville team started the game with a hard press and the Vikings weren’t quite ready for it. At the close of the first half the Petersburg boys were down by around 20. “We did a nice job of regaining our...
Jan. 6: A solitary case of “whooping cough,” was reported by the Public Health Nurse. Bordetella Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection that is easily spread and can be treated with antibiotics. The city council asked Petersburg Municipal Power and Light superintendent to re-evaluate its request for a back-up generator after bids came in at over a million dollars beyond the budgeted $1.8 million cost. Jan. 20: The Petersburg Police Department filed a 19-page petition to forego re...
