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In their first home games of the season, the Petersburg high school baseball team struggled to contain the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears high powered offense. In game one, the Vikings were defeated 16-1. "The weather played a huge role. We had to juggle our lineup a little bit because of a couple of different issues, we were not at full strength on Thursday," head coach Jim Engell said. Errors were an issue for the Vikings against the Crimson Bears. "We made four errors on Friday and one on...
On Saturday, May 3 the Mort Fryer ball fields were buzzing with excitement and activity for the little league opening day festivities. Around 190 players and coaches enthusiastically welcomed each other to the start of the season....
For the first time ever, Petersburg hosted a Native Youth Olympics showcase for 19 students (17 due to illness) between the middle and high schools. Thanks to community support/sponsors, Petersburg was able to have the showcase here on April 29 and 30th, allowing for the community to see what the student-athletes have been working on this season. For the last three years, the number of participants for NYO have exceeded 15. Since the start of the season in February, the team has been focusing...
The PHS track and field team sprinted through the competition at the Capital City Invitational, setting two school records. The boys 4x200 relay ran a blazing 1 minute and 39 seconds – placing first. "They had that as their goal. They knew what the school record was and kind of had an idea of what they needed to do," head coach Erin Hofacre said. The boys 4x200 consists of Noah Pawuk, Ben Kandoll, Nolan Lutomski and Brayden Tucker. "It was really celebratory and all of Petersburg was cheering u...
For the second year in a row, the Viking Swim Club won the highest points per swimmer award at the Alaska State Championships. "They just continue to impress me. I don't know how these kids do it," head coach Scott Burt said. "One of the most impressive things that I liked as a coach is – this is the second year we've been able to do highest points per swimmer, so I'm very proud of our swimmers for that accomplishment." Overall, VSC finished seventh out of 23 teams. The VSC had numerous s...
Several shooting sports participants from Petersburg's Devil Thumb Shooters headed to Las Vegas March 21 through March 23 to compete in the Western Regionals. The tournament consisted of about 500 athletes, ranging from novice to collegiate shooters. Petersburg junior Serena Helms shot 90 in Trap. "A lot of it is a mental game so just trying to stay focused and when you miss one, don't focus on that, focus on shooting the next one," Helms said. "Have the same repetitive motion because the mount...
The Petersburg High School baseball team began its season on the road at Ketchikan. In their first game against the Homer Mariners, the Vikings faced a 4-0 deficit after two innings and then a 9-0 deficit after four. The Vikings didn’t score until the sixth inning but by that point, the Mariners had complete control and they would go on to win 11-3. “We made some mistakes, we committed quite a few errors in that game. That was probably one huge contributing factor to the score. We have to rely upon making outs on the defensive side of thi...
The Viking Swim Club continued its successful season this past weekend at the Southeast Championships in Juneau. The meet consisted of six other teams: Wrangell, Craig, Haines, Sitka, Ketchikan, and Juneau. VSC finished second, with 1144 points, 42 gold, 33 silver, and 25 bronze medals. "As a coach, I'm very happy with what I saw in the water, both with respect to the events that they swam and also how clean they swam," head coach Scott Burt said. "We had very few DQs. Incredibly happy with how...
The Petersburg High School Track and Field team enters 2025 surrounded by excitement, led by first-time head coach Erin Hofacre. Hofacre was an assistant for the 2022 cross country season. "Even back in high school, being part of coach [Tom] Thompson and then [Brad] Taylor's track teams, there were pieces of those teams that I see as successful – having a really strong team atmosphere," Hofacre said. "Making sure that the team knows they're in this together and supporting each other." P...
Petersburg seventh-grade swimmer Tori Miller competed in the 2025 Northwest Age Group Championships from March 20-23, in Boise, Idaho. The meet consisted of over 600 swimmers, 68 teams across seven states, including Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Miller competed in six events and exhibited a stellar performance throughout the meet. In Girl's 12 Age Group, Miller placed six out eight in the 50-yard freestyle, with a final time of 26 seconds; sixth in the 50-yard...
A year after they won nine games and finished fourth at state, The Petersburg High School baseball team looks to carry their momentum in 2025. "The guys are excited about playing. We've had more open gyms – pulling the batting cages out this year than before," head coach Jim Engell said. The team graduated two key players last season Hunter Conn and Kieran Cabral. Some teams would rely more on their seniors but this year's squad will look towards their juniors and sophomores. "My two seniors, L...
Over spring break, Petersburg junior Gabriele Whitacre got an opportunity to compete in her first powerlifting meet, the St. Patty's Power at Southside Strength and Fitness, in Anchorage. The meet was sponsored by USA Powerlifting Alaska and Petersburg's Athletic Director Jaime Cabral, who got Whitacre involved with the aforementioned competition. "I had been training for four weeks but I've been lifting for five years," Whitacre said. "For the four weeks leading up, it was more low reps and...
The Petersburg Cheer team headed to regionals, set on claiming their third consecutive regional title. After weeks of preparation, the cheer team unveiled its halftime routine. "It was all new material. The material for the dance part was all done by the athletes, with little things here and there that I changed," head coach Becky Turland said. "They got to choose the music at the beginning of the season – I gave them a list of 16 to 17 songs and we did a secret ballet casting for the song and i...
The #5 seed Petersburg Vikings faced off against the #4 seed Craig Panthers in their first game of the regional tournament. The Vikings faced a 19-12 deficit at halftime. In the third, the Vikings scored 12 points to take a 24-23 lead heading into the fourth. "At the beginning of the year, we were really struggling and not able to score unless we ran a set play. We hardly ever called a set play, though regions – it really shows our growth," head coach Rick Brock said. The Vikings would go on to...
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...
Petersburg AAU girls' basketball team – which is made up of players from fifth grade through eighth – recently went undefeated during a tournament in Wrangell, sweeping the A, B & C brackets. Petersburg went an impressive 11-0 throughout the tournament. "They're extremely talented," head coach Matt Nilsen said. "We've been working on fundamentals and ball handling, passing, defense and playing to the best of our abilities." The team was split into A, B & C brackets, with every player getting a t...
The Viking Swim Club continued their strong season, making waves at the 2025 Alaska Age Group Championships, in Anchorage. 22 teams from across Alaska participated in this meet. VSC finished fourth overall. The VSC Club has continued to improve throughout the season. "I've been impressed with the growth both as a team and individually. Across the board, all swimmers are showing improvement whether it be times, sportsmanship, competitiveness and technique," head coach Scott Burtt said. "We've...
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...
In their final regular-season games before the playoffs, the Petersburg Vikings battled their rival, at Wrangell's homecoming weekend. In the first quarter on Friday, the Wolves hit three threes to take a 14-9 lead. The Wolves added 14 more points in the second to take a 28-21 halftime lead. "We were in a little bit of foul trouble in that quarter and that's been one of the struggles we've had is if we do get in foul trouble, sometimes we're not completely in sync with the players that are on...
This past weekend, Stedman Elementary School's wrestling club hosted a round-robin tournament against Wrangell's wrestling club. "They did incredible. Last year's Petersburg tournament was basically a lot of the kids' first tournament. It caught them by surprise and they've just done exponentially better each time they compete," Eldon Walker said, head coach for the third, fourth and fifth-grade wrestlers. "This season, overall, was their best performance yet." Sam Caulum is the head coach of...
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 Mitkof Middle School wrestling team recently wrapped up their season at regions in Juneau with strong results. "Gunner Cisney, he's been wrestling for a long time and he's been in the finals all three years of middle school, or he would've been but he had an injury default," head coach Mike Corl said. "He was feeling some real good promise for some excellent wrestling this past weekend." Eight-grader Cisney was dealing with a back injury that he suffered during a Wrangell tournament in...
The Petersburg Vikings continued conference play against the Haines Glacier Bears this past weekend. At the end of the first quarter, the score was deadlocked at two. "We played defense for over six minutes. On the positive side, we defended every out-of-bounds play that they had. We defended their half-court sets well," head coach Rick Brock said. On the negative side, the Vikings were playing so much defense due to giving up nine offensive rebounds in the first. "We were not jumping, we were...
After losing to the Metlakatla Chiefs during the 2A Conference Clash, the Petersburg Vikings looked to change their fortunes on their home court. The Chiefs started Friday's game by hitting four threes and leading 19-6 at the end of the first. By halftime, the Vikings were down 38-22. "We were making life a little bit too easy for them to score, we weren't challenging them at the rim – we just kind of let them score," head coach Rick Brock said. In the third, the Chiefs offense continued to r...
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...
