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PHS baseball has first games in two years
The Petersburg High School baseball team played their first games of the year in a preseason jamboree in Sitka last week. Although the Vikings lost the three games, Coach Jim Engell said the team had...
PHS wrestlers prepare for Regionals
In the last tournament before Regionals, the Petersburg High School wrestling team saw several of their wrestlers place at the Tom Sims Invitational in Wrangell on April 10. Although overall the team...
Baseball returns to Petersburg High School
Next week the Petersburg High School baseball team is scheduled to have their first game in almost two years, after last year's season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Head Coach Jim Engell...
Lady Vikings named regional champions
The Lady Vikings took first place in the Region V 2A Division Regional Tournament in Ketchikan on March 27 with a team of only five players. The Petersburg High School girls basketball team went into...
Vikings take second at Regionals
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team took second place at the Region V 2A Division Regional Tournament on March 27 in Ketchikan, seven weeks after their last basketball game. The Vikings, w...
Mitkof Middle School students place at Native Youth Olympic games
Three sixth graders at Mitkof Middle School have placed in the statewide 2021 virtual Native Youth Olympic games. Elias Anderson placed first in the Seal Hop with a distance of 81 feet and 10 inches....
Lady Vikings win two more games
The Lady Vikings had two wins in the past week against Thorne Bay and Klawock, but while the basketball games didn't count towards the regional seeding, Head Coach Dino Brock said the team will take...
Lady Vikings win first games of season
The Lady Vikings racked up two wins against Metlakatla on Feb. 5 and 6 at home in their first games of the basketball season. Right out of the gate, Petersburg scored 22 points in the first quarter....
Vikings win, lose first seeding games
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team split their wins against Metlakatla at home last weekend in the first two seeding games of the season. The games were held on Feb. 5 and 6. The Vikings...
Boys basketball win first game of season, lose second
The Petersburg High School boys basketball team traveled to Wrangell on Jan. 29 to play the Wolves for their homecoming weekend in the first two games of the season, and came back with one win and...
PHS basketball begins a late season
After a late start to the basketball season following uncertainty around the pandemic in Alaska, the basketball players at Petersburg High School were finally able to return to the court on Jan. 11....
PHS basketball, cheer get start date
Activities at Petersburg High School are set to resume later this winter and spring with basketball and cheer starting Jan. 11. The decision comes after an Alaska School Activities Association Board o...
PHS Volleyball team takes 2nd at Regionals
The Petersburg High School volleyball team runners up in this year's Region V Regional Tournament on Nov. 21. During a normal school year, the team would have advanced to State, marking their first...
Volleyball ends season with two wins against WHS
The Petersburg High School volleyball team won two matches against Wrangell last weekend, just one week before a modified regional tournament is set to take place. Nov. 13 saw the kick off of...
PHS volleyball team defeats WHS 3-1
The Petersburg High School volleyball team traveled to Wrangell on Oct. 24 and came home with their second win against Wrangell High School this season. By the end of the first game, the Vikings were...
Volleyball team wins first match of season
The Petersburg High School volleyball team went 3-0 against Wrangell in their first exhibition match of the season on Saturday, Oct. 10. "It was a great way to start off somewhat of a competition...
PHS swims past WHS in first in person meet
The Petersburg High School swim team welcomed Wrangell High School to the Parks and Recreation's aquatic center on Saturday for both team's first in person swim meet of the season. It was just the two...
P&R challenged by high number of swimmers
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Members discussed the challenges faced by staff at their second board meeting held on Oct. 1 as visitors to the aquatic center have reached record numbers in the...
PHS swim take 3rd in season's first meet
The Petersburg High School swim team had their first meet of the season on Sept. 25, and while it was held in the Parks and Recreation aquatic center, swimmers were able to compare their times with...
PHS runners take 2nd at Regions
The Petersburg High School boys cross country team placed second in the Region V Division III Regional Championships held at Greens Camp last weekend. Uriah Lucas and Michael Durkin took first and...
Cross country places 2nd in final meet
The Petersburg High School boys cross country team finished second in the Capital City Invitational, their last meet of the season. The meet was held virtually with the cross country team running out...
Vikings take #1 spots in cross country meet
The Petersburg High School runners took first place in both the boys and girls races in the first cross country meet of the season at Klawock on Saturday, Sept. 5. On the boys team, junior Uriah...
Cross country begins amid pandemic
The Petersburg High School cross country team is about three weeks into their season, and Coach Tom Thompson said this season's young team is showing great potential. The team, which is made up of 16...
Swim season gets September start date
Although the Petersburg Parks and Recreation community pool has reopened on a limited basis, Petersburg High School students will have to wait until Sept. 2 for the swim and dive season to start....