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The Petersburg High School volleyball team went 1-1 in two exhibitions matches over the weekend against Wrangell, before competing in the regional tournament this week. Every year, the Petersburg and Wrangell volleyball teams play each other in a home game for their senior appreciation night. On Friday, Petersburg traveled to Wrangell, and on Saturday, Wrangell came to Petersburg. In the first match, the Vikings went four sets against the Wrangell Wolves. The Vikings lost the first set, 23-25,...
Four seniors on the Petersburg High School wrestling team competed in the Anchorage Christian School tournament last weekend and placed fourth and sixth in their weight class. The tournament began with a preliminary round and moved on to quarterfinals. Merrick Nilsen, Alex Worhatch, Kole Sperl and Adam Ware won all their matches at the start of the tournament and were able to compete in the semifinals. The four seniors lost a match in the semifinals, and were moved into the backside of the...
In his last swim meet of his high school career, senior Peter Kowalski placed fourth in the boys 500 yard freestyle at the state championship on Saturday and set a new Viking Swim Team record. "Peter swam really well in the finals," said Head Coach Andy Carlisle. Kowalski competed in both the 200 and 500 yard freestyle at State and came in sixth and fourth place respectively. He completed the 500 yard freestyle race in 4:51.59, which is a new Viking Swim Team record, according to Carlisle....
The Petersburg High School volleyball team went 3-3 at the last conference tournament of the season last week in Klawock and earned themselves the fourth seed at Regionals. The Vikings won their matches against Haines, Metlakata and Skagway and lost against Klawock, Craig and Wrangell. Head Coach Jaime Cabral said the young team is still trying to get over hurdles, but he believes that they will peak at the regional tournament in Wrangell next week. In the meantime, Cabral will have the Vikings...
The Devil's Thumb Shooters traveled to Juneau the weekend of Oct. 26 to participate in the 5th Annual SE Fall Trap Shoot Invitational. We took 11 athletes from 4th - 12th grade. Our two seniors Franklin Neidiffer and Noah File shot well, but the competition in the varsity level is fierce. At that level, they must shoot near perfect. They both were close, by shooting near 90% in Trap. Our intermediate squad is our strong suit. We had a shootout for 3rd place, American Trap. All were from...
Petersburg High School seniors Maria Pfundt, Maddy Whitethorn and Peter Kowalski qualified for the swim and dive state championships in Anchorage this weekend in two of their events. The three seniors had to first compete in the preliminary round of the regional meet last Friday in Sitka before swimming in the finals. Those who finished in the top eight of their events progressed to the finals on Saturday. Then, the swimmers swam to qualify for State. Pfundt took third place in the girls 100...
Three Petersburg High School wrestlers took second place in their weight class in the Bill Weiss Tournament in Ketchikan last weekend. Kyle Biggers, Deirdre Toyomura and Ruby Massin took second place in the boys 285, girls 112 and girls 135 weight class respectively. Additionally, Merrick Nilsen placed third in the boys 103 weight class and Adam Ware took fourth place in the boys 189 weight class. "I'm super happy," said Head Coach Tyler Thain. "Everyone is improving, and that's all you can ask...
The Petersburg High School volleyball team won three of their six matches at the first seeding tournament by defeating their opponents in the first three sets of the match this past weekend. All seven teams in the conference played each other in the seeding tournament in Skagway. The Vikings are ranked fourth overall in the conference, but a second seeding tournament in two weeks could change that. First up against the Vikings in the tournament was Craig. Petersburg lost the match, winning only...
Petersburg High School seniors and relay teams took spots in the top three in their events at a home invitational swim meet that included seven schools and 108 students. "It was a pretty good meet for us," said Head Coach Andy Carlisle. "The kids are really coming around on their fitness level and their training. Their races are starting to look pretty good." Seniors Peter Kowalski, Maria Pfundt and Rylan Wallace each took first place in their events. Kowalski took first in the boys 100 yard fre...
The Petersburg High School wrestling team tied Wrangell High School for the second place spot at their first tournament of the season at the Tom Sims Invitational in Wrangell. The Vikings had a combined score of 130 points, and came in second place, with Wrangell, behind Ketchikan High School which had 268 points. Merrick Nilsen, Kyle Biggers and Alex Worhatch all took first place in their weight class. Reed Anderson, Jolyn Toyomura and Ruby Massin, who was last year's state champion in the...
The Petersburg High School volleyball varsity team came in fifth overall at the Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza over the weekend, but Head Coach Jaime Cabral said the team gained plenty of experience. "From the girls' standpoint, we probably could have done better, but we learned a lot, and it's a lot of things to work on, which is great because we don't want to peak so early on," said Cabral. The Vikings played four pool play matches on Friday that consisted of two sets of only 21 p...
Peter Kowalski placed second in four events at the Ketchikan Invitational Swim Meet over the weekend, and Maria Pfundt came in first place in the women’s 100 yard butterfly. Kowalski took second place in the Men’s 200 yard freestyle, 500 yard freestyle, 200 yard IM and 100 yard freestyle. In addition to her first place victory, Pfundt also came in third place in the Women’s 100 yard butterfly and 50 yard freestyle. Maddy Whitethorn also took third in the women’s 100 yard freestyle. While Kowalski, Pfundt and Whitethorn are all seniors, the you...
The Vikings varsity volleyball team came out victorious at a tournament in Sitka over the weekend, after losing their first two matches of the season the previous week. At the start of the tournament, Petersburg played four matches made up of two sets. The Vikings won a set and lost a set in their matches against Metlakatla, Sitka and Klawock and won their match against Mt. Edgecumbe in the pool play matches. Then in the single elimination bracket, Petersburg beat Metlakatla in the semi-finals...
The Petersburg High School boys cross country team secured the number two spot at the state championships in Anchorage on Saturday, with the girls team taking third place. Sophomore Uriah Lucas came in 10th place and was PHS' number one boy at the meet. He was able to shave two minutes off his time, coming in at 18:00, on the same track as last year's state competition. Kole Sperl, who came in 12th place, was 1:30 faster on the track compared to last year's finishing with a time of 18:01. Chase...
Both the boys and girls Petersburg cross country teams will be competing in the state meet this weekend, after the boys team came in first place and the girls team came in second at Regionals. Melanie Chase took first place at the regional meet in Sitka, setting a new personal record at 20:38. Uriah Lucas placed second in the boys race and also set a new personal record with a time of 17:18. Behind Lucas was Kole Sperl in third place with a time of 17:48, tying his personal best. "When the kids...
The Petersburg High School cross country team will be traveling to Sitka this weekend to compete in Regionals. The top seven boys, Uriah Lucas, Kole Sperl, Chase Lister, Michael Durkin, Reed Anderson, Noah Sullivan and Julian Kumps, and the top seven girls, Maia Cowan, Melanie Chase, Kendra Coonrad, Deirdre Toyomura, Lydia Martin, Saphire Weathers and Alexus Sakamoto Quezon, will all be competing in Regionals. Anderson said that the entire team pushed themselves as hard as they could at the...
Both the boys and the girls Petersburg High School cross country teams took second place at their third meet of the season in Craig on Saturday. Sophomore Uriah Lucas placed second in the meet, finishing with a time of 17:29.03. Junior Maia Cowan place third in the girls race with a time of 21:19.47. The second and third top Vikings on the boys team were Kole Sperl and Michael Durkin who took fifth and seventh place respectively. For the girls team, Kendra Coonrad and Melanie Chase came in...
Two Petersburg High School seniors took first place in the 100 yard freestyle event over the weekend in the first swim meet of the season. Maria Pfundt took first in the girls 100 yard freestyle with a time of 59.77, and Peter Kowalski came in first place in the boys event at 51.68. Pfundt also placed second in the girls 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:15.05. Six events after his first place win, Kowalski came in second place in the boys 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.55. "The kids...
Half of 18 Petersburg High School runners that competed in the home cross country meet on Saturday set new personal records. PHS Sophomore Uriah Lucas came in third place overall in the meet and broke his previous personal record by about 58 seconds with a time of 17:22.2. Senior Melanie Chase was the top Viking runner in the girls race and took 13th place with a time of 21:52. Kole Sperl and Michael Durkin were the second and third fastest Viking runners and placed 12th and 26th in the race....
Half Marathon Top Three: Uriah Lucas- 1:30:01 Phil Hofstetter- 1:39:59 Keith Billi 1:43:22 10K Top Three: Jason Brinlefield- 51:57 Doug Riemer- 53:10 Helen Boggs- 53:12...
Two Petersburg High School students placed personal records at the first cross country meet of the season on Saturday. Sophomore Uriah Lucas came in 13th place at the Juneau meet and set a new personal record at 18:00. Sophomore Michael Durkin came in 31st place and set a new personal best at 19:18. Head Coach Thomas Thompson said the runners had a tough week of practices leading up to the meet, but still performed well. "They ran on tired legs," said Thompson. Overall, the boys team came in...
Running anywhere from four to eight miles a day, six days a week, the Petersburg High School cross country team has begun practicing for their first meet of the season at the end of the month. There are 20 kids on this year's team, which includes seniors Jack Byrer, Melanie Chase, Kole Sperl and Noah Sullivan. Head Coach Thomas Thompson said he will be testing the waters at the first meet on Aug. 31 in Juneau, because it is still early in the season. He anticipates that the students who did some...
It's been five years since the inception of the Devil's Thumb Shooter's Club, now a 501(c) non-profit youth organization with focus on shotgun competition sports. The club has grown from five members in 2015 to 17 members in 2019 consisting of area youths in elementary through high school. Eleven members traveled to Eagle River to compete in the 2019 Alaska YESS State championship shoot at Birchwood Shooting Park. There were approximately 120 youths competing in three age classes. Medal...
