Petersburg Pilot -

To some people springtime means the start of outdoor projects, tending to the garden, or doing some overdue house cleaning, but to one group of Petersburg High School students it can only mean one thing-time for baseball.

The team has been hard at work for the past month preparing for the upcoming season, not on fresh-cut green grass or turf but on the gravel field they call home.

Jim Engell is returning for his 15th year as the head coach of the Vikings and is joined by Ethan Bryner, a former Petersburg player, as assistant coach.

The team is currently made up of 16 students with a "solid cor...