Longtime Petersburg High School Coach Rick Brock has made it his mission not just to develop students as better athletes, but to help them build stronger character.

Teaching kids that it is not just about how well they shoot a basketball or how fast they can run, but how they lift others up on and off the court.

For those efforts, the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches named Brock as the recipient of the 2023 Roger Steinbrecher Coaching Integrity Award.

The integrity award is given annually to an Alaskan coach who demonstrates "outstanding sportsmanship, leadership, camaraderie, and r...