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Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

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Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

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The Price of Glory

The Price of Glory

Tyler Martin, Roan Haney, Jason Hu, and Nathan Lee February 29, 2024

Despite coming from a challenged home, Aaron Hernandez was a promising young man growing up in the small urban town of Bristol, Connecticut. After playing football at the University of Florida, he won...

Official Time Out

Official Time Out

Roan Haney and Beau Revenaugh February 28, 2024

In nearly every sport, you need a ref. From water polo to tennis to wrestling, it’s important to have an educated mediator between player or team and opponent who can resolve all issues pertaining to...

Beyond the Game

Beyond the Game

Aspen Stitt, Ben Levav, and Grace Gormley December 20, 2023

  In the 1968 Olympics, Black sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos took the podium to receive their first and third place medals for the US. But as the anthem played, they each raised a black-gloved...

Private School Prowess: Does It Really Exist?

Private School Prowess: Does It Really Exist?

Ben Levav, Claire Cho, and Emil Bothe December 20, 2023

A public school has not won the California state division 1 football title since 2008. This fact often leads students to write my paper on the disparity in athletic success between public and private schools....

Turf Triumphs

Turf Triumphs

Emil Bothe, Alena Lotterer, and Tyler Martin December 12, 2023

Cheering in unison and decked out in festive outfits, students, faculty, family, and friends pack into the stands of high school stadiums for Friday night lights. In high school athletics, football is...

Pickleball Prosperity

Pickleball Prosperity

Tyler Martin and Lucas Tung October 19, 2023

Pickleball, the sport that has taken America by storm over the past few years. Millions of people across the country have picked up the sport as a hobby, or even a profession, playing it every chance they...

Girls Team of the Year: Paly Dance

Girls Team of the Year: Paly Dance

Tyler Martin and Takumi Weimann May 22, 2023

The crowd cheers wildly as the Paly dance team takes the field during halftime of the football game, where they deliver high-level dances with outstanding chemistry and choreography. As the dancers strike...

E-Sports provides inclusive  environments for athletes with disabilities. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Koo.

Pioneering Progress

Aspen Stitt and Grace Gormley March 31, 2023

 Two weeks before Mauricio Porcayo’s graduation from Bassett High School in Avocado Heights in Southern California, he was hit by a drunk driver. Doctors were able to save Porcayo’s right leg, but...

photo courtesy of Celeste Bates

Losing to Win

Grace Li, Sirisha Mitra, Claire Cho, and Beau Revenaugh February 24, 2023

Athletes are familiar with doing anything it takes to get better at their sport. Early morning practices, difficult workouts, and long hours are devoted to improvement by athletes across all sports.  ...

Complete graph of the menstrual cycle over the period of one month. Graph by Grace Gormley.

The Menstruation Situation

Eliza Gaither, Grace Gormley, and Hillary Studdert December 19, 2022

A single week has a finite number of hours. For students, the challenge is often fitting everything in: Thirty hours of school; Fifty-six hours of sleep; Sometimes 18 or more hours of schoolwork and studying;...

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