Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

courtesy of Karen Hickey

Boys basketball loses against Menlo Atherton 46-45

Grace Li December 15, 2022

On Tuesday, boys basketball played against Menlo Atherton and lost 46-45. Being such a close game, the team may feel a sense of dissatisfaction, which can push them to work even harder for their next...

courtesy of Karen Hickey

Football Season Recap

Tyler Frick, Tyler Martin, and Grace Li December 15, 2022

This football season was an eventful one. From a losing streak to making it to the quarter-finals, the team came back unexpectedly through massive improvements. The team had a rough 1-6 start, however,...

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Girls Volleyball Season Recap

Aspen Stitt, Oliver Marburg, and Katie Yen November 28, 2022

The Paly girls volleyball team ended their season with a playoff loss against Carlmont on Saturday, October 29th. With a final score of 3-1 the Vikings concluded a hard-fought season, one resulting in...

Paly Football wins the CCS Division V Championship with a 27-24 victory over Monterey

Paly Football wins the CCS Division V Championship with a 27-24 victory over Monterey

Tyler Martin, Staff Writer November 26, 2022

Paly football defeated Monterey 27-24 in the CCS Division V championship game Friday night at Sequoia High School. The game was tight throughout, with the lead never being more than ten points for either...

The group of seven back in Palo Alto.

PDX to PA Bikepacking

Tyler Harrison and Hillary Studdert October 19, 2022

Day 1: Following a 20-hour train ride from San Francisco to Portland filled with card games and sleep, the group of seven embarked on their journey from the train station. The ride was short that...

Summer Superstars

Summer Superstars

Grace Li and Tyler Martin October 19, 2022

Arthur Balva started swimming at a mere 2 years old. He swam year-round and began to compete at 6 years old with Palo Alto Swimming Association (PASA). Four years later, he moved from Stanford to Rinconada...

Viking Tries: Military Boot Camp

Viking Tries: Military Boot Camp

JJ Stoen and Jason Hu October 19, 2022

  West Point, also known as the United States Military Academy, was founded in 1802, just a decade before the United States would declare war for the first time.  Fitness tests, however,...

Gamechanger

Gamechanger

Caleb Wong and Tyler Frick October 19, 2022

Every afternoon around four, the Paly football team streams out onto the hot grass field, cleats crunching, adrenaline pumping, and face and body sweating under heavy helmets and pads. Although most...

art by Josie Vogel

Benching Nicotine

Oliver Marburg, Caroline Mostofizadeh, and Katie Yen October 19, 2022

Over the last several years, the use of e-cigarettes — more commonly known as vapes — has taken the youth by storm. The sweet-smelling smoke has infiltrated school bathrooms around the nation and here...

California: Taking a Gamble?

California: Taking a Gamble?

Grace Gormley, Takumi Weimann, and Ivan Ijzerman October 11, 2022

Steve Delaney, a recovering sports gambling addict in New York state, read aloud on his podcast a message from an online gambling-support group: "Please pray today for one of our brothers. He took his...

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