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

Boys Underclassmen of the Year | 2024
Boys Underclassmen of the Year | 2024
May 16, 2024

Freshman Justin Fung started the 2023-2024 football season as the starting quarterback for the JV team. Fung led the team to an 8-3 record, totaling 11 touchdowns and 1183 yards over the course of the season. The JV season culminated in a 33-yard game-winning...

Captains Legacy
Evin Steele and Alena Lotterer May 14, 2024

Alessandra Chandler - GIRLS SOCCER Alessandra Chandler (‘24), a member of Paly’s varsity girls soccer team since her freshman year, has seen the community to be an important pillar in making the team fun and successful. “I think being on this...

Girls Underclassman of the Year
Girls Underclassman of the Year
Amanda Goody, Staff Writer • May 10, 2024

Throughout an impressive first season on the girls volleyball team, freshman Maura Hambly showcased her passion, in-game IQ, competitiveness, and skill. In addition to her SCVAL league MVP and first team all league selection, Hambly has earned the honor...

Track and Field Season Recap
Track and Field Season Recap
Tyler Frick and Evin Steele May 23, 2024

A CCS trip last Saturday capped off another successful season of track and field for the boys and girls varsity teams.  The team played a stacked...

Boys Swim and Dive Season Recap
Boys Swim and Dive Season Recap
Nathan Lee, Staff Writer • May 21, 2024

Paly Boys swim and dive 2024 season everything they wanted and more. Having a successful season, the team swam well and worked hard to perform at every...

Photo by Al Chang
Paly Boys Golf Recap
Jonathan Yuan, Dylan Robinson, and Luke Joachim May 21, 2024

The Paly boys golf team had a very successful season with an overall record of three wins and two losses and were co-champions with Los Gatos High School.  The...

The Goldilocks Principle in Coaching
Katie Yen, Business Manager • December 15, 2023

In Viking's last issue, my co-writer Eliza Gaither and I covered the impact of childhood sports on current Paly athletes in "Lessons From Little League."...

Photo courtesy of Todd Shurtleff - MaxPreps.
Honoring Earl Hansen Stadium this Saturday
Eliza Gaither, Creative Director • September 8, 2023

Paly is celebrating the newly named Earl Hansen Stadium on September 9th to honor the coach who inspired and understood football players as not only athletes...

Swim and Dive Documentary Releases First Episode
Swim and Dive Documentary Releases First Episode
Grace Gormley, Editor-in-Chief • September 6, 2023

Monday marked an important milestone for the Paly swim and dive team: the first episode of a docu-series covering the boys team’s 2023 season was released...

Volume XVII Issue 2

In this issue, we discuss complexities of how world-class athletes interact with political issues, as well as writing about the loss of refs in youth sports. In our Viking Tries, we did our best as sports commentators. Cover by Grace Gormley.

Volume XVII Issue 1

In this issue, our cover story covers the remarkable rise of Pickleball, as well as a feature covering the difference between public and private school athletics as well as the issue of illegal recruiting. Cover photo by Jason Hu.