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

Brothers to the Bone: Brenden Moon

Brothers to the Bone: Brenden Moon

Hana Erickson, Jenna Hickey, Tyler Stoen, and James Fetter January 9, 2020

Brenden Moon, the running back for Paradise High School's football team, has had a vastly different experience from some of his teammates. Throughout it all, the love he has for football has kept him going,...

Bands for the Brand

Bands for the Brand

Josh Lai and Conner Lusk January 9, 2020

Donald De La Haye lines up from 40 yards out. His opponent’s 40-yard line, that is. It’s a long field goal, among the longest attempted in an NFL game. He’s kicking a 70 yard field goal–the sheer...

Dye Hard

Dye Hard

Great spikes of pool water rise into the air as the energetic hands of the Palo Alto High School Swim team catapult their beloved coach, Danny Dye, into the home waters of their pool. The buzz of celebration...

Transfixed by Politics

Transfixed by Politics

Sam Cleasby and Kevin Cullen November 14, 2019

The year is 1936. The world is in political turmoil and the Summer Olympics are being held in Nazi Germany. Jesse Owens stands poised on the highest pedestal, four medals around his neck, accompanying...

Pac-12 Mascot Fight Bracket

Pac-12 Mascot Fight Bracket

Jack Elarde, Griffin Kemp, and Josh Lai November 12, 2019

After Washington State football coach Mike Leach gave his iconic answer to which Pac-12 mascot would win in a theoretical fight to the death, we decided to simulate it for him in a tournament-style...

Film Favorites

Film Favorites

Kevin Cullen, Elif Turgut, and Sofie Vogel November 12, 2019

Remember the Titans (2000) This movie is based on a true story of how Coach Herman Boone, the football coach of Williams High School in Virginia, tries to integrate a racially divided team. In Virginia,...

De La Salle takes the field. Photo courtesy of Birmingham Groves High School.

High School Powerhouses

On a September night in 2004 before the watchful eyes of 25,000 fans, a football game was underway between elite high schools De La Salle and Bellevue High. For the fair-weather fan, this game was like...

Psyched for Spike

Psyched for Spike

Ryan Bara, Hana Erickson, and Victoria Soulodre November 12, 2019

What started as an eclectic version of backyard volleyball has now become not only a wildly popular name-brand game, but also a staple everywhere from ESPN’s homepage to NFL practices. But the neon...

Students of The Game

Students of The Game

Jenna Hickey, Adar Schwarzbach, and Luke Thieman November 12, 2019

On Tuesday afternoons during the fall sports season, the Paly football field, normally the site of an intense football practice with focused coaches, sweating players, high-level competition, and hard...

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