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Viking Magazine

Don’t stink, Paly!

Marina Foley, Blogger October 30, 2011

Girls rule, boys drool. Boys stink, girls...well, not too fast there, clever elementary school kids. Rhymes on the playground are harmless, but the smell emanating from the team rooms and locker rooms...

Logger, my eight year old Lab, enjoyed a lick of the yogurt parfait after a run at the park.

Granola, fruit, and yogurt parfait

Alana Schwartz, Staff Writer October 19, 2011

The Viking is starting its own cookbook of work-out  snacks and I get to be the lucky one who test-runs it. This week's post-workout snack consists of Honey-flavored Non-fat Greek Style Yogurt (zero...

Whenever you’re ready

Marina Foley, Staff Writer October 6, 2011

The better you look, the better you feel, the better you play. It’s all relative, no matter what sport you play or game you compete in. Confidence on the field gives the player ability to be calm and...

Welcome to Paly, boys.

Marina Foley, Staff Writer September 21, 2011

A new school year means new athletes.  Every year each sport loses crucial members of their teams with the hope that up and coming juniors will take  leadership responsibilities into their own hands....

Great Green Soccer!

Great Green Soccer!

Marina Foley, Staff Writer September 12, 2011

Bring me back to the days when the “Green Mean Fighting Machine” was the name of every green team, and orange slices were the highlight of every practice. When it was okay to ask for a water break...

Pain of the System

Marina Foley, Staff Writer June 2, 2011

In a fast paced game, whether you  hit the ground, the ball, or another player, it hurts. In contact sports players are taught to hit harder than their opponent so it hurts less. In baseball getting...

DeSean Jackson at Paly?!

DeSean Jackson at Paly?!

Michael Cullen, Columnist May 20, 2011

When rumors start making their way through the student body, they are generally a joke or fib that snowball into a fullblown conversation topic. So when I heard from a reliable source that Desean Jackson...

Capital C

Marina Foley, Staff Writer May 11, 2011

Most commonly in red, yellow, or white, the band with a large capital “C” printed in black signifying the captain, may be the single most intimidating  piece of swag a player can have. When I see...

Don’t Worry About the Lakers

Peter Dennis, Staff Writer May 4, 2011

The facts don’t look good. We've lost the first game in both of the playoff series’ we’ve played in. We barely got past the seventh seed. Our star players aren't playing to their potential. We’re...

Psyched Out

Marina Foley, Staff Writer May 4, 2011

Not every sport is deemed a contact sport, but yet the tallest, strongest players always seem to psychologically  effect the opposing team. Intimidation plays a factor in every sport, no matter what age. Sometime...

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