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

Football drops league opener 24-19 to Milpitas

Football drops league opener 24-19 to Milpitas

Austin Poore, Features Editor September 29, 2012

The Palo Alto High School football team lost 24-19 to the Milpitas High School Trojans as the Vikings' second half comeback fell just short on Friday night under the lights at Paly. After falling...

Justin Gates-Mouton (14) bolts around Sean Lydster (14) in the third quater of the game.

Football routs Gunn 48-0

Zach Rizk, Staff Writer September 22, 2012

With Palo Alto mayor Yiaway Yeh and East Palo Alto mayor Laura Martinez in attendance, the annual Paly-Gunn rivalry was renewed on Paly turf tonight when the Vikings (2-1,0-0) beat the Titans (2-2, 0-0)...

Replacing more than just the refs

Replacing more than just the refs

Jonny Glazier, Columnist September 20, 2012

Football season is upon us, Paly. And with the return of America’s beloved sport comes the typical array of bar fights, Boomer and “C’mon Man!”s. However, this year we have a new addition thrown...

Football drops home opener to Archbishop Mitty, 27-28

Football drops home opener to Archbishop Mitty, 27-28

Zach Rizk, Josh Stern, Staff Writers September 15, 2012

The Vikings opened up their first home game of the 2012 season with a 27-28 loss to Archbishop Mitty high school. After Mitty scored the night’s first touchdown, Paly responded with a short touchdown...

Tyrann Mathieu was only one of many NCAA football players that recently was suspended from playing this season. Mathieu was a 2011 Heisman finalist and was considered to be a key defensive back of the LSU Tigers.

College players not living up to their commitments

Josh Stern, Staff Writer September 10, 2012

As college football's publicity rises, the number of student athletes banned, suspended or arrested increases as well. Last year, ESPN was flooded with tabloid stories concerning players who got in trouble....

2012 Palo Alto football season preview

2012 Palo Alto football season preview

Rohit Ramkumar, Staff Writer August 30, 2012

Two years removed from its state championship, the Palo Alto Vikings football team will look to bounce back from last year's loss to Bellarmine in the semifinals of the Central Coast Section (CCS)...

Boyd poses for the camera after baseball practice. Boyd would be taken in the MLB draft just days later.

Male Athlete of the Year 2012: B.J. Boyd

Colin Patterson, Staff Writer June 6, 2012

In the first 10 seconds of the 2011-2012 Paly football season, B.J. Boyd (‘12) found the end zone. Using his blistering, 4.4-second 40-yard dash speed, Boyd took the opening kickoff 85 yards all the...

David Akers takes some practice field goals to warm up for todays game. Akers scored 12 points for the niners in todays game.

The 49ers Breese by the Saints

Sammy Solomon, Staff Writer January 15, 2012

“Alex Smith has no chance of beating Drew Brees” is all we’ve heard on the radio for the past week. However, the forecast in San Francisco this afternoon was not as BREESy as expected.The Niners...

The San Francisco 49ers: The Most Overrated Team in the NFL

Brennan Miller, Coulmnist December 10, 2011

Amongst all the hubbub and rigmarole, the hustle and bustle, over every Faithful and bandwagon fan there should be a cloud. Not a huge, dark, ominous cloud looming over every day and ruining the Palo Alto...

The Best: A Curtain of Steel

Brennan Miller, Columnist December 8, 2011

It’s 1976. Handlebar mustaches are cool, everyone has big hair and the speakers are blasting Dancing Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody. Life was pretty far out. In fact, it was way groovy…as long as you...

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