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

Girls water polo preview

Girls water polo preview

Quinn Knoblock, Staff Writer September 8, 2015

As the fall season comes upon us, there are many new things to expect from upcoming sports. With the Paly gym and pool under construction, many fall sports are relocating their practices and home games...

Girls’ Golf Preview: Striving to make it to CCS a third year in a row

Mara Zenger, Staff Writer September 8, 2015

With the start of the Girls’ Golf season at Palo Alto High School, the players have been working hard to get ready for the upcoming season. Coach Doyle Knight is looking to see who will step up and...

Boys water polo preview

Boys water polo preview

Ben Cleasby, Staff Writer September 7, 2015

As the fall season inches nearer and nearer, the Paly boys’ water polo team continues to work hard in preparation for another long season.The Vikings are coming off an impressive 2014 season as the team...

Girls Cross Country Preview

Girls Cross Country Preview

Peter Snodgrass, Staff Writer September 7, 2015

After the loss of key runners either from injury or graduation, Girls Cross Country hopes to rebound with strong running from their underclassmen this year. “We have a group of fourteen seniors who...

Vikings beat Sequoia in football season opener 54-28

Skylar Burris and Lauren Koyama, Staff Writers September 5, 2015

  The Palo Alto Vikings defeat the Sequoia Cherokees 54-28 at home in their season opener on Friday night. “54 points is a great feeling,” Justin Hull (‘16) said. “We didn’t score...

Sophie Frick (18) and Carly Leong (18) celebrate after sealing the girls basketball league championship. Frick has been chosen as Palys female underclassman of the year.

Female Underclassman of the Year: Sophie Frick

Maddy Atwater, Features Editor May 29, 2015

  Sophie Frick (‘18) stepped foot on the Palo Alto High School campus with a pre-determined expectation to be a talented athlete. With two older siblings, Andrew Frick (‘14) who played football,...

Concussions are injuries to the brain that can cause long term complications, especially after repeated trauma. With an increase in both knowledge and recognition of concussions, concerns have been raised about the athletic, academic and personal effects they can have on student athletes.

Keep your head in the game

Kylie Callan and February 11, 2015

One in five high school athletes will sustain a sports concussion during their season. At a school like Paly, where a large part of the student body is involved in athletics, this fact can create a big...

True passion

Kylie Callan and Reuben Kramer December 12, 2014

Shawn Johnson began gymnastics at the age of three. Ryan Lochte first learned to swim at age five. Abby Wambach dribbled her first soccer ball at the age of four. Since then, they have spent innumerable...

Volleyball wins their first CCS game in four sets against Independence

Volleyball wins their first CCS game in four sets against Independence

Katie Foug and Paige Anderson November 17, 2014

In the first round of the Central Coast Section (CCS) Championship Tournament the Paly volleyball team beat Independence High School three sets to one. In the first set, Jade Shonenberger (‘15) started...

Brief: Boys cross country places second at CCS

Brief: Boys’ cross country places second at CCS

Priscilla Bell, Features Editor November 16, 2014

Boys' cross country advanced to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) championship meet after placing second in today's Central Coast Section (CCS) championship meet at Toro Park in Salinas,...

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