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

Brief: Lee and Dewees win no. 3 doubles consolation at Santa Catalina Tournament

Brief: Lee and Dewees win no. 3 doubles consolation at Santa Catalina Tournament

Hilda Huang, Business Manager September 15, 2012

Varsity girls' tennis had a strong showing at the 2012 Santa Catalina Tournament near Monterey, Calif. despite not having its no.1 and 2 singles players, Aashli Budhiraja ('14) and Felicia Wang ('14). No....

Brief: boys’ cross-country places eighth at Lowell Invitational

Brief: boys’ cross-country places eighth at Lowell Invitational

Audrey DeBruine, Nora Rosati, Staff writer, Editor-in-Chief September 15, 2012

Boys’ cross-country placed eighth at the Lowell Invitational in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Saturday, Sept. 15. The course was 2.93 miles; 1200 meters longer than the Gunn alumni meet. “It...

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...

Boys water polo defeats Los Gatos 12-7

Boys’ water polo defeats Los Gatos 12-7

Julia Saul, Staff Writer September 13, 2012

The Paly varsity boys' water polo team (2-0-0, 2-0-0) overpowered Los Gatos on Thursday afternoon at the Palo Alto High School pool. The Vikings started strong by winning the sprint and quickly powering...

Coach Spencer Dornin discusses strategy with players early in the first half. The Vikings lost the game 5-4.

Girls’ water polo drops heartbreaker to Los Gatos, 5-4

Spencer Drazovich, Managing Editor September 13, 2012

The Paly girls’ water polo team lost to the Los Gatos Wildcats tonight by a score of 5-4. The game was a tale of two halves for the Lady Vikes as they fell behind early but clawed their way back into...

Bella Graves (14) fights to tip the ball over the net in the second set.

Paly volleyball sweeps Castilleja in three games

Pippa Raffel, Staff Writer September 11, 2012

The Palo Alto High School girls' volleyball team won its third consecutive non-league match, sweeping the Castilleja Gators in three games. Although the team is still getting used to its 10 new players,...

Sloppy play highlights teams 6-1 loss to Saratoga

Sloppy play highlights team’s 6-1 loss to Saratoga

Kevin Dukovic, Editor-in-Chief September 11, 2012

The Palo Alto High School girls' tennis team (4-2, 0-1) fell 6-1 to Saratoga High School (3-3, 1-0) on a hot and sunny Tuesday afternoon at Paly. No. 2 singles player Felicia Wang ('14) was the only...

Bret Pinsker (13) passes to one of his teammates. Bret had 63 goals last season.

Boys’ water polo defeats Homestead High School 11-4

Nora Rosati, Audrey DeBruine, Editor-in-Chief, Staff Writer September 11, 2012

The Palo Alto High School varsity boys’ water polo team triumphed over Homestead High School 11-4 in its first league game of the season on Tuesday under the Paly pool deck lights. The Vikings entered...

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....

Girls tennis finishes second at the Paly Invitational Tournament

Girls’ tennis finishes second at the Paly Invitational Tournament

Niall Patrick, Staff Writer September 8, 2012

The Palo Alto High School girls' varsity tennis team finished second out of four teams under the burning sun at the two-day Paly Girls' Invitational Tennis Tournament at Palo Alto High School. Paly finished...

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