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Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

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Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

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Playing the System

Playing the System

Roan Haney, Nathan Lee, and Ethan Wang March 28, 2024

After a Paly sophomore (who wishes to remain anonymous) saw many of their schoolmates on the sports-betting app Fliff, they decided to download it and give it a try. After getting some of the app’s...

Dunking On Stereotypes

Dunking On Stereotypes

Over 9.9 million people tuned in to watch the 2023 NCAA March Madness Championship game. The hype leading up to the game was immense as two talented teams with entertaining styles of play faced off. The...

The Price of Glory

The Price of Glory

Tyler Martin, Roan Haney, Jason Hu, and Nathan Lee February 29, 2024

Despite coming from a challenged home, Aaron Hernandez was a promising young man growing up in the small urban town of Bristol, Connecticut. After playing football at the University of Florida, he won...

Official Time Out

Official Time Out

Roan Haney and Beau Revenaugh February 28, 2024

In nearly every sport, you need a ref. From water polo to tennis to wrestling, it’s important to have an educated mediator between player or team and opponent who can resolve all issues pertaining to...

Beyond the Game

Beyond the Game

Aspen Stitt, Ben Levav, and Grace Gormley December 20, 2023

  In the 1968 Olympics, Black sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos took the podium to receive their first and third place medals for the US. But as the anthem played, they each raised a black-gloved...

Private School Prowess: Does It Really Exist?

Private School Prowess: Does It Really Exist?

Ben Levav, Claire Cho, and Emil Bothe December 20, 2023

A public school has not won the California state division 1 football title since 2008. This fact often leads students to write my paper on the disparity in athletic success between public and private schools....

Turf Triumphs

Turf Triumphs

Emil Bothe, Alena Lotterer, and Tyler Martin December 12, 2023

Cheering in unison and decked out in festive outfits, students, faculty, family, and friends pack into the stands of high school stadiums for Friday night lights. In high school athletics, football is...

Pickleball Prosperity

Pickleball Prosperity

Tyler Martin and Lucas Tung October 19, 2023

Pickleball, the sport that has taken America by storm over the past few years. Millions of people across the country have picked up the sport as a hobby, or even a profession, playing it every chance they...

Girls Team of the Year: Paly Dance

Girls Team of the Year: Paly Dance

Tyler Martin and Takumi Weimann May 22, 2023

The crowd cheers wildly as the Paly dance team takes the field during halftime of the football game, where they deliver high-level dances with outstanding chemistry and choreography. As the dancers strike...

E-Sports provides inclusive  environments for athletes with disabilities. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Koo.

Pioneering Progress

Aspen Stitt and Grace Gormley March 31, 2023

 Two weeks before Mauricio Porcayo’s graduation from Bassett High School in Avocado Heights in Southern California, he was hit by a drunk driver. Doctors were able to save Porcayo’s right leg, but...

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