Ballers to Scholars
Sophie Kadifa, Hana Erickson, Nikhil Majeti, and Tina Lagerblad
February 20, 2020
Ms. Whitson Although Debbie Whitson is a beloved economics teacher at Palo Alto High School, she also once had a career as a Division III tennis player at Lewis and Clark College. Whitson grew up in Los Altos and started playing tennis when she was nine years old because that was the minimum age...
Rising From the Ashes
James Fetter, Hana Erickson, Tyler Stoen, and Jenna Hickey
January 9, 2020
The stadium stood like an oasis amidst a desert of ash and fiery remains. Residents of Paradise began coming in and filling the seats to witness their high school football team link arms and walk to midfield. As the pre-game show began, waves of emotions and memories of the past year flooded back. On Aug...
Dye Hard
Tyler Stoen, Ella Jones, Liam Nagesh, Annika Shah, and Sophie Kadifa
November 14, 2019
Great spikes of pool water rise into the air as the energetic hands of the Palo Alto High School Swim team catapult their beloved coach, Danny Dye, into the home waters of their pool. The buzz of celebration is not without cause- it’s Dye’s 200th win at Paly. But the exuberant support of his swimm...
High School Powerhouses
Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, James Fetter, Vijay Homan, and Tina Lagerblad
November 12, 2019
On a September night in 2004 before the watchful eyes of 25,000 fans, a football game was underway between elite high schools De La Salle and Bellevue High. For the fair-weather fan, this game was like any other matchup. But for the hard-core fan, the game had the potential to rewrite history. The...
From Paly to the Pros
Justin Byer, James Fetter, Vijay Homan, Tyler Stoen, and Elif Turgut
September 30, 2019
As the clock ticked down and the morale of their opponents faded, the Paly basketball players knew: they had won the first state championship in school history. The 2006 Paly basketball team was one that will be immortalized in school history for taking down a modern-day Goliath in the Mater Dei basket...
Out of Luck
Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Jenna Hickey, Liam Nagesh, and Luke Thieman
September 30, 2019
A tired Andrew Luck walked off the field of Lucas Oil Stadium to loud jeers from his own fans, following the Indianapolis Colts preseason contest versus the Chicago Bears. Luck had not cost his team a bad loss with poor decision-making, no, he had cost his team much more: hope of a championship ring. ...
Viking’s 2019-2020 College Football Preseason Rankings
Josh Lai and Griffin Kemp
May 28, 2019
top25rankings With college football spring games wrapping up and numerous commitments from the upcoming 2020 class, we take a look at who the top dogs of college football are today. Clemson - The Clemson Tigers are at the helm of college football, and aren’t going down anytime soon. The offense, led...
Champion
Ya'el Sarig, Tina Lagerblad, Josh Lai, and Will DeAndre
April 11, 2019
If you didn’t know any better, you might think it was Mary Poppins’ bag. After all, the supply of treasures within it appeared endless, and for a mid-sized, seemingly demure black bag, it reached surprising depths. Once a hand went into it, it would invariably spend a few seconds jostling around, encou...
Stepping into the Limelight
Sanaz Ebrahimi, Ya'el Sarig, Zach Phillips, and David Hickey
February 11, 2019
Eric Housen was 45 when he won his first championship ring. He wasn’t on the court, nor was he on the bench. He couldn’t be seen on television, and fans weren’t wearing his jersey. Why then, surrounded by the flashing blue-yellow strobe lights and screaming fans, did Warriors point guard Stephen Curry,...
Ball Player Brilliance
Sanaz Ebrahimi, Tina Lagerblad, Conner Lusk, and Jack Such
January 28, 2019
Jamir Shepard (‘20) trots out of the huddle to his position out wide. His assignment is a post-corner option; a route where he is tasked with reading the safety and deciding to cut left or right down the field. In the seconds he has until the defense breaches the protective seal of the offensive line...
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