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Victor Du (13) helped lead the boys Paly jumping to a 5-0 record this year.

Hops on hops on hops

Charlotte Biffar and Sammy Solomon April 26, 2013

At the start of the spring sports season, most members of the Palo Alto High School track team hit the ground running. However, the Paly jumpers, those track members who participate in the high jump,...

A look into the future of Paly diving: two promising freshmen, Reed Merritt (16) and Mimi Lin (16), who have bright careers ahead of them.

Diving deep

Jordan Gans and Hilda Huang April 26, 2013

Few sports have a lower performance to training time ratio than does diving - an Olympic repertoire typically lasts no more than a minute or two, a high school six-dive lasts no more than 30 seconds. That...

Grant Raffel (13) has been playing golf since the age of five and it has been a large part of his life ever since. Raffel has captained the Paly teams for two years.

The Sonny side

Audrey DeBruine April 26, 2013

Over 200. That is how many golf balls Paly golf captain Grant Raffel (‘13) estimates that he has in his bedroom at home. One-hundred six of them are displayed on the walls, one from every course he...

Jacey Pederson (16) navigates the field.  Due to several CCS violations multiple Paly teams have had to forfeit their seasons.

Cut short

Audrey DeBruine and Nora Rosati March 21, 2013

“Helpless” and “frustrated.” That is how varsity soccer and lacrosse player Nina Kelty (‘13) was left feeling after her two most recent high school sports seasons. Both were lost to violations...

Andrew Frick (‘14) goes head to head with a Gunn wrestler. After three years of wrestling, Frick truly understands how difficult the sport can be.

Pinning at all costs

Pippa Raffel, Staff Writer February 22, 2013

The sculpture of The Two Wrestlers standing in the Uffizi Collection in Florence, Italy depicts just one moment in the timeless sport of wrestling. The two muscular men have remained forever frozen amidst...

Paly on primetime

James Harrison, Staff Writer February 22, 2013

None of the six award-winning Paly journalism programs provides the opportunities given by the Midpeninsula Media Center (MC) Sports Program: to allow students to experience professional broadcasting. MC...

Starters Mathias Schmutz (13), Eilon Tzur (13), Aubrey Dawkins (13), Keller Chryst (14) and Aldis Petriceks (13) have led their team to a SCVAL title. Chryst and Tzur were not on the team last year.

E.J. who?

Audrey DeBruine and Julia Saul February 11, 2013

On Feb. 25, 2012, almost exactly one year ago, the Paly boys’ basketball team lost a heartbreaker in overtime to the St. Francis High School Lancers in the semifinals of the Central Coast Section...

Josh Totte (‘14) dives for a ball across the sand on a  warm, sunny Saturday afternoon.

Diggin’ the sand

Julia Saul, Staff Writer December 15, 2012

The beach volleyball courts on Stanford University’s campus give way to a whole different culture of Paly sports. There are crowds of people wearing bro tanks and hats, songs pumping in the background...

One of Palys early football teams.  Paly played their first football game in 1898.

A walk through time

Colin Patterson and James Harrison December 15, 2012

In recent years, Palo Alto High School has had a great deal of success, bringing home four State Championships since the turn of the century. State titles in 2006 for basketball, 2010 for football...

Head football coach Earl Hansen speaks to members of The Viking. This year is the 40th anniversary of his mustache, as well as his 25th year at Paly.

Hansen: the man behind the mustache

Pippa Raffel, Staff Writer December 15, 2012

He is pretty hard to miss. Standing at 6 feet 1 inch tall, with dark sunglasses, a puffy mustache and a booming chuckle, Paly head football coach Earl Hansen has led the Vikings to 195 wins, four Central...

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