Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

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Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Fans In the Stands

Fans In the Stands

From the energy and passion that surged through the Paly crowd, it seemed as if the varsity football team had just won a championship. But in fact, they were down 42-0. Somehow, the fan presence underneath...

Women in the Weight Room

Women in the Weight Room

Anika Chang, Sofia Leva, and Hailey Beck October 15, 2021

In the basement of the Peery Family Center, blasting music and the sound of clanging metal radiates through the weight room. Like many gyms, upon glance, the Paly weight room is a mainly male-dominated...

Hidden Life of a Teacher Athlete

Hidden Life of a Teacher Athlete

Harrison Williams and Elizabeth Fetter October 15, 2021

Skating across the roller derby arena, an athletic figure wearing a helmet and knee pads elbows her way past the opposing blockers. With a face of determination and a heart full of grit, she paves the...

Photo Courtesy of Tara He

Top of the Rock

Madhu Ramkumar and David Gormley May 8, 2021

With her hands white from chalk and feet crammed into climbing shoes, Tara He (‘22) looks up towards the rocky terrain she is about to scale, visualizing her plan of attack. As she starts to climb, her...

A Broke(n) Game

A Broke(n) Game

David Gormley, Roei Ziv, Greg Laursen, Staff Writers March 1, 2021

Why do professional athletes, some of the highest-paid people in the world, disproportionately go bankrupt? It’s easy to look at players who have made extravagant or frivolous purchases and dismiss...

Athletes training in the fall of 2020, prior to Santa Clara county re-entering the purple tier.

Editorial: Let athletes compete in CCS

February 11, 2021

In March of 2020, as lockdowns put an end to many high school seniors' spring sports seasons, athletes from the class of 2020 expressed their disappointment in losing out on their last hurrah of high school...

The Return of Paly Athletics

The Return of Paly Athletics

Anika Chang, David Gormley, Hailey Beck, and Liam Nagesh December 4, 2020

Fall sports often serve as a gateway for incoming freshmen into the Paly community, but never have they been more vital in integrating new students into school life than in 2020. Traditionally, the...

The Evolution of the Athlete-Activist

The Evolution of the Athlete-Activist

On September 1, 2016, fans piled into the stadium as the clock approached gametime. The sound of the “Star Spangled Banner” echoed across the field as the sea of fans stood up, taking off their caps...

Over Before It Started

Over Before It Started

Katherine Sung: On July 9th, Paly alum Katherine Sung (‘20) woke up to an email relaying the news that her golf team had been cut from Dartmouth athletics. After committing in her junior year,...

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