Palo Alto track and field places fourth in De Anza League trials

Summer Daniel, Business Manager

May 13, 2018

Filed under Spring Sports, Top Stories, Track & Field

The Palo Alto High School track and field came in at fourth place with 258 points at the De Anza League Trials on Tuesday, May 1st and Thursday, May 3rd. Los Altos came in at first, followed by Lynbrook, then Los Gatos, with scores of 400, 351, and 265 respectively as Palo Alto unfortunately did not m...

Girls lacrosse routs Wilcox 14-2 to secure a senior night victory

Lauren Daniel, Managing Editor

May 8, 2018

Filed under Lacrosse - Girls, Spring Sports, Top Stories

The girls lacrosse team closed their regular season play with a decisive victory over Wilcox Friday night. The win was extra special, as it was senior night for the team. The goal gap widened early on, with the Vikes leading 5-0 only seven minutes into the first half and the team went into the half...

Baseball Rallies to Defeat Wilcox on Senior Night

Will Strauch, Executive Senior Staff Writer

May 6, 2018

Filed under Baseball, Spring Sports, Top Stories

The Palo Alto Vikings baseball team defeated Wilcox by a score of 5-3 on Friday behind a fantastic pitching performance from Niko Lillios (‘18). The Vikings started the night off by celebrating their seniors for senior night in a touching ceremony. The game started off slow with both teams going scoreless in the...

Palo Alto falls to Los Altos 7-5 on Senior Night

Sabrina Hall, Senior Staff Writer

May 4, 2018

Filed under Softball

After a slow start and a few back-and-forth innings, the Los Altos Eagles came out on top with a 7-5 victory over Palo Alto this Friday on Senior Night. The game began differently from the ones that came before it this season, as Coach Brooke Binkley lead the team in celebrating the efforts of Pa...

Varsity Track Dominates De Anza League Finals

Nathan Ellisen, CEO

May 3, 2018

Filed under Top Stories, Track & Field

The Boys and Girls Varsity Track Teams Participated in De Anza league finals on Thursday, May 3rd at Paly.   Across the board, the Paly athletes were very successful in their events, winning more events than any of the other teams at the competition.   In the infamous mile run...

Paly falls 91-159 to Los Gatos in Track Meet

May 2, 2018

Filed under Spring Sports, Top Stories, Track & Field

Palo Alto track and field faced off against Los Gatos during a home meet on Thursday, April 19, losing 91-159 overall. The boys finished up with a score of 44-81 Los Gatos and the girls with a score of 47-78 for Los Gatos as well. Los Gatos swept the 100 meters for both girls and boys, as well as...

Softball Beats Gunn 4-3 in the 7th Inning

Maria Fletcher, Staff Writer

April 30, 2018

Filed under Softball, Top Stories

In a thrilling finish, the softball team beat Gunn at home last Tuesday with a score of 4-3. Being down in the final inning 2-3, it was all on the shoulders of sophomore Zoe Silver to bring in her teammates for the winning runs. Additionally, the Lady Vikes had some bad blood with the competition, not only for n...

Paly scores 17 unanswered runs in demolition of Milpitas

Jared Wulbrun, Executive Senior Staff Writer

April 25, 2018

Filed under Baseball, Spring Sports, Top Stories

On Wednesday, baseball rolled over Milpitas behind 16 hits and a whopping 17 total runs through just 6 innings at the dish with a final score of 17-2. After the top of the first inning the Vikes were down two runs right off the bat, but bounced back by putting up six runs in the bottom half of the...

Softball goes 0-2 against Marin Catholic

Maria Fletcher, Editor-in-Chief

April 22, 2018

Filed under Softball, Top Stories

Leading the game from the first inning, powerhouse Marin Catholic beat the softball team 2-0 on Saturday. Although the private school from East Bay is not in the same league as Paly, the face off was good practice for playoffs, especially with competition like Marin who have a 9-3 record this seas...

Badminton loses 18-12 against Gunn in Nail-Biter

Jason Shorin, Staff Writer

April 22, 2018

Filed under Badminton, Spring Sports

Paly Badminton lost to rival Gunn 18-12 on Thursday. It marked a string of tough luck defeats as the team is now 1-7 on the season, but five of those losses have been decided by a single match. Although the team hasn’t experienced any injury losses, they still lost Michael Chau from last season who w...