Baseball defeats Los Altos 4-2
Matan Ziv, Senior Staff Writer
April 19, 2018
Filed under Baseball, Top Stories
The Palo Alto High School Vikings Baseball team defeated Los Altos High School 4-2 in a strong showing on Wednesday afternoon. The Vikings were tied at two with Los Altos heading into the bottom of the sixth inning. Aidan Berger (‘21) came up to the plate and smacked in the go ahead run wi...
Rojahn, Casey dominate on the mound as Baseball wins 3-1 over Homestead
Bryan Look, Senior Staff Writer
April 14, 2018
Filed under Baseball, Spring Sports, Top Stories
In a tight pitchers duel, Baseball topped Homestead 3-1 behind a three-run bottom of the sixth to comeback and win. With ace Spencer Rojahn (‘18) on the mound, the Vikings had to feel confident coming into the contest especially after beating Homestead 11-5 on Wednesday. Rojahn also hadn...
Baseball destroys Cupertino in 10-0 win
Will Strauch, Executive Senior Staff Writer
March 25, 2018
Filed under Baseball, Top Stories
On Friday, Baseball defeated Cupertino by a score of 10-0 behind a strong performance from starting pitcher Spencer Rojahn (‘18) and great hitting by the entire team. Even though this game was played at Palo Alto the Vikings were technically the away team and started things off strong when Josh...
Baseball beats Cupertino behind strong 2nd Inning 9-3
Jared Wulbrun, Staff Writer
March 21, 2018
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On Wednesday, baseball moved to 7-3 with a win over Cupertino, 9-3, lead by a break out 2nd inning lead by a two RBI single from senior Niko Lillios (‘18). After a quiet start from the Pioneers, the Vikes got right on the board with a 1 out, 2 RBI single from 3rd baseman Josh Kasevich (‘19) foll...
Baseball eliminated from CCS playoffs as Mitty upsets the Vikings 1-0 in an intense pitchers duel
Bryan Look, Editor-in-Chief
May 17, 2017
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Baseball lost to Mitty 1-0 in the first round of CCS playoffs, ending the promising season in a disappointingly familiar way. For the third straight year, the Vikings have been eliminated in the first round of the CCS tournament. Paly was the number one overall seed in the tournament this year and la...
Baseball takes Game 1 of League Championship Series 7-5 over Mountain View
Bryan Look, Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2017
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Baseball defeated Mountain 7-5 in Game 1 of 3 of the League Championship Series behind continuous production up and down the lineup throughout the game. After Mountain View scored a run in the top of the second inning, the Vikings answered quickly and took a 2-1 lead. Ben Cleasby (‘17) ...
Baseball drops league playoff game to Wilcox 4-3
Bryan Look, Editor-in-Chief
May 2, 2017
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Baseball lost the first game of a three game series to Wilcox 4-3 and now face elimination in the league tournament. After giving up a run in the top of the second, the Vikings responded quickly and took the lead. In the bottom half of the inning, Nathan Willis (‘18), Jonathan Gottlie...
Baseball Defeats Los Altos 5-1 on Senior Night
Matan Ziv, Multimedia Editor, Head Columnist
May 1, 2017
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The Paly baseball team defeated Los Altos 5-1 on Senior Night. The Vikings simply did not care that they have already won the league. The Vikes went out there hungry for more on Senior Night, and came out with yet another huge win over league foe Los Altos. The Vikings got out to a ...
Baseball clinches out-right league title by beating Mountain View 3-1
Bryan Look, Editor-in-Chief
April 22, 2017
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Baseball (18-4, 11-1) beat Mountain View 3-1 behind a complete game pitched by Aron Ecoff (‘17) to clinch the outright league title. The Vikings got on the board early. Max Jung-Goldberg (‘18) tripled to lead off the bottom of the first and Ben Cleasby (‘17) singled him home to ta...
Baseball wins 3-0 over Homestead behind Chang throwing a two-hit shutout
March 29, 2017
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On Wednesday, Baseball moved to 7-0 in league play by beating Homestead at home, 3-0, lead by starting pitcher Ryan Chang (‘17) throwing a two-hit shutout. Baseball came into this season with lofty expectations, but struggled to find their groove as they lost two of their first three g...