Photo of the Week
David Hickey, Photo Editor
March 23, 2019
After trailing 4-2 going into the bottom of the 6th inning, the Varsity Softball team scored 12 runs to mercy rule Gunn 14-4.
Palo Alto falls to Los Altos 7-5 on Senior Night
Sabrina Hall, Senior Staff Writer
May 4, 2018
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...
Softball Beats Gunn 4-3 in the 7th Inning
Maria Fletcher, Staff Writer
April 30, 2018
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...
Softball goes 0-2 against Marin Catholic
Maria Fletcher, Editor-in-Chief
April 22, 2018
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...
Softball defeats Lynbrook 5-3
Sabrina Hall, Senior Staff Writer
April 12, 2018
The Palo Alto softball team came from behind and executed a decisive 5-3 victory over Lynbrook this Thursday at home. The game started off slow for the Vikings; poor communication and a few errors caused them to trail throughout the fourth inning, while Lynbrook attempted to assert their dominance ...
Paly Softball Comes From Behind to Beat Saratoga 9-5
Alexandra Lee, Staff Writer
March 27, 2018
On Tuesday, the Lady Vikes had a walk-off 9-5 victory over Saratoga, breaking it open in the bottom of the fourth, and scoring six runs on a two-out rally. Both teams got off to a slow start, but visiting Saratoga took a lead in the top of the third by scoring four runs. Paly bounced back in the fo...
Softball defeats Lynbrook 9-0 in final league game
Lauren Daniel, Business Manager
May 13, 2017
Softball defeated Lynbrook in their last league game Wednesday 9-0. Before the game, they held a ceremony honoring the seven seniors on the team. Seemly fitting that the seniors contributed five RBI’s and eight hits to the impressive win. Throughout the whole game the vikings seemed to dominate the fie...
Girls’ Softball beats Santa Clara 3-1
Mara Zenger, Staff Writer
March 1, 2017
Paly girls’ softball started off the game strong as Mackenzie Glassford (‘17) struck out the first player at bat, and Santa Clara was not able to get any players on base in the first inning. Glassford continued Paly’s strong start making it to second base. Sophie Frick (‘18) then made it to ...
Paly softball loses to Cupertino 19-13 at home
Skylar Burris, Editor in Chief and Writer
April 26, 2016
Paly softball fell to Cupertino 19-13 on Wednesday, April 26. Cupertino started the game strong, leading the Vikings 2-0 into the bottom of the first inning. However, the Vikings were not able to answer and remained scoreless going into the second inning. In the second inning, Cupertino continue...
Softball wins in come-from-behind fashion over Fremont 10-6
Bryan Look, Business Manager
April 21, 2016
Fremont jumped out to an early lead over Paly, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning on three hits and three walks off of Vikings’ starter Fabiana Teofan (‘19). After that, the Firebirds kept the 4-0 lead for two innings until the Vikings scratched across a run scored by Jesse K...
