Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Football benefiting from new school wide athletic conditioning class

Football benefiting from new school wide athletic conditioning class

Steven Marinkovich, Staff Writer September 7, 2015

Starting this school year, a new sixth period class has been made available by head football coach Jake Halas.  The main basis of the class is athletic conditioning, offering three class meetings per...

Boys water polo preview

Boys water polo preview

Ben Cleasby, Staff Writer September 7, 2015

As the fall season inches nearer and nearer, the Paly boys’ water polo team continues to work hard in preparation for another long season.The Vikings are coming off an impressive 2014 season as the team...

Girls Cross Country Preview

Girls Cross Country Preview

Peter Snodgrass, Staff Writer September 7, 2015

After the loss of key runners either from injury or graduation, Girls Cross Country hopes to rebound with strong running from their underclassmen this year. “We have a group of fourteen seniors who...

Vikings beat Sequoia in football season opener 54-28

Skylar Burris and Lauren Koyama, Staff Writers September 5, 2015

  The Palo Alto Vikings defeat the Sequoia Cherokees 54-28 at home in their season opener on Friday night. “54 points is a great feeling,” Justin Hull (‘16) said. “We didn’t score...

Football 2015 Season Opener: Paly vs Sequoia

Football 2015 Season Opener: Paly vs Sequoia

Skylar Burris and Lauren Koyama September 4, 2015

Welcome Vikings to our season opener. Get ready for kick off at 7:30 p.m.! Team is warming up and looking good to go. T-10 minutes until kick off. Only 3 minutes until kick off. Get pumped...

Coach of the year: Scott Peters

Meredith Kinnaman, Photo/News Editor May 29, 2015

Its 9:30 p.m. on a Tuesday night and the girls basketball team is furiously practicing in the big gym. Despite the heavy homework load and other outside commitments, the team stays focused and determined...

Sophie Frick (18) and Carly Leong (18) celebrate after sealing the girls basketball league championship. Frick has been chosen as Palys female underclassman of the year.

Female Underclassman of the Year: Sophie Frick

Maddy Atwater, Features Editor May 29, 2015

  Sophie Frick (‘18) stepped foot on the Palo Alto High School campus with a pre-determined expectation to be a talented athlete. With two older siblings, Andrew Frick (‘14) who played football,...

Baseball wins league Championship

Baseball wins league Championship

Katie Foug, Gillian Chryst, and May 15, 2015

Boys’ Baseball beat Saratoga 3-1 to sweep the series winning them the league championship. “They played great, they really did, they've been playing great for a while now. The pitchings been good...

Boys lacrosse wins SCVAL semifinals 9-8

Boys’ lacrosse wins SCVAL semifinals 9-8

Zoe Bhargava, Staff Writer May 14, 2015

On Wednesday night, Paly boys’ lacrosse overcame the Mountain View Spartans 9-8 in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) semifinals. The game started off slow for the Vikings with one Paly...

Paly softball falls to Mountain View on senior night

Paly softball falls to Mountain View on senior night

Hayley Poore May 8, 2015

The Vikings suffered a 10-2 loss to the Spartans on senior night on Friday afternoon. Paly recognized the team’s four seniors in a ceremony before the game started, which included Maddy Jones (‘15),...

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