Photo of the Week
David Hickey, Photo Editor
February 23, 2019
Filed under 2018/19, Basketball - Boys, Multimedia, Photography, Winter Sports
The Paly Boys Varsity Basketball team poses with the CCS Division 1 Championship trophy after upsetting the number one ranked Piedmont Hills 42-33. The boys look to continue their season in the coming week with Nor-Cal Playoffs.
Boys Basketball Dominates Gunn on Senior Night
Nathan Ellisen, Head Columnist
February 12, 2019
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Top Stories
The Paly boys basketball team defeated crosstown rival Gunn 62-39 on the Vikings senior night. The Vikings went off to an early lead against the Titans before Gunn made a slight comeback to bring the halftime differential to only 8. Yet, the Vikings took over in the second half before bringing in al...
Conner Lusk the hometown hero as Vikings defeat Cupertino on last shot of game
Ya'el Sarig, Staff writer
January 29, 2019
Filed under 2018/19, Basketball - Boys, Top Stories, Winter Sports
What started as a tame, low-scoring game quickly became a nail-biter as the Vikings narrowly beat Cupertino, 39-38, after Conner Lusk (‘20) scored the go-ahead jump shot to close out the game. The first quarter (and largely the first half) were unremarkable in terms of scoring; despite flashes...
Boys Basketball Beats Rival Los Gatos
Gerzain Gutierrez, Staff Writer
January 13, 2019
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Top Stories
The Palo Alto Vikings boys basketball team were able to take down their rival, the Los Gatos Wildcats, at home by a score of 62-50. “It felt amazing to beat Gatos on our home floor. We really needed that win to get our flow going again,” Matthew Marzano (‘20) said. Paly came out strong as Mar...
Matthew Marzano’s Journey to Leadership
December 17, 2018
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Featured Athlete, Profiles, Top Stories, Winter Sports
It’s seven a.m. on a Tuesday morning. Just another day for the majority of kids at Palo Alto High School, but for Matthew Marzano this is a gameday. Although he is a second year varsity player, this is the first season that Marzano will see prominent minutes and hold a leadership position on the te...
Marvin Zou
December 16, 2018
Filed under 2018/19, Basketball - Boys, Featured Athlete, Featured Sports Scrollbox, Profiles, Winter Sports
A basketball in one hand a textbook in the other. Like many Paly athletes, senior Marvin Zou must find a balance between academics and athletics. Zou, currently a senior at Paly says he has to constantly use his time effectively and efficiently so that he can maintain a high performance level with h...
Interview with Peter Diepenbrock
May 22, 2018
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Multimedia
Skip ahead to... 2:07 Falling in love with basketball 29:01 Jeremy Lin 47:12 Interaction with Spike Lee...
Boys Basketball Defeats Menlo in NorCal Semifinal 54-47
Max Jung-Goldberg, News Editor
March 14, 2018
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Top Stories, Winter Sports
Boys basketball defeated Menlo, 54-47, in a thrilling Northern California semifinal game on Tuesday night at the Peery Center. The game gave Palo Alto an opportunity for a rematch with the Knights who beat them back in December of 2017. Max Dorward (‘18) lead the way with 22 points and Bryant Je...
Boys Basketball Does it Again, Upsets #1 Heritage 59-49
Bryan Look, Editor-in-Chief
March 11, 2018
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Top Stories, Winter Sports
In the quarterfinals of the CIF Division I NorCal Tournament, boys basketball upset top-seeded Heritage 59-49. After beating #1 seeded Dublin in the same tournament last year, the circumstances of this game felt eerily similar. Coming off some impressive victories, Paly headed into the top-seeded ...
Boys Basketball Loses to Mitty in C.C.S Open Semifinal
Max Jung-Goldberg, News Editor
February 28, 2018
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Top Stories, Winter Sports
The boys basketball team suffered a 73-61 loss to Archbishop Mitty in the C.C.S Open Division tournament semifinal game at Independence High School on Tuesday night. According to MaxPreps, the loss snaps Palo Alto’s 21 game winning streak and puts their record at 23-3 on the season. It was a...
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