Paly Wrestling Places 15th in CCS
Nathan Seto, Staff Writer
February 25, 2018
Filed under Top Stories, Wrestling
The Vikings’ season has come to an end, excluding the couple that are proceeding to states. In CCS, there were a few outstanding performances, including co-captain Calvin Grewal (‘18) winning his third place match, 3-2, and Dara Heydarpour (‘20) with a 4-2 record. Tyler Weaver Escobar (...
Previewing Winter Sports Postseason
Bryan Look, Editor-in-Chief
February 20, 2018
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Basketball - Girls, Soccer - Boys, Soccer - Girls, Top Stories, Winter Sports, Wrestling
Boys Basketball (18-2, 12-0) After winning the SCVAL title and being selected as the #3 seed in the CCS Open Division tournament, boys basketball looks to make a run at the open division title. “I want to win Open,” Will Schlemmer (‘18) said. “I think we have enough talent and experien...
Paly Wrestling Falls to Los Gatos With a Score of 42-28
Cole Sotnick, Staff Writer
February 7, 2018
Filed under Top Stories, Winter Sports, Wrestling
Paly Co-ed wrestling fell short to rivals Los Gatos with a score of 42-28 on Wednesday night. The team had a positive start with stellar performances from Andrew Wang (‘19) and Halo Lynch (‘21). Both had several pins which helped them get out to a 19-18 lead early in the match. However, t...
Paly Wrestling defeated by Wilcox, 44-27
Eric Aboytes, Ryan Strathearn, and Jason Shorin
February 1, 2018
Filed under Top Stories, Winter Sports, Wrestling
The Paly wrestling team was defeated by Wilcox by a score of 44-27 on Tuesday. There were some positives for the Vikings as Aidan Gans (‘19), Andrew Wang (‘19), Cooper Kim (‘18), Calvin Grewal (‘18), and Dara Heydarpour (‘18) all won their matches. Gans and Wang had stand out performance...
Curling iron
December 8, 2015
Filed under Basketball - Girls, Columns, Photography, Top Stories, Winter Sports, Wrestling
Many high school male athletes lift weights and work out on a very consistent basis for sports training, getting stronger, or even building muscle. You can walk into pretty much any high school weight room and see a male student working out, but you typically will not find a girl in the area. With female...
Paly wrestling outlasted by Cupertino, 52-22
Kylie Callan, Staff Writer
January 22, 2015
Filed under Top Stories, Winter Sports, Wrestling
The Palo Alto wrestling team fell to Cupertino High School 52-22 at home on Thursday, Jan. 22. Coach Braumon Creighton was disappointed with the Vikings' performance. “I’m disappointed with the performance of a lot of the…guys,” Creighton said. “[There were] too many pins, too many [of...
Paly wrestling crushed by Fremont 63-13 in first meet of season
Kylie Callan, Staff Writer
January 6, 2015
Filed under Top Stories, Winter Sports, Wrestling
The Paly wrestling team lost to Fremont 63-13 at their first dual meet of the season at home on Tuesday, Jan. 6. Keahi Asing (’18), Seth Goyal (’17) and Chioke Bryant-Anderson (’15) all scored for the Vikings. Alexa Austin (’15) was proud of her team, especially the underclassmen wrestling...
No such thing as a free ticket
Megan Valencia and Kylie Callan
October 3, 2014
Filed under Basketball - Boys, Basketball - Girls, Features, Football, Volleyball, Wrestling
After parking their cars in the packed Churchill parking lot, Palo Alto parents, students and community members walk towards the stadium gates. The lights shine brightly on Hod Ray field as Paly players and fans anticipate the start of the Friday night football game. Some Paly spectators can simply show...
Wrestling places 6th at SCVAL tournament
Alys Olmstead, Staff Writer
February 16, 2014
Filed under Top Stories, Wrestling
The Paly wrestiling team ranked 6th out of 15 schools, with a total score of 104 points at the SCVAL meet this Saturday. Three Paly wrestlers clenched 1st place in their weight class, and three other wrestlers placed in the top ten for their respective weight groups. Paly wrestlers Josh Deckelman (‘...
Wrestling suffers 48-22 loss on senior night
January 30, 2014
Filed under Top Stories, Wrestling
Paly fell to Willcox 48-22 on their senior night, adding another loss to their record to make it 1-3. Josh Deckelman ('14) committed one of Paly’s two pins earning Paly its first six points of the match. Chioke Bryant ('15) earned the other pin which extended the Vikings early lead. Before Bryant’...