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
Zoe Bhargava

Zoe Bhargava, Editor-in-Chief

Zoe Bhargava is a senior at Palo Alto High School and an Editor-in-Chief of The Viking for the 2014-15 school year.

She is in her 5th year on the varsity girl’s team at the Norcal Crew rowing club in Redwood City. In her free time she enjoys watching Sharks, 49ers and Giants games with her family and playing with her dog Toby.

All content by Zoe Bhargava
Boys' lacrosse wins SCVAL semifinals 9-8

Boys’ lacrosse wins SCVAL semifinals 9-8

Zoe Bhargava, Staff Writer
May 14, 2015
Baseball crushes Mountain View 9-2 in league opener

Baseball crushes Mountain View 9-2 in league opener

Zoe Bhargava and Clara Harrington
March 11, 2015
Girls' basketball destroys Gunn 35-23

Girls’ basketball destroys Gunn 35-23

Zoe Bhargava and Katie Foug
February 8, 2015
Boys' basketball falls to the Homestead Mustangs 58-43

Boys’ basketball falls to the Homestead Mustangs 58-43

Gillian Chryst and Zoe Bhargava
January 23, 2015
Girls' basketball defeats the Mountain View Spartans 53-40

Girls’ basketball defeats the Mountain View Spartans 53-40

Zoe Bhargava and Gillian Chryst
January 23, 2015
Minor struggle, major payoff

Minor struggle, major payoff

Zoe Bhargava and
October 3, 2014
Girls' water polo prepares for an upcoming season. The Lady Vikes lost two seniors last year.

[Photo] Preview: Girls’ water polo has high hopes for upcoming season

Paige Anderson, Staff Writer
September 5, 2014

Lady Vikes crush Leland 19-5 in first round of SCVAL

Zoe Bhargava and Alex Murray
May 12, 2014
Andrea Clerici-Hermandinger ('14), Kristen Destefano ('14), Ami Drez ('14), Julia Kwasnik ('14), Olivia Peeps ('14), and Sama Rao ('14) smile after their senior night victory against Los Gatos along with their coach Jamie Nesbitt.

Girls’ lacrosse prevails over Los Gatos 16-8 on Senior Night

Zoe Bhargava, Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2014
Jack Cleasby ('14) celebrates after hitting a home run in the first inning. The Vikings would go on to win 6-2.

[Photo] Erlich reinstated as baseball ousts Mountain View 6-2 on senior day

April 30, 2014
Corey Bicknell ('15) throws a pitch during the 7th inning. Bicknell closed out the game for the Vikings in their 10-1 loss to the Campolindo Cougars.

Vikings’ baseball blown out 10-1 by Campolindo

Zoe Bhargava and
April 20, 2014
Final Drive

Final Drive

Zoe Bhargava and Megan Valencia
April 16, 2014
Bowen Gerould ('14) hacks at a fastball in his first at bat. Gerould had 2 hits against Saratoga.

Baseball ousts Saratoga, 6-4

Zoe Bhargava and Maddie Kinnaman
March 16, 2014
Clark Schmutz ('14), Noah Phillips ('14), Keesean Johnson ('14) and Matt Fogarty ('14) stand together during the senior night ceremony. The four helped the Vikings defeat the Los Gatos Wildcats 54-52.

Boys’ basketball clinches 54-52 win on senior night

Zoe Bhargava, Staff Writer
February 23, 2014
Kevin Mullin ('15) puts up a shot. Mullin contributed 28 points to the Vikings' 47-35 defeat of the Mountain View Spartans.

Boys’ basketball tops Mountain View 47-35

Zoe Bhargava, Staff Writer
February 15, 2014
Oliver Rowles (‘15) and Eli Givens (‘16) are two of Paly’s student athletes who found passions for the sport of hockey at a young age. Both Rowles and Givens had to give up hockey when coming to Paly.

Hockey stop

Zoe Bhargava, Staff Writer
February 12, 2014
Brief: National Letter of Intent signing day ceremony

Brief: National Letter of Intent signing day ceremony

Zoe Bhargava and Katie Foug
February 5, 2014
Team captain Noah Phillips ('14) looks to pass the ball. Phillips helped the Vikings defeat the Milpitas Trojans 66-56 on Friday night.

Boys’ basketball defeats Milpitas 66-56

Zoe Bhargava and Maddie Kinnaman
January 11, 2014
In the 1967 SPAL Championship, Mark Daley ('68) made two free throws in the final minute to win the game 70-68 against the Sequoia Redwoods. That championship game drew the largest crowd to ever occupy the big gym.

The 85th Season

Katie Foug and Zoe Bhargava
December 2, 2013
Lucas Novak ('15) opens up for a pass. Novak scored twice for the Vikings in the SCVAL championship game.

Paly boys’ water polo drops SCVAL championship 9-5 to Gunn Titans

Zoe Bhargava and Paige Bara
November 10, 2013
Winston Rosati ('16) looks to shoot. Rosati put up three goals to help the Vikes beat the Spartans 7-5.

Boys’ water polo triumphs over Mountain View 7-5 in second round of SCVAL

Zoe Bhargava and Paige Bara
November 9, 2013
Sam Kelley ('14) anticipates his next shot. Kelley put up five goals to help the Paly Vikings defeat Lynbrook 11-8.

Boys’ water polo beats Lynbrook 11-8 in first round of SCVAL tournament

Zoe Bhargava and Paige Bara
November 7, 2013
The girls' water polo team swims at their regular season morning practice. They had 5:30 a.m. practices during hell week.

One hell of a week

Zoe Bhargava and Priscilla Bell
October 4, 2013
The Lady Vikes huddle up before their game against cross-town rival Gunn. This game was their first league game and also served as a foundation for improvement throughout the rest of the season.

Girls’ water polo drops league opener 13-1 to Gunn

Zoe Bhargava, Staff Writer
September 17, 2013
De'Antay Williams ('13) and Erik Anderson ('13) tackle an Archbishop Mitty Monarch in game last year. These two graduated seniors make up the group of 16 whose gaps the Vikings look to fill in the 2013 season.

2013 Football preview: Young team to fill graduated gaps

Zoe Bhargava, Staff Writer
September 5, 2013
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