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

Volleyball drops close match to Los Gatos on Senior Night

Volleyball drops close match to Los Gatos on Senior Night

Pippa Raffel, Staff Writer October 30, 2012

After an intense back-and-forth match on Tuesday, the Paly volleyball team was unable to top league rival Los Gatos, losing to the Wildcats in five games. This last regular season home game was the senior...

Volleyball defeats Mountain View in three games

Volleyball defeats Mountain View in three games

Pippa Raffel, Staff Writer October 18, 2012

The Paly (20-4, 9-1) volleyball team continued their near perfect league season as they triumphed over the Mountain View Spartans (12-12, 4-6). Although the Spartans began the set with a slight lead...

PALO ALTO, CA-OCT. 11, 2012: Shelby Knowles (13) spikes the ball to the Homestead Mustangs territory. The lady vikes won 3-0.

Paly volleyball beats Homestead in three sets

Jordan Gans, Staff Writer October 12, 2012

The Palo Alto High School volleyball team beat Homestead High School in a very close game in which the Vikings pulled out a three set victory. The Vikes started off the game with a 3-0 lead but Homestead's...

Becca Raffel (14) completes a kill in the fourth set of the match.

Volleyball withstands late surge from Homestead, wins 3-1

Colin Patterson, Staff Writer September 20, 2012

The Palo Alto High School girls' volleyball team (2-0, 13-3) beat Homestead (1-1, 7-5) 3-1 in a tough defensive battle on Thursday night.  A breakaway in the fourth set by Paly brought home the third...

Bella Graves (14) fights to tip the ball over the net in the second set.

Paly volleyball sweeps Castilleja in three games

Pippa Raffel, Staff Writer September 11, 2012

The Palo Alto High School girls' volleyball team won its third consecutive non-league match, sweeping the Castilleja Gators in three games. Although the team is still getting used to its 10 new players,...

Paly volleyball defeats Leland at home in straight sets

Paly volleyball defeats Leland at home in straight sets

James Harrison, Staff Writer September 6, 2012

The Palo Alto High School volleyball team (1-0-0, 2-0-0) stayed undefeated by sweeping its out-of-league opponent Leland High School (0-0-0, 1-8-0) in three games. This was the team's first match against...

Sophia Bono (13) and Molly Fogarty (15) set the ball for teammate Becca Raffel (14)

Volleyball season preview: team looks to returning players to build with new players

Pippa Raffel, Staff Writer September 4, 2012

Expectations are high for this year’s Paly volleyball team, which is coming off six consecutive league titles and back to back state championships.  In addition to the expectations of continued glory,...

Shelby Knowles (13) digs for the ball in the second set of the game.

Volleyball opens season with straight-set victory over Notre Dame

Michael Strong and Nina Kelty, Business Manager and Design Editor September 4, 2012

The Paly volleyball team opened its season and title defense Tuesday night at the Paly main gym, defeating Notre Dame (Belmont), 25-20, 25-21, 25-20. The team began the game with only six returning...

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