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

Baseball tops Watsonville in CCS, 12-4

Baseball tops Watsonville in CCS, 12-4

Zach Rizk, Columnist May 22, 2013

Palo Alto started Central Coast Section play strongly with a decisive, 12-4 win over an error-plagued Watsonville team that couldn’t match the Vikings' potent offense. The victory sends Paly to the...

Brief: Boy’s lacrosse falls to SHP in CCS semi-finals

Tara Lawrence May 8, 2013

The Vikes suffered a hard loss to Sacred Heart Prep today, finishing the CCS semi-final game with a score of 6-18. This loss signaled the team's elimination CCS and their  final game of the season. Despite...

Jacey Pederson (16) navigates the field.  Due to several CCS violations multiple Paly teams have had to forfeit their seasons.

Cut short

Audrey DeBruine and Nora Rosati March 21, 2013

“Helpless” and “frustrated.” That is how varsity soccer and lacrosse player Nina Kelty (‘13) was left feeling after her two most recent high school sports seasons. Both were lost to violations...

Boys’ soccer falls to Alisal in CCS Quarterfinals

Pippa Raffel, Staff Writer February 23, 2013

In its second game in the Central Coast Section tournament, the Palo Alto High School boys' soccer team fell to the first place seed, the Alisal Trojans. Although the Vikings defeated the Trojans in...

Brief: Paly basketball routed in first-round CCS loss

Audrey DeBruine, Staff Writer February 23, 2013

In the first round of the Central Coast Section (CCS) Open Division championship, the boys’ basketball team was defeated by Archbishop Riordan High School, 58-47. Missed opportunities and an injury...

Signs like this one posted around the Paly campus offered the girls team encouragement for CCS. However, now that the team has violated a CCS regulation the Vikes season is over.

Girls’ soccer season ends with CCS rules violation, four forfeitures

Audrey DeBruine, Staff Writer February 22, 2013

The Paly girls’ soccer team received the decision Thursday afternoon that it would be disqualified from Central Coast Section (CCS) play for a rules violation and must forfeit its past four victories,...

Starters Mathias Schmutz (‘13), Eilon Tzur (‘13), Aubrey Dawkins (‘13), Keller Chryst (‘14) and Aldis Petriceks (‘13) have led their team to a SCVAL title this season. Chryst and Tzur were key additions to the team last year.

‘E.J. Who?’

Julia Saul and Audrey DeBruine February 22, 2013

On Feb. 25, 2012, almost exactly one year ago, the Paly boys’ basketball team lost a heartbreaker in overtime to the St. Francis High School Lancers in the semifinals of the Central Coast Section...

Mathias Schmutz (13) drives by a defender during Palys victory over Los Gatos on Feb. 8. Paly will play Riordan in the first round of CCS this Friday.

Paly to take on Riordan in the first round of CCS

Zach Rizk, Staff Writer February 20, 2013

It's been quite the season for the Paly boys' basketball team. The Vikings won all 12 of their league games by double digits, currently hold the best record (23-1) of any high school team in Northern California...

Jacey Pederson (16) controls a pass from a teammate. Pederson scored and assisted a goal in todays game.

Girls’ soccer shuts down Cupertino, advances to CCS

Sammy Solomon, News Editor February 13, 2013

On their senior night, the Paly's girls' soccer team conquered Cupertino High School 3-1, to end their regular season. The Lady Vikes, who remain undefeated in the El Camino league, will advance to the...

Local Palo Alto referees gives a call in a Paly home football home game.

Earning their stripes

AnneMarie Drez and Josh Stern December 15, 2012

Coming into the fourth quarter down 9-7 to the league-leading Mountain View Spartans, the Paly boys’ water polo team was on the verge of working its way back into a close game on Sept. 18. The Vikings...

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