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Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Though many Paly fans could not make the trip to Carson for the CIF Div. I State Championship, fans packed the Old Pro in Palo Alto. The Vikings won their first-ever football state championship.

Palo Alto community rallies behind football team

Emy Kelty, Staff Writer December 18, 2010

Four hundred miles from where the Palo Alto High School football team was playing for the State Championship, the Old Pro in downtown Palo Alto was going crazy. It was so crowded that management charged...

Football brings home CCS title with 21-14 win over Valley Christian

Football brings home CCS title with 21-14 win over Valley Christian

Ben Sneider, Design Editor December 3, 2010

Lucky number 13. The Palo Alto High School football team (13-0) prevailed over Valley Christian High School (11-2) tonight, 21-14, continuing its undefeated run while taking home the Central Coast Section...

What’s the Difference?

Sam Greene, Copy-Editor November 20, 2010

I’ve had enough of this obsession with pastimes like football and baseball. Sure, they’re packed with eventful moments and impressive turning points, but they don’t have the creativity and depth...

Column: Under the Helmet

Column: Under the Helmet

Brennan Miller, Staff Writer November 16, 2010

As Gunn High School running back Matt Mertz (‘11) leaked into the flats, an imaginary eight yard box extending from the hash marks to the sideline, I realized my mistake. I was in man-to-man coverage...

Owens’ Witte’s and Moses’ Discuss Different Aspects of their Sibling Rivalries

Alana Schwartz, Staff Writer October 18, 2010

The 2009 women’s Wimbledon grand slam finals were set to start just like every other year. The stands were filled, tickets sold out. Fans waited anxiously for the match to start. But that year something...

Colin Palmquist (11) and his team, the Woodside Beavers, play as a unit against Bellarmine College Prep on February 27th, 2010 at Woodside

Pregame to performance

Matt Lam, Mira Ahmad October 10, 2010

The New Zealand All Blacks face their opponents, the English, in the 2004 Rugby World Cup. As seen on the youtube video “All Black’s Haka (Good Quality)”, the captain of the All Blacks, Richie...

All athletes have a form of motivation. DJ Fotsch (11) looks to faith to go the extra distance.

Religion in Sports

Alistair Thompson, Managing Editor February 20, 2010

Beyond the north end zone of Notre Dame Stadium, high above the scoreboard and all of the action that takes place on the field below, stands the south wall of the Hesburgh library. Adorned upon that...

Hazing

Hazing

Peter Johnson and Noah Sneider December 10, 2007

David, a Palo Alto High School senior and varsity football player, remembers his first hazing experience, when his hands were held behind his back and his legs spread open next to a pool table. “It...

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