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Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

News brief: Swimmer Andrew Liang ('14) commits to the Cardinal

News brief: Swimmer Andrew Liang (’14) commits to the Cardinal

Sheila Subramanian, Staff Writer October 1, 2013

On October 1st, Palo Alto High School swimmer and Olympic trialist Andrew Liang (‘14) announced his intentions to stay in Palo Alto after verbally committing to Stanford University. Also considering...

The Stanford Cardinal football team started the season ranked at No. 4 in the country and beat San Jose State 34-13 in its home opener.

And we’re off: College football kick-off

Zach Rizk, Columnist September 8, 2013

There really aren’t many things that I love as much as college football. Questionably better than my prized Chick-Fil-A, it's easy for me to acknowledge the month of September, of college football, as the...

Chryst picks Stanford over USC, Alabama

Chryst picks Stanford over USC, Alabama

Zach Rizk, Columnist June 29, 2013

Palo Alto high school’s standout quarterback Keller Chryst (‘14) decided to stay in his hometown, Palo Alto, after committing to the Stanford Cardinal, Thursday. Chryst picked Stanford over offers...

A look into the future of Paly diving: two promising freshmen, Reed Merritt ('16) and Mimi Lin ('16), who have bright careers ahead of them.

Diving deep

Jordan Gans and Hilda Huang April 26, 2013

Few sports have a lower performance to training time ratio than does diving - an Olympic repertoire typically lasts no more than a minute or two, a high school six-dive lasts no more than 30 seconds. That...

Zoom: Kevin Anderson

Zoom: Kevin Anderson

Grant Shorin, Scotty Bara, Photo Editors October 11, 2012

Palo Alto High alumni Kevin Anderson ('11) redshirted his freshman year at Stanford University. Anderson has become a key component in the special teams unit for the Cardinal's 2012 campaign. He also has...

Fresh out of Luck

Fresh out of Luck

Josh Stern, Staff Writer October 10, 2012

Before Stanford played USC, I was ready to write a long column on all the ways the Cardinal needed to step up in order to repeat the success of previous seasons. After its first two games, Stanford seemed...

Girls’ cross-country places 10th at the Stanford Invitational meet

Sammy Solomon, News Editor September 29, 2012

The Palo Alto High School girls’ cross-country team placed 10th out of 27 teams in the Stanford Invitational meet’s 5-kilometer race. Co-captain Nora Rosati ('13) maintained an average mile time...

Girls’ water polo season preview

Sammy Solomon, News Editor September 4, 2012

After advancing to the second round of the Central Coast Section Championships (CCS) last year, the girls’ water polo team hopes to improve on a 9-6 league record and to reappear at CCS. With the loss...

The great debate: Should NFL teams play their starters in the preseason?

The great debate: Should NFL teams play their starters in the preseason?

Jonny Glazier, Austin Poore, Columnist, Features Editor September 3, 2012

Throughout the NFL preseason, teams are faced with the difficult decision regarding how much they should play their stars, if at all, in the meaningless warm-up games. The issue has spawned heated...

The Pac-Anticlimactic

The Pac-Anticlimactic

Peter Dennis, Columnist February 2, 2012

Sometimes I get ashamed for living in California. Mind you, that’s not very often, what with our low 60’s weather in the winter (and we complain for every degree of it), lack of obnoxious accents,...

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