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Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Jade Schoenberger (15) celebrates with teammates Lauren Kerr (14) and Sophia Bono (13) after a kill. The Lady Vikes won this match in three sets.

Another victory for the Lady Vikes as they defeat Los Altos during their Dig Pink charity event

Pippa Raffel and James Harrison, Staff Writers October 4, 2012

The Paly volleyball team (6-0, 17-3) defeated the Los Altos Eagles (2-4, 13-10) Thursday night in three sets during its Dig Pink charity event. The Lady Vikes remain undefeated in the De Anza League. During...

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...

The Lady Vikes huddle up before their first league game against Gunn.

Paly defeats rival Gunn in three straight sets

Jordan Gans, Staff Writer September 19, 2012

The Palo Alto High School volleyball team (11-3-0) continued its undefeated season by winning all three games against cross-town rival Gunn High School. Head coach Dave Winn was pleased with the win...

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,...

2012 London Olympics preview

2012 London Olympics preview

Hilda Huang, Business Manager June 22, 2012

The Viking will provide online, Twitter and Facebook updates on Paly's Olympic hopefuls and Olympians beginning Monday, June 25 at the 2012 USA Swimming and Diving Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebr. until...

Female team of the year: Volleyball

Female team of the year: Volleyball

Sammy Solomon, News Editor June 1, 2012

Winning a State Championship is an arduous task that requires discipline, focus, determination and strong team chemistry. For most schools, it is an extremely rare feat to win one title and it could...

Left to right: Becca Raffel (14), Maddie Kuppe (12), Kimmy Whitson (12) and Caroline Martin (12), celebrate a strong win in the first game against Marymount.

Live blog: Volleyball defeats Marymount for CIF Division I State Championship

Sam Borsos, Mira Ahmad, Features Editor, News Editor December 3, 2011

Note: The live blog will update information every few minutes during the State Championship game. The most recently updated information will be at the top of this page. Scroll down to read chronologically. (10:17...

Volleyball captures CCS Championship title, beats Menlo-Atherton in three games

Volleyball captures CCS Championship title, beats Menlo-Atherton in three games

Sam Borsos November 19, 2011

The Palo Alto High School girls’ varsity volleyball team has done it again. The Lady Vikes (12-0 league, 33-3 overall) beat Menlo-Atherton High School (14-0 league, 29-6 overall) in the Division I Central...

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