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

Game Day: Pregame Rituals with Varsity Athletes
Amanda Goody and Jonathan Yuan March 28, 2024

Features in the Bleachers
Features in the Bleachers
Aspen Stitt and Avery Reller March 28, 2024

Playing the System
Playing the System
Roan Haney, Nathan Lee, and Ethan Wang March 28, 2024

After a Paly sophomore (who wishes to remain anonymous) saw many of their schoolmates on the sports-betting app Fliff, they decided to download it and give it a try. After getting some of the app’s online currency, they placed some bets, and earned...

Paly badminton loses to Cupertino 11-19
Lucas Tung April 15, 2024

Paly badminton lost a tough match to Cupertino 11-19 last Tuesday. The team started off down 0-10, and climbed their way back into the match to an eventual...

Paly badminton loses to Monta Vista 17-13
Paly badminton loses to Monta Vista 17-13
Tyler Cheung, Staff Writer • April 11, 2024

 After a tough loss against Wilcox, Paly badminton was unable to bounce back and lost to Monta Vista 17-13 at home.  The Vikings started strong by...

Senior Vinnie Braga on the mound. Photo courtesy of Celeste Bates
Paly Baseball Dominates Cupertino 10-0
Tyler Martin, Online Editor-in-Chief • April 10, 2024

Paly baseball handily defeated Cupertino 10-0 at Palo Alto High School today. The Vikings started off the game hot, scoring a quick three runs in the...

The Goldilocks Principle in Coaching
Katie Yen, Business Manager • December 15, 2023

In Viking's last issue, my co-writer Eliza Gaither and I covered the impact of childhood sports on current Paly athletes in "Lessons From Little League."...

Photo courtesy of Todd Shurtleff - MaxPreps.
Honoring Earl Hansen Stadium this Saturday
Eliza Gaither, Creative Director • September 8, 2023

Paly is celebrating the newly named Earl Hansen Stadium on September 9th to honor the coach who inspired and understood football players as not only athletes...

Swim and Dive Documentary Releases First Episode
Swim and Dive Documentary Releases First Episode
Grace Gormley, Editor-in-Chief • September 6, 2023

Monday marked an important milestone for the Paly swim and dive team: the first episode of a docu-series covering the boys team’s 2023 season was released...

Volume XVII Issue 2

In this issue, we discuss complexities of how world-class athletes interact with political issues, as well as writing about the loss of refs in youth sports. In our Viking Tries, we did our best as sports commentators. Cover by Grace Gormley.

Volume XVII Issue 1

In this issue, our cover story covers the remarkable rise of Pickleball, as well as a feature covering the difference between public and private school athletics as well as the issue of illegal recruiting. Cover photo by Jason Hu.