Girls’ water polo loses 9-8 to San Benito in first round of CCS

Chris Smith, Staff Writer
November 7, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Top Stories, Water Polo - Girls

On Tuesday evening with the season on the line, it was a battle to the bitter end but the Lady Vikes came up short as the Haymakers advanced. Katie Francis (‘15) scored with 23 seconds left in the game to tie it up but the Haymakers came right back to score the game winning goal taking the 9-8 victory. Defense... Read more »

Girls’ Wopo defeats Los Altos 7-5

Chris Smith, Staff Writer
October 23, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Top Stories, Water Polo - Girls

The stands were completely full on senior night as the Lady Vikes took to the pool to take on league rival Los Altos High School. Senior Goaltender Abby Bromberg ('13) and attacker Martine LeClerc ('13) had stand out games to lead the Vikings to an emotional victory. The game started out fast paced.... Read more »

Girls’ water polo defeats Wilcox 8-5

Chris Smith, Staff Writer
October 11, 2012
Filed under Top Stories, Water Polo - Girls

On a cold wet Thursday night, the Lady Vikes took to the pool against league rival Wilcox High School. Tess Van Hulsen('14) led the way for the Vikings scoring four goals in the team's 8-4 win. Wilcox came off to a hot start, scoring in the opening minute. Wilcox had many more opportunities to score... Read more »

Girls’ wopo falls to cross-town rival Gunn 6-4

Chris Smith, Staff Writer
October 2, 2012
Filed under Top Stories, Water Polo - Girls

On a hot Tuesday afternoon, the Palo Alto High School girls' water polo team took on cross-town rival Gunn at Paly. The hard-fought physical battle ended with a score of 6-4 in Gunn's favor. Defense was the story of the first half for both teams. Paly got off to a slow start allowing Gunn to get on... Read more »

Brief: Girls’ water polo defeats Wilcox 15-7

Chris Smith, Staff Writer
September 19, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Water Polo - Girls

The Palo Alto High School girls’ water polo team defeated Wilcox High School 15-7 on Tuesday afternoon. The Vikings scored early in the game and did not look back. Emma Wolfe (‘14) scored 15 seconds into the match to give the Lady Vikes an early lead. The Vikings continued their momentum throughout... Read more »

Girls’ water polo season preview

Sammy Solomon, News Editor
September 4, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Featured Sports Scrollbox, Water Polo - Girls

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 of leading scorers Shannon Scheel (‘12) and Stanford recruit Skylar Dorosin (‘12), the team... Read more »

Brief: girls’ water polo falls to Leland in second round of CCS

Annie Susco, Staff Writer
November 14, 2011
Filed under Fall Sports, Water Polo - Girls

Palo Alto High School girls’ water polo fell to Leland High School 12-6 on Saturday, Nov. 12 in the second round of the Central Coast Section playoffs. Paly’s defense was no match for Leland’s speed on the counter attack. In just the first quarter Paly trailed 5-1; their only goal was scored... Read more »

Girls’ water polo falls to Los Altos in SCVAL quarterfinals, 9-3

Nina Kelty, staff writer
November 5, 2011
Filed under Fall Sports, Top Stories, Water Polo - Girls

Palo Alto High School girls’ water polo team fell to Los Altos High School Friday night in the SCVAL Tournament quarterfinals, ending their run to play in Championship game. The night before the Lady Vikes beat Wilcox 15-6 in the first round of the league tournament.  With this momentum Paly looked... Read more »

Girls’ water polo loses to crosstown rival Gunn, 6-9

Marina Foley, Blogger
October 26, 2011
Filed under Water Polo - Girls

Palo Alto water polo fell to crosstown rival Gunn 6-9 on senior night, Tuesday, Oct. 25. The stands were filled with fans for the Lady Vikes’ last home game. Gunn came out strong with three goals in the first quarter, but Skylar  Dorosin ('12) put Palo Alto on the score board scoring the last goal... Read more »

Girls’ Water Polo Beats Los Gatos 9-8

Nina Kelty, Staff Writer
October 8, 2011
Filed under Fall Sports, Water Polo - Girls

The Palo Alto High School girls’ water polo team defeated Los Gatos High School 9-8 at the Paly pool on Thursday Oct. 6. In their first league game the Lady Vikes fell short to the Wildcats 8-7.  This time the team came back ready to turn the tables. “The last time we played them we lost by... Read more »