Alok Subbarao: Sean Harvey

Austin Poore, Staff Writer
May 22, 2013
Filed under Baseball, Spring Sports

It’s a warm Tuesday evening on the baseball field at Palo Alto High School, and Sean Harvey is trying to organize a team dinner. The baseball team has just lost its first playoff game, a 4-3 loss to Saratoga, and Harvey is hoping a team event will get his squad back on track. “It’s a way... Read more »

Female Upperclassman Athlete of the Year: Megan Tall

Tara Lawrence, Business Manager
May 22, 2013
Filed under Featured Sports Scrollbox, Features, Spring Sports, Top Stories

"I was that kid that played every sport," Megan Tall (‘14)  said, speaking of her childhood, “I played softball and basketball but... I’m more talented with my feet.” “Talented with her feet” is one way to put it. Tall has played varsity soccer and run track since sophomore year– two... Read more »

Baseball tops Watsonville in CCS, 12-4

Zach Rizk, Columnist
May 22, 2013
Filed under Baseball, Top Stories

Palo Alto started Central Coast Section play strongly with a decisive, 12-4 win over an error-plagued Watsonville team that couldn’t match the Vikings' potent offense. The victory sends Paly to the quarterfinals of Central Coast Section Division I play on Saturday when it will meet Bellarmine Prep... Read more »

Girls’ lacrosse loses early lead, drops league championship in triple overtime

Audrey DeBruine, Features Editor
May 12, 2013
Filed under Lacrosse - Girls, Top Stories

In sudden death triple overtime, the Paly girls’ lacrosse team dropped a heartbreaker to the St. Francis Lancers in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) championship Saturday at Burlingame High School. The Vikings led the game 9-3 at halftime before the Lancers responded in the second half,... Read more »

Brief: Boy’s lacrosse falls to SHP in CCS semi-finals

Tara Lawrence
May 8, 2013
Filed under Lacrosse - Boys, Spring Sports, Top Stories

The Vikes suffered a hard loss to Sacred Heart Prep today, finishing the CCS semi-final game with a score of 6-18. This loss signaled the team's elimination CCS and their  final game of the season. Despite multiple shots on goal in the first half, the Vikings could not get the ball past SHP's goalie... Read more »

Lady Vikes beat out Saratoga, 15-8, in semi-finals

Josh Stern, Editor-in-Chief
May 8, 2013
Filed under Lacrosse - Girls, Spring Sports, Top Stories

Coming off a tough 18-3 loss to Amador Valley, the Paly girls’ lacrosse team managed to edge out the Saratoga Falcons, 15-8, in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) Semi-Finals. The team rallied behind leading scorers and starting midfielders Charlotte Biffar (’13) and Nina Kelty (’13)... Read more »

Girls’ lacrosse breezes by Leland Chargers on Senior Night

Paul Bienaimé, Multimedia Editor
May 2, 2013
Filed under Lacrosse - Girls, Top Stories, Videos

On Senior Night at Palo Alto High School, the girls’ lacrosse team breezed by the Leland Chargers, ending one of the seniors’ last home games with a winning score of 20-3. The team started the game off quickly by scoring three unresponded goals within the first few minutes of the half. After a few... Read more »

East vs. West

James Harrison
April 26, 2013
Filed under Features, Lacrosse - Boys, Top Stories

Winning three consecutive playoff games by one goal and going on to win the championship in any sport is a tough feat, regardless of level. Doing so in the first season of a team’s existence is even harder. Nevertheless, the Palo Alto boy’s lacrosse team did this just four years ago as Paly’s newest... Read more »

Life under the sand

Paul Bienaimé
April 26, 2013
Filed under Features, Top Stories, Track & Field

Imagine playing baseball with no field or water polo with no pool. For the Paly track and field team’s jumpers, this inconvenience became a reality this year. When construction on the new bleachers around the football field hit a snag, Paly’s new jumping pits were not completed in time for the spring... Read more »

Hops on hops on hops

Charlotte Biffar and Sammy Solomon
April 26, 2013
Filed under Features, Profiles, Top Stories, Track & Field

At the start of the spring sports season, most members of the Palo Alto High School track team hit the ground running. However, the Paly jumpers, those track members who participate in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump, could be seen just walking. “So far we’ve barely started jumping this... Read more »