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 girls lacrosse loses 10-3 to Mountain View
Paly girls lacrosse loses 10-3 to Mountain View
Avery Reller April 25, 2024

Paly girls lacrosse lost to Mountain View 10-3 on Wednesday. Through the hot weather, enduring sunshine, and abundance of mosquitoes, the girls were battling...

Girls lacrosse fall to Los Gatos 13-5 tonight
Girls lacrosse fall to Los Gatos 13-5 tonight
Eliza Gaither, Creative Director • April 24, 2024

Paly girls lacrosse lost 13-5 against Los Gatos tonight. “Our defense did a great job today," sophomore Caroline Groden said. "Ella Bishop and Zoe Canton...

Photo courtesy of Celeste Bates
Paly Baseball Defeats Gunn 11-3
Tyler Martin, Online Editor-in-Chief • April 20, 2024

Paly baseball handily defeated Gunn 11-3 at Palo Alto High School yesterday. The team was coming off of a dominating 17-1 win against Gunn on Wednesday,...

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.