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The Student News Site of Palo Alto High School

The Paly Voice
The Student News Site of Palo Alto High School

The Paly Voice
The Palo Alto High School Vikings celebrate after their victory over the Seaside Spartans in the Central Coastal Section semifinal playoff game Friday night at Palo Alto High School. According to senior captain defensive lineman Vainga Mahe, the team looks forward to facing the Monterey Dores in the finals. Since day one of us being here, weve been aiming for a ring, Mahe said. Thats really just our mentality right now. Just getting past this final, getting past NorCal, going to states, getting a ring. [Photo: Leena Hussein]

Vikings head to CCS finals after dominant victory over Spartans

Benjamin Grimes, Leena Hussein, and Avi Srinivasan
November 20, 2022
Vikings defeat Pirates in first football CCS playoff match

Vikings defeat Pirates in first football CCS playoff match

Ketan Altekar-Okazaki and Maxwell Zhang
November 12, 2022
The Palo Alto High School varsity football team poses for a team photo after last Fridays win against Milpitas. Palys senior night game that was set to take place today at 7 p.m. was rescheduled to next week in the first round of the playoffs. The cancellation was caused due to a forfeit by Jefferson high school, but the junior varsity game will still take place. According to senior linebacker Luke Young, the Vikings morale is high for the upcoming tournament. We tried to keep a try to keep our spirits high even when we were losing, but it was hard to, Young said. Its definitely gotten a lot easier [after we won] and were really excited to see what we can do next week.

Football Senior Night rescheduled to first round of CCS

Avi Srinivasan, Managing Editor
November 3, 2022
Viking senior free safety Rocky Leitch tackles an opposing Milpitas High School Trojan at The Palo Alto High School Vikings’ last league and playoff-qualifying game. The Vikings won, 40-23, and secured their spot in the upcoming Central Coast Section tournament. According to Viking head coach David DeGeronimo, the victory was a thrilling finish to the season. “We wanted to make the playoffs and we’ve accomplished that,” DeGeronimo said. “This season has been a success in my mind — the players are happy.” (Photo: Annalise Balentine)

Vikings qualify for playoffs by defeating Trojans

Maxwell Zhang, Ketan Altekar-Okazaki, and Avi Srinivasan
October 29, 2022
Vikings to play Milpitas Trojans in final qualifying match

Vikings to play Milpitas Trojans in final qualifying match

Maxwell Zhang, Ketan Altekar-Okazaki, and Carissa Tsui
October 28, 2022
In defeating Spartans, Vikings narrowly avoid playoff elimination

In defeating Spartans, Vikings narrowly avoid playoff elimination

Ketan Altekar-Okazaki and Maxwell Zhang
October 22, 2022
Junior quarterback Declan Packer searches for someone to receive his pass. (Photo: Leena Hussein)

Viking football faces possible elimination against Spartans tonight

Maxwell Zhang, Ketan Altekar-Okazaki, and Carissa Tsui
October 21, 2022
Palo Alto senior running back Jack Newman pushes his way through Homestead defenders Friday during the Vikings homecoming loss to the Mustangs. According to Viking senior running back Jack Newman, the team needs to train harder to achieve their season goals. We need to get everyone back at practice, Newman said. We had a couple of missing guys at practice this week, so we have to get everyone healthy. Were looking to get some wins. (Photo: Annelise Balentine)

Vikings fall to Mustangs in intense homecoming match

Ketan Altekar-Okazaki, Maxwell Zhang, and Avi Srinivasan
October 1, 2022
Volleyball comeback leads to victory against Gunn

Volleyball comeback leads to victory against Gunn

Maxwell Zhang, Ketan Altekar-Okazaki, and Daniel Garepis-Holland
September 20, 2022
WATCH YOUR ANKLES. Junior quarterback Declan Packer looks for someone to throw to while avoiding Gunn defenders during the varsity football match between Palo Alto High School and Gunn Titans on Friday night. According to Packer, the Vikings improved since the game against Leland. Everyones been showing up to practice all week, Packer said. That really helps everyone get their assignments down and do their job on the field. (Photo: Annelise Balentine)

Rival game against Gunn ends in chaos

Ketan Altekar-Okazaki, Leena Hussein, and Maxwell Zhang
September 10, 2022
Junior varsity field hockey coach Sonia Sethi explains the varsity practice routine to the junior varsity team. Sethi is one of two parent volunteers coaching the junior varsity team after Jennifer Crane, the new athletic director, was unable to find a replacement junior varsity coach. The varsity team lost a number of very strong senior players [this year], Sethi said. So theres an opportunity for... a lot more junior varsity players to come up to varsity. (Photo: Maxwell Zhang)

Parent volunteers keep junior varsity field hockey program afloat

Maxwell Zhang and Ketan Altekar-Okazaki
September 8, 2022
The Vikings set on the line of scrimmage in Fridays first home game of the season, against the Leland Chargers, who won 21-35. According to Head Coach David DeGeronimo, the Vikings loss can be attributed to the new team and coaching staff. Theres a lot of growing pains right now in terms of just having a new system, new coach, new style of football, DeGeronimo said. So we all just we got to get in our playbooks, I got to do a better job of coaching and preparing our guys. (Photo: Leena Hussein)

Vikings fall to Leland in first home game of the season

Maxwell Zhang, Leena Hussein, and Ketan Altekar-Okazaki
September 3, 2022
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