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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
Maxwell Zhang

Maxwell Zhang, Sports Editor

Maxwell Zhang (Class of 2024) joined The Voice his sophomore year and wishes to pursue STEM in college.

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Vikings defeat Pirates in first football CCS playoff match

Vikings defeat Pirates in first football CCS playoff match

November 12, 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

October 29, 2022
Vikings to play Milpitas Trojans in final qualifying match

Vikings to play Milpitas Trojans in final qualifying match

October 28, 2022
In defeating Spartans, Vikings narrowly avoid playoff elimination

In defeating Spartans, Vikings narrowly avoid playoff elimination

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

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

October 1, 2022
Senior Lily Deandre, dressed as a senior citizen, slowly hobbles down the catwalk as she supports herself with a walker during the best-dressed competition Thursday brunch at the quad.

Generations Day “best-dressed” activity showcases spirit

September 29, 2022
Volleyball comeback leads to victory against Gunn

Volleyball comeback leads to victory against Gunn

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

September 10, 2022
Arya Steakhouse opened on Aug. 9 in downtown Palo Alto. The chef prepares a wide variety of food ranging from more traditional dishes like Sambosa, an appetizer with a crunch pastry shell and potato filling, to burgers and steaks. (Photo: Maxwell Zhang)

Does expensive always mean delicious? A review of Arya Steakhouse

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

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

September 3, 2022
Jennifer Crane, Palo Alto High Schools new athletic director, works in her co-taught contemporary world history class during sixth period. This will be the last two weeks of her tenure as a co-teacher for history before her full transition to athletic director. I think that past experience shows to me that prioritizing the fostering of character, hard work and perseverance is a building block to becoming a successful human being in whatever capacity you define that, Crane said. I think its something that I will continue to emphasize and to help guide me in this process... All those things take precedence over winning. (Photo: Maxwell Zhang)

New athletic director looks to stabilize program

May 27, 2022
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Elective spotlight: Astrophysics

May 26, 2022
Freshman badminton star places at NorCals

Freshman badminton star places at NorCals

May 25, 2022
Palo Alto High School math teacher Daniel Nguyen wins on his first appearance on Jeopardy! (Photo: Sony Pictures Television)

Breaking: Nguyen wins first ‘Jeopardy!’ game, offers campus shout-out

May 11, 2022
Math teacher to appear on Jeopardy!

Math teacher to appear on ‘Jeopardy!’

May 2, 2022
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Preview: Career Speaker Series during PRIME

March 20, 2022
Junior pitcher Sam Papp warms up while the Mustangs prepare to step on the batters box on Friday before the Vikings 5-0 win Friday. Papp struck out four batters and limited the Mustangs to only a few base runs. I think our pitching was amazing, Senior third baseman Danny Peters said. Sam Papp did great job. He pitched the whole game perfectly. (Photo: Maxwell Zhang)

Viking defense, homers, beat Homestead

March 20, 2022
Freshman shooting guard Vienn Sheng dribbles past a Los Gatos defender during Palo Alto’s 55-31 loss Sunday at home. We were hoping to get more shots and to really shut down their best players, which were 15 and 12,” Sheng said. “We wanted to identify what every players’ strengths and weaknesses were, and we also wanted more ball movement and good transitions.” (Photo: Arthur Wu)

Wildcats stop Viking girls’ b-ball streak at 18

February 14, 2022
Varsity girls basketball gears up for final pre-CCS games

Varsity girls’ basketball gears up for final pre-CCS games

February 11, 2022
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Girls’ soccer fails to defeat Santa Clara

January 22, 2022
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