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

The Paly Voice
Shreyas Shashi

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter

Shreyas Shashi (Class of 2025) joined The Voice his sophomore year and is a passionate podcaster and writer.

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Junior reciever Jake Wang and sophomore quarterback Justin Fung celebrate in the endzone after a Viking touchdown against Kings Academy on September 27th. According to Wang, getting in that championship mode is going to keep the Vikings going. “A lot of us from last year's team knows what it takes to get that ring," Wang said. "Just sharing that determination with everyone is going to be key to our success.” 

Football heads into first Bay League game

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter
October 11, 2024
Senior safety and reciever Jeremiah Fung prepares for the snap against Oak Grove last week. According to Fung, the Vikings have been playing close attention to detail throghout the week in preparation for Christopher tonight. "We've been going over their schemes and plays throughout the whole week." Fung said."I have confidence that the work we've put in will help us get it done tonight."

Preview: Football to take on Christopher Cougars

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter
September 13, 2024
Senior captain Jeremiah Fung returns an interception to the endzone for Viking's fourth touchdown agaisnt the Oak Grove Eagles Friday night. Fung said that he his team blocking for him was key in the score. "I knew my brothers were blocking for me so it had to be a housecall," Fung said.

Football shuts out Oak Grove

Shreyas Shashi and Augustus Soedermono
September 9, 2024
Junior William Hickey throws his fastball in a regular season game. According to Hickey, the excitment going into today's game is something he hasn't felt before. "It's kind of a nervous feeling," Hickey said. "But in the best way possible."

Preview: Varsity Baseball to Play in CCS Semifinal

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter
May 22, 2024
Paly junior Isaiah Walker attempts to advance on the basepaths. According to Walker, Saturday's CCS Quarterfinal matchup is something he has been excited about for a long time. "When I was in middle school, I always went to go watch Paly play in these games," Walker said. "And now being apart of it feels so amazing. It's like life coming full circle."

Preview: Baseball to Play in CCS Quarterfinal

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter
May 17, 2024
Vikings to play in Division Four CCS Championship

Vikings to play in Division Four CCS Championship

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter
November 24, 2023
The Palo Alto High[[High School]]school MAC will be filled with hundreds of journalism students Saturday, coming together to learn more about journalism. JEANC board member Rod Satterthwaite says that [[said]] Paly's facility is beyond fitting for this event. "You can be on high school campus and have access to state of the art buildings and facilities and have so many different classrooms and technological advancements in one place.[[,]]" Satterthwaite said.

Paly to host 10th consecutive NorCal Media Day

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter
October 13, 2023
Greene Middle School is the site where Peter Colombo taught physical education as recently as January 2022. (Photo: Shreyas Shashi)

DA dropping charges, but district plans to investigate Colombo

Shreyas Shashi and Joseph Kessler
May 15, 2023
MJ Sushi’s nondescript outdoor signage does not make the restaurant stand out at first glance. However, the food inside is worth a visit. (Photo: Joseph Kessler)

Review: MJ Sushi rolling its way to the top

Joseph Kessler and Shreyas Shashi
May 5, 2023
Senior third baseman Russ Filter cheers on his pitcher in an away game against Mountain View March 24th. According to Filter, the team needs to focus for the final stretch of the season. "Baseball is a game where it can be different every day," Filter said. "We just need to stick to our plan and come away with two more." (Photo: Celeste Bates)

Preview: Baseball reaching for second seed

Christopher Choi and Shreyas Shashi
April 26, 2023
Viking Sophomore Isaiah Walker pitches against Sequoia in a 19 inning battle earlier this season. The Vikings are now 4-3 in league and hold the third position in the standings. According to Walker, things for the baseball team are on the rise. "Our energy is just getting better and better," Walker said. "The team is feeding off the energy and I can feel the difference within the games." (Photo: Celeste Bates)

Preview: Varsity Baseball looking to sweep Gunn in league play

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter
April 21, 2023
Sophomore Cormac White watches the baseball team take on Monterey from the dugout during the Mar. 1st home game. White made the Palo Alto High School varsity baseball team but is ineligible to play because of the California Interscholastic Federation Transfer Eligibility Guidelines. “Rules are rules, and I get it,” White said. “Obviously I’m really disappointed, but there's nothing I can do to change them.” (Photo: Shreyas Shashi)

Opinion: CIF should let transfer students play

Joseph Kessler and Shreyas Shashi
March 14, 2023
A school bus arrives at Palo Alto High School to offer students a ride home. Two new electric buses will be replacing diesel buses like the one seen above starting in April. According to PAUSD Chief Business Officer, Carolyn Chow is enthusiastic about the change. "This is very exciting for us" Chow said.

District to add long-delayed electric school buses

Anna Feng and Shreyas Shashi
February 27, 2023
Viking assistant coach Chris Coleman gets his players ready by hitting ground-balls at practice.  Coleman said he believes that even though so many seniors have left, they prepared the then-juniors for the leadership needed this year. “The great thing about Palo Alto too is,  after the senior class leaves, they do a good job and making sure that juniors are comfortable and understand kind of the way that they go about the game and go about practice," Coleman said. (Photo: Shreyas Shashi)

Season Preview: Varsity baseball adjusts to younger roster

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter
February 12, 2023
This image was generated by OpenAI's DALL-E 2 artificial intelligence system that can create art and realistic images from text descriptions. This image was generated with the prompt "an artificial intelligence writing an essay on a computer in school, digital art." (Photo: DALL-E 2)

Increased use of ChatGPT sparks concern among teachers

Brennen Ho and Shreyas Shashi
February 1, 2023
Students, staff, and parents will come together 7 p.m. Saturday to watch a major motion film provided by Paly's Film Club. According to club president, Bennet Hardy, this will not be the last film he and his collaborator senior Asa Deggeller will present. “Asa and I [will] attempt to show more classic films in the future,” Hardy said. (Photo: Johnathan Chen)

Preview: Film Club to host major motion picture in PAC

Shreyas Shashi, Reporter
January 27, 2023
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