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 Student News Site of Palo Alto High School

The Paly Voice
Palo Alto High School freshman shooting guard Natalie Neumann drives past Homestead point guard Naomi Chow in the Paly-Homestead game Tuesday at home. According to Head Coach Scott Peters, the game followed a stretch of three canceled games due to the Omicron variant. The three teams we were supposed to play [were] all canceled, postponed because of COVID,” Peters said. (Photo: Jonathan Chen)

Varsity girls’ basketball overcomes Homestead in close game

Jonathan Chen, Avi Srinivasan, and Benjamin Grimes
January 23, 2022
The Viking boys basketball team plays at one of its first home games of the season last semester against Overfelt high school. In lieu of the surge of Omicron cases starting this semester, Athletes are now forced to follow increased precautions, such as weekly Covid Testing, in order to slow the transmission of the virus. According to girls’ basketball coach Scott Peters, with COVID cases having risen before the first lockdown in 2020 at around this time, the athletic community must continue to be careful. “If we look at the past you know up till January 14th and 15th we’re going to have to keep dealing with the big surge, but hopefully it will get better,” Peters said.

Athletes, coaches react to Omicron threat to sports

Avi Srinivasan and Leena Hussein
January 9, 2022
Girls varsity basketball loses against Menlo Atherton at CCS Finals

Girls’ varsity basketball loses against Menlo Atherton at CCS Finals

Emily Yun and Arohi Bhattacharya
March 9, 2020
Paly girls varsity basketball: season recap and preparation for CCS

Paly girls’ varsity basketball: season recap and preparation for CCS

Arohi Bhattacharya and Emily Yun
February 22, 2020
Freshman Kaella Peters dribbles the ball as her teammates look on during the Palo Alto High School girls’ varsity basketball team’s first official game against South San Francisco High School Thursday at Paly. The team, consisting of five freshmen, defeated South Sanfrancisco 55–33. “We’re a young team and so were going to play hard, were going to make some mistakes, but if we keep playing hard, eventually, good things are going to happen,” Head Coach Scott Peters said. “We just played with great energy and played hard.” Photo: Margaret Li

Girls’ basketball wins first game of the season

Sophia Krugler, Managing Editor
December 8, 2019
Junior Annika Shah watches as her shot sinks into the net in a game against Santa Clara High School last season. This year, due to an injury, Annika will not be returning to compete with her teammates. We have no seniors, and we lost our best player for this year, Annika Shah, Head Coach Scott Peters said. Were going to rely on our juniors to help us pick up the slack and be leaders for our team.

Season Preview: Girls’ basketball team hopeful despite losing players

Sophia Krugler, Managing Editor
December 4, 2019
Senior Ellie Jeffries goes in for a shot during the Feb. 21 game against Menlo-Atherton Photo: Gracia Hmelar

Girls’ b-ball wins first game of state tournament

Gracia Hmelar and Olivia Ramberg-Gomez
February 28, 2019
Sophomore Annika Shah goes in for a layup at a game against Santa Clara on Jan. 4. Photo by David Hickey

Opinion: Bigger fan base needed for girls’ basketball games

Olivia Ramberg-Gomez, Kaahini Jain, and Gracia Hmelar
February 13, 2019
Sophomore Annika Shah goes in for a shot during Monday nights basketball game against Mountain View. Shah is one of the star players on the team, consistently scoring points and helps carry the team to success. “We’re just looking forward to getting better every day and taking on Cupertino next, Shah said. Photo: Gracia Hmelar

Recap: Girls’ b-ball beats Mountain View

Olivia Ramberg-Gomez and
January 30, 2019
Freshman guard Annika Shah watches as her shot sinks into the net in a game against Santa Clara High School. Palo Alto High School went on to win the game, 51-40. Many people underestimate the freshmen and I am here to just prove them wrong, Shah said.

Meet 5’2″ basketball phenom Annika Shah

Soumya Jhaveri, Editor-in-Chief
January 31, 2018
Preview: Vikings to face Gunn in first rivalry game of the season

Preview: Vikings to face Gunn in first rivalry game of the season

Eleanor Krugler, Editor-in-Chief
January 13, 2018
Recap: Leong reaches 1,000 career points as Vikes top Santa Clara game

Recap: Leong reaches 1,000 career points as Vikes top Santa Clara game

Eleanor Krugler, Editor-in-Chief
January 10, 2018
Load More Stories
© 2022 • Advertise • FLEX Pro WordPress Theme by SNO • Log in