Paly students honored with All-League distinction after season successes Ben van Zyll March 17, 2019 Sports As senior wide receiver Paul Thie splits between two Los Gatos High School defensive backs, he uses his explosive speed to score a 60 yard touchdown and lead his team to a spot in the Division One Central Coast...
Student athletes break barriers in gender dominated sports Kiana Tavakoli March 17, 2019 Sports Two opponents enter the ring and stand ready to spar. The silence is broken by the sound of a whistle. One wrestler swiftly takes down the other, gaining an early advantage. The wrestler, junior Zoe Wong-VanHar...
Varsity boys soccer faces adversity, ends season with resilience Anna Meyer March 9, 2019 Boys Soccer, Sports, Winter Sports After team improvements in the second half of the season, the Paly boys varsity soccer season ended on Feb. 16 with a 2-0 loss against Bellarmine College Preparatory School in the Central Coast Section (CCS) Op...
Boys basketball poised for success Jaures Yip March 8, 2019 Boys Basketball, Sports, Winter Sports Following a nine-game winning streak, the boys varsity basketball team won its first California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) game against Sonora High School with a score of 68-62. “Everyone on the team is ...
Girls soccer misses CCS, enjoys season Johnny Yang March 8, 2019 Girls Soccer, Sports, Winter Sports Despite a 2-0 victory against Fremont in the last regular season game, the girls varsity soccer team was not able to make the Central Coast Section (CCS) league and ended their season with an overall standing o...
Wrestling ends season on high note, looks to expand Kaitlyn Lee March 8, 2019 Sports With beads of sweat trickling down her face, senior Ashley Wang concentrates on her opponent, laser focused and determined to win the matchup. Not long after, Wang’s efforts would prevail as she clinched the 2n...
Passing on the baton Tien Nguyen March 7, 2019 Showcase, Sports Heirlooms have always been a source of connection between generations in a family. Sometimes these tokens are physical objects like a ring or a set of china. But sometimes they are intangibles, like particular ...
Prepping for Success Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe and Olivia Ericsson March 6, 2019 Sports With sweat glistening on his face and determination evident in his demeanor, Miles Tention drives left with four seconds remaining in a critical moment of a 2017 Central Coast Section (CCS) playoff basketball g...
Plateaus: Practice Without Progress Maya Rathore March 1, 2019 Fall Sports, Sports, Spring Sports, Winter Sports Every athlete has had a bad day, whether it was a bad practice, game or race. Sometimes they land on their ankle the wrong way, distracting them from their shot, or they flick their wrist in the wrong direction...
Age range on varsity sports teams creates social hierarchy Leela Srinivasan February 28, 2019 Sports Freshmen: inevitably stereotyped as small, wimpy, pre-pubescent, naive, lacking in the height department, quite immature, overly enthusiastic and as junior varsity material. But not all of them are. Nearly eve...
