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Contact-heavy sports return to practices and games

Ajay Venkatraman

April 17, 2021

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Athletes presence on social media plays large role in recruiting process this year

Olivia Ericsson

April 12, 2021

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Intramural sports provide students an alternative to varsity sports

Jace Purcell

March 29, 2020

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Amid the profound time commitment and demanding skill capacity, playing a sport for many students is often an entertaining idea but less of a realistic option due to their already intense schedules. Accordi...

Gender sports experience discrepancy in fan support

Shiva Mohsenian

March 26, 2020

Sports

As junior Elif Turgut huddles with her teammates to prepare themselves for their Central Coast Section championship game against Menlo-Atherton High School, she envisions the stands filled with the same roaring...

Paly students participate in tailgates, form traditions

Ziggy Tummalapalli

March 23, 2020

Sports

Deep in Stanford’s campus — in between the football field gates 10 and 11, right off the brick pathway — is a quiet spot for most of the year. However, for seven Saturdays between the months of August and Novem...

Remembering Kobe

Leila Khan

March 19, 2020

Sports

When asked which film he preferred, “Beauty and the Beast” or “Moana,” renowned professional basketball player Kobe Bryant broke out singing the Moana theme song “How Far I’ll Go” while speaking to then 13-year...

School sports help prepare students for possible college recruitment

Parker Wang

March 16, 2020

Baseball, Sports, Spring Sports, Swimming

The alarm for 4 a.m. wakes up sophomore Eric Gabbassof, who immediately grabs his swim bag, gear bag and school backpack before running out the door. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning, he swims in 40...

Raising the bar

Emily Asher

March 12, 2020

Sports

As former Paly student Eden Hagen prepares for her run up to the bar, she mentally prepares herself to take on the highest jump she has yet to successfully complete. Hagen is trying to pass her personal record...

Despite more female players, coaching remains male-dominated

Bruno Klass

March 10, 2020

Sports

Early this February, the NFL’s Washington Redskins hired their first female coaching intern, Jennifer King, who earned her master’s in sports administration from Liberty University. She is now part of a group ...

International Athletes

Evelyn Cheng

March 7, 2020

Sports

As junior Audrey Chu steps onto the 14-meter long metal fencing piste, she salutes her opponent and referee, then proceeds to lower her mask as she prepares for her next bout. For Chu, a student athlete who ...

Senior Creighton Morgenfeld shares life lessons from football

Neil Kapoor

March 2, 2020

Football, Sports

Between its better understood neurodegenerative side effects, national anthem protests and political overtones, football has seen its fair share of recent controversies. But for senior Creighton Morgenfeld, fo...

Contact-heavy sports return to practices and games

Ajay Venkatraman

April 17, 2021

As students finished up another day of remote or hybrid school on March 16, the boys and girls soccer teams prepared for...
Swimmers take precautions

Joy Xu

April 15, 2021

The swimming and diving team is reentering the pool just as Santa Clara County enters the red COVID-19 tier. With 65 stu...
The Power of Peloton

Ben Antonow

April 15, 2021

Senior Lulu Gaither clips into her Peloton and starts a 30 minute HIIT ride led by Cody Rigsby, her favorite instructor....
Athletes presence on social media plays large role in recruiting process this year

Olivia Ericsson

April 12, 2021

Opening the Zoom link to her first meeting with the Cal Poly’s womens basketball coach, senior Annika Shah felt her hear...
March Madness During COVID-19

Braden Leung

April 6, 2021

Every March, junior Max Bonnstetter has attended the NCAA college basketball tournament. As a Sports Illustrated and Jr....