sports – The Campanile

At least two test positive for COVID-19, girls swimming quarantines after false positive

February 16, 2021

One member of the Paly girls swim team and at least one other person on campus have tested positive for COVID-19, but the senior girls swimmer has since tested negative twice since her initial positive test on ...

Air quality index

Ajay Venkatraman

October 31, 2020

Science/Tech

At the end of a typical school day, junior Ziv Weissman would normally head to water polo practice. In the latter half of September, however, many of Weissman’s practices, as well as other sports practices, wer...

Out in the Wilderness

Ziggy Tummalapalli

October 17, 2020

Sports

As the sun rises over Fontanillis lake, seniors Alex Washburn and Lexi Gwyn begin to trek the remaining nine miles of their backpacking trip in the Sierras near Lake Tahoe. During the July 4 holiday, Washburn a...

Athletes switch to online practices to adhere to stay-at-home orders

Evelyn Cheng

June 2, 2020

Sports

As the clock strikes 4 p.m., junior Audrey Chu joins her daily fencing practice via zoom which primarily focuses on hitting drills on a still-target and staying in shape. The Academy of Fencing Masters, ...

Weighting for Change: How a Minority Thrives in the Paly Weight Room

Maya Rathore

February 12, 2020

Sports

One does not typically think of young women when they imagine a weight room — they think of hulking men slamming weights back onto the ground or testosterone-filled teenage boys trying to put on mass. While th...

Girls soccer adjusts to coaching turnover, ties in first game

Andy Wang

December 9, 2019

Girls Soccer, Sports, Winter Sports

Under new coach Armando Luna, former coach of Los Altos High School’s girls varsity soccer team, the varsity girls soccer team hopes to outperform their record from the previous season. “The team is looking go...

Girls basketball team hopes to replicate previous season’s success

Frida Rivera

December 8, 2019

Girls Basketball, Sports, Winter Sports

After a 12-0 league record last year, junior point and shooting guard Carly Martin said she has high hopes for the girls varsity basketball team this season, despite the inevitable challenge of filling the void...

Highly ranked wrestling team aims high

Adora Zheng

December 8, 2019

Sports, Winter Sports, Wrestling

With the boys team currently ranked fourth in CCS and girls ranked 14th, Coach Jonathan Kessler said the wrestling team is heading into the season strong, with hopes to finish at the top of the SCVAL and go on ...

The Voice of Paly Sports

Kai Vetteth

November 28, 2019

Sports

The “On Air” sign glows a threatening red, pixelated blue words cascade down the teleprompter, and three imposing black cameras point towards junior Jason Goldie’s face as he stands in front of a nylon green sc...

Skewed statistics

Jace Purcell

November 16, 2019

Showcase, Sports

After every baseball game they play, junior Zander Darby and his team are always eager to check the game statistics to see if their averages and percentages went up or down, as these numbers can make or break t...

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