Peninsula Prep Sports

Injuries harm mental health, motivation of student athletes
Friday, March 3, 2023, 8:00 am | Campanile, Palo Alto High School
Liam Giffen crouches, ready to explode. The moment the ball is snapped, he barrels toward the quarterback. Avoiding a teammate, Giffen plants his leg, and an opponent slams into him, tearing his ACL. Giffen, a sophomore defensive lineman on the varsity football team, has a story that may sound familiar to many athletes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 250,000 athletes yearly suffer an injury from an anterior cruciate ligament, better known as ACL. In addition... Read More >>

Baseball Season Preview
Thursday, March 2, 2023, 9:29 am | Viking, Palo Alto High School
Coming off of a strong year, falling just short in the CCS Open Division championship against St. Francis, Paly baseball is positioned to have yet another successful season.   With the team having lost 10 seniors just this past year, the start of this new season will be a learning curve, forcing younger guys to... Read More >>

Boys Swimming Dual Meet against SF and MA
Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 2:16 pm | Viking, Palo Alto High School
The Paly swim dominated Menlo Atherton and Saint Francis in a non-league meet on 2/24. Paly scored 112 to 58 against Saint Francis and 134 to 24 against Menlo Atherton.    This was not a traditional meet, as dual meets are usually between two teams instead of three. However, this meet would be harder than... Read More >>

Girls Soccer Lose CCS Open Division Championship
Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 12:56 pm | M-A Chronicle, Menlo Atherton High School
Photo credits to Bob Dahlberg On Saturday afternoon, the girls’ soccer team fell to the Saint Francis Lancers in the CCS open division finals.  After the game, senior defender Susie... Read More >>

Chihiro Niki: connecting calligraphy, culture and composure
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 1:54 pm | Talon, Los Altos High School
High school students’ lives are filled with stress. Sometimes, everyone needs to take a moment to relax and bask in the pleasures of the present. That precisely was Chihiro Niki’s goal. As the varsity girls basketball team gathered for one of their last practices of this season, a fun activity awaited them in the second... Read More >>

Wrestling Season Recap
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 11:51 am | Viking, Palo Alto High School
The Paly Girls and Boys’ wrestling season ended last week after making it to CCS. While the team did not make it to States, Paly wrestling still had an excellent season. . At the start of the season, the wrestling program received many new participants from freshmen to newcomers. One may think this set the... Read More >>