Peninsula Prep Sports

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Under the Field’s Spotlight: Stef Mock
Sunday, March 5, 2023, 11:06 pm | M-A Chronicle, Menlo Atherton High School
Editors’ Note: This is a guest article by junior Kate Budinger. Photo credit to Kate Budinger M-A’s athletic trainer, Steph Mock, grew up surrounded by sports. Born in San Jose,... Read More >>
Boys Swim and Dive beats Cupertino and Harker
Sunday, March 5, 2023, 9:31 am | Viking, Palo Alto High School
Paly boys swimming beat Cupertino and Harker in a double dual meet yesterday. The Paly-Harker score was 245-73, and the Paly-Cupertino score was 221-117. The meet was rainy and windy, leading to longer breaks between races and tents being blown off the ground. “It started out a little shaky,” senior Will Rowell said. “The weather... Read More >>
Boys’ Baseball Defeats Gunn Titans
Friday, March 3, 2023, 1:55 pm | M-A Chronicle, Menlo Atherton High School
Photos by Mike Lemberger  On Wednesday afternoon, the baseball team defeated the Gunn Titans by a score of 11-5. Junior Noah Whittaker started out pitching for the Bears, and dominated... Read More >>
Boys Lacrosse Season Preview
Friday, March 3, 2023, 9:53 am | Viking, Palo Alto High School
As Paly boys laccrosse has only been around for around a decade, they went to CCS for the first time last season. The team had many ups and downs last year going for a four game winning streak followed by a 5 game losing streak. However, even with the losses, boys lacrosse made a comeback... Read More >>
Scoreboard

Boys Basketball:
San Ramon Valley 59, Sacred Heart Prep 57, Mar 2, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 63, Folsom 62, Feb 28, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Riordan 61, Sacred Heart Prep 44, Feb 22, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 60, Menlo-Atherton 59, Feb 17, 2023
Boys Basketball:
The King's Academy 53, Sacred Heart Prep 49, Feb 14, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 60, Menlo School 49, Feb 10, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 85, Pinewood 54, Feb 7, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 80, Sequoia 35, Feb 4, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Priory 50, Sacred Heart Prep 43, Feb 3, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 62, Crystal Springs 34, Jan 31, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 63, Justin-Siena 47, Jan 28, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 47, King's Academy 39, Jan 27, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 85, Half Moon Bay 61, Jan 25, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 81, Harker 42, Jan 24, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 61, Menlo School 59, Jan 20, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Palo Alto 50, Los Altos 44, Jan 18, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 82, Stuart Hall 47, Jan 14, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 62, Priory 56, Jan 12, 2023
Boys Wrestling:
Menlo-Atherton 42, Hillsdale 15, Jan 12, 2023
Boys Basketball:
Sacred Heart Prep 52, Menlo-Atherton 51, Jan 7, 2023
Girls Basketball:
Sequoia 43, Menlo School 34, Jan 6, 2023
Girls Water Polo:
Menlo - Atherton 15, Carlmont 4, Oct 12, 2022
Girls Water Polo:
Menlo-Atherton 10, Woodside 4, Oct 11, 2022
Girls Water Polo:
Menlo-Atherton 10, Woodside 4, Oct 11, 2022

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 >>