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Varsity Dance Team competes at USA nationals, wins fourth place Friday, March 24, 2023, 10:13 am | Oracle, Gunn High School
“Full out, whole thing,” Dance coach Stephanie Anderson Ferris says as she starts the music. The dancers, trying their best to remember the new corrections and choreography changes that were just given, take their starting position. It’s the last five minutes of an 8:30 a.m. rehearsal on Friday, Feb. 17, one of many morning rehearsals... Read More >>
Sports spark opportunities for human connection, transcend social barriers Friday, March 24, 2023, 10:05 am | Oracle, Gunn High School
According to a statistical study published in the book “Soccernomics” by economists Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski, the number of people who died by suicide in Europe each year decreased by an average of 682 people when their national soccer team played in a major tournament. One likely reason is that sports provide people who... Read More >>
Staff Sports: Michael Leaps Through Track and Field Friday, March 24, 2023, 10:04 am | Oracle, Gunn High School
Last September, Forum Editor senior Carly Liao took her swing at tennis, and in December, Lifestyle Editor junior Becca Wu tackled wrestling (and it tackled back). For the spring season, I wanted to find a sport I could simply survive—a task which proved to be surprisingly difficult. As a non-athlete whose workouts consist mostly of... Read More >>
Baseball takes a loss against Mountain View 5-4 Thursday, March 23, 2023, 11:07 pm | Viking, Palo Alto High School Paly’s Boys’ Baseball team played a close game against Mountain View, but ultimately took a loss with a final score of 5-4. “Overall it was a letdown because we know that we are better than that,” Isaiah Walker (‘25) said. Despite the disappointment of how the first official game of the season went, the team... Read More >>
Paly Softball Falls to Fremont 6-4 Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 11:51 am | Viking, Palo Alto High School
Paly girls varsity softball fell to Fremont High School on Friday with a final score of 6-4. Being the first league game of the season, junior Anabelen Yanez is not disheartened. “Despite losing, I think we played well, especially because it’s so early in the season,” Yanez said. “We all put in a great... Read More >>
Girls flag football newly sanctioned as state sport for the fall Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 9:00 am | Campanile, Palo Alto High School Girls flag football became the newest high school-sanctioned sport in California, available for students as soon as this fall. The California Interscholastic Federation, the governing body of high school sports in the state, approved the move in a unanimous 146-0 vote on Feb. 3. Lawrence Mincey Jr., chairperson for the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD) State Council on Interscholastic Athletics, said allowing for the sanctioning of girls flag football will enable players to not only... Read More >>
Varsity Girl’s Lacrosse Slings it Into the New Season Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 7:07 pm | Paw Print, Woodside High School
With their season opening last Friday, March 3, Varsity Girls Lacrosse began their official season with one win and no losses. Varsity girls have had two preseason games so far, and have taken a win against Notre Dame Belmont. “Our first preseason game was against Notre Dame Belmont, and that went really well,” sophomore and... Read More >>
Varsity badminton team shows that hard work brings positive results Monday, March 20, 2023, 10:20 pm | Talon, Los Altos High School
Last week, the Los Altos High School varsity badminton team faced some tough opponents in their first two games of the season: the Fremont Firebirds and the Homestead Mustangs. However, after these losses, they kept working to produce outstanding results in their game against Santa Clara High School. In their opening game of the season... Read More >>