The Palo Alto High School boys' basketball team's season ended abruptly last month when the Central Coast Section (CCS) forced the team to forfeit 11 wins and prematurely end its season due to the ineligibility of one of its players. On February 16, 2008, school officials notified members of the team that all 15 games in which senior Ed Hall had participated were to be forfeited, changing the team's record from 16-8 to a dismal 5-19, and thus disqualifying it from the CCS playoffs. The news came less than 16 hours after a momentous 50-26 victory against rival Gunn High School, one which had significantly lifted the team's morale just a week before the start of the playoffs.

After several months of practice and conditioning, the Palo Alto varsity baseball team is looking to improve off of last year's success and come away with a league championship and a Central Coast Section (CCS) playoff birth.

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In its first year at Paly, the girls' lacrosse team is doing better than expected. With over twenty people on both JV and varsity teams, the girls are ready to work hard.

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The Paly track team is laced up and ready to dominate this year's competition.

Palo Alto High school junior Will Holder saw the ball tumble out of his teammate's hands onto the grass. He ran to pick it up and then everything went black. After waking up, several seconds later, he realized that he had been knocked unconscious. The game was still in play, so Holder got up and jumped back into the game.

Boasting a team filled with veteran experience and young talent, the Palo Alto varsity boys' tennis team will look to contend for a league title and make some noise in the Central Coast Section tournament.

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Starting in the first week of May, Palo Alto High School will begin a three-month endeavor to replace the football field and cover it with state of the art synthetic turf.

Following their first victory of the season, the Palo Alto High School girls' varsity lacrosse team faced off against neighboring Castilleja Tuesday afternoon, but was unable to get its second victory, losing the match, 7-4.

Winning has essentially become routine for Paly's varsity boys' track and field team: after its 78-49 victory over the Los Gatos Wildcats Tuesday night, it now holds a perfect 4-0 record in the De Anza division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

Under the lights in a Tuesday night meet, the Viking girls' track team was smothered, 87-34, by the Los Gatos Wildcats, who racked up points not only by outnumbering Paly in several events but also by competing in events where the Vikings (1-3) could not field a team.

Riding the momentum a four-run breakout, the Vikings' varsity baseball team topped the Aragon Dons, 8-2, Monday in its sixth straight game without a loss.

It's fitting that senior mid-distance runner Mia Lattanzi gave the Viking girls' track team a brief advantage over Gunn in its 67-55 loss Thursday.

Despite missing key players due to minor injuries, the Paly varsity boys' track and field team emerged from the Viking-Titan clash with a solid 75-48 victory Thursday, extending its undefeated streak to 3-0.

The Palo Alto Vikings' wrestling team is looking forward to next season after a disappointing regular season and a sub-par showing in the Central Coast Section tournament.

The Paly girls' varsity softball team found success on both sides of the ball, handling the Santa Clara Bruins, 8-5, in its first league game on Thursday.

The Viking girls' varsity track team saw another strong performance from its sprinters and distance runners in its 62-55 win over the Monta Vista Matadors Friday, bringing its record at 1-1.