George Brown

George Brown

Reporter (class of 2011)

Strong team performance thrusts Vikings past Titans

Viking, Sports, January 15, 2010 The 11 players on the Palo Alto High School boys' basketball team came ready to play cross-town rival Gunn High School on Friday night at Paly, winning by a score of 45-37. » read more

Give and take with Heisman Trophy runner-up Toby Gerhart

Viking, Sports, December 16, 2009 The Viking caught running back Toby Gerhart practicing with the Stanford football team on the Palo Alto High School football field. » read more

Basketball coach Slayton let go midseason, Roehl presumed to replace

Viking, Sports, December 14, 2009 Palo Alto High School varsity boys' basketball head coach Andrew Slayton was released over the weekend, according to players and vice principal Jerry Berkson. The release comes after a championship loss in the Lions tournament on Friday, Dec. 11. » read more

Viking football falls to Bellarmine, 34-6, in first round of CCS playoffs

Viking, Sports, November 20, 2009 After a season full of ups and downs, from losing a star quarterback to going undefeated in the De Anza League, the Palo Alto Vikings' football team ultimately could not make it past the first round of the Central Coast Section (CCS) Open Division playoffs. » read more

The never-ending Winn streak

Viking, Sports, November 17, 2009 Fans flood the court after Palo Alto High School's final serve sails over the net and straight to the floor. The ace completes Paly's incredible comeback: the Viking volleyball team has come all the way back, after being down two games to zero, to beat Los Gatos High School in the final game, extending the team's enormous winning streak. » read more

Palo Alto football crushes Mountain View, 42-14

Viking, Sports, November 6, 2009 The Palo Alto High School football team rolled past Mountain View High School, 42-14, in an afternoon game on Friday. » read more

Alert: Palo Alto football wins over Los Gatos, 34-12

Viking, Sports, October 30, 2009 The Palo Alto High School football team beat Los Gatos High School 34-12 tonight at Paly. The win puts Paly (6-1-1, 3-0-1) atop the De Anza league with two more league games to go in the season. » read more

Palo Alto football rises to top of league in 34-12 victory over Los Gatos

Viking, Sports, October 30, 2009 The Palo Alto High School football team beat Los Gatos High School 34-12 on Friday night at Paly. The win puts Paly (6-1-1, 3-0-1) atop the De Anza league with two more league games to go in the season. » read more

In the Blink of an Eye

Viking, Sports, October 19, 2009 One false step. Bam. A knee collapses. A tendon snaps. A bone shatters. In a split second, an athlete can be sidelined for weeks, months or years. All athletes live with the reality that at any time their athletic careers can be completely transformed. » read more

Mustangs come back to tie Vikings

Viking, Sports, October 19, 2009 The Palo Alto varsity football team (4-1-1, 1-0-1) tied the Homestead Mustangs (1-4-1, 1-1-1) 20-20 on Friday night in Sunnyvale. » read more

Paly Vikings rise above Titans yet again, Bono goes down

Viking, Sports, October 9, 2009 Palo Alto High School's varsity football team (4-1, 1-0) defeated cross-town rival Gunn High School (3-2, 1-0) by a final score of 27-7 on Friday night at Gunn. » read more

Palo Alto football triumphant over Gilroy

Viking, Sports, September 25, 2009 The Palo Alto High School varsity football team (2-1) clobbered Gilroy (1-3), 61-7 in a non-league matchup at Paly on Friday night. » read more

Palo Alto football falls to 1-1 after demoralizing Mitty defeat

Viking, Sports, September 19, 2009 The Archbishop Mitty Monarchs (3-0) seamlessly defeated the Palo Alto Vikings (1-1) by a score of 35-13 on Friday night at Foothill College in the KTVU High School Game of the Week. » read more

Boys' water polo thwarts Homestead in home opener

Exclusive Online Content, Sports, September 18, 2009 The Palo Alto boys' water polo team won handily in its first home game against the Homestead High School Mustangs with a score of 20-13 on Tuesday, Sept. 17. » read more

Milpitas shuts down Viking offense

Exclusive Online Content, Sports, November 2, 2008 Coming off of its first league loss in the 2008 season, the Paly Vikings (5-3, 2-2) came up short for the second week in a row, this time to the Milpitas Trojans (7-1, 4-1). The Trojans barely held off the Vikings in order to keep their first place spot in the De Anza Division, 16-6. » read more