Peninsula Prep Sports

Track and field team starts off strong, sets sight on league, CCS
Thursday, April 21, 2022, 1:35 pm | Campanile, Palo Alto High School
Beginning to ramp up its training in preparation for upcoming invitational and post-season meets, the varsity track and field team holds a 2-2 league record. “We’re really excited to race at the Stanford Invitational and Arcadia Invitational in the upcoming weeks, and then, of course, all focus will shift towards the postseason after that,” junior captain Hillary Studdert said. “I am really excited to see how everyone does at these meets because of the hard work everyone has been putting... Read More >>

Crew Unto Others as You Would Have Them Crew Unto You: Tracing Rower Tessa Tomkinson’s Routine, Accomplishments and Relationships Through her Crew Career
Thursday, April 21, 2022, 11:24 am | Coat of Arms, Menlo School
Early bird gets the worm Before Menlo students are fighting for parking spots, before their morning Coffee Bar runs and before they even wake up, senior Tessa Tomkinson has already finished her athletics practice. Tomkinson is a rower, committed to Brown University, and she’s on the water before the sun even rises. Rowing is a... Read More >>

Team Chemistry in Sports
Thursday, April 21, 2022, 9:12 am | Viking, Palo Alto High School
Sports, though they often seem so simple, are extremely complex. If they were as easy as, “have a good team with good players and you’ll win a championship,” then the Kansas City Chiefs would win the Super Bowl every year, the United States Women’s National Team would never lose a game, and pretty much every... Read More >>

Boys Varsity Lacrosse Continues Winning Streak Against Burlingame
Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 11:52 am | M-A Chronicle, Menlo Atherton High School
Last Tuesday night, the boys varsity lacrosse team crushed the Burlingame Cougars, winning with a final score of 16-2. This game was their seventh consecutive... Read More >>

Track’s Undefeated season
Monday, April 18, 2022, 2:29 pm | Paw Print, Woodside High School
Woodside’s track and field team exceeds expectations as they continue their undefeated season. This year’s team has done amazing so far with improving and keeping outstanding performances. Dominic Barty, a sophomore and first-year long distance runner, runs the 800, 1600, and 3200 distance runs. Barty spends a lot of his time practicing, so he can... Read More >>

Designs of sports uniforms for female athletes affect practicality
Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 9:57 am | Oracle, Gunn High School
On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games commenced in Athens, Greece, reviving the long-lost Ancient Greek tradition and marking the origins of the largest and most prestigious global sporting competition to date. Not only were female athletes not allowed to compete in the games until the second Olympic games four years later, but... Read More >>