Paly baseball handily defeated Gunn 11-3 at Palo Alto High School yesterday. The team was coming off of a dominating 17-1 win against Gunn on Wednesday, and they kept their momentum going into this game. Paly got off to quick 3-0 lead after the first inning through strong defense and well-hit balls. Gunn cut the lead to 4-2 by the third inning, however, the Vikings never looked back, dominating the rest of the game and winning 11-3. “Defensively we made sure that Gunn never got too close,” senior Nate Donaker said. Paly was led by Donaker on the mound, who pitched five innings allowing just t ..read more

Paly Baseball suffered a tough 3-12 loss to Los Altos on Friday. The team went into the game with high hopes after losing to Los Altos a few days before. In the first few innings, the vikings were able to stay in the game, with Los Altos only holding a 1-0 lead in the second inning. But, as the game progressed, the team struggled to maintain the score. “We faced lots of challenges throughout the game, the starters were having a tough time rallying hits together to score runs and we did not score until the last inning of the game,” junior Henry Harding said. By the 5th inning, Los Altos was ab ..read more

Gallery • 262 Photos The Paly Varsity Boys Baseball team wrapped up their year, finishing the season with a 13-12 record.  Pitchers Nate Donaker (‘24) and Henry Harding (‘25) had great individual outings and shut down many teams throughout the season.  Catchers Dexter Cleveringa (‘25) and Russ Filter (‘23) also had great seasons, although Cleveringa’s ended early after a concussion during a game against Los Gatos.  The Vikings played their first and only CCS game against Branham, losing 10-0, an unfortunate end to a promising season. “Overall the season was solid,” Donaker ..read more

Paly baseball won on their senior night Wednesday, by a score of 4-0 against Los Gatos. The Viking hosted the league-champion Wildcats, who came in with a 12-0 league record. The team honored their 4 seniors, C/INF Russ Filter, OF/P Tyler Mostofizadeh, OF Sal Meehan, and P Sam Papp, prior to the win. “Having family and friends there supporting me was great,” Filter said. “The team did a good job making it feel special.” Despite the seniors being celebrated, it was two juniors in particular who led the charge. Nate Donaker (’24) threw a complete game shutout, tallying 10 strikeouts and only al ..read more

The Palo Alto High School Boys Baseball team defeated Gunn for the second time this week. They won at home with a score of 6-2, and two days prior, they won 5-3 at Gunn. “We worked really well as a team and had great energy the entire time,” Nate Donaker (’24) said. The Vikings maintained their lead for pretty much the entire game, with solid pitching by Henry Harding (’25) and Kanghee Cho (’25) that shut down the Titans. “We had great defense and timely hitting,” Joseph Kessler (’25) said. “We were also able to pick each other up throughout the game.” Kessler himself scored on an RBI by Dona ..read more

The Paly Boys Baseball team played against Burlingame at home and took a 4-1 loss. Sophomore Kanghee Cho scored the only point for the Vikings, with the help of Zach Thom (’24) who got an RBI single that allowed Cho the run. “[Burlingame was] winning 1-0 for a little and then we tied it to 1-1,” Isaiah Walker (’25) said. “But unfortunately, they then scored three in the last inning.” The results of the final inning were enough to put the win in the hands of the visitor. Despite the game’s outcome, some players still performed well. “Vinnie Braga [’24] pitched really well,” Walker said. T ..read more

Paly’s Boys’ Baseball team played in a 6-hour-long game against Sequoia, lasting 19 innings. The game ended in a 7-4 loss, despite the immense hours and efforts spent. “The game was extremely long so although we took the loss, a lot of players got opportunities and performed really well,” Nate Donaker (’24) said. “It was a tough loss for us but our pitching really kept us in the game the entire 19 innings.” Pitching this game were sophomores Kanghee Cho and Isaiah Walker, and juniors Jake Papp and Julian Davis. The game was tied after the seventh inning and stayed that way all the way until t ..read more

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 has been doing pretty well overall so far in the season. “We’re a pretty young team, but we’re looking great so far,” Dexter Cleveringa (’25) said. This season, the varsity team is home to five underclassmen, and only has three seniors leading the team. With promising performance in the p ..read more

Paly Varsity Boys Baseball defeated Saint Francis 4-0. The game stayed 0-0 until the bottom of the fifth inning, where Coco Vonderhaar (’25) and Nate Donaker (’24) scored the first two runs of the game, putting them in a lead that continued for the rest of the game. “This game was very good and our pitching really set the tone,” Donaker said. Pitcher Henry Harding (’25) threw a shutout and has been put to the test but excelled, shutting down the Lancers throughout the top of every inning. Later on in the game, Charlie Bates (’24) hit a home run, giving way to two runs batted in, and putting t ..read more

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 step up with a relatively small senior class. Pitcher Sam Papp (‘23), a UC Davis commit, will be sidelined this year with a UCL injury, a huge blow to the pitching staff. This injury opens up spots for younger players like Vinnie Braga (‘24), Nate Donaker (‘24), and Henry Harding ..read more