Photo: Steve Galluzzo
For the second year in a row the Palisades High boys volleyball team began the City Section Open Division playoffs on the road at Granada Hills. Last spring it was the Dolphins who swept but on May 7 the Highlanders returned the favor with a 25-21, 25-16, 25-16 quarterfinal victory, bringing an abrupt halt to Palisades’ bid for its first City title since 2022. It is the team’s earliest postseason exit since head coach Carlos Gray assumed command of the boys program in 2014.
Palisades was seeded No. 5 in the eight-team bracket after placing second in the Western League behind Venice, which was seeded No. 1 in the Open and fell in four to third-seeded El Camino Real in Saturday’s final at Birmingham.
The Dolphins finished 24-10.
Palisades has won a record 17 section titles since 1974—six more than the next closest school (Chatsworth)—all of them in the top division. The last five of those titles have come under Gray
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