Pali Tennis Rolls on

It remains to be seen if any tennis team in the City Section can challenge Palisades High this season. One thing is certain’no one in the Western League can. The Dolphins continued their methodical march to yet another league title with 7-0 victories over Westchester and LACES last week. Not only is Palisades not losing any sets, it’s barely dropping any games. It may not be until the finals and a potential meeting with defending City champion Taft, that the Dolphins are tested. “That’s one of the reasons I went ahead and scheduled tough nonleague matches, to toughen us up for the playoffs,” Coach Bud Kling said. “We need to see how we fare against better competition.” Palisades played Malibu on Wednesday in the final round of the Bay Area Classic (result undetermined at press time) and hosts Hamilton today at the Palisades Tennis Center. Next Wednesday, the Dolphins host Loyola’a match Kling added to replace Santa Monica, which was a no-show three weeks ago. The scores against Los Angeles CES were as one-sided as the final score would indicate. Oliver Thornton and Trinity Thornton won 6-0, 6-0, at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, Matt Goodman won, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3 and Jeremy Shore won, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 4 singles. In doubles, Kyung Choi and Ren Neilsen won, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 1; Spencer Lewin and Che Borja won, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 2 and Ali Yazdi and Eric Eckert won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 doubles. Baseball Despite Palisades’ 13 hits in a 12-2 drubbing of host University on Monday, Coach Mike Voelkel is none to pleased with his team’s play of late. “We’re still making too many mental mistakes and when we play good teams it’s costing us,” he said. “We have to learn to be more consistent, to grind things out.” Junior Buck Traweek pitched a six-hitter for Palisades, which took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and led 7-2 after six innings before tacking on five runs in the final frame. On Saturday, the Dolphins lost to Santa Fe Springs St. Paul, 5-3, in the Redondo tournament. Garrett Champion had a double, Lucas Berry had one hit and two RBIs and Jonathan Moscot pitched a complete game with 13 strikeouts for Palisades (9-9-1 overall, 5-0 in league).