Dolphins Make All-City Team

The Palisades High girls volleyball team captured its 31st City Section title in the fall so when the All-City team was announced last week it came as no surprise that it was full of Dolphins.

Junior outside hitter Ashlynn Sells, who had six kills in a three-set sweep of Venice in the finals, was selected Open Division Player of the Year. Joining Sells on the first team were senior libero Lucy Neilson, senior outside hitter Tulah Block and junior setter Christie Turner. Senior opposite hitter Izzy Drake made the second team.

Carlos Gray, who guided the Dolphins to their first section crown since 2020, earned Coach of the Year honors. Following its City finals win Palisades traveled to Carlsbad in the first round of the SoCal Regional Division II playoffs and lost in four sets.

Rounding out the All-City Open Division first team were Venice’s Samantha Lortie, Gaia Adeseun-Williams and Kaya Richards; El Camino Real’s Arianna Ellis and Aja Najar; Taft’s Laila Braimah and Aralyn Adorable-Flores; Chatsworth’s Olivia Chouchanian; Cleveland’s Nixia Gonzalez; Eagle Rock’s Iliana Diaz and Granada Hills’ Alexis Cuan.