Palisades High held a seven stroke lead over San Pedro after Monday’s first round of the City Section golf championships. The final round was played Wednesday on Griffith’s longer Wilson course, but results were unavailable at press time. Aiming for their 13th City title, the Dolphins shot 391 collectively, led by junior Ben Seelig, who carded an even par 72 on Griffith Park’s Harding course. Seelig was in contention for the individual title, two shots behind co-leaders Andrew Ok of Granada Hills and Mat Shin of Kennedy and one stroke behind Daniel Park of LACES. ‘It would be nice to go out and shoot the lowest score but the team title is more important to me,’ Seelig said. ‘Based on today’s results, I’m very confident we can do it.’ Palisades coach James Paleno, however, expected his team to have a bigger cushion. ‘We’re capable of shooting around 375 or 380,’ he said. ‘But if we can put up this same score on Wilson, we’re in great shape. Ben will be very focused because he’s got a shot at winning the whole thing and I expect Steven [Chung] to bounce back.’ Chung was four under through seven holes, but a string of bogeys on the back nine left him at three-over par 75. Fellow senior Jimmy Nissen shot a 78. Sophomores Ashton Roberts (81) and Jason Weintraub (85) rounded out the scoring while Austin Curtis finished with an 86. ‘The key is not to get ahead of ourselves,’ said Nissen, who carded a two-day total of 169 last year. ‘We have the lead, so the other teams are going to have to play really well to beat us.’
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