Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer
Led by senior captain Garrett Nevels, the Palisades High boys’ basketball team took fifth place with three wins and one loss at the Pacific Shores Tournament in Redondo Beach last week. Nevels had 29 points, including seven three-pointers, in the Dolphins’ 85-67 first-round win over Cathedral, had 11 points in a 61-49 loss to eventual-champion Long Beach Poly, scored 16 points in a 68-60 win over Santa Monica and closed the tournament with another 29 points (including six threes) in a 73-65 victory over Harvard-Westlake. Coach James Paleno said forwards Kenneth Towner (19 points against Santa Monica) and Rico Matheney were key contributors throughout the tournament. “We’re a very young team but we play hard,” he said. “Our focus is to cut down on our mistakes and to get better as the season goes on.” Palisades plays a nonleague game at Cleveland on Friday at 7 p.m., then has a week off before opening the San Fernando Valley Invitational against Verdugo Hills on December 18.
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