Photo by Steve Galluzzo
By STEVE GALLUZZO | Sports Editor
Unable to play or practice at Stadium by the Sea due to damage to the campus caused by the Palisades fire in January, the Palisades Charter High School football players will have to be road warriors this fall.
The 2025 schedule is set, and the Dolphins are the designated road team for six of their 10 games and will host the others at alternate sites. Coach Dylen Smith said the location of his team’s intersectional contest versus Harvard-Westlake is still being worked out.
Palisades is expected to be a City Open Division contender given the return of quarterback Jack Thomas, last year’s Western League Player of the Year, and the addition of lightning fast receiver Demare Dezeurn, a transfer from Alemany.
The Dolphins are practicing hard in anticipation of the season opener Friday, August 22, at Dymally—a team they beat by 52 points to start off the 2024 campaign, which ended in a 56-35 loss to King/Drew in the Division I final.
Palisades’ bye week is sandwiched between its Sunset Showdown at crosstown rival Brentwood and its nonleague finale in San Pedro at Mary Star of the Sea. Homecoming is October 17 versus University at Santa Monica College, and Senior Night is October 31 versus Fairfax (site to be determined).
Palisades will participate in a four-way scrimmage with Cleveland, Van Nuys and North Hollywood on Thursday, August 14, (JV at 3:30 p.m. and varsity at 5 p.m.) at Cleveland High in Reseda.
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