The Palisades High boys varsity soccer team had lost in the first round of the playoffs 11 times in 12 years, but Christian Sanchez made sure the trend would not continue when he scored off of a throw-in by Patrick McCormick in the 66th minute to lift the 18th-seeded Dolphins to a 1-0 victory at 15th-seeded Los Angeles. Palisades (6-2-2) traveled to second-seeded San Fernando for a quarterfinal game yesterday. If victorious, Pali would advance to tomorrow’s quarterfinals. Girls In a sloppy and slippery game at rain-drenched Stadium by the Sea, Alex Michael scored on a penalty kick in the 25th minute as the PaliHi women’s varsity team beat Cleveland in the opening round of the City playoffs and advanced to the championship bracket. ‘I said to myself I’m going to bury it and I basically just passed the ball it into the net,’ Michael said. ‘I love playing in the rain. We just ignored it and played our game. If anything, it cooled us down a bit.’ The 10th-seeded Dolphins (9-7-1) played Western League rival Fairfax on Tuesday and, if victorious, will either host 18th-seeded Kennedy or travel to second-seeded Narbonne today.
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