Lacrosse Teams Notch First Victories
Two weeks into its season, the Palisades High boys’ varsity lacrosse team sits at 2-2 while the Dolphins’ girls squad improved to 2-1 with a pair of victories Saturday at the Rose Bowl. The boys rebounded from a 12-3 loss at Palos Verdes in their season debut to beat Brentwood, 10-7, in their first home game at the newly renovated Stadium by the Sea. That was followed by a dominating victory over Huntington Park. Last Thursday, the girls lost their home opener to Peninsula, 13-7, before rebounding to beat Culver City, 6-3, and Aliso Niguel, 4-2, at the Rose Bowl tournament in Pasadena. The boys’ junior varsity is 1-2 after losing to Loyola, 6-5, in overtime Saturday. Palisades beat Culver City, 6-4, to net its first win last Thursday. Baseball Mike Voelkel’s squad evened its record at 2-2-1 after a 6-6 tie with Roosevelt in the Royal tournament and victories over Taft and North Hollywood last week. Against Roosevelt, Jonathan Moscot had two hits, including a home run, and had seven strikeouts on the mound. David Skolnik went three for three with two runs and one RBI and Brett Whalen added two hits and two runs for the Dolphins. Palisades edged Taft, 13-12, on Friday, led by Julian Barzilli’s three hits (one a home run) and five RBIs and Alex Meadow’s three hits, two runs and four RBIs. The next day, the Dolphins routed North Hollywood, 11-3, behind six strong innings from Buck Traweek and another Barzilli home run. Softball Palisades went 1-1 last week, beating North Hollywood, 4-2, and losing at Washington, 5-2. The Dolphins trailed, 2-1, before rallying for three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, then holding on against the Huskies. Swimming So far, the primary concern for Coach Maggie Nance has been finding a place to swim. Once the competition starts, Palisades has had little to worry about. After lapping Granada Hills in their first meet, the Dolphins’ girls team scored a 128-48 victory over San Pedro Monday at the Venice pool. The YMCA pool is still closed for repairs, forcing Palisades to practice at Santa Monica High. “We’ve only been able to practice one hour a day so our times are slower,” Nance said. “You can see from our times that we’re not as fast as we should be.” Sophomore Hayley Lemoine (individual medley, butterfly) and senior Kristen Fuji (backstroke, freestyle) lead the defending City champion girls varsity, which is favored to win again. The JV girls won, 81-54, and the JV boys prevailed 72-33. The varsity boys lost to San Pedro, 109-63, despite another strong effort by sophomore John Cullen, who won the 100 backstroke for the second straight meet. “It would be nice for the boys to go top three [in City],” said Nance, who has 60 swimmers, more than she’s ever had in the program. “They need to step it up and show more work ethic.” Boys Tennis The Dolphins improved to 6-1 overall with a 7-0 shutout of Los Angeles CES in a Western League match on March 3. Singles players Brett Allchorn, Kyung Choi and brothers Oliver and Trinity Thornton combined to lose three games in four matches. Boys Volleyball In the first of two Western league showdowns against reigning champion Venice, the Dolphins outlasted their beach rivals, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 20-25, 15-12 last Wednesday. Palisades is now in the driver’s seat in the race for first place.
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