In a showdown for Western League supremacy, the Palisades High boys’ tennis team proved far superior to Venice last Thursday at Palisades Recreation Center. The Dolphins won, 6-1, to take over sole possession of first place and stay undefeated in league play. Pali’s Brett Allchorn lost a tight match to Kurt Zweifel, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 1 singles and that turned out to be the Gondoliers’ only point. Pali’s Oliver Thornton won, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 2 singles, Kyung Choi won, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 3 singles and Trinity Thornton won 6-1, 6-2, at No. 4 singles. In doubles, the Dolphins’ top tandem of Matt Goodman and Jeremy Shore won, 6-2, 6-2. Spencer Lewin and Ren Nielsen edged Venice duo Brian Fong and Mitchell Paul, 6-3, 7-6(6), at No. 2 and Che Borja and Ali Yazdi rallied to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles. Palisades Coach Bud Kling was disappointed that Santa Monica did not show up for last Wednesday’s scheduled nonleague match. The Dolphins won by forfeit but Kling would much rather have played. ‘They are very good and that would’ve been a really close match,’ he said. ‘We were really looking forward to that.’ The Dolphins are on spring break this week but play intersectional matches against Beverly Hills next Monday and Brentwood on Wednesday. Baseball Mike Voelkel’s squad routed Oaks Christian, 12-0, in the first round of the Redondo tournament Saturday at George Robert Field. Jonathan Moscot had two hits, two runs and one RBI, Julian Barzilli had two hits, three RBIs and one run and David Skolnik added two hits, one run and one RBI. On the mound, Moscot had four strikeouts and one walk in four innings and Elliott Engelman allowed one hit with three strikeouts in two innings. Palisades traveled to San Diego on Monday for the Easter Lions tournament. Look for results in next week’s issue.
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