Palisades’ junior varsity lacrosse club team improved to 7-2-1 in its inaugural season in the Pacific Coast Lacrosse Association with a 20-1 victory over Manual Arts last Wednesday. Ten of Palisades’ 18 players scored, led by Nick Sherman’s seven goals and four assists, giving him a league-best 62 points through 10 games. Joe Luckett added four goals, giving him 12 this season, and Eugene Karachun also scored four. Palisades got first-strike contributions from freshman Colin Vining with a pretty assist and freshman attacker Max Gross, who added a goal and an assist. Andre Harris, Sudsy Dyke, and Travis De Zarn led the squad in ground ball picks with five each. Goalie Nico Roe made eight saves to keep his goals against average among the league’s lowest (.889). The PCLA consists of 15 junior varsity teams. Palisades has three road games left’at West Hills Chaminade, San Gabriel and Brentwood. Managed by Andrea Dyke and Lori Mendez-Packer and coached by Jeff Hirshberg and Scott Hylen, Palisades upset previously undefeated Malibu, 12-8, in its previous game at Stadium by the Sea. One of the fastest growing sports across the nation, lacrosse is becoming a popular sport among youth in Southern California. Though not yet an interscholastic sport, lacrosse has been played in the Palisades for some time by local kids attending Los Angeles-area private schools. This spring, however, the game arrived at Palisades High and could be here to stay. Rounding out the Pali squad are Ramsay Potts, Nick Kappeyne, Peter Foster, Max Rosenzweig, Yoni Shoshani, Josh Sharp, Simon Lewis, Nick Savas, Paul Rago and Rob Seaward. Pali hopes to field both a varsity and a junior varsity team in 2005. High school boys interested in playing on the club should contact Andrea Dyke at 230-3298 or Lori Mendez-Packer at 454-0361. For more information, visit the PCLA Web site: www.pacificcoastlacrosse.com.
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