Baseball Rebounds to Rout Fairfax
Right-hander Seri Kattan-Wright earned his second victory of the season at Fairfax Monday, allowing two hits and striking out six batters in five innings as the Palisades High varsity baseball team got back on the winning track with a 13-0 victory over the host Lions. The Dolphins (14-10 overall, 9-2 in league) remained tied with Westchester atop the Western League standings with four games remaining. Matt Skolnik had three hits, including a triple, three runs and three RBIs and Andy Megee added two hits, two runs and two RBIs for Palisades, which rebounded from a 12-1 loss to University last Thursday–the Dolphins’ worst home loss in league since co-coaches Tom Seyler and Kelly Loftus took over three years ago. Against Fairfax, the Dolphins broke open a close game with four runs in the fourth inning. Austin Jones had two hits and two RBIs, Tim Sunderland had two hits and an RBI, and Johnny Bromberg and Garrett Champion each added two hits for Palisades. “It’s all about winning league right now,” Pali co-coach Tom Seyler said. “We need to win out and it could come down to next Tuesday’s game against Westchester.” Palisades travels to Venice Friday, hosts Weschester next Tuesday and ends regular season play next Thursday at University. Boys Golf Coach James Paleno’s squad defeated Chatsworth by a score of 412 to 430 last Wednesday at Woodley Lakes Golf Course, improving the Dolphins’ record to 2-5-1 in the 6A League. Ben Seelig, Bo Jacobson and Jason Weintraub each shot an 8-over-par 80 to the lead the Dolphins, who host Granada Hills Kennedy in their final league match today at Rancho Park. Tee-off time is 1:42 p.m. Lacrosse Pali’s varsity boys team saw its four-game winning streak snapped by host Beckman, 9-8, last Friday in Tustin. Junior Josh Packer scored three goals and Riley Gitlin, Eric Rosen, Sudsy Dyke each added goals and goalie Jesse Poller made nine saves for the Dolphins. Defenders Max Canella, Max Porter, Jake Satz, Paul Rago also contributed. Pali played Loyola on Tuesday and ends its first season against Harvard-Westlake today in North Hollywood. The Dolphin girls squad won its first game ever last Wednesday, avenging an earlier defeat to Westridge, and followed that with a victory over New Jewish Community last Thursday and an 11-1 win at Brentwood on Friday that evened Pali’s record at 3-3. Softball Due to make-ups of two games that were rained out earlier in the season, the Dolphins had to play four games last week, winning two and losing two. Pali followed last Monday’s 6-3 victory over Hamilton with a 3-0 loss to Venice last Wednesday and a 2-1 loss at University last Thursday. The Dolphins (7-9 overall, 4-5 in league) rebounded to beat the Wildcats 8-1 on Friday at Stadium by the Sea and traveled to Venice for their league finale Tuesday (result unavailable at press time). Track & Field The Dolphins dominated last Friday’s dual meet at Westchester to finish undefeated in Western League competition. Jeff Fujimoto ran season-best times in the hurdles, Ryan Henry won both the 100 and 200, Unique Shanklin ran the girls’ 400 in 65 seconds and Kristabel Doebel-Hickok won the 1600 and 3200 to finish undefeated in league races this season. The Western League finals were held Wednesday at Culver City (results unavailable at press time). Boys Volleyball The Dolphins (10-3 overall, 8-2 in league) put up a valiant fight before falling to Venice 25-18, 25-18, 24-26, 35-33 in last Wednesday’s Western League finale, which left both players and coaches exhausted. “It was pretty intense,” Pali kill leader Joey Sarafian said. “I’ve never been set that much in a single game.” Palisades was seeded 12th out of 32 teams in the City Section playoffs and hosts 21st-seeded Roosevelt tonight at 7. If the Dolphins win, they will either travel to No. 5 Chatsworth or host No. 28 Jefferson in the second round next Tuesday night. If Pali loses tonight, it would drop to the Invitational bracket. “I feel pretty good about where we are,” Pali coach Matt Shubin, who led the Dolphins to second place in league in his first season. “Venice is a scrappy team and a match like the one we just played makes everyone better. Even though we lost, it was a big win in my book.”
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