Category Archives: Sports

PaliHi Football (7-0) Routs University, Awaits Showdown with Hamilton (6-0) 

The undefeated Palisades High School football team crushed University 55-0 last Friday at home and is now 7-0 for the season and 2-0 in Western League action. Head Coach Chris Hyduke said that going into the match, he had two … Continue reading

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Undefeated PaliHi Football Defeats Venice in Western League Opener, 33-13

  Now 6-0 this season, the Palisades High Dolphins routed arch-rival Venice last Friday night, 33-13, to open Western League play. Sophomore quarterback Sammy Silvia, starting only his second varsity game, completed three touchdowns passes to senior Moses Ross, and … Continue reading

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Former Pepperdine Golfer Sahith Theegala Comes Close to Winning His First PGA Tournament

Sahith Theegala, who was named the top collegiate golfer in 2020  while at Pepperdine, held a one-stroke lead going into the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi on Sunday. Alas, after achieving three birdies on the … Continue reading

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PaliHi Football Team Wins Again, Beating San Fernando 49-6

It took only two plays and 18 seconds for Palisades High to score a touchdown Friday night, with senior Moses Ross racing 52 yards to the end zone. Sophomore Kwazi Estes kicked the first of his seven straight PATs and … Continue reading

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New Year, New Coach: PaliHi Flattens Cleveland, 39-0

After a shortened 2020 football season because of Covid 19 (only  four games in the spring), Palisades High opened a new season on Friday with a decisive 39-0 win over Cleveland. Coach Tim Hyde, who had been Pali’s head coach … Continue reading

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Major League Ballplayer Scott Heineman Signs to Play in Tokyo

Scott Heineman, a 28-year-old native of Pacific Palisades, signed a contract with the Yomiuri Giants on August 3, flew to Tokyo last week and is now in quarantine. He will be activated the first week of September. The 6’1” Heineman, … Continue reading

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AYSO Soccer Enrollment Opens; Parents Are Urged to Enroll Their Kids by August 20 

  If you want your youth to get some exercise, learn a sport and have fun while doing it, AYSO Region 69 invites families to enroll before August 20. There are still a few openings in most divisions. AYSO Region … Continue reading

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Former Palisades High Star Jon Moscot Pitches for Team Israel in the Olympics

By BILL BRUNS CTN Sports Writer Two years after retiring from Major League baseball with an arm injury, Jon Moscot was the starting pitcher for Team Israel against South Korea in the opening round of the Tokyo Olympics Thursday. Moscot, … Continue reading

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Tara Lipinski – Another Palisadian at the Olympics

Another Palisades resident will be at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but instead of competing, she was hired by NBC to help broadcast the games. Retired figure skater Tara Lipinski and her good friend Johnny Weir, also a retired figure skater, … Continue reading

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PaliHi Grad Nick Itkin, a Fencer, Will Compete in the Olympics

Nick Itkin, a Palisades High graduate, will compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games as the world’s No. 9-ranked men’s foil fencer in the individual event and as a member of a team favored to win gold. Although he started fencing … Continue reading

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