Category Archives: Sports

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

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

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

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

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

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

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 

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  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

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

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

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

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

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

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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Former Highlands Resident Johnny Hooper Will Play for USA Water Polo Team in Tokyo

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  When the Daily News profiled the U.S. Water Polo Team on July 3, the writer noted that Jesse Smith will lead the way “in his record-tying fifth Olympics.” In addition to Smith, a 38-year-old Pepperdine alumnus, four other players are … Continue reading →

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Palisades Native Ali Riley: A Four-time Olympian via New Zealand

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  Ali Riley, who grew up in Pacific Palisades, is set to play in her fourth Olympic Games as co-captain of the New Zealand women’s soccer team, starting tomorrow. In the 2008 Olympics, Riley played every minute of New Zealand’s three games (Japan, Norway and … Continue reading →

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Another “Palisades” Swimmer Will Vie for Gold at the Tokyo Olympics

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

When Circling the News wrote about Palisadian Jordan Wilimovsky vying for Olympic gold in the open-water distance swim, a reader responded, “What about Jamal Hill? He’s been training at the Maggie Gilbert Aquatics Center since January.” Competing in the S9 … Continue reading →

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