Senior forward Mechal Green scored 30 goals on her way to earning All-City honors.
Photo: STEVE GALLUZZO
By STEVE GALLUZZO
CTN Contributor
The CIF City Section has released its All-City selections and Palisades has players on both the boys and girls teams.
Representing the Dolphins on the boys side are senior midfielder Crew Norris and senior defender Carter Schwartz. Norris scored the tying goal on a header early in the second half of Palisades’ 2-1 victory over Bell in the quarterfinals of the Open Division playoffs February 12.
Palisades lost to El Camino Real 1-0 in overtime in the semifinals before advancing to the Southern California Regional Division III playoffs, where it edged Bakersfield Liberty in a shootout in the opening round and lost to Bishop Amat 3-1 in the semifinals to finish the season 18-6-2.
El Camino Real junior midfielder Diego Apolinar was named City Player of the Year and ECR’s Ian Kogan earned Coach of the Year honors after guiding the Royals to the Open Division championship with a shootout win in the finals against West Valley rival Birmingham.
For the girls, senior forward Mechal Green and senior defender Ava Loos made the All-City Open Division squad after leading the Dolphins into the semifinals, where they fell to eventual-champion Cleveland 4-0.
Palisades was seeded eighth in the Southern California Regional Division III bracket and lost to San Diego Del Norte 4-3 in the first round, finishing the season 14-5-4.
Green tallied a team-high 84 points (30 goals, 24 assists) in 19 games while Loos anchored a defense that shut out 10 opponents.
Cleveland’s Brielle Dunn, a sophomore defender, was picked Player of the Year in the Open Division and Cavaliers pilot Greg Ibach was chosen Coach of the Year.