Category Archives: Sports

Fourth Annual 5K Charity Run on October 19

Run and help your favorite charity in the 4th Annual Charity of Choice 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, October 19. The Palisades Lutheran 5K Charity Run will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. starting and ending at the church, … Continue reading

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Lutheran’s Sponsor Fourth Annual 5K Charity Run

Run and help your favorite charity in the 4th Annual Charity of Choice 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, October 19. The Palisades Lutheran 5K Charity Run will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. starting and ending near the church, … Continue reading

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“Friday Night Lights” at PaliHi Reunion

By STEWART SLAVIN Palisades High School football team traveled to Harvard Westlake on September 20, defeating them soundly 33-13. The next day, football was again the topic when the Class of 1964 celebrated their 60th reunion at a picnic at … Continue reading

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Brentwood Beats Pali 33-30 in Double Overtime

At the end of regulation play, Palisades High School Dolphins and the Brentwood Eagles were tied 21-21. Another minute and the score might have been a Pali win. Brentwood punted to their own 44 with 11 seconds left in the … Continue reading

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PaliHi Wins Charter Bowl, Defeating Granada Hills

“Redemption,” said Palisades High School Football Coach Dylen Smith. “We have one redemption. Now we go for another next week.” PaliHi beat Granada Hills 42 to 28, claiming the Charter Bowl Trophy. The 2024 game was supposed to be held … Continue reading

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Idea for Kids Who May Not Want Organized Sports

If you have a youth between the ages of nine and 14 and they told you they are done with organized sports, such as soccer and basketball, have they tried golf? This is a life-long sport and a great way … Continue reading

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Pali Football Defeats Roosevelt 24-17

There was incredible talent, enthusiasm and hard work on display by the Palisades High School Football team as they beat the Roosevelt Rough Riders 24-17. How good are the Dolphins? The potential is there. There are rough edges and occasional … Continue reading

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Lee Calvert Celebrates Her 100th Birthday with Pushups

  By ALISON BURMEISTER There are an estimated 101,000 Americans who are 100 or older in a country of 245 million people (78 percent are women). Joining that elite group is Lee Calvert, who celebrated her 100th birthday on August … Continue reading

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PaliHi Wins First Football Game 58-6

After their first home game, which Pali won 58-6, Palisades High School football head coach Dylen Smith was asked if there were any surprises. “The score,” Smith said. “I feel bad for Dymally.”  It turns out that Smith had gone … Continue reading

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The Other Side of the Olympics

SWIMMING WITH KATIE LEDECKY: Swimming with Katie Ledecky at the Maggie Gilbert Aquatics Center in November 2019 was the closest this editor will ever come to a gold medal. After Ledecky, 27, set a new Olympic record time of 15:30.02 … Continue reading

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