CITY SECTION GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: PALISADES WINS CITY SECTION GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP LACES' PARK CLOSES WITH 72, WINS INDIVIDUAL TITLE.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). High of Pacific Palisades returned to the top of City Section golf Wednesday, extending its section record to 15 titles with a 391-398-789 total, good for a 23- stroke victory over runner-up San Pedro at Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. . It was the fourth City title in seven seasons for the Dolphins, who have combined with Granada Hills to dominate City golf since 1993, when the Joe White-coached Highlanders won the first of four consecutive championships in what would become a run of eight titles in 12 seasons. Palisades coach James Paleno made it a point to credit White before accepting the Dolphins' team trophy Wednesday in what would be the last section-championship appearance by the 39-year Granada Hills coach, who will retire next month. ``He set the tone for everybody,'' Paleno said of White, who has coached golf longer than any current City coach and exits with nine section team titles and four individual titles. ``He's been the standard. He and I have gone at it for years, and it's been fantastic. It elevated the level of our team and our game because we always tried to aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for be as good or hopefully beat Granada.'' Granada Hills was a rare absentee in this year's team final, failing to qualify with a young team. The Highlanders did have a strong individual participant in returning City champion Andrew Ok. The Highlanders' senior, who has accepted a scholarship from Arkansas, shared the midtournament lead with Kennedy of Granada Hills junior Mat Shin after both shot 70 on Griffith Park's par-72 Harding course. Both shot 75 on the more difficult, par-72 Wilson course Wednesday to finish at 145, but they were overtaken by Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies The Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies is a university preparatory secondary school located in Los Angeles, California, United States. LACES, which serves grades 6 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. sophomore Daniel Park, whose closing 72 left him at 143 and with a two-stroke victory. Park, who entered the final round one shot off the lead after an opening 71, said his game plan was to play his own game, one shot at a time. ``I didn't really care what I would shoot,'' he said. ``I just wanted to think about how I would play and my routine.'' All three players advance to the June 2 CIF/SCGA championship at SCGA SCGA Southern California Golf Association SCGA Software Carrier Group Alarm Golf Club in Murrieta, a Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, final that will bring together 64 individuals and 10 teams representing the City, Southern, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and Central sections. The top two City teams and top 12 individuals not attached to those teams qualify for CIF/SCGA, which also is the final qualifying tournament for the June 8 state championship at Poppy Hills Golf Club Hills Golf Club is a golf club located in Mölndal near Gothenburg in Sweden. The 18-hole course, designed by Arthur Hills, was opened in 2004. External links
Monroe of North Hills sophomore Kevin Bognot, the City's only state representative last season, remained in contention for a return to state by finishing fourth in City at 72-74-146. Other San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. CIF/SCGA qualifiers are Thomas Lodwig of El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Ben Seelig (72-77-149), Steven Chung (75-79-154) and Jimmy Nissen (78-76-154) led Palisades, which also won City titles in 1999, 2000 and 2002 after resurrecting its golf program in 1997. Ryan Stephens (75-80-155) and Shawn Harris (78-84-162) led San Pedro, which shot 398-414-812 to finish 31 strokes ahead of third-place El Camino Real (407-436-843). Venice (845) finished fourth and Cleveland (849) fifth. Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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