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CITY SECTION

Monday’s Results

FIRST ROUND

DIVISION I

Taft d. LA Roosevelt, 25-17, 25-17, 25-17

East Valley d. Harbor Teacher, 17-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-19

VAAS d. El Camino Real, 25-19, 25-17, 25-19

North Hollywood d. Van Nuys, 28-30, 25-18, 25-23, 26-24

Vaughn d. Sun Valley Poly, 3-0

Larchmont d. Verdugo Hills, 25-17, 25-17, 25-12

Sylmar d. South Gate, 25-23, 25-18, 25-21

DIVISION II

Huntington Park d. Los Angeles, 25-13, 25-17, 25-27, 25-21

LA Hamilton d. Orthopaedic, 3-1

Bernstein d. Elizabeth, 25-22, 25-15, 25-12

Marquez d. San Pedro, 25-15, 25-16, 25-18

Diego Rivera d. Dorsey, 3-2

Narbonne d. Downtown Magnets, 3-0

Panorama d. LA Wilson, 3-1

SOCES at LA University

DIVISION III

San Fernando d. Bravo, 3-0

Birmingham d. Magnolia Science, 25-17, 25-15, 25-23

Fairfax d. Burton, 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 28-26

Granada Hills Kennedy d. Middle College, 25-17, 25-21, 18-25, 25-20

DIVISION IV

Canoga Park d. Bell, 25-12, 25-18, 31-33, 25-20

Chavez d. Neuwirth Learning Center d. Chavez, 25-21, 25-21, 25-18

West Adams d. USC Hybrid, 25-22, 25-20, 25-15

Community Charter d. Washington Prep, 25-23, 20-25, 25-22, 25-17

DIVISION V

Garfield d. Dymally, 3-1

Rancho Dominguez d. Valley Oaks CES, 26-28, 25-14, 25-15, 25-23

LA Jordan d. Stern, 3-1

Animo De La Hoya d. Port of Los Angeles, 25-11, 25-22, 25-9

Sotomayor d. Triumph Charter, 25-18, 25-22, 30-28

SOUTHERN SECTION

Monday’s Results

SECOND ROUND

DIVISION 9

YULA d. Indian Springs, 3-1

Avalon d. Bethel Baptist, 3-0

Downey Calvary Chapel d. Southlands Christian, 3-1

TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Matches at 6 p.m. unless noted)

QUARTERFINALS

DIVISION 1

Tesoro at Mira Costa

Corona del Mar at Huntington Beach, 6:30 p.m.

Newport Harbor at Loyola

Santa Margarita at Redondo Union

DIVISION 2

Fountain Valley at Orange Lutheran

San Clemente at St. Margaret’s

Camarillo at Yorba Linda

Edison at Arcadia

Note: Quarterfinals Divisions 3-9 May 6; Semifinals All Divisions May 9; Finals All Divisions May 15-16.

CITY SECTION BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS

MONDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Matches at 4 p.m. unless noted)

DIVISION I

First Round

#16 LA Roosevelt at #1 Taft

#9 East Valley at #8 Harbor Teacher

#12 El Camino Real at #5 VAAS

#13 Van Nuys at #4 North Hollywood

#14 Grant at #3 Cleveland

#11 Sun Valley Poly at #6 Vaughn

#10 Verdugo Hills at #7 Larchmont Charter

#15 South Gate at #2 Sylmar

DIVISION II

First Round

#17 San Fernando at #16 Bravo

#20 Magnolia Science at #13 Birmingham

#19 Burton at #14 Fairfax

#18 Granada Hills Kennedy at #15 Middle College

DIVISION III

First Round

#17 Annenberg at #16 Animo Robinson

#20 King/Drew at #13 Stern

#19 San Fernando at #14 Animo De La Hoya

#18 Smidt Tech at #15 Animo Bunche

DIVISION IV

First Round

#17 Canoga Park at #16 Bell

#20 Chavez at #13 Neuwirth Leadership

#19 West Adams at #14 USC Hybrid

#18 Community Charter at #15 Washington Prep

DIVISION V

First Round

#17 Garfield at #16 Dymally

#24 Simon Tech at #9 Alliance Levine

#21 LAAAE at #12 Valor Academy

#20 Valley Oaks CES at #13 Rancho Dominguez

#19 Lakeview Charter at #14 Franklin

#22 LA Jordan at #11 Stern

#23 Port of LA at #10 Animo De La Hoya

#18 Triumph Charter at #15 Sotomayor

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Matches at 7 p.m. unless noted)

OPEN DVISION

QUARTERFINALS

#8 Carson at #1 Granada Hills

#5 LA Marshall at #4 Venice

#6 Wilmington Banning at #3 Chatsworth

#7 Eagle Rock at #2 Palisades

Note: Second Round in Divisions II-V, May 7 at 4 p.m. at higher seeds; Quarterfinals in Division I, May 7 at 7 p.m. at higher seeds; Quarterfinals in Divisions II-V, May 11 at 7 p.m. at higher seeds; Semifinals in Open and Division I, May 12 at 7 p.m. at higher seeds; Semifinals in Division DII-V, May 13 at 7 p.m. at higher seeds; Finals in all divisions May 15-16 (sites and times TBD).

Make it 17 and counting.

That is how many boys’ tennis titles Palisades has won in a row after its 18.5 to 11 victory over Taft in the City Section Open Division championship match Wednesday afternoon at Balboa Sports Center in Encino.

Freshman Kensho Ford, who reached the CIF singles semifinals at the Ojai tournament four days earlier, swept his four sets at No. 1 as expected — dropping a total of three games in the process — but what co-coaches Robert Silvers and Bud Kling did not anticipate was Zach Cohen sweeping at No. 4 to give the top-seeded Dolphins a split of the 16 possible singles points.

Cohen played No. 1 doubles with Zach Stuffman all season but was itching to play singles for the playoffs and wound up winning all six of his sets including two before being subbed out for the last two rotations in Monday’s semifinal rout of fourth-seeded Marshall.

“I’ve been asking for two years now and when Coach Rob told me Saturday I’d be in singles I was so excited,” said Cohen, who was also the Division I individual champion while pacing the Dolphins to their fifth straight cross-country team title in November at Elysian Park.

Five is nice, but 17 straight is a dynasty unparalleled in City Section history. No team in any sport from a City school has ever produced a longer streak and no coach has more City crowns than Kling’s 55 (33 boys, 22 girls). Palisades has also appeared in 21 straight finals. The last time two other schools met for the City’s upper division title was 2004 when El Camino Real defeated West Valley League rival Granada Hills.

Palisades got another surprise when the sophomore tandem of Josh Glaser and Bennett Murphy, who were bumped up to varsity a month earlier, won all three of ithebsets at No. 3 doubles, beating the Toreadors’ top two duos in tiebreakers.

Taft’s Dannes Djalilov won two sets at No. 1 singles during Wednesday’s City Section Open Division tennis final.

(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)

Danees Djalilov took two of his four sets at No. 1 singles and Brandon Celestine did the same at No. 4 for the second-seeded Toreadors, who were the last team to defeat Palisades in the finals — doing so in 2007 and 2008 led by two-time City individual singles winner Josh Tchan.

Moments after Ford finished off his 6-0 victory over Alec Volodarskiy to move his team within half a point of the championship, Stuffman and new partner Jack Plotkowski put the Dolphins over the 15-point threshold by completing a sweep at No. 1 doubles with a 6-2 ousting of Taft’s No. 2 team.

Taft was seeking its eighth City title and first since winning Division II in 2019.