City girls’ volleyball: Palisades is the No. 1 target

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Taft is the defending City champion, and San Pedro, which lost to Taft in last year’s championship game, is shooting for a fourth consecutive finals appearance.

But neither team is the top seeded team in the girl’s volleyball playoffs, which begin tonight. That honor goes to Palisades (19-8), which hosts No. 32 Kennedy (7-6) in first-round action.

Venice (13-3-1), which beat Taft on Monday but lost its Western League tiebreaker to Palisades, is seeded second and will host No. 31 Fremont (9-7). Taft (12-6) is seeded third and hosts No. 30 Canoga Park (5-14-1), while fourth-seeded San Pedro (19-9) hosts No. 29 South East (8-5).

The complete pairings:

City championship

First round, tonight/Thursday, 7 p.m.

#32 Granada Hills Kennedy at #1 Palisades
#17 Narbonne at #16 Cleveland
#24 Bravo at #9 Grant
#25 Manual Arts at #8 Carson
#28 Hollywood at #5 Sylmar
#21 Los Angeles at #12 Granada Hills
#20 Eagle Rock at #13 Birmingham
#29 South East at #4 San Pedro
#30 Canoga Park at #3 Taft
#19 Fairfax at #14 Verdugo Hills
#22 Sun Valley Poly at #11 Chatsworth
#27 San Fernando at #6 Van Nuys
#26 King-Drew at #7 Bell
#23 South Gate at #10 Los Angeles Wilson
#18 Garfield at #15 Los Angeles Marshall
#31 Fremont at #2 Venice

NOTES: First-round losers go into invitational bracket. Second round in both brackets, Tuesday; quarterfinals, Nov. 8; semifinals, Nov. 13. Finals, Nov. 17 at Occidental College (Invitational at 11 a.m., City Championship at 5 p.m.)

SMALL SCHOOLS

First round, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m.

#1 Northridge, bye
#9 Sherman Oaks CES at #8 Maywood
#12 Discovery Prep at #5 Annenberg
#4 Fulton Prep, bye
#3 Foshay, bye
#11 Valley Alternative at #6 Los Angeles CES
#10 View Park Prep at #7 Orthopaedic
#2 Elizabeth, bye

NOTES: Quarterfinals, Nov. 8; semifinals, Nov. 13. Small Schools championship, Nov. 17 at Occidental College, 2 p.m.

-- Mike Terry & Eric Maddy, stats guru

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