Boys’ tennis: Palisades repeats as City champion

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Palisades won its second consecutive City Section boys’ tennis championship on Thursday afternoon at Balboa Sports Center in Encino. The top-seeded Dolphins demolished second-seeded Eagle Rock 28-1 1/2 in the most one-sided final ever.

Oliver Thornton, Max Licona, Robbie Bellamy and Brett Alchorn all swept as Palisades lost a total of 13 games in 16 singles sets. The No. 1 doubles team of Adnan Ansar and Aaron Alcaraz got Eagle Rock’s only victory, beating Palisades’ No. 3 tandem of Myles Rodgers-Halliday and Robert Silvers, 6-3. The No. 2 team of Kevin Parducho and William Thi led Rodgers-Halliday and Silvers 4-0 and 5-2 before the Dolphins’ duo rallied to win 8-6 in a tiebreaker.

Kramer Waltke and Alex Giannini swept 6-0, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles and Kyung Choi paired with Spencer Pekar to sweep 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 for Palisades (23-5), which notched 83 out of a possible 88 1/2 points in its three playoff matches. The Dolphins have won 18 City titles since Coach Bud Kling took over the program in 1979.

The Eagles (13-2) were making their first appearance in an upper division final after having made the semifinals eight of the last nine years. Palisades defeated Granada Hills 26 1/2-3 in last year’s final.

Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies defeated Franklin 17-12 1/2 to win the Invitational title.

-- Steve Galluzzo