"On Thursday night, the Palisades High boys' basketball team savored something it had not experienced since midway through last season: homecourt advantage. Hosting a game inside their own gym for the first time in 388 days, the Dolphins did not let their fans or their classmates leave disappointed, beating Fairfax 75-28 to stay on track for their first outright league title in 30 years."
""I never thought it would be this long," Bryant admitted. "When the fire happened, I was thinking we'd have some access to our gym in the summer. I remember at a parent meeting saying we'll 100% be playing our league games at home. When the new [school year] started we were told September, then October, then November, then the start of the second semester. It kept getting pushed back.""
Palisades High boys' basketball returned to its campus gym for the first time in 388 days and defeated Fairfax 75-28, keeping pace toward an outright league title after 30 years. The team had last played at home on Jan. 6, 2025, one day before a fire severely damaged the campus. First-year coach Jeff Bryant organized practices at many locations and guided the team through 42 road games while students attended classes for nine months at the old Sears building known as PaliHi South. The team held its first practice at Palisades on Monday and students resumed on-campus classes Tuesday.
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