Photos: Palisades girls basketball celebrates state finals appearance in postgame ceremony

PACIFIC PALISADES– Tuesday night, Palisades defeated Santa Monica 51-36 to win the Southern region of the CIF Division II state championship bracket. Sammie Arnold and Demoni Lagway led the Dolphins with 12 points each.
Here is our photo gallery from the postgame award ceremony. You can also check out our gallery of game photos.

Lance Smith is a veteran high school sports reporter who worked previously with SBLive Sports covering basketball, football, and softball in California's Southern Section and LA City Section and has returned as contributor to High School On SI in 2025. He also covers Nevada and National Girls Basketball. A graduate of The USC Marshall School of Business, Smith dabbles in linear algebra and football and basketball computer rankings.