Football: Palisades is making noise in City playoffs

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Palisades has had a remarkable turnaround this season under first-year coach Perry Jones.

On Friday night, the Dolphins won their first postseason game since 1999, overcoming a 21-6 halftime deficit to steamroll Lincoln, 43-28, in the opening round of the City Section Division II playoffs.

Jones and his father Pat, the offensive coordinator, installed an exciting wishbone offense and turned around a program that had gone 26-65 over the previous nine seasons, including 1-9 last fall.

Now the seventh-seeded Dolphins (6-5) are a team that nobody wants to play. Palisades looks to continue its Cinderella season at No. 2 Sun Valley Poly (9-2) in the quarterfinals next Friday.

-- Steve Galluzzo