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JV lacrosse team seeks perfect season

San Benito High junior varsity team plays final game of excellent season
San Benito High JV in previous game against Palma. Michael Parsons Photo
San Benito High JV in previous game against Palma. Michael Parsons Photo
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The undefeated San Benito High School junior varsity lacrosse team will have its final game Friday, May 6 as it looks to remain undefeated. The Balers will play Pacific Grove at Andy Hardin Field at 3:30 p.m.  

The perfect season has occurred in just the second year of the program on campus. The Balers' season includes two wins over beat Palma High School from Salinas, which has one of the most well-established lacrosse programs on the Central Coast.

There are no playoffs for JV, so the game will be the big season finale for the program. The JV head coach is Al DeVos and assistant coaches are John Hawkes and Randy Brown.

The JV players appear poised to move up and create a strong varsity program over the next few years. 

Leslie David

Leslie David is a Bay Area independent reporter/producer and is a BenitoLink founding board member. She has produced for radio, television, newspaper and magazines in both California and Wyoming. She was with KRON-TV News in San Francisco as camera-woman, editor and field producer, where she won the Commonwealth Club's Thomas Storke Award with Linda Yee for their series on the Aids Epidemic. She started as a small market news reporter shooting her own 16mm film at KEYT-TV Santa Barbara. Leslie lives on a ranch with her family in San Benito County.