As if Simi Valley coach Jim Benkert doesn’t have sufficient issues to do, he’s taken on the duty of placing on the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame highschool all-star video games Dec. 20 at Simi Valley High.
At 4 p.m. there might be a flag soccer recreation that includes gamers from the San Gabriel Chapter in opposition to the Coastal Valley Chapter. At 7, gamers from Ventura County will tackle Los Angeles County in an 11-man recreation.
Agoura’s Dustin Croick is teaching the West staff that features his excellent quarterback, Gavin Gray. Taft’s Thomas Randolph is teaching the East staff that has a powerful group of quarterbacks, together with Michael Wynn Jr. of St. Genevieve.
Simi Valley High would be the web site for all-star soccer video games on Dec. 20.
(Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)
Tickets are $10 and can assist pay for the rising prices of all-star video games, from uniforms to insurance coverage.
Benkert, one of many winningest coaches in state historical past with greater than 300 victories, mentioned he’s decided to make it work.
“We’re trying to keep all-star games alive,” he mentioned. “If we don’t do it, there’s nothing.”
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