Palos Verdes boys lacrosse streaks into playoffs
Palos Verdes’ Jarrett Jones attacks the Thousand Oaks defense in a 13-4 victory that began a 16-game winning streak for the Sea Kings. Photo courtesy of PV Lacrosse In English, Palos Verdes translates to Green Sticks but there are sticks of a different color that are helping bring notoriety to the Peninsula. The area has become a hotbed for the sport of lacrosse, the fastest growing high school sport in the South Bay and the West Coast and the boys teams at Palos Verdes and Peninsula are helping lead the charge. Palos Verdes (16-2) is ranked No. 2 in the CIF-Southern Section and the top-ranked team in the Northern Division. The only losses suffered by the Sea Kings this season were a 10-6 loss to No. 5 St. Margaret’s of San Juan Capistrano and a 9-8 defeat to No. 8 Westlake in the season opener. Palos Verdes is riding a 16-game winning and boasts the best defense in CIF-SS allowing only 4.25 goals per game. The Sea Kings breezed to the Bay League title going 6-0 and outscoring opponents 84-16. Palos Verdes playsthe winner of the El Segundo-Palisades play-in game on Tuesday with the winner advancing to face the Sierra Canyon-Thousand Oaks winner in the second round on Thursday…
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