The San Juan Hills Stallions Boys Lacrosse season was brought to a halt this past week as the Capistrano Unified School District temporarily closed schools and suspended school-related activities including sports programs.  Additionally, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Office and the 10 Section Commissioners held their annual scheduled spring meeting on March 17th with the agenda including a discussion concerning the impact of COVID-19 on the 2020 CIF spring sports season.  Following the meeting, the CIF released the following statement:

While the time may come when we have to cancel post-season events, today is not that day. In anticipation of further guidance and directives issued by federal, state and local government agencies regarding COVID-19, the CIF has not determined the future of spring sports events at this time and intends to reconvene with the 10 Section Commissioners on April 3 to revisit this issue. Pending that time, Sections will continue to confer with their local leadership and the State CIF will continue to monitor any directives and recommendations issued from the above entities.

The CIF will continue to work with our schools and school districts with the health and well-being of student-athletes and school communities as our priority.

The Stallions had just come off of a 22-1 victory over the El Toro Chargers, improving their record to 6-0 on the season.  San Juan Hills had recently been ranked 5th in the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 poll, and had outscored opponents 122-27.  Notable statistics through the early season are:

• Offense
  • Nick Lagestee (SR) – 33 goals, 3 assists, 12 ground balls
  • Jade Fischbeck (SR) – 22 goals, 11 assists, 27 ground balls
  • Carter Peszt (JR) – 22 goals, 5 assists, 18 ground balls
  • Josh Mastropaolo (SR) – 11 gaols, 9 assists, 13 ground balls
  • Chris Matthews (SO) – 10 goals, 10 assists, 21 ground balls
  • Jayden Wells (SR) – 8 goals, 8 assists, 10 ground balls
  • Max Maver (SR) – 70 faceoff wins (66%), 37 ground balls
  • Noa Nelson (SO) – 30 faceoff wins (60%), 15 ground balls
• Defense
  • Brayden Reynolds (SO) – 43 saves (66.8 Save %)
  • Dylan Reynolds (SR) – 8 forced turnovers, 25 ground balls
  • Eli Gow (SO) – 12 forced turnovers, 13 ground balls
  • Cole Flippin (SO) – 5 forced turnovers, 23 ground balls

Information regarding the status of the season will be updated regularly and posted on the Stallions official website – https://sjhstallions.com/boyslax.