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With just one returning starter, the San Benito High boys basketball team was expected to take its lumps this season.

In 2014, athletes and sports teams from San Benito County purported themselves well.

It was a sight no one around the San Benito High boys basketball team wanted to see.

Mike Baumgartner isn’t shy when it comes to his team’s goals.

SAN JOSE — On the cusp of advancing to a Central Coast Section playoff final for the first time in school history, the San Benito boys’ basketball team had to endure heartbreak instead.

SAN JOSE — A year after going one-and-done in the Central Coast Section playoffs, the San Benito High boys’ basketball team wasn’t about to let it happen again.

If the San Benito High boys’ basketball team ends up winning its first-ever Central Coast Section championship, it will have earned it — the hard way.

The shot clock was turned off, and San Benito High sophomore forward Shraee Harrison had received the green light from coach David Kaplansky to take the final shot of the first half in the team’s Jan. 15 game against Christopher.

Just seconds after the opening tip in Thursday night’s non-league home game against Watsonville, San Benito High senior guard-forward Hyram Miskin whipped a pass from the top of the key to Robbie Skinner, who was streaking to the basket and scored on a layup.

The next chapter in Alvin Harrison’s life involves redemption.