Oaks Chrisitan School football coach Bill Redell came to the defense of Westlake High coach Jim Benkert in the wake of Petros Papadakis' critical comments about Westlake's program last Sunday night on "The Challenge" on KNBC.

"I think Jim Benkert has done a fabulous job at Westlake High and he is a man of the highest character," Redell said. "The entire Westlake community and Westlake High should be very proud to have a coach of Jim Benkert's caliber and stature running that program. As a fellow coach in the fraternity and as a Westlake community person, I am very proud of what he has done."

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