Valiente and Palm
Beach Illustrated qualify for quarterfinals with wins
By Alex Webbe
Valiente (Bob Jornayvaz, Santi Torres, Sapo Caset and Tomas
Garbarini)opened the day with a rousing 13-7 win over Coca-Cola (Gillian
Johnston, Jeff Hall, Julio Arellano and Nick Morrison) Saturday morning in
Ylvisaker Cup competition at the International Polo Club.
Valiente received on goal by handicap from the 20-goal
Coca-Cola team and quickly added to it.
First chukker goals from Santi Torres and Sapo Caset (two from the
field) had them up 4-0 before Coca-Cola finally got on the scoreboard with a
penalty goal from Julio Arellano.
Valiente looked impressive as they dominated Coca-Cola in the opening
period for the 4-1 lead.
A determined Coca-Cola team returned to the field in the
second, shutting out the Valiente offense and adding a pair of goals from Jeff
Hall (one on a penalty shot). Coca-Cola
trailed by a single goal, 4-3, as the chukker ended.
Valiente turned the tables on Coca-Cola in the third,
getting a pair of goals from Torres and a single goal from Tomas
Garbarini. Coca-Cola was unable to score
and trailed 7-3 at the end of the first half.
Caset scored three consecutive goals (two on penalty shots)
while holding Coca-Cola scoreless in the fourth. The hole got deeper for Coca-Cola as they
trailed, 10-3 at the end of the fourth period.
Julio Arellano scored on a penalty shot in the fifth, but
that was all that Coca-Cola could manage.
Caset scored on a goal from the field and a 40-yard penalty shot. With one chukker left in regulation play,
Valiente was sitting on a 12-4 lead.
Hall opened the sixth chukker with a penalty conversion for
a goal, adding two more scores from the field. 12-7, but that was where their
rally would stall. Caset wrapped it up
with his eighth goal of the game for a 13-7 Valiente victory.
Caset led all scoring with eight goals (three on penalty
shots). Torres scored three times;
Garbarini added a goal and the team received one goal by handicap. Hall’s five goals led the Coca-Cola attack
(two on penalty shots). Arellano added a
pair of penalty goals in the loss.
The victory gave Valiente a 2-0 record and qualified them
for quarterfinal play. Coca-Cola fell to
0-2.
PALM BEACH
ILLUSTRATED 14, EL CABURE 10
El Cabure (Scott Wood, Sugar Erskine, Agustin Merlos and
Carlucho Arellano) scored the first four goals of the game as a stagnant Palm
Beach Illustrated (Jared Zenni, Tommy Collingwood, Magoo Laprida and Facundo
Obregon) offense was stunned by the hard-charging El Cabure attack. Tommy Collingwood finally got Palm Beach
Illustrated on the scoreboard with a goal from the field and teammate Facundo
Obregon converted a penalty shot for a goal, 4-2, to end the chukker.
Palm Beach Illustrated woke up for the second period and
took the reins away from El Cabure.
Shutout defense was coupled with three more goals from Obregon (two
penalty goals and a goal from the field) that went unanswered. The second period ended with Palm Beach
Illustrated in front, 5-4.
Both defenses stood up on the third chukker, allowing only
one goal from the field by Palm Beach Illustrated’s Collingwood two minutes
into the period and a 40-yard penalty goal from El Cabure’s Agustin Merlos.
Both teams were on the attack as the second half got
started. Palm Beach Illustrated
registered goals from Jared Zenni, Collingwood and Obregon while El Cabure got
goals from Arellano, Merlos and Sugar Erskine.
Palm Beach Illustrated remained in the lead, 9-8.
Palm Beach Illustrated took control of the game in the fifth
chukker as Obregon converted a penalty goal and Zenni and Collingwood added
single goals from the field. El Cabure
was unable to break through the Palm Beach Illustrated defense and trailed by
four goals, 12-8.
El Cabure made a last ditch effort in the sixth. Goals by Arellano and Erskine cut the Palm
Beach Illustrated lead to two goals, 12-10.
An El Cabure foul resulted in a 60-yard penalty conversion by Obregon
with 2:14 left in the game, and Laprida scored the final goal of the game with
42 seconds on the clock for the 14-10 win.
Obregon scored six of his game-high seven goals on penalty
shots. Collingwood was credited with
three goals and Zenni and Laprida accounted for two goals apiece. Erskine’s four goals paced the El Cabure
attack. Merlos and Arellano scored three
goals each in a losing effort.
LOS
MACHITOS/HEATHCOTE 9, LAS MONJITAS 8
Los Machitos/Heathcote (Steve Lefkowitz, Matias Magrini,
Mariano Aguerre and Sterling Giannico) trailed early against Las Monjitas
(Camilo Bautista, Geronimo Obregon, Eduardo Astrada and Alejandro Astrada), but
rallied to take a 6-5 halftime lead before holding on for a 9-8 win.
In a defensively oriented opening chukker, Eduardo Astrada
scored the only goal of the chukker for a 1-1 lead. Penalty goals from 40-yards and 30-yards oput
were missed, and would come back to haunt the Las Monjitas team.
Alejandro Astrada made it 2-0 in the second before Matias
Magrini finally scored a goal for Los Machitos/Heathcote on a 40-yard penalty
conversion, 2-1. A second goal from
Eduardo Astrada ended the chukker with Las Monjitas in the lead, 3-1.
Los Machitos/Heathcote coordinated their offense in the
third and promptly watched Hilario Ulloa (substituting for Mariano Aguerre)
score the only three goals of the chukker.
The first half ended with Los Machitos/Heathcote defending a narrow 4-3
advantage.
The two teams traded goals in the fourth period with Magrini
adding two more goals to the Los Machitos/Heathcote total while Alejandro
Astrada did the same. The Los
Machitos/Heathcote lead held at one goal, 6-5.
The Los Machitos/Heathcote offense took it shots in the
fifth. Los Machitos/Heathcote registered
three goals as Sterling Giannico scored twice and Ulloa added a goal. Las Monjitas answered back with two penalty
goals from Alejandro Astrada, 9-7.
Las Monjitas continued to press the attack in the sixth, but
Los Machitos/Heathcote was up to the challenge.
Alejandro Astrada converted a 60-yard penalty shot that ended the
game. Alejandro Astrada scored four of
his six goals on penalty shots. Eduardo
scored the other two goals in the loss.
Ulloa scored four times for Los Machitos/Heathcote. Teammate Magrini added five goals to the
Argentine party. Los Machitos/Heathcote
got four goals from Ulloa; three goals from Magrini.
Ylvisaker Cup continues on Sunday with three matches
scheduled at 10am, Noon and 3pm.