Faraway sinks Mt. Brilliant, 11-8, in Everglades Classic
By
Alex Webbe
Medium goal competition continued in the 2012 16-goal Everglades
Classic Wednesday afternoon with Faraway notching an 11-8 win over previously
unbeaten Mt. Brilliant at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
First chukker goals from Costi Caset and Sugar Erskine combined
with shutout defense put Mt. Brilliant ahead, 2-0 in the early goings.
Second chukker action had Faraway getting a pair of goals
from Mike Azzaro (one from the field and one on a penalty conversion) ad a goal
from the field from Julian Daniels. Mt.
Brilliant responded with a single penalty goal from Caset and the game was
deadlocked at 3-3.
Erskine scored once from the field for Mt. Brilliant but
goals from Mason Wroe and Azzaro had Faraway leading 5-4 at the end of the
first half.
Faraway looked like a new team in the fourth chukker,
scoring five unanswered goals. Wroe
converted two penalty shots for goals and added another goal from the
field. Azzaro scored a goal from the field
while Daniels scored on a penalty goal.
At the end of the period Faraway led by six goals, 10-4.
Mt. Brilliant picked up fifth chukker penalty goals from
Chris Nevins and Erskine while Faraway seemed content to guard their lead. After five periods of play, Faraway was still
on top of a 10-6 score.
Azzaro scored his fifth goal of the day in the final
chukker while Mt. Brilliant team captain, Bo Goodman, scored twice in the 11-8 Faraway
victory.
Azzaro led the field in scoring with five goals (one by
penalty). Wroe registered four goals and
Daniels added two goals in the win.
Erskine led the Mt. Brilliant offense with three
goals. Caset and Goodman scored two
goals each and Nevins added one goal.