Power Horse tramples early
Competition in Palm City Open
By
Alex Webbe
Walter Scherb’s Power Horse team rolled over the
competition in the opening round of play in the 2012 Palm City Open at Grand
Champions Polo Club by defeating Elangeni Ranch 7-5 before handing La
Pasion/Tuff Rider 6-2 in round-robin play.
In the first matchup of the day, Power Horse rode out to
an early 3-0 lead on the strength of a pair of goals from Melissa Ganzi and a
penalty conversion from Scherb. Elangeni
Ranch was unable to get on the scoreboard in the opening chukker and trailed by
three goals.
Scherb added two goals from the field in the second frame
while Ganzi scored her third goal of the game.
Elangeni Ranch picked up a single goal from Diego Coscio but trailed by
five goals, 6-1.
Ganzi scored her fourth goal of the game in the third
chukker while Coscio exploded with four goals in the chukker, but Power Horse
held on for the 7-5 win.
Power
Horse 6, La Pasion/Tuff Rider 2
Power Horse wasted little time in going after
La Pasion/Tuff Rider in the second leg of the tournament’s round-robin. Once again the potent foursome put three
goals on the scoreboard in the first chukker.
Scherb and Jason Crowder scored the first two goals of the chukker
followed by a goal from Ganzi. Tracy
Brunett managed a single goal but Power Horse was on top of a 3-1 score.
La Pasion/Tuff Rider slowed down the Power
Horse assault in the second period of their meeting, limiting them to a single
goal from Ganzi halfway through the chukker.
Brunett scored again for La Pasion/Tuff Rider but they continued to
trail by two goals, 4-2.
Goals from Scherb and Crowder in the third chukker
went unanswered as Power Horse scored its second victory of the day and would
be playing in the tournament finals on Sunday.
La Pasion/Tuff Rider
4, Elangeni Ranch 3
The consolation match of the day had La
Pasion/Tuff Rider scoring a 4-3 win over Elangeni Ranch on the strength of a
balanced attack.
Diego Coscio scored the first goal of the
game but La Pasion/Tuff Rider came right back with goals from Jeff Blake and
Brunett. The first period ended with La
Pasion/Tuff Rider ahead, 2-1.
The two teams exchanged goals in the second
chukker with Kris Kampsen and Coscio each driving the ball through one another’s
goal posts. La Pasion/Tuff Rider
continued to lead, 3-2.
With 5:43 on the clock in the final chukker,
Joey Casey tied it up for Elangeni Ranch with his first goal of the day. Brunnet’s fourth goal on the day put La
Pasion/Tuff Rider back in the lead, 4-3, a position they would hold until the
final horn.
KIG, Cinque Terre and Certified got their
round-robin underway with Certified scoring an early 5-3 win over KIG. KIG held the field and were ahead of Cinque
Terre when the rains forced postponement of the match. A reassessment of the field conditions will
be made before any new scheduling will be posted.