Roscoe
beats ELG to win Palm Restaurant Invitational
By
Alex Webbe
Roscoe (Jocelyn Grouix, Robin Sanchez, Hector Galindo and
Kris Kampsen) scored an 8-7 win over ELG/Ruby Q (Brian Street, Diego Cossio,
Sugar Erskine and Avery Chapman) in the finals of the Palm Restaurant
Invitational Wednesday morning at the Palm City Polo Club in Boca Raton.
Both teams’ offenses were a bit tenuous in opening
chukker play with neither team being able to break through for a score.
Second chukker activity had Avery Chapman and Sugar
Erskine score goals from the field while Roscoe team captain Jocelyn Grouix
scored on a penalty goal and teammate Kris Kampsen added a goal for the 2-2
tie.
Erskine put ELG up, 3-2, early in the third period, but
roscoe fought. Hector Galindo scored his
first goal of the game to make it all even, 3-3, to end the first half of play.
Roscoe broke it wide open in the fourth with Grouix
scoring three goals. Kampsen added a goal
for a 7-4 Roscoe lead. ELG garnered a
single goal from Diego Cossio.
ELG got it back on track in the fifth period. Goals from Brian Street and Chapman went
unanswered. ELG had cut the Roscoe lead
to a single goal, 7-6.
Kampsen converted a penalty shot in the sixth chukker to
move Roscoe in front, 8-6. Chapman
scored a goal for ELG but that would be where it ended. Roscoe would hold on to win the 2012 Palm
Restaurant Invitational, 8-7.
Grouix was named MVP, and led all scoring on the day with four goals. Kampsen scored three times and Galindo added
a goal in the win.
Chapman led the ELG team with three goals. Erskine scored twice, while making three
brilliant goalmouth saves for the ELG defense.
Cossio and Street each added a goal in a losing effort.