Certified/Endeavor wins Palm city Open, 8-7

By Alex Webbe

Certified/Endeavor (Michael Borrico, Larry Austin, Joaquin Panelo and Nic Roldan)
scored an 8-7 win over a stubborn Power Horse (Melissa Ganzi, Jason Crowder, Juan
Bollini and Walter Scherb) in the finals of the Palm city Open at the Grand Champions
Polo Club in Wellington Sunday morning.

With the ominous threat of rain in the air, Walter Scherb got Power Horse on the
scoreboard with the opening goal of the game, 1-0. Nic Roldan responded for Certified/
Endeavor with a penalty conversion for a 1-1 tie. A second goal from the field from
Roldan had Certified/Endeavor on top of a 2-1 score. Juan Bollini tied it up with the final
goal of the period, 2-2.

The two teams traded penalty goals in the second chukker, with Roldan converting the
penalty shot for Certified/Endeavor while Scherb rang one up for Power Horse. The
score remained tied after the second period, 3-3.

Power Horse got a leg up on Certified/Endeavor in the third with a penalty goal from
Crowder and a goal from the field from Juan Bollini that traveled over 100 yards for a
score. Roldan scored on a penalty shot, but Power Horse held the 5-4 halftime lead.

Fourth chukker play was an exercise in defense with neither team being able to score
After four periods of play the score stood at 5-4.

Certified/Endeavor got on track in the fifth chukker with a pair of goals from Roldan and
a goal from the field from Austin. Melissa Ganzi scored the only Power Horse goal of
the chukker, with Certified/Endeavor leading for the first time since the first chukker, 7-6.

Scherb scored for Power Horse in a melee in front of the Certified/Endeavor goal to knot
it up at 7-7, but it was Panelo’s goal that ended the game with an 8-7 Certified/Endeavor
victory.

Roldan set the scoring pace for the game with six goals. Panelo and Austin added
single goals for the win.

Scherb scored three times for Power Horse. Bollini scored twice and Crowder and
Ganzi offered up single goals in the loss.

KIG 9, CINQUE TERRE 8

Earlier in the morning, Hannah Buchan led KIG (Hannah Buchan, Marc Ganzi, Lucas
Lalor and Jeff Hall) to a 9-8 win over Cinque Terre (Avery Chapman, Alessandro
Bazzoni, Brandon Phillips and Luis Escobar) in the subsidiary finals of the Palm City

Open.

KIG opened the game with a 4-1 lead with three goals from Buchan and a single goal
from Jeff Hall. Alessandro Bazzoni scored the only goal of the first chukker with a goal
from the field.

The two teams traded goals in the second with Brandon Phillips scoring a goal for
Cinque Terre while Marc Ganzi scored his first goal of the day to keep KIG in front, 5-2.

In a mirror image of the pervious chukker, Ganzi and Phillips exchanged goals once
again as the two teams struggled for control of the game. With a 6-3 halftime lead,
however, it appeared that KIG was winning the fight.

Two more goals from Buchan were answered by a single goal from Cinque Terre’s Luis
Escobar as KIG extended their lead to four goals, 8-4.

Bazzoni scored twice in the fifth, cutting the lead to two goals, 8-6. Marc Ganzi closed
the chukker with his third goal of the game. KIG continued to lead, 9-6.

Cinque Terre mounted a rally in the sixth and final chukker, picking up goals from Avery
Chapman and Phillips, but the rally fell short in a 9-8 loss.

Buchan led all scoring with five goals. Ganzi added three scores while Hall scored once
in the win.

Bazzoni and Phillips scored three goals apiece. Chapman and Escobar added single
goals in a losing effort.