Game 3 was a dandy as Aspen Valley and G String went at it with untold vigor. Aspen jumped on the board early with Pablo MacDonough lighting it up often, leading 7 to 3 with 70 seconds left in the 1st half. And then bang bang G String scored 2 goals to close at half time, ending the first half only down by 2. In the second half, Aspen was ahead again by 4. I left to go eat and next thing I hear it’s gone into overtime! Aspen Valley did win in the end– a great showing by a new Patron, Vinny Sangaline.
Game 4 brought a famous family back to the U.S. Open: Stewart Armstrong, who’s father, brother, and probably a lot more family members, have been in polo for more than a century. Back now and playing well, but they were not there in the final bell, as Tamera and Diego Cavanagh were on a mission.
Game 5: Melissa Ganzi usually comes to win and she had the sticks to do it. Polito and Jeta, half of the Argentine Open champs, came out and never slowed, and did a job on Grand Champions..maybe not too friendly to her daughter Riley, but that’s Polo.
Game 6 on day 3 of the Open (PTF vs SOL DE AGOSTO) got away with a blazing start as PTF jumped out to a 3 to 1 lead, and then lost it to trail 6 to 4 at halftime. They then took the lead in the 5th, but gave it back in the 6th with a foul that put PTF down by 1 and got their 8 goal player sent to the penalty box. It looked like the end for PTF, but Matias Gonzalez was not buying it and on a #5 pass from Jesse Bray, took it through the big sticks to win it flat out with 0 seconds left on the clock.
Game 7, the final game of the day, pitted 2 of the youngest players here against a tough team made of a Family of warriors: the Obregons, with a very strong back door named Zenni. A team called La Elina against a team called Scone, but Scone had a substitute that just happened to be 10 goal Sapo, taking Mr. AC’s place. But the bullets on these two teams were not the big stars this time, but Juan Martine Obregon of La Elina and on Scone, a real threat named Keko Magrini. Talk about a bullet. You would never know Keko was the low goal pro–he won’t be for long. It was a war and ended in OT, ending with a goal by the Son of AC, Poroto.
The road continues if Mother Nature cooperates. Weather report doesn’t not sound great but we shall c. Also, I want to say this: the refs have been very consistent so far, and Rob Yackley a warrior doing an awesome job announcing all the games, seems like the voice of Polo, Mr. Coppola.
The way it is so far
Wins 1-0 Losses 0-1
Aspen Valley G string
Tamera La Indiana
Santa Rita Grand Champion
PTF Sol De Agusto
La Fe Audi
Old Hickory Dutta
Cya at polo
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