SOME OF THE GAMES WERE JUST GLORIFIED PRACTICE GAMES, BUT SOME DEFINITELY WERE NOT, AND DESPITE THE JUNE GLOOM, IT WAS A FUN DAY.
10 AM WAS DUNDAS 1 VS MOKAROW RANCH, THE LATTER HAVING A CHANCE TO GET TO THE SEMIS IF THEY WON. AND THEY DID JUST THAT. WITH DUNDAS 1 ALREADY OUT, MOKAROW WENT TO 2 AND 2 AND HEADS TO A SHOOT OUT.
12 NOON AT ESTRELLA WAS FOLDED HILLS/FMB TAKING ON DUNDAS 2. NO MATER WHAT HAPPENED THEY WERE BOTH IN THE SEMIS, SO THE WIN WAS ONLY FOR EXTRA PRIDE, WHICH FH/FM TOOK BY A COUPLE GOALS. BOTH HEAD TO THE SEMIS.
12 NOON AT THE POLO CLUB WAS KLENTNER RANCH VS FARMERS & MERCHANTS (MINUS DAN WALKER, WITH YOUNG BAYNE BOSSOM FILLING IN). KLENTER NEEDED A WIN TO GET TO THE SHOOT OUT AND THEY GOT IT. I ONLY SAW THE 6TH CHUKKAR, AND IF I AM NOT BLIND, THEY GAVE IT TO K.R., ENDING AT 0 AND 4, AND MOVING K.R. TO THE SHOOT OUT. A RESULT WHICH MADE THE NEXT GAME EXTRA IMPORTANT.
GAME 4 AT 4 PM STILL SAW NO SUN, AS ANTLOPE TOOK ON LOS PADRES/CITI, A GAME IN WHICH THE LOSER GOES TO THE SHOOT OUT AND THE WINNER HEADS DIRECTLY TO THE SEMIS. IT WAS A WAR AND VERY FUN TO WATCH, OPENING FAST AND HARD. L.P/C JUMPED OUT TO A QUICK 2 GOAL LEAD, BUT ANTELOPE LED BY GRANT PALMER ROARED BACK AND TIED IT BEFORE THE FIRST CHUKKAR BELL. IN THE SECOND, ANTELOPE TOOK A 3 GOAL LEAD, BUT LP/C CAME BACK SLIGHTLY AND PUT THEM WITHIN 2, MAKING IT 9- 7. THE 4TH WAS JUST GOALS ON GOALS, THE FIRST 4 OF WHICH WERE MADE IN LESS THAN 4 MINUTES, AS THE ROYALS SHOT OFF AND TOOK THE LEAD 9 TO 7. I THOUGHT AGE HAD GOT TO SANTI AND IT WAS OVER, BUT HE LED THE CHARGE IN THE 5TH AS WELL AND THE ANTELOPE SQUAD CAME BACK TO SCORE 3 UNANSWERED GOALS, TAKING BACK THE LEAD OF 10 TO 9. THE 6TH WAS WILD. THE ROYALS TIED IT BACK, BUT ANTELOPE CAME THROUGH AGAIN AND TOOK A 1 GOAL LEAD. AND AT A THROW IN, JIM WRIGHT SMASHED A 130 YARD BOMB TO MAKE IT 2 UP FOR ANTELOPE WITH ONLY 2:22 LEFT ON THE CLOCK. BUT HERE CAME KEKO, SCORING AND GETTING THEM WITHIN 1, AND MAKING A BIG DRIVE TO TIE IT. THOUGH IT CAME TO AN END WITH 4 SECONDS LEFT, AS THE ROYALS FOULED. ANTELOPE HEADS TO THE SEMI FINALS AND LP/C TO THE SHOOTOUT.
SO WITH DUNDAS 2, FH/FMB, AND ANTELOPE IN THE SEMIS, THE LAST SPOT WENT TO THE WINNER OF THE SHOOT OUT BETWEEN MOKAROW FARMS, KLENTNER RANCH, AND LOS PADRES/CITI. AND IT ENDED QUICK, AS KEKEO MAGRINI SENT THE ROYALS TO THE SEMIS. THATS THE WAY IT IS AND THE SUN CAME OUT FOR THE SHOOTOUT ABOUT 6 PM.
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