Road Runner Tournament
3 Goal
Nov. 11 & 12, 2000

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GOAL STATS for BRACKET ONE: Cheetah 7, Paneno Farms 5

Cheetah: Vicky Owens, Christian Moon 1, Manuel Rodriguez 5, Gary Pollock 1.

Paneno Farms: Jay/Tania Paneno, Joslyn Parker, Mike Jordan, Scott Cunningham 5.

Umpires: Dan Healy, Remo Rainsford.



 "Cheetah won the Road Runner finals for Bracket One. From left to right: Vicki Owens, Christian Moon, Manuel Rodriquez, Gary Pollack, John Snyder."

GOAL STATS for BRACKET TWO: Jackson Hole Horse Emporium 7, Rancho Carinoso 6

Jackson Hole: Joe Gallemore, Roberto Ortiz 2, Lolo Payan 5, George Gilstrap.

Rancho Carinoso: Paco Buxton, Fernando Flores, Jose Soto 6, Artie Cameron.

Umpires: Arturo Gutierrez, Dan Healy.



 "JHHE won the Road Runner Finals for Bracket Two. From left to right: Joe Gallemore, George Gilstrap, Lolo Payan, and Roberto Ortiz."



 "Rancho Carinoso won second place for Bracket two in the Road Runner finals. From left to right: Artie Cameron, Paco Buxton, Fernando Flores, and Jose Soto.


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Jackson Hole
by a goal

BY DIANE HENSLEY

INDIO -- Rancho Carinoso's quarterback Jose Soto scored all six team goals Sunday in the season opening RoadRunner tournament at Eldorado Polo Club, but they weren't enough to beat Jackson Hole Horse Emporium. Jackson Hole's defensive strategy and field coverage kept Rancho at a one- to two-goal deficit the entire match before the 7-6 defeat.

Jackson Hole worked a successful passing game, tying up Rancho's forwards as George Gilstrap and Roberto Ortiz worked the ball downfield. Lolo Payan was able to shake his man and move the ball.

"We all played together well, and it's great fun to play out here with good
friends and to have good luck, too," Gilstrap said.

Team skills were evenly matched, but in a three-goal tournament, it can work to a team's advantage to use two higher-rated players in the handicap mix, coaching league manager Vicky Owens said.

"We really tried to control the throw-ins," patron Artie Cameron said after
the match, "but the game didn't go as we wanted it to."

Soto said the team played well, and simply lost. But the defeat, for him, was
softened as his brother Melecio, also a polo pro, walked to the end line to
meet him and congratulate him on a game well played. Melecio, recovering from
severe head trauma sustained in competition 10 months ago, has been working on regaining mobility and his livelihood with the help of his friends, family and Empire and Eldorado Polo Clubs, who have kept close vigil on his progress.