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| July 19, 2004
By Irish #19
Day Three: Don’t Send a Man to Do A Woman’s Job
|  Dumar’s Bordercat Girls are the First NARCh 2004 Champions.
You know, someone once said that if you offer a person what they secretly want they of course immediately become panic-stricken and confused. That is probably true, I suppose, though today there was no mistaking what we are doing. We are heading into the Championships and the level of play is at that level for those moving on. It is like a lull before the storm, but don’t tell that to the wheeled crazies on the rink. They are fighting for every point, and every goal, and to avoid every goal because for many it is at the point where you put up or bag it up and go home, and no one likes to go home.
Anyway, you get this many people together and you always get rumors. California Roller Hockey and PRIMAL HOCKEY are even hooking up more closer for the 2004 -2005 season, and close to naming Nick Moran, Doug Jones, Torrey DiRoberto, Dave Cairns and others as coaches, and while I haven’t found out the involvement of MISSION HOCKEY but tremors are being felt and Joe Cook won’t return my call. I keep hearing something “more than sponsorship” is in the offing. We will keep you posted.
Bogota, Columbia
Ever since Jason’s D interview on the site with that kid that spoke with a Mickey Mouse voice, there has not been an interview that had me on the floor laughing…until now. Got to the NARCh site and click on the “Chu Cho of Bogota Capitals…talks”
A classic and can anyone REALLY translate what the player said?
Girls Champions
The First Narch 2004 Champions is crowned. The Bordercat Girls got what they wanted, and they were neither panic stricken or confused, but were happy to come out on top of a tough, tough tournament.
Tour Bordercats Girls post the first NARCh Championship of 2004.
Cats capitalize on a penalty at the 7:54 mark of the first with a ppg by Chelsea Rappin, assisted by Christine Horn. The first period ended 1-0, with both teams playing well but conservative championship hockey. In the second period of play it took twenty seconds in for Ashley Cottrell to get the insurance goal with an assist, a backhander with the assist again to Christine Horn – though I may have reversed this here…I am checking. But I DO KNOW points go to both, and the gwg belongs to Rappin. Brit Ott played great in net, keeping TMD at bay.
2-1 final and the girls just south of the eh border are Champions. They did not go to Disneyland, but to King’s Island instead.
In the bronze medal game, Cincy’s best chance for a medal saw the Cincinnati Eagles play the New Jersey Jaguars for the bronze. The game was tight until 1:20 to go in the second half, when the Jaguars score. Cincy pulls their goalie after the ensuing face off but the Jaguars get control of the puck and toss it in for the empty net at 39.7 seconds to go sealing the win.
Skills:
High School
FS – Shawn Rogers – Temecula Valley High School
S – Mike Urbano – Marina High School
TG – Josh Laricchia – Marina High School (2nd year in a row)
Pee Wee Gold
FS – Danny Cruz – Mission Marvel Silver Surfers 90
S – Brandon Perri – Sudden Death
TG – Daniel Turk – Rinkside Rockets ‘91
Bantam Gold
FS – Nicolai Puscas – Detroit Demolition
S – Kal Sankov – York Mission Triumph
TG – Anthony Sanchez – Knights of Corona
Atom Gold:
PAL overtook AKS ’95 in the play off to face the number 1 seed Tour Blast. They then beat the Blast to move into the finals. Bordercats will face them, after beating
Predictions? Geez…now that’s the tough part here and I’ll keep it to myself. I do have a favorite but that’s because… well just because…
Mite Gold:
Mite Semi-Finals were Philadelphia Revolution 6, AMB Yellow 0. Hyper Roadrunners played the Mission Force and advanced, 5-4.
Final will pit Philadelphia revolution over VS Hyper Roadrunners.
High School:
High School proved to be closer than many thought it would be, with the two top teams meeting early, and it was a classic. Many thought it would be a precursor to the High School final.
Ken Gibo’s Marina Vikings met Oakville, the Missouri state champions. Marina seemed to control the pace of play, but in the first some mistakes by Marina were converted by big man Pat Maroon, and it put Oakville up by 3. Marina stormed back late in the first and beginning of the second, tying it. Oakville seemed to self-implode with multiple penalties, but the Vikings squandered golden 2 on 4 opportunities that kept Oakville alive and in the game. In actuality, the Oakville goalie shut Marina down when he faced 3-4 times as many scoring chances and turned them all away. A broken play, and bouncing puck, and a back hand in traffic and through a screen found itself over the top part of the Viking’s goalie and into the net. Marina’s Josh Laricchia, Brad Ellis and Jonathon Gibo made multiple runs and hit three posts in the final minutes of play but could not get the tying goal. Oakville wins a great game 4-3. Player of the game was the Oakville goalie, Luke Venker, who put in a performance that was probably this tournament’s best. Ken Gibo was heard to say amazed: “I had Brad [Ellis], Josh [Laricchia], Jared [Gibo] and Jonathon [Gibo] for four minutes four on two and we couldn’t get a goal.”
Brad Ellis of Marina Hockey said: “Look, Oakville is all David Warren. Roy Warren taught him everything he knows. Next game we are going to take him out, baby, at the knees. Without Warren Oakville is nothing.” (Brad and David are friends and he is kidding – no emails please – and as an additional sidelight, if Brad Ellis goes to St Louis to play ice hockey next season, he will be attending Oakville…
In talking to Pat Maroon, the standout on Oakville after the game about how it went, Pat replied, “Do they sell chicken fingers at the concession stand.”
You know, its all good.
Anyway, Oakville goes undefeated on the day, posting a plus 4, and Marina drops to 1-1 with a plus 7 differential. In other action, Missouri’s Parkway South beat both Temecula and Moeller from Ohio, to go undefeated with a 6 differential. Temecula also ends the day 1-1. Moeller and Lakota are winless.
Bantam Gold:
Bantam Gold just started and early results show no teams with more than one win, but Devil Dogs, District 5, Jr Gladiators, Militia and TMD88 D2 have a win and a tie.
Midget Gold:
The field is narrowing. There was a great game and a come from behind win by the number 1 seed Nor Cal Riot over the Devil Dogs 5-4. CV Eagles posted a close one against the Nor Cal Extreme, 1-0. Corona converted power plays goals into a close win over Water City Serpents.
Juniors Gold:
Chbracabras are looking good as they beat the Blast 5-3. Omni over Magic, 3-2 in OT. The talk of the day however, was the Gamblers who first won a close play off game to face the #1 Seed, York Triumph. The Gamblers beat the Triumph 4-3 in a squeaker to stay alive.
You know, on a personal note, the Mission Players of the Year are out, and congrats to Tom Stahl for being selected as the player of the year for 16 and under.
More on Bantam, Midget, Senior and Womens tomorrow. It is Sunday here and we have an early post time.
To read Irish #19's previous articles on NARCh 2004 see the Latest News section.
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