With both teams fielding somewhat depleted rosters, Thursday’s (Jan. 11) non-league CIF-Metro Conference game between the Patrick Henry Patriots and Otay Ranch Mustangs at the Castle Park High School roller rink turned into a match-up of standout players: Matt Voegel for the Patriots versus Sean Devaney for the Mustangs.
Voegel scored all 10 Patrick Henry goals while Devaney chalked up seven goals of his own as the Patriots skated to a 10-8 victory.
The 10 goals in one game is a career best for Voegel, a junior, who is playing his first season of roller hockey.
“It feels amazing,” Voegel explained. “I tried to take passes from my teammates, get the open shots, rebounds, get the opportunities, it felt good to win.”
Patrick Henry improved to 3-5 overall with the win while Otay Ranch dropped to 3-3 on the season. The Patriots matched their win total of last season, their inaugural campaign in the conference.
“This year we’ve improved a lot,” said Voegel, who leads the team in scoring with 22 goals. “We beat Cathedral in overtime, that was a big win for us, big motivation for us.”
Thursday’s victory provided a bit of redemption for the Patriots, who lost 11-8 to the Mustangs in the opening round of last year’s Kiwanis Cup playoffs.
“That was a great game, too,” PHHS head coach Chuck Russell remarked in regard to last year’s playoff battle. “To beat them 10-8 today is a little bit of a redemption; it was a great game out there tonight, they played well, we matched up well and came out with the victory.”
Devaney, who plays ice hockey for the San Diego Junior Gulls 16U AAA team, opened scoring in Thursday’s game before Voegel ripped off four unanswered goals to propel his team to an early 4-1 lead. But it quickly appeared no lead was safe in this game as Devaney countered with a pair of goals to trim the Patriot lead to 4-3.
Voegel made the score 5-3 before Devaney countered once more to make it a 5-4 game. Voegel scored a power play goal to up the Patrick Henry lead to 6-4 at the end of two periods.
Voegel tied the game 7-7. Devaney made it 8-7 Otay Ranch before Voegel tied the game 8-8.
The turning point came when the Mustangs were awarded a power play and it looked like the balance might tip back in their favor.
Tyler Daniel picked up two assists for Patrick Henry while Cameron Elswick and Brett Miller each contributed assists.
Patrick Henry is competing for the second consecutive year in the North County League. The Pats dropped a 16-1 decision to Rancho Bernardo in a league game played Monday (Jan. 8) at Skate San Diego in El Cajon and fell 14-3 to Westview in a league game Wednesday evening (Jan. 10).
Patrick Henry owns league wins over Cathedral Catholic and Poway so far this season, with many more games to play.
The Titans remained undefeated on the season, improving to 6-0 overall and 5-0 in Mesa League play, after charging back from two one-goal deficits to roll past the Lancers.
Hilltop’s Trevor Fune scored two early goals to stake the upstart Lancers to lead to 1-0 and 2-1. The Titans were finally able to put the puck in the back of the net and reeled off three consecutive goals to lead 4-2 at the end of the first period.
Fune scored the only goal in the second period and the Lancers managed to shut out Eastlake in the second period to trail just 4-3 entering the final period.
But the Titan attack proved relentless and Eastlake went on the attack by scoring six unanswered goals to lead 10-3 on the scoreboard. Fune notched his fourth goal of the game in the dying seconds for the 10-4 final.
HHS head coach Paul Tesner was ecstatic with his team’s performance, terming the first two periods played by his team “awesome.”
Two players did all the damage for the Titans on the score sheet: Braden Mayer led all players on the court with six goals and one assist while Will Hamilton chalked up four goals.
The Mesa League has become quite competitive this season and this game was no exception.
Martin Mari put Castle Park on the scoreboard first, then Nick Stark tied the game for Bonita Vista.
Eleazar Cruz broke the tie for the Trojans and CP teammate Jared Fuentes added a goal for a 3-1 lead. But Stark was persistent and scored to cut the lead to 3-2 midway through the third period.
Cruz made the score 4-2 in the Trojans’ favor with 5:40 to play, but Stark came through again with a clutch goal to trim the Castle Park lead to 4-3 with 39.4 seconds to play in regulation.
The Barons held the puck in the Castle Park defensive zone as time ticked down before Mari intercepted a pass on the wing and skated down to score an empty net goal with two seconds left.
Mari and Cruz each scored twice for the Trojans while Stark finished with the game’s only hat trick.
With the win, Castle Park improved to 3-2 in Mesa League play, 4-2 on the season. Bonita Vista dropped to 0-5 in league play, 0-5 on the season.
Eight teams will compete in this year’s Bonita Optimist Pam Wiser Classic. Games are Saturday, Jan. 13, and Monday, Jan. 15, at Castle Park High School.
Teams are grouped into two pools for round-robin play on Saturday. Teams will advance to Gold and Silver division playoffs, semifinals and placement games (first through seventh) on Monday.
9 am – Otay Ranch vs. Chula Vista
9:30 am – San Ysidro vs. Bonita Vista
10 am -Otay Ranch vs. Bonita Vista
10:30 am -San Ysidro vs Chula Vista
11 am – San Ysidro vs. Otay Ranch
11:30 am – Bonita Vista vs. Chula Vista
1 pm -Eastlake vs Mar Vista
1:30 pm – Hilltop vs Southwest
2 pm -Eastlake vs Southwest
2:30 pm -Hilltop vs Mar Vista
3 pm – Southwest vs Mar Vista
3:30 pm – Hilltop vs Eastlake
Falcons top defending Kiwanis Cup champs in overtime, zip to 6-0 record
Matthew Gauthier, set up by a pass from teammate Cody Sherman, scored at the 2:26 mark in sudden-victory three-on-three overtime to push the Scripps Ranch Falcons past the Westview Wolverines, 7-6, in a North County League game played Thursday (Jan. 11) at the Escondido Sports Center.
The game was an exciting one to watch between league heavyweights. Scripps Ranch led 4-0 after two periods but the Wolverines retaliated with six goals in the third period to force the game into overtime.
With the dramatic OT win, Scripps Ranch improves to 5-0 in NCL league, 6-0 overall. Westivew suffered its second NCL loss of the season to drop to 4-2 in league (and 4-2 overall) on the season.
Sherman collected three goals and one assist to lead the Falcons on the scoreboard while Gauthier had two goals and two assists. Cody Ayers had one goal and two assists while Kyle Fraser scored one goal in the victory.
Westivew cut the Scripps Ranch lead to 4-3 early in the third period on a run of three consecutive goals in a span of just over two minutes – all scored by Laurent Lee.
The Falcons scored two unanswered goals to lead 6-3 but the Wolverines again responded with three unanswered goals of their own to knot the score 6-6 with 14 seconds to play in regulation. Lee scored with 1:36 to play in the third period to make the score 6-5 while Andrew Chua netted the game-tying 6-6 goal.
Lee led Westview with four goals in the loss. Scripps Ranch piled up a 26-22 edge in shots in the win.
Broncos roll past Patriots 16-1 in Monday Night matchup
Rancho Bernardo defeated Patrick Henry, 16-1, Monday night (Jan. 8) at Skate San Diego in El Cajon to remain undefeated on the season at 5-0. The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday (Jan. 10) at the Escondido Sports Center.
RB captain Miles Cook led the scoring with five goals. Trevor Marquez had four goals and Nik Thomas added three goals. Goaltender Ethan Shute stopped nine of 10 shots to backstop the victory — the Broncos’ fifth consecutive win to start the season.
Patrick Henry fell to 2-4 on the season. Matt Voegel tallied the lone goal for the Patriots in the loss.
Cook leads the Broncos on the season with 14 goals.
(Through Jan. 11)
League/Overall
Eastlake Titans 5-0, 6-0
Castle Park Trojans 3-2, 4-2
Hilltop Lancers 2-3, 4-3
Otay Ranch Mustangs 2-2, 3-3
Bonita Vista Barons 0-5, 0-5
(Through Dec. 15)
League/Overall
Chula Vista Spartans 3-1, 3-2
Mar Vista Mariners 3-1, 3-2
Southwest Raiders 2-1, 2-3
Sweetwater Red Devils 1-2, 1-4
San Ysidro Cougars 0-4, 0-5
Sweetwater district teams
(Through Jan. 11)
Will Hamilton (Eastlake) 19 goals, 8 assists – 27 points
Braden Mayer (Eastlake) 20 goals, 6 assists – 26 points
Martin Mari (Castle Park) 21 goals, 4 assists – 25 points
Luke Killeen (Eastlake) 20 goals, 5 assists – 25 points
Trevor Fune (Hilltop) 18 goals, 1 assist – 19 points
Sean Devaney (Otay Ranch) 17 goals, 2 assists – 19 points
Eleazar Cruz (Castle Park) 14 goals, 4 assists – 18 points
Paul Chavez (Otay Ranch) 10 goals, 3 assists – 13 points
Kayleigh Andrew (Southwest) 11 goals, 0 assists – 11 points
Jacinto Montalvan (Hilltop) 7 goals, 3 assists – 10 points
Jake Powell (Eastlake) 5 goals, 5 assists – 10 points
Adrian Hernandez (Chula Vista) 7 goals, 2 assists – 9 points
Lucio Gutierrez (Chula Vista) 5 goals, 4 assists – 9 points
Kevin Eagles (Eastlake) 6 goals, 1 assist – 7 points
Nick Stark (Bonita Vista) 6 goals, 1 assist – 7 points
Casey Prenatt (Otay Ranch) 3 goals, 2 assists – 5 points
Isaac Suarez (Mar Vista) 5 goals, 0 assists – 5 points
Marco Macias (Eastlake) 5 goals, 0 assists – 5 points
Bryan Suarez (Mar Vista) 4 goals, 0 assists – 4 points
Jesus Gonzalez (Castle Park) 3 goals, 1 assist – 4 points
Donovan Lazo (Otay Ranch) 3 goals, 0 assists – 3 points
Van Brown (Mar Vista) 3 goals, 0 assists – 3 points
Adam Yoshinaga (Mar Vista) 3 goals, 0 assists – 3 points
Jacob Phillips (Hilltop) 2 goals, 1 assist – 3 points
(Through Jan. 8)
League/Overall
Rancho Bernardo Broncos 5-0, 5-0
Scripps Ranch Falcons 4-0, 5-0
Westview Wolverines 3-1, 3-1
Cathedral Catholic Dons 2-2, 2-2
Patrick Henry Patriots 2-4, 2-4
Escondido White Tigers 1-4, 1-4
Poway Titans 0-5, 1-5
Rancho Bernardo 5, Westview 0
Scripps Ranch 16, Cathedral Catholic 3
Escondido Charter 5, Poway 4
Rancho Bernardo 16, Patrick Henry 1
White Tigers earn first win of season in dramatic fashion
Escondido Charter chalked up its first win of the season in dramatic fashion as Bryce Mendoza scored with 1:06 remaining in the team’s Jan. 3 North County League game at the Escondido Sports Center to push the White Tigers past the Poway Titans by a score of 5-4.
Mendoza finished the game with two goals and one assist.
Poway tied the game with three unanswered goals. Louie led the Titans with two goals while Keegan Fiske and Connor Curtin each were credited with one goal. Michael Little was credited with two assists while Trevor Curtin and Carter Schrader each were credited with one assist.
(Through Jan. 3)
Matthew Gauthier (Scripps Ranch) 16 goals, 6 assists – 22 points
Miles Cook (Rancho Bernardo) 9 goals, 10 assists –19 points
Cody Sherman (Scripps Ranch) 7 goals, 10 assists – 17 points
Wesley Rim (Scripps Ranch) 11 goals, 5 assists – 16 points
Cody Ayers (Scripps Ranch) 9 goals, 6 assists – 15 points
Matt Voegel (Patrick Henry) 10 goals, 4 assists – 14 points
Jake Belland (Cathedral Catholic) 10 goals, 4 assists – 14 points
Alex Pang (Rancho Bernardo) 6 goals, 6 assists – 12 points
Matt Russell (Patrick Henry) 7 goals, 4 assists – 11 points
Michael Little (Poway) 6 goals, 5 assists – 11 points
Lyushen Loshak (Westview) 4 goals, 6 assists – 10 points
Laurent Lee (Westview) 4 goals, 5 assists – 9 points
Ben Goodard (Westview) 6 goals, 2 assists – 8 points
Sam Lathus (Cathedral Catholic) 5 goals, 3 assists – 8 points
Kyle Fraser (Scripps Ranch) 4 goals, 4 assists – 8 points
Mesa League
Thursday, Nov. 30
Eastlake 14, Bonita Vista 1
Otay Ranch 11, Hilltop 2
Eastlake 11, Hilltop 0
Castle Park 13, Bonita Vista 2
Hilltop 5, Bonita Vista 2
Castle Park 7, Otay Ranch 2
Eastlake 15, Castle Park 5
Otay Ranch defeated Bonita Vista by forfeit
Eastlake 12, Otay Ranch 6
Hilltop 3, Castle Park 2 (overtime)
Eastlake 10, Hilltop 4
Castle Park 5, Bonita Vista 3
Friday, Dec. 1
Chula Vista 11, San Ysidro 0
Sweetwater vs. Southwest, postponed
Southwest 1, Chula Vista 0
Mar Vista 7, San Ysidro 0
Chula Vista 2, Mar Vista 1
Sweetwater 2, San Ysidro 0
Mar Vista 6, Sweetwater 2
Southwest 11, San Ysidro 2
Chula Vista 2, Sweetwater 1
Mar Vista 5, Southwest 1
Friday, Dec. 1
Castle Park 10, Mar Vista 2
Otay Ranch 11, Southwest 0
Scripps Ranch 10, Sweetwater 0 (mercy rule)
Eastlake 17, Southwest 0
Hilltop 10, Sweetwater 0 (mercy rule)
Wednesday, Dec. 13
Poway 6, Chula Vista 0
Hilltop 10, San Ysidro 0
Patrick Henry 10, Otay Ranch 8
Monday, Dec. 11
Patrick Henry 9, Poway 6
Wednesday, Jan. 3
Rancho Bernardo 5, Westview 0
Scripps Ranch 16, Cathedral Catholic 3
Escondido Charter 5, Poway 4
Rancho Bernardo 16, Patrick Henry 1
Westview 14, Patrick Henry 3
Scripps Ranch 7, Westview 6 (overtime)
