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California Cup Round 4 Results

Round 4 of the California Cup is now on the books and the results have set up an exciting final set of round-robin play for next weekend. Any of the top four teams can now conceivably qualify for the grand final set for January 21.

Saturday’s games started with a battle of the basement dwellers that saw Old Aztecs come away with their first win of the season by 31-22 over Olympic. An emphatic five-try performance with the Aztecs inside back triumvirate of Robert Stortz, Mike Deel, and Tim Howard leading the way consigns Ray Lehner’s Olympic side to the bottom with zero points from four games.

OMBAC made a huge statement by handing Life West their first loss of the season as the San Diego side scored five tries en route to a dominant 46-28 victory. Two touchdowns by league-leading try scorer John Grant and 15 points from the boot of Kalei Konrad have put Old Mission Bay in prime position to secure a spot in the final next week. Life West had a pair of tries from dynamic scrumhalf Devereaux Ferris but it wasn’t enough and they now face a must-win situation this coming Saturday.

The other big result from the weekend was SFGG’s narrow 23-21 win at Long Beach over Belmont Shore. A loss would have knocked Golden Gate out of the running but big games from winger Fatai Vailala and Fijian flyhalf Isoa Donaldson saw them get the result against a tough Shore side that featured Eagles star Mike Te’o in the midfield.

SFGG now face Life West on Saturday in what is now essentially a semi-final situation with the winner advancing to the final. OMBAC can clinch their spot with a win over Old Aztecs, while Belmont Shore must take a maximum haul against Olympic and hope for a miracle Aztecs upset if they have any hope of sneaking through.

 

OLD AZTECS 31 vs 22 OLYMPIC
Sat, Jan 7, 13:30, Robb Field, San Diego

SCORING

OLD AZTECS 31
Tries – M. Deel, B. Roller, L. Edwards, J. Niblock, T. Pickering
Cons – T. Howard 3

OLYMPIC 22
Tries – M. Haley, K. Peterson, T. Mohr
Cons – K. Engelbrecht 2
Pens – K. Engelbrecht

TEAMS

OLD AZTECS
1 Tristan Pickering, 2 Pat Blair, 3 Alex Blair, 4 Bill Dow (capt.), 5 Lucas Edwards, 6 Leon Hayward, 7 Joe Wesolek, 8 Jeff Diggs, 9 Robert Stortz, 10 Mike Deel, 11 Cleeandre Ross, 12 Tim Howard, 13 Boomer Roller, 14 James Niblock, 15 Celester Asuega

16 Chris Gonzales, 17 John Guerrero, 18 Joe Ramonas, 19 Robert Laulaulo, 20 Erik Zents, 21 Jaco Breytenbach, 22 Jon Prickett, 23 Connor Mariani

OLYMPIC
1 Tanner Mohr (capt.), 2 Travis Moscone, 3 Stephan Salimi, 4 Zack Purdy, 5 Nick Wagner, 6 Kyle Peterson, 7 Josh Gold, 8 Matt Frederickson, 9 Tim Rafferty, 10 Keegan Engelbrecht, 11 John Gallo, 12 Mike Haley, 13 Josh Tucker, 14 Paul Saccomano, 15 Dustin Muhn

16 Tom Bernardi, 17 Josh Galant, 18 Andrew King, 19 AN Other, 20 Matt McCarthy, 21 Ricky Boebel, 22 Bubba Jones, 23 Matt Tymstra

 

OMBAC 46 vs 28 Life West
Sat, Jan 7, 15:00, Little Q Field, San Diego

SCORING

OMBAC 46
Tries – J. Grant 2, J. Gillespie, T. Stanfill, T. Clever
Cons – K. Konrad 3
Pens – K. Konrad 3, I. Cassidy 2

LIFE WEST 28
Tries – D. Ferris 2, A. Munoz, Z. Bonte
Cons – G. Cazenave 4

TEAMS

OMBAC
1 Josh Bart, 2 Jed Gillespie, 3 Ethan Willis, 4 Tai Tuisamoa (capt.), 5 Josh Vainikolo, 6 Chris Turori, 7 Shane Moise, 8 Todd Clever, 9 Jamie Purcell, 10 Ben Batger, 11 Tim Stanfill, 12 Kalei Konrad, 13 John Grant, 14 Matt Long, 15 Zach Pangelinan

16 Tai Te’o, 17 Nick Zajda, 18 Derrick Broussard, 19 Jay Harmon, 20 Bryce Baker, 21 Ian Cassidy, 22 Nick Evans, 23 Ian Denham

LIFE WEST
1 Fancy Namulau’ulu, 2 Jay Finau, 3 Holo Mo’ungaloa, 4 Zack Tannous, 5 Rich Knight, 6 Siupeli Sakalia, 7 Zach Bonte, 8 Akuila Uaisele (capt.), 9 Devereaux Ferris, 10 Guillaume Cazenave, 11 Mark Koro, 12 Calvin Nell, 13 Pila Iongi, 14 Anthony Munoz, 15 Martini Talapusi

16 Lopeti Liu, 17 Tone Ngaluafe, 18 Maka Tameilau, 19 Alex Pedjase, 20 Charlie Brennan, 21 Tyler Harrison, 22 Siaosi Lata, 23 Naima Fuala’au

 

BELMONT SHORE 21 vs 23 SFGG
Sat, Jan 7, 15:00, CSU Field, Long Beach

SCORING

BELMONT SHORE 21
Tries – M. Pedersen, M. Te’o
Cons – A. Jackson
Pens – A. Jackson 2
Drop goal – H. Mexted

SFGG 23
Tries – F. Vailala 2, I. Donaldson
Cons – I. Donaldson
Pens – I. Donaldson 2

TEAMS

BELMONT SHORE
1 Mason Pedersen, 2 Valentine Meachan, 3 Brice Schilling, 4 Timothy Mendoza, 5 Ian Carpenter, 6 Rob Newcomb, 7 Sione Masoe, 8 Pita Semeane, 9 John Gray (capt.), 10 Hilton Mexted, 11 Andy Jackson, 12 Ed Pitts, 13 Mike Te’o, 14 Greg Daniels, 15 Garrett Brewer

16 JP Palaita, 17 Daniel Va’afuti, 18 Sam Lilley, 19 Cameron Reed, 20 Peter Nifo, 21 James Muse, 22 Ben Weischedel, 23 Mafi Seanoa

SFGG
1 Jacob Nelson, 2 Neil Barrett, 3 Saimone Laulaupea’alu, 4 Brendan Hardiman, 5 Drew Hyjer, 6 Opeti Okusi, 7 Danny LaPrevotte, 8 Brendan Daly (capt.), 9 Colby Stevens, 10 Isoa Donaldson, 11 Tevita Vehikite, 12 Eae Okusi, 13 Tevita Okusi, 14 Fatai Vailala, 15 Pila Huihui

16 Grant Hyjer, 17 Patrick Latu, 18 Jared Stalling, 19 Tom Rooke, 20 Nick Grass, 21 Ricky Reynolds, 22 Connor Ring, 23 Sione Tupouata

 

2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP LEAGUE TABLE

CLUB W L D PF PA PD TF TA BP PTS
Life West 3 1 0 130 114 +16 19 14 4 16
OMBAC 3 1 0 182 105 +77 25 13 3 15
SFGG 3 1 0 129 109 +20 18 15 3 15
Belmont Shore 2 2 0 116 97 +19 15 13 4 12
Old Aztecs 1 3 0 106 135 -29 15 19 3 7
Olympic 0 4 0 62 165 -103 8 26 0 0

 

2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP SCORING LEADERS

NAME CLUB PTS T C P D
Andy Jackson Belmont Shore 43 1 10 6 0
Kalei Konrad OMBAC 42 0 12 6 0
Tim Howard Old Aztecs 31 0 11 3 0
John Grant OMBAC 30 6 0 0 0
Isoa Donaldson SFGG 29 2 5 3 0
Pila Iongi Life West 25 5 0 0 0
Volney Rouse SFGG 25 1 10 0 0
Zach Pangelinan OMBAC 22 3 2 1 0
Devereaux Ferris Life West 21 3 3 0 0
Guillaume Cazenave Life West 20 1 6 1 0
Todd Clever OMBAC 20 4 0 0 0
Pila Huihui SFGG 20 4 0 0 0
Rob Newcomb Belmont Shore 20 4 0 0 0
Keegan Engelbrecht Olympic 17 0 4 3 0
Lucas Edwards Old Aztecs 15 3 0 0 0
Jack Halalilo SFGG 15 3 0 0 0
Anthony Munoz Life West 15 3 0 0 0
Robert Stortz Old Aztecs 15 3 0 0 0
Jake Anderson Olympic 10 1 1 1 0
Ben Batger OMBAC 10 2 0 0 0
Greg Daniels Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
Mike Haley Olympic 10 2 0 0 0
Junior Helu Life West 10 2 0 0 0
Max Paronelli Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
Mason Pedersen Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
Boomer Roller Old Aztecs 10 2 0 0 0
Tim Stanfill OMBAC 10 2 0 0 0
Tasi Toilolo Old Aztecs 10 2 0 0 0
Fatai Vailala SFGG 10 2 0 0 0
Ian Cassidy OMBAC 8 0 1 2 0
Hilton Mexted Belmont Shore 8 0 1 1 1
Martini Talapusi Life West 7 1 1 0 0
Pele Toelupe-Tuisila Life West 7 0 2 1 0
Neil Barrett SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Josh Bart OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Zach Bonte Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Jared Braun Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Brendan Daly SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Mike Deel Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Ian Denham OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Jeff Diggs Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Nick Evans OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Siokatame Falatau Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Jay Finau Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Joe Fukafuka SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
John Gallo Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Jed Gillespie OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Danny LaPrevotte SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Manu Laqai SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Matt Long OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Tanner Mohr Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Shane Moise OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Travis Moscone Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
James Niblock Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Kyle Peterson Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Tristan Pickering Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Jon Prickett Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Isimeli Ratumaimuri SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Cameron Reed Belmont Shore 5 1 0 0 0
Pita Semeane Belmont Shore 5 1 0 0 0
Mike Te’o Belmont Shore 5 1 0 0 0
Chris Turori OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Josh Vainikolo OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Nua Vete Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Manu Volavola Life West 5 1 0 0 0

 

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