ANTELOPE - Grant Palmer, Maco Llambias, Santiago Trotz, Riley Jordan (sub for Geoff Palmer) presented by Lyn Jason Cobb

For the second year in a row, Geoff Palmer’s Antelope Polo Team won the Mack and Madelyn Jason Memorial 8 Goal Tournament on an ‘absolutely perfect day in sunny Southern California’. Lining up against the Chris Maloney backed Twin Palms aggregation, the Pronghorns won with a final count of 12 – 8.

With both Palmer and Maloney unable to play, the rosters were somewhat different than normal as Riley Jordan stepped in for Antelope’s Geoff Palmer (Grant Palmer, Santiago Trotz 4, Marcos Llambias 4, Riley Jordan) and Mia Bray suited up in lieu of Chris Maloney for Twin Palms (Graham Bray 3, Juan Curbelo 5, Mia Bray 1, Ryan Kerley -1).

Scoring in the first chukker was split as Trotz counted a penalty number four opportunity and Curbelo countered with a number two conversion.

Curbelo gave Twin Palms their only lead in the early second with another number two score, but Antelope responded with four goals – Palmer with a 40 yard free shot, Trotz with another number four strike and a field goal, and Llambias with a field goal of his own and the Pronghorns led by three after two at 5 – 2.

Jordan scored in the third to give the defending champions a lead of four and it appeared that Grant Palmer and Company might be starting to walk away to their second Jason title. However, with Graham Bray in charge, Twin Palms stepped it up as Curbelo and Kerley scored field goals to narrow the gap to two going to the half. The count was 6 – 4 to favor Antelope.

Twin Palms continued to press in the fourth frame as Mia Bray and Curbelo scored field goals – to none for Antelope -and the tally was even going to the penultimate stanza at 6 – 6.

If Antelope appeared to be staggering in the fourth, they were most certainly not looking that way in the fifth as Trotz counted his third penalty four chance and Llambias scored his third and fourth goals from the field. The lead was now once again in the Pronghorns favor with the count at 9 – 6.

Twin Palms needed to score first in the sixth period and they did as Curbelo counted another penalty two to come within two. That difference was short-lived however as Antelope scored three times – Jordan with his second and Llambias with his fourth and fifth – and the lead was now five goals with little time left. Twin Palms was able to score a final goal with just seconds on the clock and it was over and Antelope had won the 2020 Jason Memorial.

With Lyn Jason Cobb and many family members on hand to present the awards, MVP honors went to Llambias with Palmer being acknowledged as the Sponsor MVP.

Best Playing Pony Blankets were placed on Paz, owned and played by Trotz in the third period, and Ata, owned by Geoff Palmer and played by Grant Palmer in the fourth.

Santi Trotz’s “Paz” Best Playing Pro Pony