The Bonita Vista Barons continue to look like the strongest team among the six roller hockey squads competing in the CIF-Metro Conference’s short spring season after turning aside challenges from the Castle Park Trojans (12-3 win) and Otay Ranch Mustangs (13-3 win) last weekend at the Castle Park High School outdoor rink.
Adding the team’s latest two games on Saturday (May 8), the Barons have now outscored their opening four opponents 47-8 with one game remaining on the regular season schedule.
Bonita Vista is averaging nearly 12 goals per game on offense while allowing an average of two goals on defense.
The Barons’ “Three Amigos” – juniors Maxwell Anderson, Alvaro Ruiz and Diego Nunes – continue to set the pace offensively with a combined total of 40 goals and 20 assists for 60 points through four games.
Anderson picked up 16 more points (12 goals, four assists) in the team’s last two victories to keep him in the league’s top scoring position with 26 points (22 goals, four assists). Ruiz (13 goals, four assists) and Nunes (five goals, 12 assists) are tied for second in league scoring with 17 points apiece.
Also chipping in with points in the all-around team victories against the Trojans and Mustangs were junior Keala Nunes (two goals, one assist), freshman Andrew Madrigal (one goal, one assist) and sophomore Noah Burke (one goal).
“I’m thrilled about the more balance on the team,” veteran BVHS coach Keith Quigley said. “Obviously, Max is doing very well. But now we also have Alvaro, Diego, Andrew, a ninth grader, and Keala – it’s nice to have everyone contributing.”
Anderson scored the game’s opening five goals — the first two while shorthanded — to stake the Barons to a 5-0 first-period edge against Castle Park (0-4). Diego Nunes (three goals, one assist) and Ruiz (two goals, two assists) each collected four points in the win while Keala Nunes chipped in with a goal and assist.
Anderson finished the game with seven points — six goals and one assist.
Josh Barreto scored all three goals for the Trojans to give him eight tallies in three games.
Anderson also registered the game’s opening give goals in the ensuing game against Otay Ranch en route to posting a nine-point showing with six goals and three assists.
Sean Yeow, Dayna Coates and Randall Horne scored single goals for Otay Ranch
Eastlake wraps up perfect weekend
The Titans swept both of their games to cap the second weekend of play, downing Castle Park by a score of 10-1 in the opening game of the day and then following that up with a 5-4 cliff-hanger win over the San Ysidro Cougars (0-3) in one of the more intriguing games played thus far in the short spring season.
Senior Kevin Eagles racked up seven points (six goals, one assist) to face off the weekend’s slate of five games while Emilio Navarette collected four points (two goals, two assists), Andrew Ibarra had two points (one goal, one assist), Erick Morgan scored one goal and George Carver added one assist in support of winning goaltender Akemi Scott.
Eastlake scooted out to a 4-0 first period lead on four consecutive goals by Eagles. The second goal came on a breakaway while the final two goals in the period were both scored shorthanded. The Titans built a 5-0 lead in the game before Castle Park scored its lone goal of the game – that by Maryrose Kaaihue, assisted by Xochitl Rocha.
Eastlake rounded out scoring with the final five goals in the game.
The Titans used a strong finish to slip past San Ysidro in its second of back-to-back games after the Cougars opened up a 2-1 advantage through the first period.
Eagles staked the Titans to an early 1-0 lead but Alejandro Vargas roared on the court with the next two goals, both assisted by Angel Bernal. Eagles beat San Ysidro goaltender Mariano Mercado with consecutive goals to start the second period to enable Eastlake to take a 3-2 lead. But Bernal responded with two goals of his own to put the Cougars back in front by a score of 4-3 early in the third period.
Navarette tied the game, 4-4, with 3:35 to play in regulation, assisted by Eagles and Navarertte scored on a deflection with 1:57 to stand up as the game-winning goal.
Mercado stopped 17 of 18 shots in the first period to allow San Ysidro to skate to a strong start. He stopped 16 of 18 shots in the second period and made 14 of 16 stops in the third period for a game total of 47 stops.
Eagles led the Titans with three goals and one assist in the game while Navarette tallied twice. #10 picked up one assist for Eastlake.
Bernal led San Ysidro in scoring with two goals and two assists while Vargas had two goals. Emily Vazquez had two assists.
Eagles finished his team’s two games with 11 points (nine goals, two assists) while Navarette chalked up six points (four goals, two assists).
Otay Ranch 12, Mar Vista 4
The Mustangs improved their record at 2-1 following the win over the Mariners, who dropped to 1-2 on the short season. Otay Ranch scored the opening two goals of the day’s final matchup only to have Mar Vista narrow the score to 2-1 in the early going on a goal by Diana Gass.
Horne put the Mustangs back in front by two goals at 3-1 to close the opening period but Oswaldo Lambarena netted the opening goal of the second period to make it a one-goal game again at 3-2.
Otay Ranch took control of the contest by reeling off the next five goals to build an 8-2 lead early in the third period. The Mariners scored twice more but the closest they would get would be within five goals on the scoreboard.
Julian Munoz and Mckenzie Resenviz joined Horne with two goals in the game while Xavier Simpson, Sean Yeow, Cristian Wright, Samantha Cobarrubia, Shawn Donahue and Noah Baesa all chipped in with one goal. Alex Short picked up the goaltending victory.
Otay Ranch led 7-2 at the end of two periods. The final period featured five goals by the Mustangs and two for Mar Vista.
Ten Otay Ranch players scored at least one goal in the two games on Saturday.
Metro Conference Scoring Leaders
(Through May 8)
Maxwell Anderson (BV) 22 goals, 4 assists – 26 points
Alvaro Ruiz (BV) 13 goals, 4 assist – 17 points
Diego Nunes (BV) 5 goal, 12 assists – 17 points
Kevin Eagles (EL) 13 goals, 2 assists – 15 points
Emilio Navarette (EL) 7 goals, 3 assist – 10 points
Keala Nunes (BV) 3 goals, 4 assists – 7 points
Josh Barreto (CP) 8 goals, 0 assists – 8 points
Oswaldo Lambarena (MV) 6 goals, 0 assists – 6 points
Alejandro Vargas (SY) 5 goals, 1 assist – 6 points
Angel Bernal (SY) 2 goals, 3 assists – 5 points
Tiffany O’Neil (MV) 4 goals, 0 assists – 4 points
Randall Horne (OR) 4 goals, 0 assists – 4 points
Sean Yeow (OR) 4 goals, 0 assists – 4 points
Andrew Madrigal (BV) 2 goals, 2 assists – 4 points
Shawn Donahue (OR) 3 goals, 0 assists – 3 points
Cristian Wright (OR) 3 goals, 0 assists – 3 points
Maryrose Kaaihue (CP) 2 goals, 1 assist – 3 points
Erick Morgan (EL) 1 goals, 2 assists – 3 points
Andrew Ibarra (EL) 1 goal, 2 assists – 3 points
Dayna Coates (OR) 2 goal, 0 assists – 2 points
Julian Munoz (OR) 2 goals, 0 assists – 2 points
Noah Burke (BV) 1 goal, 1 assist – 2 points
Mckenzie Resenviz (OR) 2 goals, 0 assists – 2 points
Aaron Pangilinan (BV) 0 goals, 2 assists – 2 points
Richelle Roldan (CP) 0 goals, 2 assists – 2 points
Emily Vazquez (SY) 0 goals, 2 assists – 2 points
George Carver (EL) 0 goals, 2 assists – 2 points
Emily Zepeda Escobedo (BV) 1 goal, 0 assists – 1 point
Diana Gass (MV) 1 goal, 0 assists – 1 point
Xavier Simpson (OR) 1 goal, 0 assists – 1 point
Samantha Cobarrubia (OR) 1 goal, 0 assists – 1 point
Noah Baesa (OR) 1 goal, 0 assists – 1 point
Xochitl Rocha (CP) 0 goals, 1 assist – 1 point
Alana Davis (MV) 0 goals, 1 assist – 1 point
Eliana Santos (BV) 0 goals, 1 assist – 1 point
Akemi Scott (EL) 0 goals, 1 assist – 1 point
TEAM STANDINGS
Bonita Vista Barons 4-0
Eastlake Titans 3-1
Otay Ranch Mustangs 2-1
Mar Vista Mariners 1-2
Castle Park Trojans 0-3
San Ysidro Cougars 0-3
Metro Conference Schedule
Games of May 1
Mar Vista 7, Castle Park 6
Eastlake 6, Mar Vista 0
Bonita Vista 10, Eastlake 1
Bonita Vista 12, San Ysidro 1
Otay Ranch 8, San Ysidro 3
Games of May 8
Eastlake 10, Castle Park 1
Eastlake 5, San Ysidro 4
Bonita Vista 12, Castle Park 3
Bonita Vista 13, Otay Ranch 3
Otay Ranch 12, Mar Vista 4
Games of May 15
Bonita Vista vs. Mar Vista, 9 a.m.
San Ysidro vs. Mar Vista, 10 a.m.
San Ysidro vs. Castle Park, 11 a.m.
Otay Ranch vs. Eastlake, noon
Otay Ranch vs. Castle Park, 1 p.m.
