| The Palos Verdes Sea Kings hosted the Downey Vikings for the first weekend game in this year’s schedule. The wet field conditions and physical play contributed to turnovers on both sides of the field in what turned out to be the closest scoring game yet. The Sea Kings came out a bit flat according to Xander Ritz, assistant coach for Palos Verdes. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 2 – 1 in favor of Palos Verdes. The turning point in the contest occurred during a 2nd quarter stretch where Palos Verdes scored three unanswered goals and went into the half up by four goals at 5-1. A lot of credit goes to the defensive unit, whose hard-nosed efforts so far this year, has disrupted the oppositions attempts to setup and make shots.
The physical play continued in the second half as the Vikings defense was able to keep the pressure on and keep pace with the Sea Kings goal for goal. Downey showed the strength of their offense by having four different players score a goal apiece. PV held a big edge on shots taken but conversion was tough with Downey’s effective goalie play. The final score was 8 – 4.
Palos Verdes had 6 players score and 4 assisting. Leading the scoring with three goals was Nolan Semel. Adding a goal apiece were Matt Chong, David Scott, Jon Spangler, Sammy Romer and Ryan Rheingold. Assists were credited to David Scott, Jon Spangler, Sammy Romer and Adam Wagoner.
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2009