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The results for Round 2 of the California Cup are in along with the first upset of the abbreviated season. Two tries from Greg Daniels and 11 points from the boot of new points leader Andy Jackson propelled Belmont Shore to a surprise win over heavily favored OMBAC in Long Beach. The win shoots Shore up into third spot while OMBAC drop from the top all the way to fourth.
Golden Gate have claimed the hot seat with a comfortable win over Olympic on Treasure Island. Soggy conditions threatened to bring the game to a standstill but the home side still managed four tries with Volney Rouse a perfect 4-for-4 on conversions.
Tied on points with SFGG are Life West, who rattled off a second consecutive win with a last-minute try denying Old Aztecs by only two points. The addition of three PRO Rugby regulars played a major role with the trio accounting for all four Life West tries.
SFGG 28 vs 7 OLYMPIC
Sat, Dec 10, 13:00, Ray Sheeran Field, Treasure Island
SCORING
SFGG 28
Tries – P. Huihui, J. Halalilo, I. Ratumaimuri, N. Barrett
Cons – V. Rouse 4
OLYMPIC 7
Tries – J. Gallo
Cons – K. Engelbrecht
TEAMS
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 Volney Rouse, 11 Pila Huihui, 12 Eae Okusi, 13 Tevita Okusi, 14 Isimeli Ratumaimuri, 15 Jack Halalilo
16 Grant Hyjer, 17 Sam Tofi, 18 Joe Fukofuka, 19 Nick Grass, 20 Isaac Helu, 21 Tevita Vehikite, 22 Fatai Vailala, 23 Jesse Fuller
OLYMPIC
1 Alex Drake, 2 Travis Moscone, 3 Will Johnson, 4 Zack Purdy, 5 Jack Seymour, 6 Tanner Mohr (capt.), 7 Matt Frederickson, 8 Peter Rogers, 9 Will Johnston, 10 Keegan Engelbrecht, 11 John Gallo, 12 Connor Rosenbaum, 13 Josh Tucker, 14 Torsten Christian, 15 Jake Anderson
16 Mark Shughart, 17 Josh Galant, 18 Andrew King, 19 Tom Bernardi, 20 Nick Jones, 21 Matt McCarthy, 22 Ben Cunningham, 23 AN Other
OLD AZTECS 25 vs 27 LIFE WEST
Sat, Dec 10, 13:30, Robb Field, San Diego
SCORING
OLD AZTECS 25
Tries – T .Toilolo, R. Stortz, B. Roller
Cons – T. Howard 2
Pens – T. Howard 2
LIFE WEST 27
Tries – J. Helu 2, J. Finau, P. Iongi
Cons – G. Cazenave 2
Pens – G. Cazenave
TEAMS
OLD AZTECS
1 Tristan Pickering, 2 Pat Blair, 3 Tasi Toilolo, 4 Joe Ramonas, 5 Lucas Edwards (capt.), 6 Leon Hayward, 7 Bryan Barnard, 8 Jeff Diggs, 9 Robert Stortz, 10 Mike Deel, 11 Cleeandre Ross, 12 Tim Howard, 13 Connor Mariani, 14 James Niblock, 15 Jon Prickett
16 Chris Gonzales, 17 Alex Blair, 18 Joe Wesolek, 19 Des Wellington, 20 Robert Laulualo, 21 Jaco Breytenbach, 22 Jose Lugo, 23 Boomer Roller
LIFE WEST
1 Tone Ngaluafe, 2 Jay Finau, 3 Holo Mo’ungaloa, 4 Alex Pedjase, 5 Rich Knight, 6 Zack Tannous, 7 Naibuka Tawake, 8 Akuila Uaisele (capt.), 9 Junior Helu, 10 Guillaume Cazenave, 11 Pila Iongi, 12 Nua Vete, 13 Calvin Nell, 14 Anthony Munoz, 15 Tyler Harrison
16 Sione Fifita, 17 Lopeti Liu, 18 Ben Fano, 19 Kalafitoni Pole, 20 Anthony Aranda, 21 Naima Fuala’au, 22 Suli Holani, 23 Tevita Tonga
BELMONT SHORE 31 vs 16 OMBAC
Sat, Dec 10, 15:00, Long Beach State University, Long Beach
SCORING
BELMONT SHORE 31
Tries – G. Daniels 2, P. Semeane, R. Newcomb
Cons – A. Jackson 4
Pens – A. Jackson
OMBAC 16
Tries – B. Batger, J. Vainikolo
Pens – K. Konrad 2
TEAMS
BELMONT SHORE
1 Mason Pedersen, 2 JP Palaita, 3 Brice Schilling, 4 Sam Lilley, 5 Ian Carpenter, 6 Timothy Mendoza, 7 Sione Masoe, 8 Pita Semeane, 9 John Gray (capt.), 10 Hilton Mexted, 11 Andy Jackson, 12 Ed Pitts, 13 Max Paronelli, 14 Greg Daniels, 15 Peter Sio
16 Damien Kamu, 17 Adam Channel, 18 Daniel Va’afuti, 19 Rob Newcomb, 20 Cameron Reed, 21 Peter Nifo, 22 James Muse, 23 Mafi Seanoa
OMBAC
1 Josh Bart, 2 Jed Gillespie, 3 Ethan Willis, 4 Jay Harman, 5 Brian Doyle, 6 Josh Vainikolo, 7 Shane Moise, 8 Tai Tuisamoa (capt.), 9 Jamie Purcell, 10 Ben Batger, 11 Ian Denham, 12 Kalei Konrad, 13 John Grant, 14 Mila Setefane, 15 Zach Pangelinan
16 Johnny Abdallah, 17 Nick Zajda, 18 Tai Te’o, 19 Bryce Baker, 20 Chris Turori, 21 Ian Cassidy, 22 Andy Early, 23 Matt Long
2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP LEAGUE TABLE
| CLUB | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | BP | PTS |
| SFGG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 26 | +44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Life West | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| Belmont Shore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| OMBAC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Old Aztecs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 69 | -25 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Olympic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 86 | -69 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP SCORING LEADERS
| NAME | CLUB | PTS | T | C | P | D |
| Andy Jackson | Belmont Shore | 26 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Volney Rouse | SFGG | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalei Konrad | OMBAC | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Halalilo | SFGG | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pila Huihui | SFGG | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Pangelinan | OMBAC | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Howard | Old Aztecs | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Guillaume Cazenave | Life West | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Batger | OMBAC | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Daniels | Belmont Shore | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Helu | Life West | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Newcomb | Belmont Shore | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Stortz | Old Aztecs | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pele Toelupe-Tuisila | Life West | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Anderson | Olympic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Barrett | SFGG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bart | OMBAC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Braun | Olympic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Denham | OMBAC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Edwards | Old Aztecs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Siokatame Falatau | Life West | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Finau | Life West | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gallo | Olympic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Grant | OMBAC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pila Iongi | Life West | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manu Laqai | SFGG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Long | OMBAc | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Moise | OMBAC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Prickett | Old Aztecs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isimeli Ratumaimuri | SFGG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boomer Roller | Old Aztecs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pita Semeane | Belmont Shore | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tasi Toilolo | Old Aztecs | 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 |
| Keegan Engelbrecht | Olympic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
