Next practice Thurs May 26, 6pm on Field 2 or 3 TBD
Sat May 28
5pm Memorial Day Cup round-robin
6:15pm USPA NYTS
May 7th-14th Frisco Life Cup
Winners: Hondo PoloConsolation: Waterski America
HONDO POLO WINS FRISCO LIFE CUP
MVP: Ramon “Moncho” Espinal BPP: Sahara “Covergirl”
The finals of the Frisco Life Cup saw a tough battle between Gusto Polo and Hondo Polo with Hondo pulling off the comeback of the season. Starting with a 1 goal handicap, Gusto came out swinging. Mariano Silva, Texas A&M Polo Champion, won the first throw-in of the game and completed the play with a quick goal. He followed this up with a 60-yard bomb to build their handicap lead 3-0. Hondo stayed in the game with two penalty shot conversions by Vance Miller. Vaughn Miller Jr. extended Gusto’s lead in the second chukker with two finishes, one off a pass from Cale Curtin. Gusto’s ringer, JB Long, ended the first half with a beautiful tiki-tiki run to goal and neck shot finish to end the chukker 6-2 in favor of Gusto. Gusto all smiles at the half, and Hondo looking for what would be the biggest comeback of the season thus far. Acting quickly with Jonathon Garnica taking two straight throw-ins directly to goal and single-handedly getting Hondo back in the game 6-4. Vaughn Miller Jr. seeing a comeback looming, converted another penalty 4 that just slipped passed the tip of Garnica’s mallet. Jonathan Garnica made it a hat trick with 3 goals in the chukker on another fantastic goal, ending the chukker 7-5. The last chukker of the finals would be all Hondo, no Gusto. Hondo team owner James McHazlett would begin the fourth chukker bombardment with a 40-yard shot slicing through the uprights. MVP Ramon “Moncho” Espinal proceeded to take over on BPP “Covergirl” Sahara. Gusto had no answer for the supreme horsepower and ball control of Moncho. Three straight goals by the MVP would close out the game and his last goal sealed the deal. A center hit coast to coast goal by Moncho brought the final score 9-7 in favor of Hondo Polo. Gusto was left high-fiving and saying good game thinking, “what just happened?!” Ramon Espinal named MVP. Sahara named BPP.
The consolations of the Frisco Life Cup saw a friendly competition between Prestonwood Polo and Waterski America. Morgan McBride began the scoring with a penalty conversion. Vaughn Miller Jr. ended the chukker with an alley-oop off a pass from his dad Vaughn “Coach” Miller Sr. Ronnie Puente and Sidro Olivas both scored for Prestonwood to build a 3-1 lead heading into half time. Waterski America would dominate the second half with goals off the mallets of Vance Miller, Chris Jones, and Vaughn Miller Jr. to win a tough battle 4-3.
Sat May 21 3pm-8pm Polopalooza Preakness Stakes Cup
5pm polo match 1
6pm Preakness stakes live
6:15pm polo match 2
May 7th Kentucky Derby
Hondo and Gusto advance to the finals
The Kentucky Derby polo day began with Gusto vs Prestonwood. Right out of the gates, like Rich Strike eyeing the Garland of Roses, young phenom JB Long sent a beautiful pass up to Vaughn Miller Jr for Gusto’s 1-0 lead. Vaughn picks up another goal on a neck shot, and Gusto puts Prestonwood on their heels. JB, making his season debut, gives his team a 3-0 advantage with his own neck shot slicing between defenders and through the uprights. Prestonwood’s Ronnie Puente would not quit and picks up his lone goal of the day on a cleanup of Sidro’s derby race to goal. Last weeks MVP Trenton Werntz made an impact with 2 straight goals, a penalty conversion and another Sidro cleanup. Just like that the game was tied 3-3. Vaughn Miller Jr and Juanita decided to take matters into their own hands and go coast to coast with a little ballerina move by Juanita mixed in, and the game was over 4-3 Gusto wins.
The second game of the day was Hondo vs Waterski America, Umair Kaimkhani was eager to get his season debut underway and started with a goal for Hondo to tie the handicapped Waterski 1-1. Ramon “Moncho” Espinal then scored twice to take the lead 3-1. Vance Miller answered with a penalty and Chris Jones added a beautiful run to goal to tie 3-3. Moncho added another, and Jonathan Garnica scored his first career goal at Prestonwood to further the advantage 5-3. Umair would seal the deal with 2 more goals. Waterski made a valient comeback down 7-3 and brought it to 7-6 with 2 goals from Vance and 1 from Chris off an assist from talented young player Niklaus Felhaber. Hondo would advance 7-6.
April 30th Yabe Classic Gusto Prevails, Trenton Werntz named MVP
Gusto took on Prestonwood green to kick off the spring season, and Vaughn Miller Jr wasted no time to score the first goal of the season on Giaconda. Sidro Olivas answered quickly with a deep neck shot riding the clubs new paint horse Elvis. Sidro went right back to work with a breakaway finish on his horse Prince. Gusto held a 2-1.5 lead, but Vaughn Miller Jr took the matter into his own hands with a coast to coast goal on Juanita. Chris Jones would clear the ball out of danger and Prestonwood green held onto a 2.5-2 win against Gusto.
In the second leg of the round robin Gusto took on Prestonwood red. Ronnie Puente started off the scoring with a split second throw in run. Cale Curtin got Gusto going with a penalty conversion on his powerhouse Nola. Ronnie Puente would get his second on the board in huge fashion, a booming blast through the uprights, riding Noche. Cale Curtin was a man on a mission and finished his second goal riding Nola to match Ronnie’s 2 goals. Red thought they were in good position until Vance Miller scores and makes a game changing backshot save as Mariano Silva was about to score. Sidro went coast to coast, capping off his third goal of the day on a home run neck shot 60 yards in the air to give Gusto the win 4.5-2.
The final leg of the Yabe classic was Prestonwood red and green. Mariano Silva, Texas A&M champion, scored a tiki tiki goal on April to start off strong for red. A quick garbage cleanup by Vaughn Jr tied the game 1-1. Morgan McBride then took a run all the way to goal which led to a safety in favor of green. Vaughn Miller Jr would proceed to smoke a 60 yard penalty atop Guillermita to take a 2-1 lead. Ramon “Moncho” Espinal, who controlled the game all day long, sauced up the green team on Sahara and evened the score. Green had a sneaky .5 lead but failed to hold onto it, Ronnie Puente on Sombra took a pass from Moncho and scored to win the game. With net goals in play and all teams tied at 1-1 Gusto took the victory. Trenton Werntz was named MVP after his stellar offensive and defensive hustle for Gusto.
Goal Standings: Vaughn 4, Sidro 3, Ronnie 3, Cale 2, Moncho 1, Mariano 1, Vance 1
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Congrats UNT men winning USPA intercollegiate West Regional D1 championship defeated Texas A&M 12-6 and SMU 15-14, Sahara Best Playing Pony UNT won best String. Vaughn Miller Jr & John Dencker won All-Stars
UNT Men National Runners-up 2022
D1Nationals this week at UVA, games will be live-streamed on https://globalpolo.com No polo this week at Prestonwood
WINTER 2022 (Arena Polo) Jan- March Arena practice weather permitting Tuesday evenings & 12 noon Sat & Sun Feb 18-20 USPA Interscholastic Regionals Houston March 4-6 USPA DIV II intercollegiate Regionals Kaufman March 11-13 USPA DIV I intercollegiate Regionals Houston March 14-20 USPA Interscholastic Nationals Houston March 22-27 USPA DIV II intercollegiate Nationals California April- 4-10 USPA DIV I intercollegiate Nationals Virginia
Patriot Cup 4-goal Winners: Gusto Polo L-R: Cale Curtin, Vaughn Miller Jr, Lalo Ramirez, Morgan Tennant
Dallas Symphony Honor Guard Polo Club winners: Gusto Polo2021-2022 DSOL Debutantes
Sun May 30: Finals & Consolation USPA Gen. George S. Patton Jr Cup SW Circuit, check out the great photos by Duane Ronan TD Pro Photo
USPA Gen. George S. Patton Jr Cup SW Circuit – La Paloma over Gusto Polo 7-5 L-R: Richard Varner, Vaughn Miller Jr, Vance Miller III, Morgan McBride MVP: Vance Miller III, BPP: Hamburgers-Sidro Olivas
Prestonwood Red over Prestonwood Green 7-5. Gusto Polo over Rancho 5-4
WINTER SCHEDULE 2021: Jan 15-18: NYTS Championship & PTF in Florida Jan 23-24: Arena practice at Prestonwood Jan 29-31: Texas Arena League Feb 6-7: Arena practice at Prestonwood Feb 12-14: Cancelled – Texas Arena League Feb 20-21: Arena practice at Prestonwood Feb 26-28: Texas Arena League March 6-7: Brookshire I/I Challengd Cup (Central Interscholastic Regional) March 12-14: Texas Arena League Austin March 19-21: Texas Arena League Houston
Fall 2020 Results
Dec 5-6: USPA Arena Constitution Cup SW Circuit
Results:
Game 1: WaterSki America 11 vs Morgan Stanley 10
Game 2: Prestonwood Green 9 vs Prestonwood Red 12
Consolation: Prestonwood Green 6 vs Moran Stanley 9
Finals: WaterSki America 9 vs Prestonwood Red 13 WINNER
MVP: Vance Miller III
BPP: Paloma – Umair Kaimkhani
Leading scorers in the tournament:
Vance Miller III – 17 Tie
Vaughn Miller Jr – 17 Tie
Ronnie Puente – 8
Sidro Olivas – 7
John Dencker – 6
Coach Miller – 6
Winners: Prestonwood RedMVP Vance Miller IIIBPP: Paloma
Nov 15 – I/I Arena Cup winners La Dolfina Polo Ranch, Vance Miller III MVP
Sat May 30 5:30pm May Challenge Cup on Field 1, Umpire: David Olivas:
Round-Robin 6 chukkers
UNT
Morgan Stanley
TCU winner 2-1, 2-0
Sidro 1,2,5,6
Vance 1,2,3,4
Vaughn Jr 3,4,5,6
Coach 1,2,5,6
Chris 1,2,3,4
Morgan 3,4,5,6
TJ 1,5
JB 1,2,4
Athena 3,4,5,6
Cale 2,6
David 1,3,4
Kaylin 3,4,5,6
Umair 1,2,5,6
Trenton 2,3
Fri May 15: Armed Forces Cup:
5:30pm Game 1 on Field 3: Texas Polo winner over vs Morgan Stanley 5-3
6:30pm Game 2 on Filed 3: TCU/Prestonwood winner over Oklahoma 4-2
Sat May 16: all polo cancelled due to rain
Sun May 17: all polo cancelled due to rain
Congrats UNT men winner of IC Central Region championship advances to Nationals, defeated SMU 11-6, Tx Tech 25-3. All-stars Vance Miller III & Vaughn Miller Jr, Defensive MVP Andrew Scott.
Congrats TCU women winner of IC Prelims defeating TX Tech 18-7 & OSU 12-11, advancing to Regionals March 6-8
2020 Spring semester Intercollegiate practice schedule:
Nov 9: Consolation – Tie – UNT 3 – WaterSki America 3
Congrats to our own Vaughn Miller Jr playing for Tonkawa this Fall in the Houston 10-goal league, Vaughn named MVP in 9-8 victory in the USPA H.Ben Taub Memorial Finals and winning the trifecta all three 10-goal tournaments, the Taub Memorial, Beal Cup & Texas Open : https://www.uspolo.org/news-social/news/2019-h-ben-taub-final
Congrats to Prestonwood Players Vance Miller III & Johann Felhaber for making 2019 USPA NYTS Championship teams:
Results June 4-8 goal league Patriot Cup, congrats to winners: TCU, MVP: Vaughn Miller Jr
June 8: UNT 5 – TCU 4 in OT
June 11: Morgan Stanley 7 – Prestonwood 6
June 15: TCU 8 – Morgan Stanley 5
June 15: Prestonwood 5 – UNT 4
June 22: TCU 6 – Prestonwood 5
June 23: Morgan Stanley 7 – UNT 6
June 29: Consolation UNT 6 – Prestonwood 5
June 29: Finals TCU 5 – Morgan Stanley 4
Teams
TCU 2-1 (+3)
Morgan Stanley 2-1 (-1)
UNT 1-2 (-1)
Prestonwood 1-2 (-1)
Leading scorers:
Vaughn Miller Jr 11
Jack Whitman 11
Dennys Santana 11
Pelon Escapite 8
Sidro Olivas 6
Vance Miller III 6
Ronnie Puente 5
Johann Felhaber 4
Andrew Scott 4
Niklaus Felhaber 4
Chris Jones 3
Coach Miller 2
David Werntz 2
Trenton Werntz 2
Results June 9-12 Goal Prestonwood Arena Cup, congrats to winners: UNT, MVP Vaughn Miller Jr
June 13:
UNT 14 – Prestonwood Green 13
Prestonwood Red 16 – TCU 12
June 20
Prestonwood Green 11 – TCU 7
June 21
UNT 8 – Prestonwood Red 7
June 30
Finals: UNT 19 – Prestonwood Green 13
Teams:
UNT 2-0 (+2)
Prestonwood Green 1-1 (+3 / 24 gross)
Prestonwood Red 1-1 (+3 / 23 gross)
TCU 0-2 (-8)
Leading scorers:
Vaughn Miller Jr 24
Pelon Escapite 13
Sidro Olivas 13
Jack Whitman 12
Ronnie Puente 11
Vance Miller III 9
Coach Miller 9
Niklaus Felhaber 5
David Werntz 3
Dennys Santana 2
Andrew Scott 2
Chris Jones 1
Results May 2019 4-goal League: Finals & Consolation rained out
Morgan Stanley 2-0 (+3)
Prestonwood 1-1 (+1)
TCU 1-2 (-1)
UNT 1-2 (-3)
May 4
Morgan Stanley 5 – TCU 4
Prestonwood 4 – UNT 2
May 15
UNT 7 – TCU 6
May 24
Morgan Stanley 2 – UNT 0
May 25
TCU 5 – Prestonwood 4
SPRING 2019 SCHEDULE
April 27: NYTS & Season Opener & Draw
MayEvents
May 4: Polo on the Lawn Kentucky Derby Day (4-goal League begins)
May 11: Frisco Life Cup
May 18: Preakness Stakes Cup
May 25: May Challenge Cup
JuneEvents
June 1 / 2: Top Pony Cup (4-goal League Finals & Consolation)
June 8: Belmont Stakes Cup (4-8 goal league begins)
June 15: Fathers Day Cup
June 22 & 23: Dallas Symphony League Honor Guard Cup
June 29: Patriot Cup (4-8 Goal League Finals)
July 4: Fireworks Watch Party & Outdoor Exhibition Game Season Finale
CONGRATS PRESTONWOOD VARSITY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2019 UNDEFEATED SEASON
2019 CENTRAL REGION CHAMPIONS (Feb)
Semis: Prestonwood 13 – Willow Bend 8
Finals: Prestonwood 10 – Houston 6
2019 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (March)
Semis: Prestonwood 24 – Lakeside 2
Finals: Prestonwood 13 – Houston 11
CONGRATS UNT MEN ON A GREAT 2019 INAUGURAL SEASON 3-2
2019 Central Region Championship (March)
UNT 31 – OSU 0
UNT 12 – SMU 11
UNT 12 – A&M 13
2019 National Championship (April)
Quarter finals: UNT 27 – CAL POLY 3
Semi finals: UNT 6 – UVA 23
The Prestonwood Polo schedule varies Seasonally and subject to weather, we have a heavier schedule in the Fall & Spring to take advantage of good weather, generally it looks like this:
Wens
Fri
Sat
Sun (TCU)
April, May & June: (Outdoor)
July/Aug: (Outdoor/Arena)
Sept, Oct, Nov: (Outdoor
Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb: (Arena)
March/April: (Arena/Outdoor)
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