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Golden State success at this year’s NARCh Finals continued in the Platinum Division playoffs that started Aug. 3 and concluded Aug. 8 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., as California teams reached the championship round in nine of the 12 divisions and skated to six championships.

Both the Pee Wee Division and Women’s Division featured all-California finals in demonstrative shows of strength. Even in divisions won by non-California teams, the West Coast imprint was firmly left in Minnesota by the flood of California teams vying for playoff titles.

Leading the California honor roll were the OC Blades 88 Pee Wee and Team Mission Women’s Division squads that emerged victorious in all-California matchups. The talented first-year Blades 88 team concluded a show-stopping performance with a 3-0 shutout victory against the defending NARCh Winternationals champion Hyper Empire 87 while Team Mission showed that veteran experience still counts for something in its 2-1 win against the up-and-coming youthful Cal Selects.

Though the Atom, Mite, Squirt and Bantam title games did not prove to be all-California affairs – pitting teams from opposite sides of the country and north of the border – they did have favorable outcomes for the West Coast teams. The OC Blades (Atom), CPH Mission Velocity (Mite), OC Blades Black (Squirt) and Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 86 (Bantam) all won coveted NARCh Platinum Division championships.

Earning second-place finishes in their respective divisions at this year’s NARCh Platinum Finals were the Tour Predators (Senior Division), CCM Old Hosers (35-and-Older Division), and Santiago High School (Varsity Cup).

Mixed with the usual amount of heartbreak to end a long and trying season, there were magical tales of success that had to lift the spirit and move the heart of even the most stone cold critic.

In the Atom Division, the 2002 Tour Pacific Cup Finals champion OC Blades shut out the Rapid Fire Tour Smoke from New York, 8-0. Last year, the result was reversed with the Smoke defeating the Blades to raise the NARCh Cup. This year, the top-seeded Blades took no prisoners, finishing with a sterling 5-0 run that included preliminary round victories against the Smoke (6-1), Michigan’s Tour Venom 93 (4-2), St. Louis Blast (9-3) and Anaheim Mission Bulldogs (9-2). The third-seeded Smoke edged the second-seeded Venom, 5-4, in the one-game playoff to gain a championship rematch with the Blades.

The Mite Division playoffs appeared to set the stage for a replay of the Pacific Cup Finals championship game as the CPH Misison Velocity and Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 89 teams earned the top two seeds in the seven-team field. Both California teams advanced to the semifinals but only the top-seeded Velocity made it all the way through the bracket following its 3-2 overtime win against the fourth-seeded OC Blades Black in the semifinals and its climactic 3-2 victory against third-seeded Tour Powerhouse from Ontario, Canada, in the championship game. The Velocity’s NARCh title made for a memorable season-ending celebration after the team had finished second to the Bulldogs at the Pacific Cup Finals.

The Bulldogs’ season ended with a 6-1 semifinal loss to the Powerhouse after opening the playoff rounds with a 4-0 shutout victory against the LaVerne Empire 91, the fourth California team to qualify for the division playoffs. The Blades had finished third at the Pacific Cup Finals.

The Squirt Division playoffs also featured a pair of top-seeded California teams – the defending Pacific Cup Finals champion Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 89 and Pacific Cup Finals runner-up OC Blades Black. As in the Mite Division, the second-place finisher at the Pacific Cup Finals skated to the NARCh title after the top-seeded Blades wrapped up the division with a 5-2 victory against the third-seeded St. Louis Tour Blast.

The Blades program made it a double after also winning the Squirt Platinum Division championship last year.

The Blades, who fell to the Bulldogs, 2-1, at the Pacific Cup Finals, eliminated 10^th-seeded Team Eagle from British Columbia, Canada, 7-1, in the quarterfinals before defeating fourth-seeded Tour Powerhouse from Ontario, Canada, 5-3, in the semifinals. After opening with a 4-1 win against the ninth-seeded CPH Wild, also from California, in the quarterfinals, the second-seeded Bulldogs were ousted in the semifinals after a 2-0 loss to the Blast. The Wild advanced to the quarterfinals after upsetting the eighth-seeded Michigan Snipers, 4-2, in the qualifying playoff round.

The OC Blades program put yet another feather in its cap – and trophy on the mantle piece -- following the Blades 88 team’s 3-0 victory against the third-seeded Hyper Empire in the Pee Wee Division. The championship game victory was sweet for the first-year Blades 88 squad that had finished second to the Blades 87 team at the Tour Pacific Cup Finals a month beforehand. The Blades 88 squad, in fact, proved to be one of the most dominating teams at this year’s NARCh Finals after outscoring the opposition 29-2!

But the team also proved it could win the close games as well as the blowouts. The Blades 88 team won a 2-1 semifinal squeaker from the fifth-seeded St. Louis Tour Blast. The Blades 88 team allowed just two goals in the tournament – both to the Tour Blast. The Tour Blast finished third in last year’s Squirt Platinum Finals.

The Hyper Empire secured its championship berth by dealing the OC Blades 87 team a 4-1 semifinal loss. The Blades 87 edged the seventh-seeded Nike Rockets, 3-2, in overtime to open the playoffs while the Empire topped the sixth-seeded Detroit Tour Venom 87 by a 9-4 score and the Blast stopped the fourth-seeded Anaheim Mission Bulldogs, 7-1.

California dominance in the division was easily shown as five of the seven playoff qualifiers all hailing from California. Three of the four semifinalists were from California.

Upsets ruled the Bantam Division, with the seventh-seeded Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 86 team producing an inspirational 4-0 playoff run that included victories against the second- and fourth-seeded teams. The Bulldogs defeated the eighth-seeded Mission Snipers from Long Island, 4-1, to finally claim the title after dealing losses to the second-seeded Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 85 team, 2-1, in an ironic quarterfinal pairing, and fourth-seeded Hyper Metro Storm from Michigan, 8-3, in the semifinals.

The 2002 Pacific Cup and Winternationals champion OC Blades, top-seeded in the division, were among the spate of teams to experience upsets losses in the playoffs. The Snipers toppled the Blades, 4-3 in overtime, in the quarterfinals en route to their surprise run to the championship game. The Snipers’ run to glory also included a 7-3 semifinal victory against third-seeded Mission Honeybaked 85, last year’s Bantam champions. Red Army, the runner-up at the Pacific Cup Finals, finished 1-1 in the playoffs, defeating the St. Louis Tour Blast 7-4 and losing to Mission Honeybaked 8-4.

The Women’s Division playoffs also featured three California teams, with second-seeded Team Mission recording two victories to win the title. Team Mission rolled past Synergy, 9-2, in the one-game playoff, to determine which team faced off against the top-seeded Cal Selects in the championship game. Despite being rested, the Cal Selects were not able to maintain an edge as Team Mission won a tight 2-1 game to earn the right to raise this year’s championship trophy.

Team Mission featured five Olympians – four of whom played in the gold medal game in Salt Lake City – and a lineup filled with veteran talent while the Cal Selects, bolstered by Team USA Olympian Angela Ruggiero, featured a roster dominated by youth. Cherie Piper and Sami Jo Small represented Team Mission as members of the Canadian Olympic gold medal team while the Team Mission roster also included Team USA Olympians Krissy Wendell and Natalie Darwitz. Manon Rheaume, an Olympian for Canada in 1998, added to Team Mission’s lineup of experience. Established inline players Antoinette Maldonado and Lauren Lemond helped key the fortunes for the up-and-coming Cal Selects.

Half the teams advancing to the Senior and 35-andOlder division semifinals were from California. In the Senior Division, the top-seeded Tour Predators eliminated fellow Golden State entrant Hyper Speedjacks, 6-3, while in the 35-and-Older Division, the reigning NARCh Winternationals champion CCM Old Hosers topped F.L.I., also from California, 6-4.

However, both California finalists came up on the short end, though in begrudging fashion, both by 3-2 scores. The Old Hosers ceded the 35-and-Older title to the third-seeded Tour Powerhouse Blast, from Ontario, Canada, while the Tour Predators fell to the Buffalo Wings, whose ongoing presence on the playing court touts a lasting tribute to the former Roller Hockey International team.

Rounding out this year’s NARCh Platinum Division championship honor roll were Florida’s Pines Thunder (Cub), the Detroit Mission Hyper Stars (Junior), Michigan’s Varsity Blues (Varsity Cup) and Team Hyper (NARCh Pro).

Five California teams qualified for the tough Junior Division playoffs, with two advancing to the quarterfinals and the 2002 Tour Pacific Cup champion Mission Bulldogs 83 squad making it as far as the semifinals.

The Bulldogs defeated the Pama Cyclones, 4-0, to win this year’s Pacific Cup Junior AAA Tier title. Both teams qualified for the Junior Platinum quarterfinals at NARCh. The ninth-seeded Cyclones upset eighth-seeded Mission Honeybaked from Michigan, 5-1, in the qualifying round while the Bulldogs bested the 14^th-seeded Mission Patriots from California, 3-2. The Bulldogs recorded another close win, 3-2 in overtime, against the sixth-seeded Bauer Pythons from Florida to advance to the division semifinals while the Cyclones had their season ended following a 5-2 loss to the top-seeded and eventual division champion Detroit Mission Hyper Stars. The second-seeded Missassauga Hyper from Ontario, Canada, ended the third-seeded Bulldogs' run with a 3-2 win in the semis.  

Red Army II and the Tour Predators earned the 12^th and 13^th seeds in the Junior Platinum playoffs to round out the five California entrants. Red Army bowed out following an 8-3 setback to Missouri’s Team Labeda Blast while the Predators dropped a close 5-4 contest to the defending Winternationals champion Mission Empire Snipers, seeded fourth. The Stars defeated Missassauga, 6-1, in the division championship game.

The Detroit Mission Hyper Stars won last year’s Junior Platinum title while Mission Honeybaked skated to the 2001 Bantam Platinum title in Estero, Florida.

NARCh Varsity Cup

This year’s NARCh Varsity Cup had all the trapping of the national high school championship tournament it aspires to promote, boasting a record 10 teams -- four from California, three from Missouri and one each from Michigan, Minnesota and Florida. Last year’s Varsity Cup nationals -- the first to be included in the season ending NARCh Finals -- only involved the tournament series’ four regional winners.

“We were very excited to get 10 high school teams to our 2002 Finals in Saint Paul. This was a true national high school championship. We had 10 teams from everywhere,” said NARCh spokesman Daryn Goodwin.

Besides the four California entrants – defending NARCh Varsity Cup national champion Santiago I, 2002 NARCh West Region champion Dana Hills and Santiago II and Temecula Valley high schools– also taking the floor at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, Aug 4-8, were the Southeast Region champion Taravella Trojans from Florida, Midwest Region champion Francis Howell North and fellow Missouri entrants Parkway South Patriots and Oakville Tigers, the (Plymouth, Michigan) Varsity Blues and the White Bear Lake (Minnesota) Bears.

Despite finishing third behind Dana Hills at the West Region qualifier in Anaheim in late April, Santiago I got a chance to defend its national title by engaging the Detroit Region champion Varsity Blues in this year’s championship game. However, in a display of just how much the tournament continues to elevate itself, the Varsity Blues brought this year’s national high school championship trophy back to Michigan with a spirited 5-2 come-from-behind victory against the Californians.

The Varsity Blues, seeded second in the five-team playoff field, piled up four unanswered second-half goals, including an empty netter, to overcome a 2-1 Santiago halftime lead. Bryan Lerg led the Michigan team with two goals and an assist – scoring the opening and closing goals for the Varsity Blues – while the 2002 NARCh Varsity Cup champions also received single goals from Eric Reinhardt, Will Carpenter and Eric Condre and two assists from Travis Hammery. Eric Giusit, Bryan Lerg, Billy Burns and Hammery all set up second-half goals in front of shutout goaltending by division Top Goaltender Jeff Lerg, a member of the USA under-17 select ice hockey national team.

Santiago, which had climbed back to earn the playoff tournament’s top seed, finished the game with an 18-17 advantage in shots. Both teams fired off seven shots apiece in the final period. Shane Mohr and Eric Estes had given Santiago its early lead, assisted by Sean Jones and Marc Toso, respectively.

The Varsity Blues’ championship run seemed unlikely after jump-starting the tournament with a 7-1 loss to Dana Hills. However, the Michigan team gained a measure of revenge after eliminating the reigning West Region champions, 3-2, in the semifinals. Once again, the Michigan team accomplished the effort in comeback fashion, erasing a 2-0 Dana Hills first-half lead on three unanswered goals to close out the game. Brandon Naurato led the Varsity Blues with two goals, including the game-winning goal with 2:12 to play in regulation, while teammate Bryan Genrich had two assists. Burns scored the game-tying goal for the Michigan squad, set up by Carpenter to end the first half of play.

Third-seeded Dana Hills, which finished with a 24-23 edge in total shots, received two goals from David Vandenberg and one assist by Nima Moayed.

In the other semifinal, Santiago reached its second consecutive national championship game on the strength of a 5-2 victory against fourth-seeded Francis Howell North. Santiago scored the first five goals of the game, led by five different goalscorers – Peter Sarkis, Sean DePaul, Will Munson, Michael Bracy and Steve Campbell -- and two assists by Jones. Chris Atkins and Mike Henkin scored late power play goals for the Missouri team but it was not enough, though both teams finished the game with 18 shots apiece in an otherwise equal show of force.

The Varsity Blues’ Jeff Lerg won the division’s Top Goaltender award after stopping 90 of 102 shots for an .882 save percentage in preliminary play while Andy Marks of Missouri’s Oakville Tigers won the High Scorer award with seven goals and five assists for 12 points.

In the Varsity Cup skills competition, Chris Jorel of Francis Howell North won honors as the division’s fastest skater while a pair of Taravella Trojans – Ryan Wolf (sniper) and Ben Wiles (top goaltender) – also claimed individual awards.

Dana Hills looked to make its West Region title stand up after finishing undefeated in its four pool games but a pair of ties – 3-3 against Missouri’s Parkway South and 2-2 against Santiago II -- cost the Dolphins the top seeded spot among the division’s five playoff qualifiers. Santiago I -- the reigning NARCh Varsity Cup champions -- earned the top seed with three wins and one loss, followed by Michigan’s Varsity Blues (also 3-1-0), Dana Hills (2-0-2) and Missouri twins Francis Howell North Knights (3-1-0) and Parkway South Patriots (2-1-1).

Santiago I’s only preliminary round set back came in a 3-1 loss to Missouri’s Oakville Tigers (who failed to qualify for the playoffs with a 2-2-0 record). Santiago scored wins against Francis Howell North (5-1), Temecula Valley (8-0) and Taravella (3-2) while Dana Hills won a tight 3-1 contest from Minnesota’s White Bear Lake, showing that the level of competition was fairly evenly spread out even among non-playoff qualifying teams.

Temecula Valley (2-2-0) and Santiago II (1-1-2) both failed to make the playoff cut but not without producing respectable performances. Santiago II tied West Region champion Dana Hills while Temecula Valley topped Southeast Region champion Taravella, 5-0.

“All the high school games were very competitive. There were a lot of one-goal games and close games, especially once you got to the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds – but that was true through all the divisions at this year’s NARCh Finals tournament,” Goodwin said. “High School hockey is often overlooked and we want to make sure that all of these teams get a chance to experience NARCh. This could be one of our largest divisions in a few years.”

NARCh Pro Division

Though former RHI San Jose Rhinos and WCHL San Diego Gulls standout Mark Woolf may be leaving North America to play ice hockey this season in Germany, he left his mark stateside by helping third-seeded Team Hyper defeat the top-seeded Tour Mudcats, 5-1, for this year's NARCh Pro Division title. Woolf, Hyper’s assistant captain, had a goal and one assist in the championship game against the Mudcats while high profile teammate Craig Lyons registered a hat trick. Hyper finished the game with five unanswered goals after going down 1-0 early on a goal by the Mudcats’ C.J. Yoder.

Woolf scored the game-tying goal, assisted by former Gulls’ teammate John Spoltore, and Hyper went up 2-1 on a goal in the final 14 seconds of the first half by former RHI Sacramento River Rats standout Chrtis Valicevic, assisted by another Rhinos’ alumnus, Jay Murphy. Lyons, a marquee performer with both Fresno and Colorado in the WCHL, did all the scoring in the second half, assisted by Woolf, Christian Skoryna (WCHL Fresno, RHI St. Louis) and Murphy once more.

With a roster studded with players like Woolf, Skoryna, Murphy, Valicevic, Dennis Purdie (San Jose), captain Shayne Arsenault (Los Angeles) and goaltender Mark Cavallin (Oakland), Team Hyper resembled more of a Western Division RHI All-Star team. Rounding out Hyper’s NARCh championship Pro roster were Dan Hendrickson, Brett Abrahamson, Josh Garbutt and David Hearn.

The Winternationals champion Mudcats were not without their RHI alumni, among the most notables, C.J and Jami Yoder (St. Louis), Chad Seibel (Los Angeles) and Roman Hubalek (Oakland). The Mudcats were also keyed in the net by Team USA goaltender Jamie Bufalino fresh off the Americans’ fifth-place finish at the IIHF InLine World Championships in Germany.

Team Mission, which earned the bronze medal following its 4-1 loss to Hyper in the semifinals, was led by former RHI Sacramento River Rats standout Gerry St. Cyr, who won the division's High Scorer award with one goal and 10 assists, and former Anaheim Bullfrogs netminder Rob Laurie, who combined with teammate Justin Hoffman for a .906 save percentage to share the division’s Top Goaltender award.

The Team Mission roster also featured a pair of former RHI All-Stars on its roster: Tony Szabo and Andy Rymsha. Szabo scored 50 goals and 43 assists (in 24 games) for the Motor City Mustangs en route to garnering the league’s MVP award during the 1995 season.

Team DNA -- former RHI Anaheim Bullfrogs marquee favorite Joe Cook’s young team -- had a great showing by finishing as a semifinalist following a 4-2 loss to the Mudcats. Team DNA featured high profile performers in Team USA’s Ernie Hartlieb, Jason Deskins, Lee Hensen and goaltender Jeff Reynaert, all of whom represented their country in the IIHF InLine Hockey World Championships. Deskins and Hartlieb shared the American team’s scoring load with San Diegan David Brito (who played for Team Labeda in this year’s NARCh Pro Division) while Reynaert was named the Best Goaltender of the tournament.

“It was a very competitive division,” Goodwin said. “There were a lot of younger teams. There was more young talent in it than ever before. This created some matchups were the guys didn’t know who they were playing against.”

Hyper got three unanswered goals to break a 1-1 standoff with Team Mission in the semifinals en route to a 4-1 win. Woolf, Spoltore, Lyons and Skoryna all scored goals for Hyper. Lyons and Skoryna each had a goal and assist. St. Cyr had the lone reply for Mission.

In the other semi, goals just over a minute apart in the dying stages of the game by Mishka Drury and Jason Polea cut into what had been a 3-0 Mudcats’ lead before Hubalek sealed Tour’s win with an empty net goal with 31 seconds to play. C.J. Yoder led the Mudcats with two goals and an assist in the contest.

"The Pro Division has gotten really interesting,” Goodwin said. “A lot of the sponsors realize that the younger guys can not only hang, but can add to their team. You’ve now got about five teams in the division that have a legitimate shot at winning it.”

Platinum Division notepad

Five California teams qualified for the perennially tough Junior Division playoffs, with two advancing to the quarterfinals and the 2002 Tour Pacific Cup champion Mission Bulldogs 83 squad making it as far as the semifinals. The ninth-seeded Pama Cyclones, a 5-1 upset winner against eighth-seeded Mission Honeybaked from Michigan in the qualifying round, ended their season following a 5-2 loss to the top-seeded and eventual division champion Detroit Mission Hyper Stars in the quarterfinals. The second-seeded Missassauga Hyper from Ontario, Canada, ended the third-seeded Bulldogs’ run with a 3-2 win in the semis.

The CPH Spirit, OC Blades and Anaheim Mission Bulldogs, all from California, helped entertain fans in the Cub Division, the tournament’s youngest age division. Team Tour Detroit, seeded second, downed the Spirit, 7-1, to meet the top-seeded Thunder in the championship game The Thunder kept the division’s championship trophy in Florida after its 5-4 overtime win.

NARCh skills competition

A sizable number of players representing the Tour Pacific Cup region earned awards in the Gold and Platinum division skills contests, scheduled apart from regular team competition at this year’s NARCh Finals.

Platinum Division skills contest winners included Matthew O’Donnell (fastest skater, Cub Division, OC Blades); Rocco Grimaldi (fastest skater, Atom Division, OC Blades); Kameron McCorry (sniper, Squirt Division, LaVerne Empire); Tommy Thompson (top goaltender, Squirt Division, Anaheim Mission Bulldogs); Brad Ellis (fastest skater, Pee Wee Division, Hyper Empire 87); Peter Ryan (sniper, Pee Wee Division, OC Blades 87); Chris Ellis (sniper, Junior Division, Red Army); Mike Morrow (sniper, Division I, Mission Empire Snipers); and Joe Finnegan (top goaltender, Division I, Dry Ice).

Gold Division skills contest winners included Bryan Cowles (fastest skater, Atom Division, Brea Oilers); Adam Reid (sniper, Atom Division, Brea Oilers); Cody Troolines (top goaltender, Atom Division, Brea Oilers); A.J. Hatch (fastest skater, Mite Division, Nike Rinkside Rockets); Levi Wallace (sniper, Mite Division, Team Excalibur); Travis Noe (sniper, Squirt Division, VC Vipers); Mike Gallaway (sniper, Bantam Division, CCSA Rage); and Blake Erickson (sniper, Junior Division, San Diego Misfits).

(1) Pines Thunder (Florida) 5, (2) Team Tour Detroit (Michigan) 4/OT

Playoff

(2) Team Tour Detroit (Michigan) 7, CPH Spirit (California) 1

(3) Rapid Fire Tour Smoke (New York) 5, (2) Tour Venom 93 (Michigan) 4 

(1) OC Blades 88 (California) 3, (3) Hyper Empire 87 0

Semifinals

(1) OC Blades 88 (California) 2, (5) St. Louis Tour Blast (Missouri) 1

(3) Hyper Empire 87 (California) 4, (2) OC Blades 87 (California) 1

(2) OC Blades 87 (California) 3, (7) Nike Rockets (California) 2/OT

(3) Hyper Empire 87 (California) 9, (6) Detroit Tour Venom 87 (Michigan) 4

(5) St. Louis Tour Blast (Missouri) 7, (4) Anaheim Mission Bulldogs (California) 1

Bantam Division

Championship

(7) Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 86 (California) 4, (8) Mission Empire Snipers (New York) 1

Semifinals

(8) Mission Empire Snipers (New York) 7, (3) Mission Honeybaked 85 (Michigan) 3

(7) Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 86 (California) 8, (4) Hyper Metro Storm (Michigan) 3

Quarterfinals

(8) Mission Empire Snipers (New York) 4, (1) OC Blades (California) 3/OT

(7) Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 86 (California) 3, (2) Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 85 (California) 1

(3) Mission Honeybaked 85 (Michigan) 8, (6) Red Army (California) 4

(4) Hyper Metro Storm (Michigan) 4, (5) Tour Bandits (Missouri) 3

Playoffs

(5) Tour Bandits (Missouri) 4, (12) Tour Mavericks (Ontario, Canada) 1

(6) Red Army (California) 7, (11) St. Louis Tour Blast (Missouri) 4

(7) Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 86 (California) 8, (10) Tour Powerhouse (Ontario, Canada) 0

(8) Mission Empire Snipers (New York) 7, (9) Brantford Tour Rebels (Ontario, Canada) 1

(1) Detroit Mission Hyper Stars (Michigan) 6, (2) Mississauga Hyper (Ontario, Canada) 1

(1) Detroit Mission Hyper Stars (Michigan) 3, (4) Mission Empire Snipers (New York) 2/OT

(2) Mississauga Hyper (Ontario, Canada) 4, (3) Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 83 (California) 1

(1) Detroit Mission Hyper Stars (Michigan) 5, (9) Pama Cyclones (California) 2

(2) Mississauga Hyper (Ontario, Canada) 6, (7) Mission Cooler Selects (Georgia) 5

(3) Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 83 (California) 3, (6) Bauer Pythons (Florida) 2/OT

(4) Mission Empire Snipers (New York) 5, (5) Team Labeda Blast (Missouri) 2

(2) Mississauga Hyper (Ontario, Canada) 6, (15) Mission Hot Skates (New York) 4

(3) Anaheim Mission Bulldogs 83 (California) 3, (14) Mission Patriots (California) 2

(4) Mission Empire Snipers (New York) 5, (13) Tour Predators (California) 4

(5) Team Labeda Blast (Missouri) 8, (12) Red Army II (California) 3

(6) Bauer Pythons (Florida) 6, Tour Venom (Michigan) 1

(7) Mission Cooler Selects (Georgia) 10, (10) St. Louis Blast (Missouri) 2

(9) Pama Cyclones (California) 5, (8) Mission Honeybaked (Michigan) 1

All-Star Game

West 4, East 3

(2) Buffalo Wings (New York) 3, (1) Tour Predators (California) 2

(1) Tour Predators (California) 6, (4) Hyper Skipjacks (California) 3

(2) Buffalo Wings (New York) 4, (3) RSM Winnipeg Blude Devils (Manitoba, Canada) 3/OT

(3) Tour Powerhouse Blast (Ontario, Canada) 3, (1) CCM Old Hosers (California) 2

(1) Old Hosers (California) 6, FLI (California) 4

(3) Tour Powerhouse Blast (Ontario, Canada) 8, (2) Border Patrol Geezers (Minnesota) 2

Championship:

(2) Team Mission (California) 2, (1) Cal Selects (California) 1

(2) Team Mission (California) 9, (3) Synergy (California) 2

(3) Hyper 4, (1) Tour Mudcats 1

(1) Tour Mudcats 4, (4) Team DNA 2

(3) Hyper 4, (2) Team Mission 1

(4) Team DNA 6, (5) Team Labeda 4

NARCh Varsity Cup

Preliminary play

August 5

Dana Hills Dolphins (California) 7, Varsity Blues (Michigan) 1

Santiago I (California) 5, Francis Howell North Knights (Missouri) 1

Parkway South Patriots (Missouri) 2, Santiago II (California) 0

Oakville Tigers (Missouri) 6, Taravella Trojans (Florida) 5

Dana Hills Dolphins (California) 3, White Bear Lake Bears (Minnesota) 1

Santiago I (California) 8, Temecula Valley (California) 0

Varsity Blues (Michigan) 5, Parkway South Patriots (Missouri) 0

Francis Howell North Knights (Missouri) 5, Taravella Trojans (Florida) 2

Santiago II (California) 6, White Bear Lake Bears (Minnesota) 6

Temecula Valley (California) 4, Oakville Tigers (Missouri) 3

August 6

Dana Hills Dolphins (California) 3, Parkway South Patriots (Missouri) 3

Santiago I (California) 3, Taravella Trojans (Florida) 2

Varsity Blues (Michigan) 4, White Bear Lake Bears (Minnesota) 1

Francis Howell North Knights (Missouri) 6, Temecula Valley (California) 0

Dana Hills Dolphins (California) 2, Santiago II (California) 2

Oakville Tigers (Missouri) 3, Santiago I (California) 1

Parkway South Patriots (Missouri) 4, White Bear Lake Bears (Minnesota) 2

Temecula Valley (California) 5, Taravella Trojans (Florida) 0

Varsity Blues (Michigan) 6, Santiago II (California) 0

Francis Howell North Knights (Missouri) 6, Oakville Tigers (Missouri) 3

Final Preliminary Round Records

#1 Santiago I (California) 3-1-0

#2 Varsity Blues (Michigan) 3-1-0

#3 Dana Hills Dolphins (California) 2-0-2

#4 Francis Howell North Knights (Missouri) 3-1-0

#5 Parkway South Patriots (Missouri) 2-1-1

Oakville Tigers (Missouri) 2-2-0

Temecula Valley (California) 2-2-0

Santiago II (California) 1-1-2

White Bear Lake Bears (Minnesota) 0-3-1

Taravella Trojans (Florida) 0-4-0

Championship Playoffs

August 7

Qualifying Playoff

#4 Francis Howell North Knights (Missouri) 5,. #5 Parkway South Patriots (Missouri) 1

Semifinals

(1) Santiago I (California) 5, (4) Francis Howell North Knights (Missouri) 2

(3) Varsity Blues (Michigan) 3, (2) Dana Hills Dolphins (California) 2

August 8

Championship

(2) Varsity Blues (Michigan) 5, Santiago I (California) 2