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Show 1 ' by Jim Murray Mewspaper Ik 1 K of 1 I I Page Bl Thursday, November 4, 1982 Miners nip Monticello in OT, face Kanafc Friday byJohn Kinch With the wind gusting and the wind chill factor freezing, freez-ing, the Park City Miners football team defeated Monticello Mon-ticello 6-0 in overtime last Friday. With this victory the Miners advance to the state semifinals where they will face the Cowboys of Kanab at noon, Friday in Richfield. Park CRy is now one of four teams left in the bid for the 1A state championship along with South Summit, Beaver, and Kanab. These teams have been the four semifinalists for the last three years in a row. In the first quarter of the game against Monticello, both teams' opponent seemed to be the wind and the cold rather than each other. The Miners did complete com-plete two passes in the wind, their only completions for the game, but did not threaten to score until late in the quarter when they got as close as the Monticello 27 yard line. There they attempted at-tempted a 44-yard field goal, but the kick by Craig Griffin, hampered by the wind, was off the mark. As Coach Bob Burns predicted pre-dicted two weeks ago, the game was a defensive struggle. strug-gle. Monticello did threaten in the second quarter. Two completed passes brought them down to the Miners' 20 yard line, but the Park City defense and penalties halted the drive. Linebacker Doug Vincent was instrumental in stopping Monticello by not,. : allowing quarterback Rhett Maughan to run outside. Vincent played an excellent defensive game and received the game's most valuable player award for his effort. When halftime came, both teams escaped from the wind and cold to the shelter of the locker rooms. But the intermission did little to help the level of play. The third quarter remained lackluster. lack-luster. Park City had only two possessions and could not manage a first down. It was still tied 0-0 at the end of the quarter. In the fourth quarter the Miners made their bid for a victory by taking to the air. They threw eight passes, but all were incomplete and two were intercepted. At one point, fullback Tim Tebbs broke free and ran 39 yards deep into Monticello territory, terri-tory, but the next play quarterback Tom Flinders threw down field and the ball was picked off. Park City's last possession came with two minutes remaining in the game. Tebbs once again ran for the first down. With seconds remaining in regulation time, Flinders threw a 20-yard desperation pass to halfback Jamie Puckett on Monticello's 10 yard line, but the ball sailed over his head. There would be overtime. I 7 y. art! If - -A W photos by John Kinch Park City quarterback Tom Flinders about to be tackled by a Buckaroo. After some delay, more wind, and dropping temperatures, tempera-tures, the Buckaroos chose to take the ball first. They would get four plays from the 10 yard line to score. Then Park City would get four plays from the 10 yard line to score. If neither team had scored on its first attempt, then the ball would have gone back to Monticello, Monti-cello, and so on until one of the teams scored. This is the Utah high school overtime rule. The Miners stopped Monti-cello's Monti-cello's first two running plays. On their third play the Buckaroos attempted a short pass across the middle. Defensive back Pete Gilvar-ry Gilvar-ry stepped in front of the receiver and intercepted the pass giving Park City the ball. The Miners' first play was a pass attempt to receiver John Howard in the corner of the end zone; it was long and incomplete. Tebbs banged ahead for a three-yard gain for the second play. It was now third down and seven yards to the goal line. The Miners tried another pass to the same corner of the end zone, but again it was long. On fourth down, the decision was made to try a field goal. It would be a 24-yard attempt for Griffin kicking into the wind. The ball was snapped, holder Erich Fouse set the ball, and Griffin kicked. The ball had the height and the distance but the wind floated it off to the right. It looked as if the ball would go back to Monticello, but a penalty flag was thrown in the direction of Fouse, who was lying on his back with a Monticello defender next to him. The defender was called for a J '3f- 1 Huddled masses yearning to be warm. roughing the holder, which is the same as roughing the kicker. Park City was reborn. The Miners got. the ball back on first down plus half the distance to the goal. On their second play Puckett crossed the goal line, and Park City had eked out a 6-0 victory. Burns was grateful for the victory, but he already had his mind on Kanab. "We beat a good team (Monticello), but we are playing a great team (Kanab) Friday. We have to play better, totally up to our potential," said Burns. Kanab, which, is ranked number one in the state, will undoubtedly be Park City's hardest game all year. The Miners last faced Kanab two years ago in the semifinals. Kanab, which had a fast offensive backfield, lost in a close game. This year the same backfield is back... and faster. Last spring the members mem-bers of that backfield set eight state track records. "They are the fastest 1A team ever assembled," said Burns. "They can score in so many different ways. We cannot have any mistakes or assignment breakdowns. Kanab can take what looks like a five-yard gain and turn it into a 55-yard gain. They are that fast." Kanab, which destroyed Dugway last week 56-8 (Park City beat Dugway 20-13 earlier this season), boasts a 10-0 overall record. Kanab is a formidable opponent but not unconquerable, according accord-ing to Burns. "We are going to go right at them. We have added a few new plays for them, but we are basically going to stick to the same plays we have used all year. They have gotten us this far, why abandon them now?" The team will leave Friday morning for Richfield. There will also be a spectator bus leaving tomorrow. In the other semifinal game Beaver will face South Summit. The winners will meet in the state championship champion-ship game Thursday, Nov. 11. Rain, Pan World cool off Silver Kicks "No skills, no strategy and no stamina." That's how Park City's Anne Bowman explained her team's second-half collapse as the Silver Kicks lost a 5-2 decision to Pan World Saturday Satur-day in Salt Lake City. Facing one of the stronger teams in the women's First Division, the Silver Kicks stayed within range in the first half, leaving for the intermission in-termission with a 1-1 tie. But Pan World outscored Park City 4-1 in the second half to turn a close game into an easy win. "The first half we played well, but the second half we just floundered," said goalie Kathy Benner. Playing in a steady, cold rain, Pan World opened the scoring early in the game when a forward broke in alone on the Park City goal. However, the Silver Kicks scored the equalizer before the half when Roxanne Toly put one of her celebrated direct kicks just under the crossbar after a Pan World infraction about five yards outside the penalty area. The tie was broken about two minutes into the second half after Park City fullback Nicki Koch was called for a hand ball inside the penalty area. Pan World made the most of the opportunity, then added another goal a few minutes later to take a 3-1 lead. Koch was given a chance to redeem herself when she was moved from fullback to center forward, and brought the Silver Kicks back to within one goal of the lead with a chip shot over the head of the Pan World goalie, who was caught out of position. But the rest of the game belonged to Pan World. The young, aggressive Salt Lake team scored its fourth goal on a one-on-one situation, then added an insurance goal late in the game when a corner kick deflected off a Park City fullback into the net. Finishing the game in the Park City goal was Leslie Shawver, who was moved from fullback after Benner was kicked in the tailbone. "Pan World is a very physical team," Benner observed ob-served later. "And it was really hard to hang onto the ball, because it was so wet." In spite of the disappointing disappoin-ting loss, Benner saw some encouraging signs Saturday. One was the full Silver Kick roster: 16 people showed up for the game, the dismal conditions notwithstanding. Another was the presence of the coaching team of Don and Linda Hales, who have offered their services to the Park City team. The Hales are well known in local soccer circles, having conducted referee training for the Utah Youth Soccer Association. "They expressed interest in coming and helping us," Benner said. "They've really been pulling us together." The team's new coaches have already laid down the law: those who don't practice prac-tice don't play. "Our whole problem is we haven't had anybody coming to practice," Benner said. The Silver Kicks will face a tough test this weekend when they travel to Salt Lake City for a game against the University of Utah. That game is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. at Rosewood Park. Expected to miss that game is prolific right wing Jill Snyder, who suffered a foot injury in practice two weeks ago. Ladies' golf winners After many weather-related postponements, the Park City Ladies' Golf Association nine-hole group completed championship play last week. The totals after af-ter two rounds determined the winners: Champion: Betty Watts, 102. Second low gross: Lorraine Anderson, 116. Third low gross: Judy McClelland, 122. First low net: Sherrill Nelson, 59. Second low net: JoAnn Krajeski, 70. Third low net: Rosemary Cyphers, 76. Readers write As the old saying goes, if you can't say anything good about a person, write 't down. I think it was Alice Roosevelt Longworth who said, "If you can't think of anything good to say about anybody, come sit by me." Alice would love my mail. "Dear Creep: "For your information, the St. Louis Cardinals Car-dinals are the greatest team in any league. Do you find them boring? What else do you find boring, sunrise over the Grand Canyon, a dance by Baryshnikov? There's a lot of things more boring than the St. Louis Cardinals." Car-dinals." Earl Dragi, Carthage, Mo. - -You, for instance. "Dear Sirs: "About Jim Murray: Grantland Rice, he isn't. Writing isn't a craft, it's an assault. His columns are so loaded with misstatments of the obvious, he makes Howard Cosell seem like a beacon of reasoned objectivity. I'm genuinely sorry for Murray that baseball only excites him when some gorilla muscles a pitch into the bleachers. Murray's reaction to this Midwestern World Series was traumatic, albeit predictable. He didn't know any names so he coupled a few superficial super-ficial observations with his own imitable style of writing." Roy Dripps III, St. Louis. - -Is that a name or a description, Roy? "Jim: "What do you do well? Anything? You certainly cer-tainly don't have talent when it comes to writing articles about sports. Jealously (sic) will only get you enemies. You need an 'attitude 'at-titude adjustment,' you jerk. The worst to you and yours." B.W. - -OK, I'll go to the same place where you got yours. "Dear Jim: "Your recent column (Friday, Oct. 15) on 'Cards Bore Him' really stirred up a hornets' nest here. Here's what happened: "1-KMOX-Radio (CBS) had a three-hour 'Open Line' program from midnight to 3 a.m. People really tore you up. "2 St. Louis' top sportswriter, Robert (Bob) Burns, scratched his scheduled column to respond to many letters and calls (over 800 telephone calls in one day all protests) over you. "3 You made the front page of the Globe Democrat. "4 At a wedding we attended, you received more attention and bad reviews than the bride's dress or the buffet dinner. "5-Radio station WMRY (East St. Louis) urged prople to write in so they can send you the end results." "The Cardinals are world champions. They must have done something exceptional. Can't you find anything exceptional?" excep-tional?" Frank Severino, St. Louis. - -Yes, the Cardinals managed to play seven games of a World Series and win it without a single exciting moment anyone can remember the game's first Softball series. "Dear Sir, "Cards bore him! Isn't that too bad? How did you have the nerve to write this article? It made me sick to my stomach. I thought you would be glad the Cardinals have a good team." Evabelle Ward, St. Louis. -- there's anything that spoils my day, it's a good team. Monotonous perfection is duller than long division. "Dear Mr. Murray, "When I read your article on 'Pro Football, The Game,' I couldn't help but think of Jim Healy's recording of Howard Cosell saying, 'Jim Healy, you have a horse-bleep attitude.' at-titude.' Jim Murray, you have a horsebleep attitude. Since you say that the players are not the game but insinuate that sportswriters and 'casters mean more to the game very interesting. Here's a challenge for you: Rent Anaheim Stadium and put Howard Cosell, George Halas on the running board of his Hupmobile, the sportswriter who coined 'The Galloping Ghost,' Grantland Rice, Knute Rockne, G.P. Marshall, all of today's an nouncers and your own inimitable self, and all the bartenders in L.A.: then charge $15 admission to see this wonderful show that makes up 'The Game,' as you see it, and see how many people you draw to this extravaganza. ex-travaganza. I think you will see how asinine your article is." Yours truly, Jim Boeke, an old ex-NFL lineman, Fountain Valley, Calif. - -Jim Boeke and Roy Hord used to knock people down for the runs of John Arnett and Dick Bass on the old Rams. They used to protect Roman Gabriel and Zeke Bratkowski. OK, Jim, a whole bunch of bona fide NFL stars played a game in the L.A. Coliseum the other night without benefit of Howard Cosell, the media, the guys who would coin colorful nicknames and so on, and they didn't have many bartenders either--and 680 paid to see the game. The ball was the same, the game was the same, the field was the same, the players were the same, all pros, all experts. All that was missing was Grantland Rice, Cosell, Channel 7, and a week-long build-up of press clippings. clip-pings. I'll bet more than 680 people would pay to see Cosell run back kicks through the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, at that. "Dear Jim: "Great Article on the NFL strike truly a masterpiece- This old QB feels you nailed the issue so vividly I'm mailing copies to everyone I can think of." Frankie Albert, Menlo Park, Calif. --Frank Albert (San Francisco 49ers, 1946-1952) 1946-1952) meet Jim Boeke (L.A. Rams, I960-1963). I960-1963). (c) 1982, Los Angeles Times Resort Center Space Office or Commercial For Lease 649-7246 ask for Jim Formerly Hal Taylor Realty Office Ski Deer Valley this winter at a discount or spend next summer listening to those who did! Coupon books are available for adults and children. Each book contains 5 coupons good for skiing Deer Valley at a 26 discount dis-count during most of the season. Adult Book $85 Child Book $55 Books are transfer able. On sale until December 10, 1982. Call 649-1000 649-1000 for details. Opening day December 11, 1982 Reservations? Deer Valley limits the number of skiers daily. A reservation system is available during peak periods. 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