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Show th Continued from... Park Record Thursday, September 18, 1986 Page B5 Miners from B1 the season) game. In football, converting con-verting opportunities is a key, you just have to capitalize on the other team's mistakes, explained Burns. "After we got our second score, they changed , from their normal game to a passing game. Looking back, I don't think they had the patience pa-tience to keep running, although they were getting four or five yards on a lot of plays." The Wasps ended up passing the ball 37 times in the game. The Miners didn't dominate the second se-cond half quite like they did the first, but the Park City coaching staff juggled jug-gled the line-up quite a bit. The outcome out-come had already been decided, so Burns and his staff let players gain some valuable experience learning other positions. In, the third quarter, Larry Winterer grabbed an interception, and on the next play McReynolds hit Mathews for a 34-yard gain down to the Wasatch 16-yard line. Four plays later , Buckner swept left for the touchdown and added the extra-point extra-point to move the score to 32-0. Park City closed out its scoring when Randy Ran-dy Poison sacked the Wasatch quarterback and caused a fumble. Teammate Chance Pellum jumped on the loose ball in the endzone, and the Miners had 38 points. Late in the fourth quarter, Wasatch got a meaningless touchdown! against the Miner second-strin$efense. A lot of the credit for the win has to go to the Miners' offensive line of Steve Knudson, Brett Glissmeyer, Clint Weaver, Darrin Bean and Bart Davis. They constantly dominated the line of scrimmage, opened some big holes for McReynolds, Hales and Buckner and and gave McReynolds plenty of time to pass. "The toughest test of the year, up till now, will happen at Morgan this week," Burns said. "The attitude on the team is real good, and I expect we'll have a good week of practice. The important thing is for the coaches to evaluate Morgan." Burns expects that for the Miners to do well, they will have to throw ihe ball effectively. "We will come out trying to establish the pass, we will throw more than we usually do," Burns said. "I expect they will double-team double-team Ron (Mathews) so we'll have to go elsewhere. On defense we will have to stop their receivers who are big and fast. They are 6-foot-4, 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-2. The big problem is our cornerbacks are short. "I think it we play well offensively, offensive-ly, and we don't get into a position where they have us covering their 6-foot-4 tight-end with one of our cornerbacks, cor-nerbacks, we have a good chance at winning." Tennis Tips Good tennis players underspin to win by MARK JENSEN Park Meadows tennis pro Good tennis players understand underspin and how to hit it. Hitting with underspin is a definite skill to learn, for it is used in many shots and tactics. Underspin is used in: The approach shot to keep the ball low when attacking; attack-ing; the service return when the serve is hit hard and a blocking or short swing sw-ing is used; the volley to keep the ball low and away; the defensive lob to land the ball high and deep; the drop shot to surprise your opponent and get the ball short, low and away; and for balls out of reach high, low and wide. Underspin is imparted on the ball through racquet head angle. Hitting with underspin is easier than hitting with topspin because the rotation of the ball is kept the same as it comes off of the court. It is for this reason that you will often see a player return a heavy topspin ball with underspin. Remember the following in hitting underspin: 1. Hit through the ball. The stroke is swung linear or straight through the ball with the finish being up high or that of a normal groundstroke. Do not hit down. 2. Racquet head angle imparts underspin. Bevel the racquet slightly. More underspiaraquires more bevel or pitch. r 3. Pracfjj3Sish2iJi the ?eriee court, on the wall or ball machine. 4. Use the stroke only when needed. It is not a stroke to base your game. It is a stroke that should be part of a repertoire of many shots. Have You Realized . . . Your FuEsPotential? Be the best you can be Call now for a personalized, at-home Image Consultation Metamorphosis , Inc. Susan Walker 649-2848 Skin Care Counseling Makeup Lessons Wardrobe Analysis Shopping Service (ssm SCSGEEGfiDD EH 3 U&MB amm Park City JVs rally past Wasatch by JIMSMEDLEY Record staff writer Park City High School J V quarterback quarter-back Russ Mathews is a percentage player. He ran the ball only five times for 57 yards, but three of the runs were for touchdowns as the Miners stung the Wasatch Wasps 28-27 last week in Heber. Two of Mathews runs were in the last nine minutes of the fourth quarter of the Sept. 11 game to cap an incredible rally keeping the junior varsity's unbeaten record in tact. The Miners are 3-0 and Wasatch is 1-2. The Miners entered the final stanza stan-za of the game down 20-16. Wasatch had the ball at their own 49-yard line when they were called for a false start giving them a first-and-15. They executed a draw to their phenominal sophomore running back Curtis Mair, who responded with a 51-yard touchdown run to put the Miners at the short end of a 27-16 score. But instead of folding, the Miners dug in. Starting at their own 43-yard line, Brodie Pollard picked up 16 yards in three runs and Justin Rino added 12 more yards in two runs. The Miners were also aided by a 15-yard unecessary roughness penalty. It was then that Mathews worked his magic. He rolled to the left and just kept running for 14 yards and the touchdown. After the two-point converson failed the Miners trailed 27-22 with 5 : 57 left on the clock. "Russ did a courageous job, inspirational in-spirational considering the adverse conditions he played under. He just took charge and did what he had to do offensively and defensively," said head JV coach Jesse Schaub. (Russ' brother, Brent died Thursday morning.) The Wasps began their next drive from their own 33-yard line. Two runs netted a total of minus two yards and a completed pass resulted in a one-yard loss. They dropped back to punt, but Miner defensive end Randy Poison had other plans. He broke through the line and blocked block-ed the punt and the Miners recovered it on the Wasps' 24-yard line. The rest was easy. Pollard picked up four yards on a run and Rino gained one yard on the next carry. Mathews rolled out again and outraced the defense for the touchdown giving the Miners a 28-27 lead. The blocked punt was the highlight of an excellent defensive performance perfor-mance by Poison. Earlier he had blocked an extra point attempt, which proved to be the difference in the game. He also sacked the Wasp quarterback three times (twice unassisted) in causing Wasatch to lose 22 yards, recovered a fumble and caught a 54-yard touchdown pass from Mathews. Chance Pellum also had unassisted and assisted sacks for the Miners. "Randy had a whole season that day. He is our most effective pass rusher and he and Chance provide a good balance in our defense," Schaub said. "You can't ignore the game Pellum had as he had to fight his way through double-teams most of the afternoon." As good as the defensive efforts of the Miners were they certainly had a hard time containing the running of the Wasps' Mair. Mair carried the ball 16 times for 165 yards and scored two touchdowns. Cary Gaines, who started his first game at running back since his switch from wide receiver, had 35 yards in five carries and two touchdowns. Pollard and Rino were the workhorses for Park City as Pollard had 112 yards rushing in 18 carries and Rino picked up 75 yards in 16 runs. "Brodie was also playing under some adverse conditions and he just went out, ran hard and made some fine second and third efforts," Schaub said. "Justin played another steady game out there for us. We rely re-ly on him for our power game." The Miners got into the hole quickly quick-ly in the first quarter when a Mathews pass was picked off at Park City's 32-yard line and run back to the 15 yard line. Four running runn-ing plays and a pass later the Wasps were up 7-0. Park City sustained a 60-yard drive in the second quarter on runs by Pollard and Rino and scored at the 8:19 mark on a 9-yard run by i , raj T"' iir -t 3M i 1 Park City's Randy Poison played a key role in the Miner's JV win over Wasatch. Mathews. Pollard banged the conversion con-version in to give the Miners a 8-7 lead. But Wasatch retook the lead, thanks to a 68-yard screen pass to Mair. After this touchdown Poison blocked the conversion to hold Wasatch to a 13-8 lead. Both teams mounted drives in the final seven minutes of the second quarter, but the half ended 13-8. Park City grabbed the lead quickly quick-ly in the third quarter when Mathews found Poison free down the right sideline and hit him with a scoring pass. Mathews kept the ball on a rollout to make the conversion and give the Miners a 16-13 lead. The rest of the third quarter belong to the Wasps and with 29 seconds left, Gaines capped a 42-yard drive with a 3-yard run to enable Wasatch to establish a 20-16 lead. They boosted their lead to 27-16 on Mair's 51-yard run. "With the time getting short we wanted to let all our players have a chance at playing, so we substituted freely," said Wasatch varsity head coach Ron Tree. 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