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Show Thursday, September 20, 1979 Page 5 iners Roll To 40-7 M Park City Bead Goat Butts Rebels For Challenge Cup Win y t , 1 vM 3 twist's Repeatedly failing to cap- . italize on scoring opportunities opportuni-ties close to the Santa Cruz goal line, the host Park City Muckers were eliminated Saturday from contention in the 9th Annual Rugby Challenge Chal-lenge Cup. The Cup was captured Sunday by the Dead Goat, which combined strength and technique to cruise through the two-day competition. compe-tition. The Goat surged past Santa Cruz in the final, 26-10, led by Gary Witteman's three-try performance. Start With a Win The Muckers, who finished third overall, started the tournament on a positive note Saturday morning, winning win-ning their first round game against Lake Tahoe 17-6. Park City scored first on a try by left wing Ken Tedford. The Muckers won a ruck in Tahoe territory and got the ball to Tedford close to the goal. The winger then sped in for four points but the conversion attempt failed. Tahoe took the lead later in the half when it ws awarded $Ts$i. -nV ii t - A v " ! ',.'4 1 4 xf x i - . t. . . . ' - -i I if y- . - . Takes Third ,,a penalty try. Park City was called for obstructing a Tahoe rugger who had kicked the ball ahead of him and had clear sailing to the goal. The conversion from straight on was made and the Muckers trailed 6-4 at the end of the half. The Muckers regained the lead when Scott Thompson scored on a break from 25 yards out. He put the ball down under the posts and Bruce Reid added the two-point two-point conversion for a 10-6 lead. Reid later added another three points on a penalty kick. The game's final score came on a break by Mark Stokan. The Muckers spun the ball to the right winger, who then raced down the sideline. Using his fabled "vault move" to elude the grasp of the final Tahoe defender, Stokan took the ball in for an unconverted try. Fatal Flaw Santa Cruz's ability to strategically kick the ball .. . ... vr f - behind .the.Park City winger combined with the host team's inability to get the ball across the line from in close proved the Muckers undoing in the single elimination elim-ination tournament. Santa Cruz's first round opponent, op-ponent, Queen City, failed to show so the Rebels entered their Saturday afternoon encounter with Park City fresh. Despite having already al-ready played one game, the Muckers scored first on a penalty goal by Reid. But the advantage was short-lived as Santa Cruz began exploiting the gap between the Park City wing and the goal line. Kicking to the open space successfully several times, the Rebels finally capitalized for a score. Their fly half found the vulnerable spot and a good bounce landed in the hands of a Rebel winger, who took it to the posts. The conversion kick was true and Park City trailed 6-3. A penalty goal before the half left the Muckers with a sixpoint deficit going into, the final period. But Park City knotted the score midway through the second half. Faced with a scrum two yards from their goal line, Santa Cruz won the hook but the Muckers drove the ball into the in goal. Rick Phaler alertly jumped in and touched the ball before the Rebels could put it down. Reid then made the game-tying game-tying conversion. What proved to be the winning score came on the same play that had worked all day for the Rebels. Once again they found the open space behind Park City's overly anxious wing and good execution resulted in a converted try. Down 15-9, Park City still had its share of opportunities. opportuni-ties. But five consecutive rucks and two scrums within 10 yards of the Santa Cruz goal proved unfruitful against a stout defense. "It was great defense on their part and possible fatigue on our part," coach Alamo Dave Mueller said after the game. "But we've been in that position a lot this year where we were close but couldn't capitalize." Close With a Win Eliminated from the final, Park City faced the Denver Barbarians Sunday for third place. Denver had beaten the Zebras from Pocatello, Id. on Saturday before falling 19-0 to the Dead Goat. The Muckers managed to neutralize the Barbos' good forward pack with good rucking and aggressive defense de-fense and the result was a 12-4 victory. The game's first try was registered by Mark Stokan. After winning a ruck on the left side of the field, Park City spun the ball to the opposite side of the pitch and Stokan outflanked the Denver Den-ver defenders for an unconverted uncon-verted try. Park City increased its lead to 8-0 later in the half when Bill Hart scored on a penalty play near the Barbo goal. The try came on a set deception play that has proved very successful for the Muckers over the past two seasons. As it did all game, Park City failed to make the conversion. Denver tallied its only try of the game in the second half. Continued On Page 6 Homecoming Victory Like the Depot project train cars, the Miner Express continued to roll last week, registering an effortless 40-7 win over the East Carbon Vikings before an enthusiastic enthusias-tic homecoming crowd Friday Fri-day afternoon. Again the Park City attack was led by halfback Kip Foote, who added three 'touchdowns to his already impressive scoring statistics. statis-tics. In the three non-league games played to date, the Miners have burned their opponents for 111 points while allowing only seven. Those seven came despite a sudden reinsertion of the starting defense by coach Bob Burns when East Carbon Car-bon penetrated to the Park City six-yard line. Bounce Back After Fumble It took the Miners a little longer than usual to get started Friday, but when they did they couldn't be stopped. Taking the field under warm and sunny skies, Park City elected to receive the opening kick, which bounced into the end zone for a touchback. Starting at their own 20, the Miners lost the ball on a Kip Foote fumble after David Eley had gained a first down at the 30. But the Park City defense forced the Vikings into a fourth-and-miles situation situa-tion and then broke up a screen pass. Starting at their own 31, Park City drove to the East Carbon 30 on the running of Foote and Eley. On fourth-and-ten, Foote took a Jim Higham pass in the left flat and broke several tackles before being knocked out of bounds at the 18. Runs by Eley and Mark Uriarte moved the ball to the one and Higham then kept the ball for Park City's first touch- down of the afternoon. Higham's point after kick made it 7-0. Two minutes later the Miners scored again, i East Carbon was forced to i punt after receiving the ,-kickoff and Park City had possession at its 43. On first down, Foote took a handoff, burst over left tackle and raced 57 yards for a score. The extra point attempt failed. The Miner defense again put the Vikings' backs to the wall as the second quarter got underway, and a poor punt gave the Miners excellent ex-cellent field position at the East Carbon 20. Eley then took a second down handoff, fought his way against the grain to the far sideline and then covered the 17 yards between him and the end zone. Again the kick failed but Park City led 19-0 with 10:36 remaining in the second quarter. Foote Race After a 15-yard burst by Viking halfback Page Gunderson, a rash of penalties, penal-ties, and an East Carbon punt, Park City regained possession at the opponent's 40. After carrying for a first down to the 30, Foote took a pitchout around the left side and turned on the speed for another touchdown. Still unable to solve the Park City defense, East Carbon punted to their own 42. Once again it was Foote who scored and again it was on a pitchout. The senior halfback turned the right corner this time and scampered scam-pered 42 yards before stopping stop-ping in the end zone untouched. un-touched. The Miners managed to connect on the point after and they took a comfortable 32-0 lead into the locker room at intermission. Second Team Coach Burns sent his reserves re-serves into the game for the second half and they registered regis-tered a touchdown in the third quarter. On second and ten at the East Carbon 30, quarterback Bill Tatomer handed to sophomore Troy Packard. Packard bulled his way up the middle and couldn't be stopped before he hit pay dirt. Steve Toly then plunged over left tackle for the two-point conversion and Park City led 40-0. The only score of the season against the Miners came in the fourth quarter when Park City fumbled and the Vikings recovered on the Miner 40. They advanced to the Park City six on a variation of the flea-flicker Steve Toly carries in second half against East Carbon play. A short pass to the right flat was gathered in by the Viking end, who then handed off to Gunderson. East Carbon's only effective back rambled down the sideline until stopped close to the Miner goal. Facing an imminent threat to his squad's unblemished defensive record, Burns hurriedly sent his first unit onto the field. But it was to no avail as Gunderson barrelled bar-relled over his right side for a touchdown on the next One of i i I - x I 1. n i w.. NWrr Set Sail For Park City's Finest Restaurant Open Every Lvenmg 5:30 - 10:00 p.m. y Year Round At The Resort Plaza 649-7778 1 4 ittMVk play. The kick was good. Burns protested the scoring play, claiming East Carbon had committed a rule infraction. infrac-tion. But his vigorous dialogue dia-logue with the officials onlv earned him an early departure depar-ture from the game. Neither team was able to score in the remaining five minutes and Park City chalked up its third consecutive consecu-tive win without a loss. The Test The Miner victories to date have come at the expense of relatively weak teams but i the few times Kip Foote is Restaurant Seafood Beef Oyster Bar TO?, I this Friday will provide a true test. Park City will face North Summit in Coalville and a brief examination of past records indicates the Miners have not beaten the Braves since the early 1960s. Although North Summit lost 28-0 to Morgan last week, they played their typical hard hitting, aggressive brand of football. Park City will have to demonstrate both desire and ability to overcome their perrenial nemesis. Kickoff is at7:30. "iiL stopped. |