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Show Thursday, November 1, 1979 iners Saddle Mustangs, M Park City scored all its points in the first half and then staved off two fourth quarter threats Friday to gain a 13-0 win over Dugway and a berth in the state 1-A quarterfinals. The Miner charge into postseason post-season play was led by fullback Dave Eley, who ran for 114 yards in nine carries. Eley's productivity was attributable at-tributable to a change in Dugway's defense that forced the Miners from their off tackle attack to plays up the middle. Complimenting Eley's running run-ning was another strong performance by the Park City defense. It was the Miners' second straight shutout shut-out and the fifth of the season. "Our front four did an excellent job and the entire defense was extremely aggressive," ag-gressive," coach Bob Burns said Monday. "On offense we had to change our blocking and play selection because they threw a completely different defense against us." Dugway has used a 4-4 or 5-3 defense all year but they went to a 6-2 Friday night on their home field. The move was designed to cut off Park City's strong off tackle running, which it did, but it failed to stop the Miner attack. "They took away the off tackle but they opened up the middle for the fullback trap and dive," Burns observed. Park City dominated most of the game and the margin of victory would have been wider except for some costly fumbles. One of the fumbles cost the Miners a probable touchdown on their first possession. Loyal Fans There was a surprisingly large contingent of Park City fans on hand for Friday's crucial contest. The night went from crisp to cold but this failed to dampen their enthusiasm and the long trip to Dugway did not go unrewarded. Park City kicked off to open the game and the autumn air was immediately filled with the cracking of pads and the thumping of helmets. The adrenalin was flowing. If Park City had lost to Dugway, the two teams would have played again last Tuesday for the state berth. As assistant coach Bruce Reid put it during the game: "If we lose tonight, there's Volleyball Teams Loses But Takes First Place The Park High girls volleyball volley-ball team lost their first match of the season last week but then rebounded on Tuesday to beat South Rich and claim first place in Division II of Region Eleven. Tuesday's victory, which gave the Miners a 7-1 record for the regular season, assured them a top seed in the Region Eleven tournament tourna-ment which was held today at South Summit. Their opening game at 10 a.m. pitted the Miners against either St. Joseph or Tintic. The win over South Rich, which had been tied for first place, came after a disappointing disap-pointing 15-12, 15-5 two-set lose to North Summit on . Wednesday of last week. But the Miners regrouped and battled for a narrow 16-14 each Quarterfinals no reason to think we can beat them Tuesday." The Mustangs started at their own .20 and went little farther. The Miner defense gave early indication it would be stingy and Dugway punted. Park City then drove 50 yards to the three-yard line only to see a fumble end the scoring threat. Starting at his own 45, quarterback B.J. Tatomer handed to Eley on second down, and the fullback full-back rambled 18 yards to the Dugway 37. Mark Uriarte then gained nine and Tatomer Tato-mer kept for the first. After trading five-yard penalties, the teams lined up at the 15 and Uriarte went around his right end to the five. Two plays later it was third and goal from the three. Tatomer ran right on an option play but fumbled attempting to pitch out and Dugway recovered, spoiling Park City's chance to jump to a quick lead. Mired deep in their own territory, the Mustangs went nowhere and again punted. A poor kick gave the Miners possession at the Dugway 30 and two runs by Eley moved them to the 16. On the next play, as the second quarter was just getting underway, Eley burst over the left side and went into the end zone standing up for the game's first score. Jim Higham's kick was true and Park City held a 7-0 lead with 11:35 remaining in the half. Fumble But... Despite a pass completion from Mustang quarter Eric VanLiere to Greg Brown, Dugway again was unable to make a first down. But Jim VanLeeuwen's punt traveled all the way to the Park City six and the Miners had most of the field in front of them. After runs by Eley and Uriarte moved Park City to the 16, Eley went off his right side, cut to the sideline and rambled all the way to the Dugway 38. But the senior fullback fumbled when hit and Dugway recovered 10 yards downfield at the 28. A pitchout lost 17 yards and on the next play VanLiere was sacked by Greg Erick-son Erick-son for another loss of ten yards. The ensuing punt was cradled by Uriarte and the halfback wasn't brought down until he reached the Dugway 19. A pass to Eley in the right flat carried the Miners to the five and Park first set win over South Rich and then coasted in the second set, 15-5. The junior varsity lost both their matches. "I'm not really sure what happened against North Summit," coach Paul Becker said. "Nothing was working at all and they were really psyched to beat us." Park City beat North Summit Sum-mit earlier in the season. As for the win over South Rich, Becker commented: "The team played their best games of the season. If they play like that in the regional tournament we will do extremely ex-tremely well and be on our way to the state tournament." tourna-ment." Becker noted that his team had added incentive Tuesday. Tues-day. "We won without one of our City was knocking on the door again. On first and goal, Uriarte battled to the one. Tatomer kept the ball on the next play and powered in for the ouchdown, making it 13-0. rligham's kick was wide left. With 1:34 showing on the scoreboard clock, Ed Whiting Whit-ing returned the kickoff to the Mustang 41. On the last play of the half, VanLiere dropped back to pass but was smothered by defensive end Marty Cowin and the two had words as the teams separated separ-ated and headed for the locker room. Knd of Scoring The Park City offense was stymied by two fumbles in the second half but the defense was unrelenting, repulsing two deep penetrations. penetra-tions. Kip Foote returned the kickoff to the 35 but two plays later the Miners fumbled fum-bled and Dugway took over at the Miner 45. It was the game in microcosm micro-cosm on Dugway's first play. They sent their power, Greg Brown, against Park City's power, lineman Mike Ge-bauer, Ge-bauer, and the result was a one-yard loss for the Mustangs. Mus-tangs. Three plays later they punted. Starting at their own 19, Park City marched to the Dugway 48 on the running of Uriarte, Foote and sophomore sopho-more Troy Packard. But the drive stalled and the Miners were forced to kick the ball away. The snap from center was low but Cowin fielded it on the bounce and got off a line drive that put the Mustangs at their 15. Passes from VanLiere to Paul Mohammad and Van-Leeuwen Van-Leeuwen moved the Mustangs Mus-tangs into Miner territory at the 40 and Dugway was mounting its first attack of the night. A spearing penalty that saw Higham ejected from the game moved Dugway Dug-way to the 19 and a run by Whiting took it to the 14. A keeper by VanLiere added four more, and Dugway Dug-way had third and one but a procedure call moved them back to the 15. On fourth and six, VanLiere pitched to Whiting but the halfback was stopped at the 12 and Park City regained possession. Back to the 50 The night had turned from cool to cold as Foote took the first-down handoff, shot over right tackle and cut outside for a 10-yard gain to the 22. With the senior halfback mam hitters, Gena Santy, whose father went into the hospital that day. The girls wanted to win for her." The most valuable player E JIM WHITE PLUMBING Sewer & Water repair & remodeling new constructions 649-9497 Page 13 assuming most of the ball carrying chores, Park City drove to midfield. But on first down, Tatomer fumbled the snap and Dugway recovered. re-covered. A sack by John Newland cost the Mustangs seven yards but VanLiere connected con-nected with Brown across the middle and a face mask penalty moved the Mustangs to the Park City 22. Another bullet to Brown picked up 11 more and the quarterback then went around his right side to the seven. But Park City stiffened and Dugway was faced with a fourth-and-nine situation. Once again, VanLiere faded back but Cowin hauled him down before he could get the ball off. A dead ball foul gave Park City another 15 yards and, with 2:25 left, the game was all but over. The Miners ran to the 45 and Tatomer then fell on the ball twice as chilled Park City fans counted down the seconds to the state quarterfinals. Finish Second Finishing the regular season sea-son with four straight wins, Park City took second place in Region Eleven behind South Summit. The Miners had a 4-2 league record and were 7-2 overall. "Obviously, it was a great win," coach Burns remarked. re-marked. "They threatened twice but our defense rose to the occasion both times and stopped them." In its first postseason game in many years, Park City will face Duchesne at home on Friday at 2 p.m. Although the Miners defeated their first-round opponent 48-0 early in the season, Duchesne Du-chesne has turned its program pro-gram around. After losing their first two games, they won five of the next six and finished with a 5-3 mark. Fearing overconfidence on the part of his team, Burns said, "it's difficult to tell" what Duchesne will throw at the Miners. But he does expect them to throw, and often. "We aren't planning anything any-thing special for Duchesne," the coach remarked. "We'll be going with the things that have worked for us all year but we may pass a little more to gain confidence in that part of our game." If Park City should win, they most likely will face undefeated Beaver the following fol-lowing Friday or Saturday at a neutral site. honor in the North Summit match went to Cathy Ulrich while that award went to Shelly Stover in the South Rich contest. 1 Swap TT1 j? or ir w I S'tffaf WW I 0 : KJ Wen A A good deal and a good time was had by all at the iitli Annual Park City Ski Team Swap last weekend, whore more than S2.70O was collected. col-lected. "It was the best swap ever." said ski club head coach Bob Marsh. "The town has grown a lot and wc had better exposure and we really felt the results were up over previous years. " Swappers began arriving at the Memorial Building on Main Street at ii a m Saturday with skis, boots, poles, and clothes. Swanees were admitted at noon for a dollar, and the crowd of people and cars continued on Main Street until elo.-im Sunday afternoon. Happy ski enthusiasts left with anuHls of great buys, and the ski club left with a big hunk ol money to keep racers racing. "The money from this weekend will help defray the cost of running the ski program throughout the season," sea-son," Marsh said. "It will help send our more outstanding outstand-ing racers to more pres!i gious races. There are a lot of travel expenses that this money will really help us cope with." Benefit Tourney Planned The Park City Racquet Club, Miller High Life and the Sneakers Club are finalizing plans for the Bartenders Tennis Tournament Tourna-ment to benefit the Middle School auditorium project. Middle School Principal Otis Falls said Monday the school hopes the tennis benefit and other projects will raise $5,000 to purchase new drapes and curtains for the auditorium. The tournament, which runs from Nov. 5-9, will consist of 16 men's teams and 16 ladies' teams with an A, B and C player on each squad. The teams will play eight-game pro sets until the semifinals. The semifinal and final matches will be best two out of three, no add sets. The finals will be held Friday, Nov. 9 at 6:30. After the finals, Rossignol will sponsor a fast serve contest, with ball speeds measured by a radar gun. Dinner and presentation of the awards will follow immediately. Each participant will receive re-ceive an award. Plaques and trophies will be presented to the championship teams and the fast serve winner will be given a warmup suit by Rossignol. Although sponsors have been found for all 32 teams, some teams still need individuals indivi-duals to fill out their rosters. Interested persons should contact the Racquet Club at 649-8080. Is A Winner . Marsh said this year's racing program is "our best balanced ei." There are 85 classified competitors this ; oar. wiih the majority aged between la and 14. with 15 oiingor racers and 15 older, i t k Expert Park City racers ill compete in 12 races this season, with the opener si licduled for December 11 ihrongh Hi. It's the Western Holiday Classic, and is the M'st FIS race of the season, mMi competitors chosen trough quota selection. The PeeWeo-.Novice-1 :!to! -mediate racers begin their eight race season at Snou bird .January 5 and ti. Asked how the team is -.;,.picg up this season, : n.:c: Mc.rsh said, "We feel v. e have a real spark in the : re v. Sioxanno Toly Di'sslhiv being named to the iilympic ski team this year. She ins! came back from training in Austria and had taiod results She was there uitli the whole U.S. Ski Team, and she's very ex-ciu ex-ciu d about i he possibilities. ' In the Park City team, we have a real strong young ladies program this year and we're seeing more and more talent ail the time. There are G PAUL BUNYUN's FIREWOOD COMPANY PRIME A PINE p WOOEf J ml PAUL BUNYUN FIREWOOD CO. Ski Team a lot of agressive kids coming up through the ranks, and we're placing our emphasis on the development develop-ment of our younger talent." Assisting Marsh coaching this season will be Patti Formichelli, Dick Stoner, Vicki Beck, Rick Newton and Jan Fullman. "We have a strong nucleus of qualified coaches," Marsh said. "Right now we're doing dryland training on Tuesdays, Tues-days, Wednesdays, Thursdays Thurs-days and Saturdays. Our expert racers are attending a one-hour session Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Nautilus Nauti-lus Center in Salt Lake. We get there at 5:30 in the morning and spend an hour, and we're seeing a lot of results." Marsh commented the Nautilus conditioning center includes 12 machines designed de-signed to be used in sequence that increases endurance and muscle strength. "For us, we mostly concentrate concen-trate on the mid-body and legs with Nautilus, and run for endurance." Marsh said the Ski Swap topper was a drawing for door prizes that were donated do-nated by Wolfe's and the in Well Rr Timberhaus. Ten prizes were awarded to: 1st, Mol-nar Mol-nar skis, T. Krause, Salt Lake; 2nd, Saloman bindings, bind-ings, Jean O'Brien, Park City; 3rd, Ski repair kit, N.H.Bennett, Salt Lake. 4th, Scott poles, David Wheeler, Park City; 5th, Smith goggles, gog-gles, A. Allison, Park City; 6th, Salomon duffel bag, Greg King, Park City: 7th, Gloves, Paul Werry, Idaho Falls; 8th, Ski hat, Russ Dickey, Salt Lake; 9th, ski files, H. Herren, Provo; and 10th, Official K2 Lake Placid T-shirt, Debbie Smith, Park City. "I want to thank everyone who donated prizes and brought their ski equipment to be swapped, and everyone who came buy and bought things," Marsh said. "The Park City Ski Club sure appreciates it." Coach Marsh reminded anyone whose equipment was not sold at the swap to pick it up between 3:30 and 5:30 at the Memorial Building Build-ing over the next week. Owners should bring ticket stubs to collect their equipment. equip-ment. Anything not picked up will be removed by the club. Winter is a coming! Don't get caught without firewood or paying high prices late Winter. Give Paul Bunyun a phone call. Wp have a nrpfprrpH customer plan that will be hard to neat. guarantee supply nrice now for vou inflation-wise customers. Delivered & Stacked. Courtesy Sample Enough for one evenings use. Call SLC collect 272-6735 Hours 7 to 7 Monday-Sat. nil ! r ii |