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Show PARK RECORD 1 H SECTION " .Thursday, September 8, 1988 Page B1 Summer briefs Fall coed softball Just when you thought it was safe to put those bats and gloves away, it's back THERE WILL BE A FALL COED SOFTBALL LEAGUE!!! Yes, children, that wizard of programs at the recreation recrea-tion department, Mr. Recreation, has set up a fall softball league to begin Sept. 20. The league will be coed, with 55 minute games (just like the summer sum-mer league). Games will be played on Tuesday and Thursday nights, with 12 games slated for each team. That total is roughly the same as the recently completed com-pleted league, but the cost is about one third $115 per team. Should the weather turn nasty (not that it really looks like it could this year), makeups will possibly be rescheduled for as early as good weather hits next spring. Who said there's a gap in Park City softball, wasting all of that nice fall and spring weather? Fall flag football Others of you are fed up with ground balls hitting you in all body parts, have had enough of limp fly balls. You want a more manly preoccupation in the fall, something complete with long bombs and quarterback sacks. Well, Mr. Recreation has also thought of you he has a fall flag football league set to kick off play on Sept. 19. The flag football action will run on Monday and Wednesday nights, with games taking roughly an hour. The season will consist of 10 games for each team at a cost of $115. Interest in such a league was brought up last fall, but local wimps were too lame to field any teams to put their' money where their pigskin is. Another lame effort ef-fort could doom flag football forever, so get a team together and go deep! A festival of spiking The last chance for an organized organiz-ed battle on the beaches of City Park is upcoming on Sept. 17, the date of the Locals Volleyball Festival. Occurring sometime after Autumn Aloft on that Saturday, Satur-day, the action will consist of a draw tournament, where better players are paired with lesser players to even things out. It will be a casual affair, like totally non-competitive, dude. The accent ac-cent will be on burgers, drinks, and fun, with some volleyball thrown in. Teams will be doubles or triples depending on turnout. Call the recreation department at 649-8080 for more spiking info. PC tennis championships It's time to put up or shut up at the Park City Racquet Club the city championships are coming up from Sept. 12 through 17 ! Play will be in both singles and mixed doubles in the tournament. The ability levels to be contested will be 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, and open. All Park City tennis players are welcome to come out and do battle bat-tle to try and earn their share of the local glory. Call the racquet club at 649-8080 to get your name in the draw. Hurry, deadline may be past already! Rugby Challenge Cup It's tournament time again! The Park City Rugby club invites everyone to the 18th Annual Park City Challenge Cup, to be held this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 11 at City Park. Teams from Utah, Idaho, and Colorado will be playing. Play begins at 9 a.m. Saturday and will continue through the finals Sunday afternoon. after-noon. In addition to the action on the field, Saturday night will have its own action at Steeps, where the Interns will rock and roll the night away. There will be a $3 cover charge for guys, but the ladies stroll in free. Make a weekend of it! Park City i.iii. m i.. i. j.im.i.nn.iji.iii...iii..iijiiii , .m.,111.,. ,1111 in 111 1 .linn . iniiiiiii i i , ii.m u. ... u . u. :m. mm .mn. ml. I mm i ..II i )1 mumOM ' , f V. ) -1- Y ' M ' p I I I -.. .,, Two of the game's heroes, Justin Rino (left) and Larry Winterer compare feats. jf as .7 . Uf - . T .' i V v l Mark Bowers is about to nab his third sack of the game, as he chases Braves' QB Beau Morrill. Y -4 4 ti i V " It -t , " W 'svv!!.'f If i . ) II B61 How fun does this look? This Miner defensive front. mvmm wmmmmwm.m,' 'I'-""" " " '"" ; ','""""' '"'" mmu,mmmamTm. i u.i i .i.iti ...hhw ..wliii. hi..-. fllliillHHaff-1llll M.-..,i i.... .l...,. ..,,,..!, . !--- " in 11- viri-H. JMaamMii-.iiHH.iii.i.n. Miner quarterback Iluss Mathews prepares to give a stiff arm to the head. Very good for the neck. Ask any chiropractor. photos by Randy Hanskat is flat city 43? i 1 3t 4 , k '"k' t is the kind of pressure Morrill I 1 . t ' against Braves but Lackluster first half is erased by strong second by RANDY HANSKAT Record staff writer Maybe it was the fact that school was set to start in but a few days. Maybe it was the smoke in the air. Maybe those summer jobs were finally taking their toll. Whatever the cause, the Park City High School football team came out flat as a pancake in the first half of last Friday's game against North Summit at Miner Field. The result was a scoreless, boring first half, with nary a highlight, as the outclassed Braves hung with the highly touted Miners. But then came some halftime adjustments, ad-justments, thrown in with a bit of Bob Burns motivation, and Park City Ci-ty was a different team in the second half. The Miners scored on their first three possessions of the half and dominated the Braves the rest of the way for their second win in as many games. "We didn't play that well but still won," Miner Coach Burns said about the game. "That's a good sign." He wasn't sure just what was behind the flat first half, but had some ideas. First, the season opener against South Summit was a very emotional game. Second, the team was no longer on its two-a-day practice prac-tice schedule, giving the players much more time to flatten out in between bet-ween practice sessions. Beyond the flatness, North Summit Sum-mit caught Park City with a surprise. sur-prise. The Brave defense was expected ex-pected to be a four man line with lots of stunts (blitzes) by the linebackers. Instead, the Braves came out in a 5-3 defense, meaning they had five linemen and three linebackers. The variation completely com-pletely changed Park City blocking assignments, which were adjusted at halftime and then worked much better in the second half. A few Miners shone in the game. Justin Rino was again strong at fullback, gaining 91 yards on 16 carries. car-ries. While we are talking of Rino, let's clarify a point. Last week in a d i: , x I "lj,(v faced all day from the i I V.: (r ' 1 m Si 1 1 i How to force a fumble. Mark Bowers nails Brave quarterback Beau Morrill, and out pops the ball. photQ cutline we said that fullback is a new position for Rino. We meant it is a new position to most Miner fans for Rino, who is better known for his prowess the last couple years at linebacker. Rino has played fullback the last two years, but has only seen limited playing time due to the dominance at that position by Eric see FOOTBALL on B2 J 4 .. .;- Mark Bowers Bowers sacks player award Due to his Lawrence (the animal of the New York Giants) Taylor-like play at linebacker against the North Summit Braves last Friday afternoon at Miner Field, Mark Bowers was selected as this week's Park City Chiropractic and Sports Medicine Clinic Player of the Game. Bowers recorded three quarterback sacks, one which caused a fumble, along with creating a good deal of additional havoc in the Braves' offensive scheme. Mark will receive a plaque for his outstanding play, along with dinner for himself, a companion, and his entire family compliments com-pliments of McDonalds. Most important, im-portant, $100 will be donated in his name by Dr. Cofer to the Park City High School Scholarship Fund. T Good game, Mark, and congratulations con-gratulations from the Park City Chiropractic and Sports Medicine Clinic. wins if S- " v&ur 'l"r"' JV wins first game in two years by RANDY HANSKAT Record staff writer You could say it was a long time coming. Yes, it had been two years since the Park City High School junior varsity football team had won a game, but the dry spell is over. The Miner JV beat North Summit 14-6 last Thursday, Sept. 1 in Coalville. After the first game of the season the previous week at home against South Summit, things didn't look so good for the young Miners. In that game, Park City's offense had been nothing short of pathetic, netting not a single first down in a 21-0 drubbing. But the second game was the charm. JV Coach Al Hostetler who, along with Coach Rufus Frost, handles the junior Miners, said the team needed to improve a great deal after the South Summit Sum-mit game. He put the improvement improve-ment at about 100 percent, especially in the offensive line and offensive back blocking. The result was domination by Park City's offense, which discovered its quarterback in Brock Stratton, a sophomore. Hostetler said the score should have been much higher in Park City's favor had it not been for a few mistakes: fumbles, penalties, and the like. The Miners moved the ball in the first half, but couldn't score. At halftime, North Summit had the only points of the game, leading 6-0. Then came the fourth quarter. Stratton hit his tight end Eric Francis for a 75 yard touchdown passrun play to get Park City going. go-ing. Then a two-point conversion put PC up 8-6. On the next Braves' possession it was the Miner defense's turn. Ryan Spencer, one of the Park City Ci-ty cornerbacks, picked off an errant er-rant Brave pass and returned it for a 35 yard touchdown to ice the 14-6 victory. Hostetler also highlighted Dave Scheinblum. Scheinblum played the entire game at strong safety on defense, split end on offense, and on special teams. The next Miner JV game is Friday Fri-day at Miner Field at 2:30 p.m. against Lehi. . -J iriMiiiiniiiZr- 0 m-. -m m -star . , |