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Show IP0IEH PARK RECORD B SECTION Thursday, October 13, 1988 X-' lit."). '.. It-' ' I Heather Ford, this year's queen, was the fairest of them all. Home sweet Miners win despite miscues homecoming: to finish region undefeated by RANDY HANSKAT Record staff writer' Yeah, you know it, we be bad. The Park City Miners epitomized both the literal and the colloquial meanings of the word bad last Friday Fri-day at Dozier Field. They had moments of the literal bad, fumbling the ball like it was covered with silicon spray, and adding ad-ding a couple interceptions and costly cost-ly penalties. But in the end, the fitting meaning was the colloquial bad, meaning good. The Miners prevailed 13-7 over Wasatch, closing out , the team's Region Nine season at 5-0 (7-0 overall). It was the first time since 1981 that the team has done that. Further, Park City ended the regular season ranked number two in the Salt Lake Tribune state 2A prep poll. Now the team prepares for the first round of the state 2A playoffs on Thursday, Oct. 20 at Dozier Field. At press time there was one formality to take care of first, an exhibition game with 3A Alta on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Photos of that contest will be in next week's paper. Most important, however, are the playoffs. As one of the two number Cam Hone Hone scores player award Friday's 13-7 win over Wasatch was the kind of game which was a total team effort no single player really stuck out. But the game's biggest play came from the hands of Cam Hone, the Park City halfback, and with it went the Park City Chiropractic and Sports Medicine Clinic's "Player of the Game" award. Hone floated out into the right flat and reeled in the pass from Russ Mathews for the 15-yard TD catch and run which put Park City Ci-ty up for good at 13-7. Cam will receive a plaque for his outstanding play, along with dinner for himself, a companion, and his entire family, compliments com-pliments of McDonald's. Most important, $100 will be donated in his name by Dr. Cofer to the Park City High School Scholarship Fund. Good game, Cam, and congratulations con-gratulations from the Park City Chiropractic and Sports Medicine Clinic. '! ..... : imiimiii miiti if1''' Page B1 - V , J 1 Bandy Hannat one seeds (the other being Richfield from Region 10), Park City will have the home field through the quarterfinal quarter-final round of the playoffs on either Oct. 28 or 29. From there on, games will be played at neutral sites. But not to get too far ahead of ourselves, this is still the time to savor an unblemished 7-0 season. Park City didn't wait long to get going go-ing Friday, as a long pass from Russ Mathews to Corey Francis and a Justin Rino ramble put Park City up 7-0 on the first drive. The final Miner score was then delayed until the final Miner drive of the game, as two Larry Winterer catches set up a 15-yard catch for the TD by Cam Hone, with only a minute remaining. In between, Wasatch could do little lit-tle against the stellar Park City defense. The Wasps lone score came on a 70-yard punt return at the beginning begin-ning of the fourth quarter. Despite the win, there were many things to not be proud of for Park City. Ci-ty. Six fumbles and two interceptions intercep-tions resulted in four turnovers. Offensive Of-fensive blocking wasn't as good as it had been in the past, as Park City rushed for only 129 yards, far below what the Miners had been gaining on the ground during most of the rest of the season. Total offensive yardage was 257 yards, also down from the usual total. The Miner defense was again brutal, shutting out the Wasps. Miner Coach Bob Burns chose to highlight two areas of the defense. First the defensive backfield. "Our ti. - ' , : Randy Hanikat After catching the 15 yard TD which clinched the game, Cam Hone (35) was a popular guy. 4 . i tat r t Larry Winterer (upside down) a feat has not been accomplished by the Miners since 1981. safeties are doing an excellent job of run support, as well as pass coverage," he commented. "It's a big job to tell a kid he needs to start 10 yards off the line, and has to cover half of the field deep, plus give run support. Larry (Winterer) and Brian (Worley) are doing a great job." Part of that run support contained numerous Wasatch counter plays, where the running backs cut back against the grain of the defense. Burns said Wasatch thought it could run on Park City by cutting back against the pursuit, feeling that the Miners were guilty of over-pursuit. That didn't prove to be the case, however, as the many counters run by the Wasps netted only marginal yardage. Burns also pointed out Chance Pellum, one of the defensive tackles. Pellum was given the responsibility of pressuring the passer on the wide side of the field, usually a job given to the defensive ends. Pellum did a good job, and picked up three sacks along the way. Park City totalled four sacks on the day, continuing its sack attack on the season. The Miners have 27 on the year. ' One streak which came to an end was that of Steve Osguthorpe and his weekly interception. Osguthorpe failed to get one against the Wasps, so the streak ended at four straight games. Brodie Pollard, the other Miner cornerback, got the only Miner pickoff of . the game, his second se-cond of the season. Park City has a - v Y V; t . w .- N't-.'--- 8 i 'Til. fK I , . was head over heels to finish total of 14 interceptions on the season. Offensively, Rino gained 57 yards on 11 carries, bringing his total to 622 yards for the season. Rino's average per carry is 6.4 yards. Cam Hone had 44 yards on nine carries against the Wasps. He has 236 on the season. Throwing the ball, Mathews was seven of 14 for 128 yards. He had one TD, but two interceptions. Winterer and Francis had three catches between bet-ween them for the majority of the Miner yardage. Wasatch received the ball to open the game, but could do nothing and was forced to punt. Park City began ' its possession at its own 48. Wasting little time, Mathews faded fad-ed back and hit a streaking Francis on a 33-yard slant-in pattern, ending up on the two yard line. Rino went in on the next play from the two. Worley's point after made it 7-0 with 7 : 34 left in the first quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter, Park City began at its own 43, and moved the ball well on the ground down to the Wasatch 17. But there the drive stalled and Worley attempted a 33-yard field goal. It was wide right. Wasatch's best shot of the first half came on Park City's next possession. Starting at the 20, Mathews threw a pass on second down intended for Winterer. The throw was errant, however, and picked off, putting the Wasps in stinging range at the Miner 42. The Wasps moved the ball down to the Miner 22 and then tried a sweep to the left. Linebacker Mark Bowers got good penetration and forced the runner very wide. There he ran into Worley, who had pinched up from his safety slot. The resulting hit caused a fumble, which was recovered by Darren Bean of Park City at the 31. The rest of the first half and the third quarter were exercises in futility for each team, as miscues ended many a drive. Then, on the first play of the final quarter things changed. JV loses in OT to Wasps by RANDY HANSKAT, Record staff writer The Park City High School junior varsity football has had many a close call this season. Without a fumble here, an interception there, the team could have a winning record. It was more of the same last Friday at Dozier Field, as the Wasatch Wasps beat the Miner JV 32-26 in overtime. The Park City record is now 2-5 on the season, after being 2-1 at one time, with one game remaining in the season. But give the Miners some credit. The Wasps were a very good junior varsity team. Last week they beat Union (the same Union team which had handed PC a 48-12 drubbing). Many of the Wasatch players were second se-cond string varsity players. Whereas Miner JV Coach Al Hostetler has been unhappy with his team's intensity in some games, he had nothing but praise after the Wasatch contest. "Our kids played a great game. They were very intense," in-tense," he said. The Park City offense has been consistently able to move the ball. Us trouble has come in finishing off the drives, where fumbles and interceptions intercep-tions have aborted scoring shots. This week, the offense was able to move it AND score. In fact, Park City led 12-6 in the first quarter. But the Miners faced an accomplished JV quarterback from Wasatch, and he gradually started picking apart the Park City secondary. Late in the fourth quarter, Wasatch had built a 26-18 lead. Then, with about six minutes left, Brock Stratton dropped back and lofted a perfect pass for Chuck Sharp, a combo which has been strong all season for Park City. The result was a 50 yard scoring pass which brought the score to 26-24. Park City added the two-point conversion to tie the score and put the game eventually into overtime. In addition to Stratton and Sharp, Hostetler highlighted the line play of Dave Guelig. The next, and final, game of the season for the Park City JV is Wednesday, Wednes-day, Oct. 19 against South Summit in Kamas. It will be the second meeting of the two teams this season. " V 1' the Region Nine regular season Corey Francis hauls in this Park City score. Curtis Mair received a Hone punt at the Wasatch 30. He started the return to the right, then swept back to the left, and was gone, all in all, a 70 yard punt return TD. Score 7-7. Burns explained the return. "We had people on him, but didn't tie him up and get him down," he said. "We had some people taking a break on the play." Fumbles and dropped passes short see FOOTBALL on B2 111 f , -I . - .-. " ' . A undefeated. Such Chris Cofer RaKly Hijnskat the first 29 yard pass to set up Colorful briefs Runners, speak up If you are one of those who like to beat your feet on the city street, but find things a bit too chilly and icy on those dark winter mornings, read on. The recreation department is interested in opening the Park City Ci-ty Racquet Club each morning for indoor running. Yes, the plan is to open from 7 to 8 a.m. each morning for runners (and walkers) to use three of the four tennis courts as an indoor track. The plan is to have a particular path either carpeted or otherwise marked for those interested bipeds. Now, here's where you get involved. in-volved. The recreation department depart-ment wants to hear feedback on such an idea to know whether to include it in the winter program agenda. The deadline for that agenda is Oct. 15, so any feedback feed-back you have should be given before then. Call 649-8080 to say your piece about indoor running. Final rugby Guaranteed of a winning season, the Park City Muckers will finish their rugby season Saturday at City Park with a game against the University of Utah. The Muckers are 15-13-1 on the season and hope many fans wijl come to the park at 2 p.m. Saturday to end the season on a good strong note. |