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Show Park Record Thursday, September 20, 1990 Page B5 North Sanpete knocks down Miners, 28-7 I. by ALEX WELLS Record staff writer The Park City High School football team lost twice Sept. 20 at North Sanpete. They lost the game 28- 7 to North Sanpete, perhaps the best 2A team in . the state. Then, with 2: 10 left, they lost their cool. While players mingled and pushed following a Park City kickoff return, a frustrated Miner player sprinted 10 yards and knocked down an unprepared North Sanpete player. Both benches cleared. When peace was restored, Park City coach Bob Burns put in his second se-cond string, and the Miners ran out the clock. "We embarrassed , the school," Burns said. "We are" going to address ad-dress what occurred. I accept full responsibility for what happened." Since the Miner player was not ejected, nothing prevents him from playing this week. But the Park City coaches have issued their own one-game one-game suspension. '" 111 " -"'JHF'"" - " . "nil in-1. .111-1.1 ,. it) ; r : " - , Jesse Jacobson hauls in a pass touchdown. Matt Marriott sprints away from a defender. Marriott led two first half. Muckers trounce Warthogs The Park City Muckers rugby club whipped the Weber St. Warthogs 30-7 Sept.l5inOgden. Jack Walzer scored three tries for Park City. Tony Miller added two tries and kicked three conversions. And Pat Cullinane scored the final try for the Muckers. "It was clearly a tune-up game for us," said Mucker Dave Sundquist. "They were quite inexperienced. We should have won by more, but we played okay." The Muckers play Utah State in Logan SeTpf22"at 1 p.m. The game is the final tune-up for the Muckers before the 20th Annual Challenge Cup Sept. 29-30 in Park City. Write your ad In 20 words or less-get a special rate. Now there's even more incentive for listing with the Park Record if you're buying, selling, or just shopping around for something. Compose your ad in 20 words or less and call it in. We'll run it for one week, starting Thursday morning for a flat rate of only $6. THE PARK RECORD classifieds 649-9014 5 I w n k The incident overshadowed a sometimes brilliant matchup between bet-ween two unbeaten teams. The Miners mounted the first drive, pushing to the Hawk 22. But Justin Christensen missed a 36-yard field goal with 1:36 left in the first quarter. After the miss, North Sanpete took the ball 80 yards on 15 plays. The Miners forced a North Sanpete field goal attempt, but a roughing-the-kicker call gave the Hawks a first down on the Park City three. Hawk tailback Jesse Jacobson took a pit-chout pit-chout on the next play and scored the game's first touchdown. The Miners answered with a 14-play, 80-yard drive of their own. Park City quarterback Matt Marriot (10-26-131 yards) completed six passes on the drive, including three to junior wide receiver Roger Osguthorpe, and two to senior fullback Mike Packard. 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Then Christofferson picked a Hawk fumble fum-ble out of the air and ran the ball back 13 yards to the Park City 26. But with 1:20 left in the quarter North Sanpete tricked the Miners. With the Hawks facing a fourth-and-11 at the Miner 33, The Hawk place kicker joined his team's huddle. hud-dle. But when the huddle broke he sprinted off the field, and North Sanpete lined up in their regular wishbone offense. Jacobson then caught a 33-yard touchdown pass for his second touchdown. Burns said the play caught the Miners offguard. "(During the time out) we prepared for the field goal and the fake field goal, but we didn't prepare for a regular pass. " , "We were confused and they ran a pass play that took advantage of our confusion." North Sanpete added to their lead early in the fourth quarter. They Received a short punt on the Miner 34, then used eight straight running plays to move to the four. Then Jacobson took a pitch and ran through a hard hit by Spencer Daines to score his third touchdown. Then the Miners fell apart. A high snap soared over the head of Miner punter Justin Christensen, who opted to fall on the ball, giving a safety to the Hawks. The Hawks took the ensuing kickoff and drove 57 yards for their final touchdown. Penalties helped shut down the Park City offense in the second half. On virtually every big gain, the Miners were flagged for a penalty. They were penalized 10 times for holding more than double their total for the first three games and VP : '-" "IV long Miner drives in the TiUY 6lj Randy Montgomery MLS Blast ft. i7 7;" vV- Junior defensive back Roger received 121 yards in penalties for the game. Even when they weren't penalized, penaliz-ed, the Miners couldn't run against North Sanpete. They finished with just 28 yards rushing, compared with 238 yards for the Hawks."They were real tough inside," Burns said. 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North Sanpete tailback Jesse Jacobson rushed 26 times for 98 yards, caught one pass for 33 yards and scored three touchdowns. Park City's record fell to 3-1, and 2-1 in league. North Sanpete remained remain-ed unbeaten at 4-0. Burns said his team played hard. MOUNTAIN LOG BUILDERS I ' C't 1990 vy,Vv ... Mex Walls Sanpete ballcarrier. He was disappointed only by his team's conduct in the game's closing minutes. "It clouds a very good effort ef-fort against a great team," he said. "It's very important that we learn from it and not repeat it. " The Miners play their homecoming homecom-ing game 5 p.m. Sept. 21 against North Summit. Since North Summit is a 1A school, the game won't count in the region standings. I Design, consultation, residential and commercial construction. Model and office in Bear Lake, Utah Geoff Gordon P.O. Box 126 Garden City, Ut 84028 801-946-8663 4 |