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Show fillers Trounce Duchesne, Play "Big" BeavF atifirckiy 1 4 X " ' ' V X" ' v - 1 ,. x , " x v V';;, ; I : t , 4 " P 'I .' i ;i w ' ' fe. I v ! - - ' - I r y I -mms . ; 'I i j The surging Park High 'Miners will face this Satur-jday Satur-jday the top ranked 1-A team 1 in the State, Beaver, in the Semi-Finals of the State Championship Tournament. The Miners routed hapless Duchesne here last Friday afternoon, 41-0, in the . Quarter-Final game of the Championship, thus becoming becom-ing eligible to take on the i undefeated Beaver squad. Saturday's game will be played at 2:00pm at Millard High School intillmore. The site for the neutral field was determined by a coin toss in which Park City lost. The other possible site was Pay son. Because of the long drive to Fillmore, Park High players and coaches will leave tomorrow (Friday) at noon by bus in order to be fully rested for the important jgame. Miner Head Coach !Bob Burns said he hopes to hold a practice on the unfamiliar field soon after his players arrive in Fillmore. Fill-more. During an interview with the Record, Coach Burns described Beaver as "very big" and even "awesome." As an example, Burns pointed out that Beaver's noseguard stands 6'2" and tips the scales at 250 pounds. And in the backfield, the Beavers have a returning All-State halfback, Kelly Smith, who the Miners will have to contain. Beaver has won three State Championships in the oast nine years, and Coach Burns added, "They've got a reat (football) tradition' And jf all that wasn't enough, there is yet another statistic to consider: Beaver has only had twelve points scored against them all season. But Beaver's competition com-petition hasn't been nearly as tough as Park City's; in fact. Beaver has played only one solid team all season, Lehi, a 2-A school (Beaver won that game, 16-6). What are Park City's chances of defeating Beaver? "We have to snut down their offense," said Burns, "which 1 think we have the capability of doing. If we can sustain our offensive drive and play good defense, we can win." And Burns added in a cautiously optimistic manner, man-ner, "They may be awesome, awe-some, but right now we're . playing very well too." Coach Burns said his players are in good physical shape for Saturday's big Plsase Turn to Pegs 2B $ - - - - - -r r i 1 .11. V - o ; ) ' ,' A 1 '.. Y : ;,U'-A t , . . ' - - y . . . r . . . . . - t - 5 f i . y ' i - ' . IPfflrli High Advances State emi-Finak of the day with only 53 seconds left in the first half; the Minereran the clock out and Duchesne went into the locker room j wondering if Park City's end zone was a mirage. The halftime score was Park City 19, Duchesne zero. . 7".- A roughing the kicker" call on Duchesne in the third quarter set up another Miner touchdown. Park High had control of the ball on Duchesne's 45 yard line when Dave Eley, on first and ten, ran up the middle for six vards. Then, speedstar halfback half-back Kip Foote shot around end for a Miner first down to the 34 yard line. Tatomer then connected on a long pass to Jim Higham who ran all the wav to. Duchesne's ..J... . ..,- I .. : ' . . .' five yard line. Tatomer, two plays later, snuck over for. another Park High touchdown. touch-down. Higham sailed the ball through the uprights for the , extra point. Park City: had a confortable 26-0 lead with o:13 left in the third quarter. To add insult to injury. Duchesne was caught for a two-point safety on the kick-off, kick-off, ten seconds later. Park City 28, Duchesne 0. Kip Finite certainly didn't get caught on his own end one when he . received the kick-off from Duchesne; in fact, the senior running back returned the ball : into Duchesne Du-chesne territory on the 35 , yard line. Eley picked up five . yards on the first Iplay froni scrimmage,' followed by a 137 yard run by Foote on second down. Eley on the next play slammed over middle for a -; touchdown; the PAT was 7 missed and with 5:04 left in ; the third quarter, the Miners 'were coasting on a 34-0 lead. ;:Park Citv's final touch-I touch-I down of the afternoon came when newly .installed quarterback quar-terback Jim Higham flipped the ball to Foote at about the 33 yard line of Duchesne; Foote ran in for the TD and Higham's extra point kick split the uprights, making the score Park City 41, Duchesne 0.' c I Shoiuld the Miners beat Beaver Saturday, they will play :the7winner of the .MonticelloSputh Summit ; game for the" State Cham- pionship at the; University of Utah next week. ,i, 77 '77 77vi7.777' '';f'''''y''i'.? 7 ';'77SVsv; , game; and as far as mental conditioning goes, he added. ; "Well be ready." The Miners were certainly . ready for Duchesne last 1 Friday, at least the defense was. Even though the game ended in a lop-sided score, V Park High's offense did not consistently manufacture effective ef-fective offensive drives. The offense certainly had its moments, but it was the stingy Miner defense that simpiy intimidated Duchesne almost the entire game. Sophomore Steve Toly set up Park High's first touch- , down of the afternoon when he intercepted a pass from Duchesne quarterback Todd. Wilkenson on about Duchesne's Duches-ne's 25 yard line. Duchesne also was penalized for-clipping for-clipping during the inter-; . ccption, and Park City took j over on offense only thirteen ' yards away from pay dirt. Team leader Mark Uriarte ran to the eight yard line on first and ten. Two plays later; fullback Dave Eley, who has proved to be a strong runner in recent games, bulled, his way ' through the middle of Duchesne's line into the end zone. The extra point at- , , tempt was missed, and the Miners led with 8:16 left in ; the first quarter. 6-0. ' Duchesne hardly had time . . to get organized when Park City's Jim Higham inter? , cepted an other D u c hesn e pass and ran within 17 yards of the end zone. On a first and ten play, the Miners jumped too quickly and were penalized for illegal procedure, proce-dure, taking the ball back; to Duchesne's 23 yard line. Failing to advance the ball on three plays, Jim Higham missed . an attempted field goal from about Duchesne's 20 yard line. Duchesne, hoping at this point to play a little offense, attempted a pass on a second and six play, but B.J. Tatonter decided it was. his turn to intercept a pass, which he did., Tatomer ran all the wav for Park Citv's second touchdown. A high snap from Center resulted in a missed point-after-touchdown and with 4:35 remaining remain-ing on the clock in the first quarter, the Miners led Duchesne. 12-0. Park High's aggressive front line continued to frustrate1 Duchesne on the next series of downs, arid the Miners oiice again took over on offense with good field position. Fullback Eley scampered to Duchesne's 14 yard line on first down; then, quarterback quarter-back .Tatomer passed to ; Uriarte coming out of the " backfield for: a Miner TD. Higham converted on the PAT as Park City had matters well under control with a 19-0 lead at the 2:40 mark in the first quarter. Forced to play catchup catch-up ball, Duchesne went to the" air much of the time during the second quarter, but to no avail. Tatomer intercepted his second pass , ' '- :..v:".o::..T.;:::i' ::: J ' rib.' : vr -v:V ' - " - : " M , - v-'f.,M i V- i ' v '. . - $ tmmmmt'". Z-S.. 1-'JU , m ' . ' : ' v ' i-y-mme ' ""lO1 "iniUfiHiwW" k y ' " --- - .. . . . . : 1 t . . . G 'I i.. If Vit riff ' - . . X ' . - vA'-V j ' " i . "'' j" " . ... -rrTTTTTTTTTTT'T ? .;,',,,,rA:y -v;-; ;.. t,il'lrs,rty stu 1T IMP i . 'if - |