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Show -Muckers. -Thunder by Dead (Goat To Siuiming Holiday' Victory a neatly-, placed three point penalty kick. No sooner than I he bail had been put back in p I a y . S c h i r f w a s k i ck i n g again. This time the three point penalty attempt would place Park City firmly in the lead b to 4. Schirf however failed to buckle under the pressure and the ball sailed cleanly through the uprights. . The, two point .advantage cave t he Muckers the cpnfl- ' dence and momentum they needed. About midway thru -i he period. Park City widen- r. ed i heir lead further with a, four point try scored by 'Lose : Forward Sean McDonald. McDonald took the ball out of a line out advancing up . fcld: to. the Goat Stand Off. There helkkkcdjhe ball into the end zone and raced several Salt Lake players to fall on the ball for the try. - Down 10 to 4. the Goat needed a try and point after kick to stay in the game. However.- Park City's powerful power-ful defense was1 unrelenting holding the' Salt Like side scoreless through the period. Moments before the match ended. Park City delt the final hand with Inside Center " Seotty Thompson running in for another Mucker try. The game ended with Park City ; firmlv the champions leading 14 to 4, , ' . . i ; . . a ..Playing undoubtedly; their finest match of the season, the Park City Muckers : truimphed over their power- ful adversaries at the Citv Park .Friday.' crunching the Dead Goat Rugbv Side 14 to - a: - - " ; The two teams meet each . Fourth of July in a contest hat is traditionally a grueling gruel-ing battle. For most of the first half both sides fought a defensive battle to a scoreless standoff. stand-off. During "the period the Salt Lake team attempted three unsuccessful penalty kicks, finally getting on the scoreboard with a four point try. The point after kick was missed leaving the Goat kicker with a 0 to 4 record and the Goat team with a 4 to 0 lead when the half closed a short time later. The four point disadvant-- disadvant-- ace. however, onlv served to v fire up the Muckers who had suffered a disappointing loss the week before at Idaho -Falls. It had been three years since Park City had emerged v .victorious in the Fourth of July match and when they came on field at the outset of i he second , period , they clearly had the advantage of a burning desire to win. Very early in the period. " Skip Schirf narrowed the Goai'ledd Uvone point with '. - ? : ; fii;4')': ! - 7'f,' :V ,yL. r tc' : ' - i ., , W V4 V ; It S t " .-J x- - o , vr ll II Ml II ! I 111 , .,. St' A- 1 . . " . . ' . " . ' t ' u 1 in i i - i t r-i 1 " J , , ,.. . ...... -, -.- , T m . - V?Lr.lAt.Ll |