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Show Muckers Continue Streak with 4 to 3 Utah Win end zone. This weekend, the Muckers travel to Idaho where they will face the Snake River side on Saturday in Boise and the Boise Motherlode team on Sunday. Tark City will face arch rivals the Dead Goat at City Park on July 4 for the annual battle between the two tough teams. The Park City Muckers improved their season record to 4 and 1 last Saturday at City Park with a close 4 to 3 win over the Utah Griffins. Although Park City was behind 3 to 0 at the end of the first 40 minute half, the Muckers dominated much of the period effectively controlling con-trolling the ball deep within Utah territory. Towards the end of the half Park City was called for lying on the ball which set up -a 30 yard Utah penalty kick from center field. The boot by Utah scrum half Pat Lopex was good giving the Griffins a 3 to nothing lead that held through the period. During the half, Park City had three penalty kick attempts and one drop kick but all were from difficult field positions and failed to hit their mark. Ten minutes into the second period, Park City had effective! effec-tive! v pushed the Griffins .... back within their own five. A Utah player attempted to kick the ball down field and out of bounds for a touch but the ball came off the side of his foot and sailed around into the Griffin's own end zone where veteran Mucker John Sundquist fell on it for a four-point try. Sundquist's position was held secure by team captain Rick Phaler who later missed the two-point two-point conversion kick from a tough side line angle. Down 4 to 3 with only minutes left in the game, Utah was awarded on a-penalty a-penalty kick from the 30 that would have probably won the game for the Griffins. The kick was wide however and Park City was secure in their one point lead when the match ended. During the period Park City scored a push-over try that was not awarded by the referee who didn't see the Park City player down the ball in the . . & 7 M V "" -j "" , -t , - ; " ( j f,f W , , , -' ''! " " - . , ,f ww? mmm.:!mmimm " ;;- . -w r s - ; s ,( :? liilllllijpif :: i m I?-'?, :' 1 --s. WWKM :!pl;:" ;llIillliifi mix?miMm::mimm?WMi-M- iajiiiiwfe ni1 l cry - ' W V ... ,: : N "' m''''''' "'' ''v1:1:-.'. !;. :.'.. v. ':'y''.'::;: : ' ... :: ' - . ... -Qh 4j - ,,- ,fS'iAi.' . " -; ?is :i m s ';:!: rmxim nMp'' ' r ?? f ; -i : x if Vi :?m?:4. . : s - - ' , ' - '' - ' 7 ' '' J . 'ir. i - -C ' 4 ;. itx ' f 5 - ; - - |