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Show Park City High School football coach Bob Burns says its an uphill battle this year. Giro nt, sweat and hope: Three ingredients of Miner football tryouts by HEATHER LANDIS Record contributing writer The Park City High School football team will face a challenging schedule this year, meeting new 2-A foes as . well as past rivals, according to coach Bob Burns. Park City lost nine seniors to graduation this year. "Replacing Eric Fouse, Mike Birch, Geoff Palmer and Craig Griffin will be important. They were all two-year starters," Burns said. The competition for those departing depart-ing seniors' slots will begin next Thursday, Aug. 15 with football conditioning practice at 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Burns will be closely eyeing those who turn out for the initial practice, in trying to build a team to compete in the 2 -A league, following the Miners' elevation from 1-A last year. All of this season's scheduled teams performed very well last year, said Burns. Perennial powerhouse Morgan will play here on homecoming, Sept. 13. However, Burns is taking it one game at a time. "We won't even start worrying about Morgan until we beat Duchesne," Burns said. Park City's only pre-season game will be away against 1-A Duchesne, Aug. 30. "Duchesne made semi-finals last year. They won their league. They will be formidable," Burns said. Both North and South Summit, although still in the 1-A region, will play Park City this season because of their traditional competitiveness and geographical proximity to the other 2-A team cities, said Burns. South Summit won the 1-A championship last year. Park City will play three home games this season and five away. Next year the season schedule will reverse Park City playing five games at home and three away. Burns encouraged all high school boys who want to play football to turn out for the Aug. 15 tryouts, wearing shorts, T-shirts and sports shoes. Helmets will be provided. Uniforms will be issued to those selected to the Miners' squad Aug. 17 and practice in full pads will begin in earnest Aug. 19, he said. |