Muddas win 21st Mud Bowl title, mauling Mud Sharks 30-0
CONWAY — As late Yankees catcher Yogi Berra would say, it was a bit of “deja vu all over again” on Sunday at the Championships of Mud Football at Steve Eastman Memorial Field at North Conway’s Hog Coliseum.
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