The victorious North Country Mud Crocs smile together after winning the Mud Bowl championship over the Mud Heroes 12-8 at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sunday. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
North Country Mud Crocs's Brandon Hamilton catches a pass while being tagged from behind by Mud Heroes' Jimmy Wilson at the Mud Bowl championship game at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum. The Crocs came out on top in the tight match, besting the Heroes 12-8. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Muddas cheerleaders celebrate with Josh Phillips after his touchdown in the game against the Nashua Mud Gumbys on the final day of the Mud Bowl tournament at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sunday. The Muddas topped the Gumbys 20-6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators enjoy the North Country Mud Crocs and the New Hampshire Mudcats' game the second day of the Mud Bowl tournament at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sept. 10. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
New Hampshire Mudcats' Dennis McDonald (left) and Mud Heros' Carter Cormier (center) battle for a ball during the teams' game at the Mud Bowl at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sept. 11. The Heroes beat the Cats 32-12. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Mud Maids and MerMuds cheer together after their game on the final day of the Mud Bowl tournament at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sunday. The Mud Maids won the match 6-0. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The victorious North Country Mud Crocs smile together after winning the Mud Bowl championship over the Mud Heroes 12-8 at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sunday. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
North Country Mud Crocs's Brandon Hamilton catches a pass while being tagged from behind by Mud Heroes' Jimmy Wilson at the Mud Bowl championship game at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum. The Crocs came out on top in the tight match, besting the Heroes 12-8. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Muddas cheerleaders celebrate with Josh Phillips after his touchdown in the game against the Nashua Mud Gumbys on the final day of the Mud Bowl tournament at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sunday. The Muddas topped the Gumbys 20-6. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators enjoy the North Country Mud Crocs and the New Hampshire Mudcats' game the second day of the Mud Bowl tournament at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sept. 10. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
New Hampshire Mudcats' Dennis McDonald (left) and Mud Heros' Carter Cormier (center) battle for a ball during the teams' game at the Mud Bowl at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sept. 11. The Heroes beat the Cats 32-12. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Mud Maids and MerMuds cheer together after their game on the final day of the Mud Bowl tournament at the North Conway Community Center's Hog Coliseum on Sunday. The Mud Maids won the match 6-0. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
CONWAY — The Jason Veno/Chris Olds-led North Country Crocs won their third overall Mud Bowl title Sunday, going 4-and-0 in the 20-game, double-elimination tourney and defeating a rookie squad made up of Mud Bowl veterans known as the Mud Heroes 12-8 in one of the most exciting Mud Bowl finals in recent memory.
As one of three local teams playing in this year’s 12-team mud football championships at North Conway’s Steve Eastman Memorial Field at Hog Coliseum, Sept. 9-11, the Crocs’ victory was sealed when Crocs’ cornerback Dustin Simpson-Bragg intercepted a long bomb to the right side deep in Crocs’ territory by Heroes’ veteran quarterback Chris “Cletus” Thayer, always a threat and a Mud Bowl Hall of Famer who once played for the eight-time champion Nashua Mud Gumbys in the 2010s.
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