CONWAY — There was joy in Mudville — the original Mudville in Carrabasset Valley, Maine — Sunday as the founders of the sport of mud football, the Carrabassett Valley Rats, defeated the hometown defending champion North Country Crocs 13-6 in the finals at Steve Eastman Memorial Field at Hog Coliseum in North Conway,
The Rats had not won the finals going back to pre-entry of the MWV Hogs in 1975.
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