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Show MILFORD TIGERS WIN TWO, LOSE TWO IN STATE BASKETBALL TOURNEY The Milford Tiger Basketball squad, runners-up in the aorth half of Region 10, blew hot and cold at the State Class 3 tournament in Provo last week, and wound up in seventh place in the 16-team "dribble derby." Milford was one of tha tour Southern Teams competing on the final day, and earned - the plaudits of the crowds and the respect of the upstate sports writers with the brand of basketball they exhibited The Tigers defeated San Juan and "Fabulous Francis" Nielson in the opener last Wednesday, to stay in the championship rac? in lhe "toughest" bracket. Thursday Thurs-day lhe Dixie Flyers, pep-Fered pep-Fered lhe hoop and hung a 63-34 defeat on lhe Tigers, and Ihen went on to win the slale championship. Friday Milford bounced back and defeated Union. 56-47, lhen lei down in lhe final game Saturday and bowed to Cedar Cily, a leam they had defealed lwice during the regular season. Paul McGinn was selected by Jerry Cahill for a .spot on the State Clas B All-Star second team, and David Bown and McGinn Mc-Ginn were listed on Cahill's first team for the Millard Division, Divi-sion, with Gale Anderson being selected on the Millard Division second team. McGinn, Bown, Anderson and Belliston were repeatedly mentioned men-tioned in state daily reports ol the games, and the other Tigers earned the admiration of the scores of Southern Utah fans who attended the tournament. This was the first lime in 19 years lhal Milford had been represenled in the Class B lournamenl, and lhe Tigers should again represent the Millard Division in 1959. The box scores: MILFORD G T Y P Fowles 10 0 2 Hardy 0 0 0 0 Belliston 2 1 1 l Tomsik 2 0 0 4 Whittaker 0 0 0 0 Davis 0 0 0 u McGinn 1 10 3 5 Horton 10 0 2 Bown 5 5 2 12 Anderson :. 2 0 0 4 TOTALS 14 17 6 34 DIXIE G T F P Jennings 10 0 2 Tolber 10 0 2 Holland 10 0 2 A Hafen 7 2 2 16 Emery 10 0 2 Blake 4 3 0 8 Smith 4 4 2 11 R Hafen 4 2 0 10 Staheli 0 2 2 2 Andrus 2 2 2 b TOTALS 25 17 13 63 Score by quarters: Dixie 12 23 48 63 Milford 6 18 23 34 Milford G T F P Belliston 4 0 0 8 Tomsik 2 0 0 4 McGinn 9 2 1 19 Horton 4 3 19 Bown 12 13 Anderson 5 4 3 13 TOTALS 25 11 6 5t UNION G T F P Anderton 3 6 5 11 Cook 10 0 2 Bascom 8 5 3 19 Evans 10 0 2 Eldredge 0 10 0 Beal 3 4 2 8 Malnar 2 2 15 TOTALS 18 18 11 47 Score by quarters: Milford 14 29 40 5b Union 17 25 33 47 Milford G T F P Hardy 10 0 2 Belliston 6 1 0 13 Tomsik 0 10 0 McGinn 7 2 2 It Horton 110 2 Bown 4 6 4 12 Anderson 0 10 0 TOTALS 19 12 7 45 Cedar City G T F P Larson 4 10 8 Gardiner 7 5 1 lb Petty 4 5 1 9 Dover 4 3 3 12 Kitchen 2 2 15 Nelson 0 0 0 0 Yorgenson 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 21 21 8 50 Score by quarters: Milford 14 25 36 45 Cedar City 8 22 45 5u |