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Show PANG U ITCH HERE FRIDAY: Heavers, Escaltaiiiiie fell Sefoire Charging lifers It was a big week In Re-.gion Re-.gion Eight for the Milford Tigers, as they scored wins over the Moquls at Escalante on Wednesday night, 68-56, after snow held up the referees ref-erees and the game for over an hour, and then invaded the new gym at Beaver on Friday Fri-day night before an estimated estimat-ed 1000-1200 fans, to win over the Beavers, 75-60. It was the largest crowd ever to see the county rivals during regular season play, since neither of the old gyms would hold over 800. The Tigers started fast, but the scrappy bunch of Mlnersville -bred Beavers weren't to be denied, and the quarter closed with the Tigers Tig-ers holding a three point spread, 23 - 20. But the scare wasn't over. REGION EIGHT STANDINGS Won Lost Milford 4 0 Piute 4 0 Kanab 3 1 B. Valley 3 1 Beaver 2 2 Valley 1 3 Escalante 1 3 Parowan 1 3 Enterprise 1 3 Pangultch 0 4 Raines had picked up three fouls and was on the bench and several others were feeling the pinch of the referee's ref-eree's whistle. The Beavers, with adrenalin adrena-lin flowing after outscoring the Tigers 8-3 in the final minutes of the first quarter, quickly picked up six more points, while the Tigers managed only one, to take their only lead of the game, 26-24, with 6:25 left in the half. With Raines watching from the sidelines, the Tigers slowed the pace and took control, con-trol, packing a six point, 43-37, 43-37, lead into the half; a lead they easily maintained through the third quarter, 59- 53, before busting out in the final stanza, 75-60. Both teams played excellent excel-lent ball. Russell Smith turned turn-ed In his best game with 22 points for game high and 21 rebounds. He also did an excellent ex-cellent job of holding down Russell Albrecht, after Raines took to the bench; Albrecht had 20 points for the Beavers, and Raines 19 with 13 rebounds for the Tigers. Tig-ers. (Continued on Page 4) 30 points In the third quarter quart-er before the Moquls started to close the gap to the final 12 point spread against the Tiger reserves. Talt led the Tigers with 18 points and 3 assists, and Raines had 17 points, 12 rebounds re-bounds and 5 assists. K. Barnes had eleven, three assists, as-sists, and Smith had 10, 13 and one, for those with double figures. The Moquls beat the Tigers Tig-ers on the boards 44-40. Dal Llston and Johnny Al-vey, Al-vey, the Moqul guard line, picked up 22 and 10 points respectively. Mllford had 67 from the foul line and 44 from the field, compared to 39 and 34 respectively for Esca-lante. Esca-lante. Around the region, Kanab dropped Beaver 69-53 Wednesday Wed-nesday and relaxed to a 34-27 34-27 win over Pangultch. Piute, the only other unbeaten team In Region Eight besides Mllford, Mll-ford, y ripped Valley 69-51 and Parowan 74- 54. Valley finally got Its first win after-several after-several close ones, by upsetting up-setting Escalante 68-60. This week thfexTlgers will be looking for revenge with the wlnless Pangultch Bobcats, Bob-cats, who beat them In the state tourney and Round Robin both, last year. The game Is Friday In Mllford. HERE'S MORE ABOUT TIGERS The; I Beaver guard line troubled : the Tigers some with Gilllns and Eyre hitting 14 and 11 respectively, as Kevin Barnes, Garland Talt and Russell Holm had 10, 4, and 3 respectively. Tom Jones, who started his first game and alternated with Alan Mayer, turned in an excellent game on the boards with 10 and 4 assists and eleven points from the high post. Mayer had six points, nine rebounds and three assists. as-sists. Tait with five assists led that category. The statistics show that Mllford dominated the boards 54-31. They shot 61 from the foul line, 11 for 18 while hitting 32 of 64 from the field for 50. Beaver, with 12 of 30 foul shots (40), had 24 for 65 or -37 from the floor. At Escalante the Tigers took an early lead and led by |
