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Show ALL ALONE AT THE TOP: Tigers ftonif) Ai Dryce Valley; Clip ftabbifs 74-55 So?urdoy REGION EIGHT STANDINGS WON LOST Milford 6 0 Piute 5 1 Kanab 5 1 Beaver 4 2 B. Valley 3 3 Escalante 2 4 Valley 2 4 Enterprise 2 4 Parowan 1 5 Panguitch 0 6 but then Mllford started rolling roll-ing and pulled away, leaving the Rabbits at five for some time. The quarter ended with Milford leading 16-8. Mitch Myers' five closed the gap to 32-25 in the second sec-ond quarter, as both teams played excellent defense and offense. In the third quarter the The Tigers are the sole undefeated survivors in the Region 8 Class 1-A ranks, after last week's victories. They traveled to Bryce Valley Val-ley on Friday and quickly took command with a 23-13 score in the first quarter. Coach Nielsen threw In the reserves In the second quarter and they were never really threatened with the score at halftime 39-34, 62-50 62-50 at the three-quarter mark and the final, 84-64. Raines had 17 points and 21 rebounds to lead the Tigers. Tait had 16, K. Barnes 13 and Jones 11. Smith and Jones each picked off 12 rebounds. For Bryce Valley, LaFevre had 17 and Ramsey 14. Percentage-wise, the Tigers Tig-ers had 38 from the field and 54 from the foul line. The Tigers' first really big test came Saturday, when 2 -A Delta came to town. The Rabbits, With Corry at 6-6 and Skeen at 6-5, looked formidable, for-midable, but the Tigers were not to be denied, and took command In the first quarter. quart-er. Though the game started fast, neither team was able to score until Kevin Barnes dunked the first basket with 5:46 left In the 1st quarter. The net never got another chance to cool until the game was over. It was nip and tuck as the Rabbits got five points before be-fore the Tigers got another, Rabbits tied the ball game at 36-36, with 4:27 and finally went ahead for the first time since early in the first quarter, quart-er, 41-40, with 2:59 left in the 3rd quarter. But the Tigers, Tig-ers, with a last -minute spurt, pulled ahead 54-46 at the buzzer. The final quarter, the Tigers Tig-ers just cushioned their lead as the game ended with appoint ap-point spread, 74-55. The Tigers got excellent outside shooting from their guards, who combined for 40 points as Kevin Barnes hit 22 and Tait 18. They were also al-so able to drive the basket consistently and their defense de-fense was superb. This excellent ex-cellent guard -play is a must if Milford is to continue through the season. Russell Smith also had an excellent night with 13 points and 14 rebounds. Mayer had 10 points and nine rebounds and Raines 9 points and 12 rebounds. re-bounds. Jones pulled in8re-bounds in8re-bounds and turned in an excellent ex-cellent defensive job while picking up the last two points. For Delta, Skeen had 26 and Fowles 13. The Rabbits hit 15 of 25 from the f3ul line. Milford hit 32 of 64 from the field for 50 and 10 of 18 from the foul line. It was a great win and one really liked by the fans. Don't forget, the Piute Thunderblrds will be in Milford Mil-ford Friday for a league game. |