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Show TOP CONTEST IN REGION: Tigers CtolbBige Cfess 2-A LeeadiMg Cfcr Qffy off those with double figures. Percentage-wise, the Tigers Ti-gers hit 48 to 43 for the Beavers from the floor. From the foul line, the Beavers Beav-ers had 18 of 28, while Mil-ford Mil-ford hit 8 of only 14. Against Escalante the Tigers hit 41 and had 13 of 23 from the foul line. It's the only time this year the . Tigers have shot more foul shots than their opponents. Raines had 28 rebounds in the Escalante match -up and 16 against Beaver. Jones had had 18, as Milford out-rebounded the Beavers, 50-29. Region 8 was again full of upsets as the 3rd-ranked Beavers toppled 2nd place Kanab, 74-73, Friday night, to claim a share of the second sec-ond spot for a day. In other Friday play, Panguitch's youth overcame the Enterprise Enter-prise Wolves, 57-36, Bryce Valley dumped Parowan, 90-68, 90-68, Piute tipped Valley, 64-52.' 64-52.' The Beaver -Cowboy game was a thriller that never saw a spread of over five points. Saturday the Cowboys got revenge at Panguitch 66 -50, but Parowan surprised Piute in overtime, 66-64, and Enterprise scared Bryce Valley before losing 73-68. Escalante took their mad out on Valley, with an 83-57 win. for the 20 -point victory at 80-60. Actually the more exciting game of the weekend came with Escalante, Friday, when they started with a full court press and had a seven -point lead In the first quarter before be-fore the Tigers broke it and the ballgame wide open. The Moquis still led 23-24 at the end of the first quarter, but were down 15 points, 45-30 at the half. A 23-point lead at the three quarter mark gave Coach Nielsen all he wanted and the reserves had a field day to wrap It up, 83-57. Jimmy Raines scored his 1000th career -point with his first basket in the Escalante game and Milford fans found out why he scored only seven at Valley the week before. Coach Nielsen wanted him to pitch in the 1000th on the home floor. Coach Nielsen sacrificed a time -out to stop the game and give Jimmy the game -ball, as the crowd gave him a standing ovation. The Milford guards took scoring honors as Garland Tait hit 25 against Escalante and Kevin Barnes came back with 26 against Beaver. They both hit double figures both nights. Jimmy Raines, consistent con-sistent as usual, hit 22 against Escalante and 21 against Beaver. Escalante's Dal Liston, the Region 8 Class 1 -A top scorer , had 20, while Beaver's Albrecht had 26 to capture a share of the scoring honors Saturday. Gary Gllllns had 18 to cap After easily handling Escalante Es-calante Friday, 83-57, and Beaver 80-60 Saturday, both of which had just previously knocked off second place Kanab, Ka-nab, who gave Milford their only loss of the season, the , Tigers will travel to Pan-V guitch Friday for a match with the young, up-coming Bo,bcats, who were winless early In the season, but have won the last three of five outings, tipping fourth rated Piute Saturday. The Tigers will return to the home floor Saturday In what could be a barn -burner, before a capacity crowd, as they entertain the best in Utah Class 2 -A basketball, Cedar City. Milford, also rated tops in stateClass 1-A, should give Coby Leavitt, the state's top big man, a run for their money If they can put it all together for four full quarters. Saturday's game with the Beavers was played before the largest basketball crowd in Beaver County history. Approximately 1500 fans watched the Beavers take a 12-8 lead In the first quarter only to have the Tigers score the next 8 points and take a 16-12 first quarter lead which they never relinquished. relin-quished. (Reports indicate the Beavers have never needed to utilize the balcony in their 2200-seat gym). At half time Milford led 34-12 and had a 20 -point lead three minutes Into the 3rd quarter. They peaked out 53-28 with two minutes left in the third and with the 25 -point spread, Coach Nielsen sent in his bench for some experience. The third quarter ended 57-36 57-36 and the reserves hung on |