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Show r l - .... , - , ,.A.y FROZEN ACTION: The camera stopped the action on this play, one of the first of the game between Milford and Beaver. It was also the last play in which the flash worked and the only picture of the game. Extremely cold temperatures froze the strobe unit and also a spare rushed on the scene at halftime. About 15 minutes in a warm house and they operated perfectly again. The picture pic-ture shows Gary Mayer, 30, carrying the ball to set up a 30 yard field goal he kicked two plays later. Other Tigers are; Mark Nelson 16, Barney Thompson 18, Brett Cassell 50 (on ground), Russell Smith 70, Kurt Sherwood Sher-wood 35, and Curtis Yardley 84. With no program printed we can only identify Beavers' Dean Eyre 12, Chris Gale 46, and Tony White 89. It was a top-notch game in the cold weather with the Beavers winning 20-9. penetrated the 20 again -they couldn't score. It was a fitting conclusion to an otherwise mediocre season. The Beaver tied with the Parowan Rams for runner-up league honors and quarterfinal berths in the state play-offs as the Cowboys Cow-boys took the league title and are shooting for a second sec-ond straight state title. The Tigers start basketball basket-ball and wrestling practice right away. The first wrestling wres-tling match is Nov. 20 against Panguitch and the first basketball bas-ketball game is Nov. 21 with Escalante. Both teams will have their first outing at home. graphic equipment, and scoring scor-ing threats, with fumbles and interceptions by both teams. The coldmade it very difficult to pass or receive. On the second series in the second half, Milford moved from their 25, grinding grind-ing out yardage on the ground until Ken Jones slipped behind be-hind the Beaver pass defense and Mark Nelson threw a strike and Jones carried it over. It was the end of scoring scor-ing and Beaver led 20 -9 with th third quarter just half over. Oakden did run for another an-other touchdown inthefour-.h quarter, but a holding penalty pen-alty on the Beavers called it back and though both teams For a few moments it looked look-ed as if the Tigers had found the missing ingredient for the 1975 football season. Beaver took the opening kickoff and fumbled on third down and Milford recovered on the Beaver 38. Gary Mayerpicked up seven sev-en yards and Roger Barnes layed it. on the 25 for a first down. A Beaver penalty moved mov-ed the Tigers to the 10, first and goal. The Beavers dug in and held, but on fourth down Mayer kicked a 20 yard field goal and the Tigers led 3-0 with less than four minutes min-utes gone in the game. The superiority didn't last long as Beaver returned the kickoff to their 33. Two ground plays picked up four yards and then Dean Eyre unloaded a bomb to Chris Gale and he would have been gone except he fell on the Milford 21. Two plays later, Mitch Oakden scampered around his right end for six points and Beaver ran the extra points to give them an 8-3 lead. Milford came right back and moved the ball on a sustained sus-tained drive to the Beaver 33 before giving up the ball on fourth down. The quarter ended with Beaver punting. Milford again moved the ball from their own 15 to the Beaver 27 before the Beavers Beav-ers stopped them on fourth down. On the Beaver's first down, Mitch Oakden cut to his left and scrambled down the sideline side-line for 73 yards. With 8:37 left in the half, Beaver led i 14-3. The Tigers punted on fourth down and the Beavers took possession onMilford's 48. Chris Gale carried to the 10 and a Milford penalty put it on the three, first and 1 goal. Eyre was tossed for a loss on the next play, but Eyre sneaked for the touchdown touch-down on third down to end the first half, scoring with 5:36 left in the half. Both teams continued a top brand of ball in the cold fall air that froze photo- |