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Show Piute's T-Dirds Take Escalante Moquis In FfH PW.e Playoff Thriller At Panguitch The big playoff game last Monday between the Piute Thunderblrds and the Escalante Moquis saw as much excitement as any round robin game ever plcyed and it seems that more people turned out for it than for sessions of that minor eport "state" tourney. The Panguitch Gymn was packed to the rafters and the game was well worth turning " out to see. It was fast and furious all the way, The Moquis lost the first quarte" by seven points, being down 13 to 20 at the quarter horn - and then came on to win the remaining three-quarters by one point - but they still lost 92 to 86. In spite of the speed of the game and hard defensive work no one got whistled off the . floor because of too many fouls although three top T-Birds played a good part of the fourth quarter with four fouls each. Escalante's Big Bailey's big 40 points dominated the scoring with Liston 14, and Cottam with 12 being other Moquis in double figures. Four men hit in the double ''-mre class for Piute with Wackwell leading with 23, being followed by Jolley 20, Hawks 18, Pollock 13. The win cinched a state tourney berth for Tom Fullmer's T-Birds no matter what they do in the upcoming round robin, regional tourney, |