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Show " .. Gunnison Captures Region Crown Gunnison's surprising Bulldogs captured the Region Eight Class 1-A basketball tournament championship in Beaver Saturday night with a 69- 65 win over Kanab, while Beaver took the No. 3 spot with a 70-65 win over North Sevier. Mil ford, who with Kanab was one of the tourney favorites, had to settle for fourth as they defeated Enterprise 88-72 in the final day's play. Escalante made it to the state tournament which opened Wednesday In Provo with a 52-50 win over Valley In the final rounds. On Friday, the opening day of the second weekend of the tourney, Panguitch left tour-nanient play with Its second loss, with a 51-44 loss to Escalante. Milford ended Wayne's tourney play with a 78-46 win; Gunnison edged Beaver to advance to the championships 65-63; Valley defeated Bryce Valley 58-49; Piute also left the tournament after losing to Enterprise 66-63 and Kanab earned the championship game rights with a 64-60 win over North Sevier. Region Eight teams In the state tournament include Gunnison, Kanab, Beaver, Milford, Enterprise, Escalante and North Sevier, The state tournament continues through Saturday night. |