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Milford outlasts Monument Valley to punch ticket to state title game

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Richfield • The Milford girls’ basketball team is small of stature and very young. The coach is 81/2 months pregnant. And the fans of the tiny school in eastern Beaver County rank among the loudest and most passionate you ever might see.

But the Tigers, who took a thrilling 39-30 win over Monument Valley in their first-ever appearance in the Class 1A girls’ state semifinals, were only part of the story Friday at the Sevier Valley Center.

Monument Valley, which led with 4:10 to play, also is a small school located in the farthest edge of southeastern Utah.