Football Preview: Turpin Spartans vs. Milford Eagles
Turpin is on a three-game streak of home losses, Milford a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Turpin Spartans will welcome the Milford Eagles at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but likely not for long.
Turpin and Kings met for a duel on Friday where Turpin had to take the L. Turpin came up short against Kings, falling 27-7. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Knights are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Milford). They claimed a resounding 42-7 win over Little Miami at home. The Eagles' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Luke Brand was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 293 yards and two touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also punched in three touchdowns on the ground. Milford is 2-1 when Brand posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise. Milford also got a significant boost from Malcolm Evans, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 82 yards.
Milford's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. Andrew Crouch was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two sackshimself.
Turpin's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Milford, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-5 record.
Turpin might still be hurting after the 42-21 defeat they got from Milford in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Turpin was down 21-0.
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