Milton is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of The First Academy. The Eagles walked away with a 24-17 victory over the Royals.
The critical scores for Milton came from Tristan Lester, Bentley Hickman, and E. B. Bailey.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed 18 in total. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Lester, who ran a punt back for a touchdown.
Milton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Keelan Wonsley and Bailey. Blaize Battaglia was another major factor on D, forcing two fumbles and making eight total tackles (0.5 for loss).
Despite the loss, The First Academy still got an impressive performance from BRIAN WILLIAMS, who picked up 85 receiving yards and two TDs. WILLIAMS really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards.
The win got Milton back to even at 1-1.
Coming up, Milton will head out to square off against Alpharetta at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for The First Academy, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Central at 7:00 p.m.
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