Milford Mill Academy put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 16-3 victory over the Franklin Indians. That's more bragging rights for the Millers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Milford Mill Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Damon Ferguson Jr., who rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. Owen Newberns was another key player, rushing for 106 yards on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Milford Mill Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 268 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Franklin only rushed for 83.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Milford Mill Academy's defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Drey'An Pitts and Trey West, who racked up 6.5 sacks between them.
Milford Mill Academy's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Franklin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Milford Mill Academy will square off against Dundalk at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Dundalk knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Milford Mill Academy likes a good challenge. As for Franklin, they will take on Kenwood at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Franklin is facing Kenwood at the right time seeing as Kenwood is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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