Milford Mill Academy has gone 6-0 against Hereford recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Milford Mill Academy Millers will be defending their home-field for the first time this season they go up against the Hereford Bulls at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Milford Mill Academy is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Oakdale. Milford Mill Academy really took it to Oakdale for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-13 victory on the road. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Millers had established a 21 point advantage.
Milford Mill Academy's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Damon Ferguson Jr., who rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and Owen Newberns, who threw for 114 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Romero Ison got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Milford Mill Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in seven consecutive games dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Milford Mill Academy's defense and their four sacks. Da'Rell Mercer was especially locked on to Oakdale's QB and sacked him twice. Mercer also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks and making four total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Hereford won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Poly 23-22.
Milford Mill Academy didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Hereford when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 12-7 win. Will Milford Mill Academy repeat their success, or does Hereford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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