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Eagles Win Eighth Straight Over Loveland Behind Brand’s Record Night
Junior QB Luke Brand threw for 423 yards and accounted for four total touchdowns leading Milford to a wild 52-34 win over rival Loveland on Friday night. The 423 yards by Brand is believed to be a school record, topping the highest recorded total of 387 by Hunter Johnson in 2019. The Eagle signal caller rushed for a pair of short touchdowns, while hooking up with Reece Davis and JP Naylor for his two passing scores.
Davis had another big night, catching 10 Brand tosses for 172 yards and adding 81 yards on kick returns. Nathan Webster topped the 100-yard mark for the second time as an Eagle, rumbling for 127 yards and two touchdowns. All told, Milford ran up 572 yards of total offense, the most since a 615-yard output, also against Loveland in 2019.
The fireworks started early as Loveland connected on a double pass on the first snap of the game for a 69-yard gain to set up its first touchdown. Brand’s first rushing score tied the game, but on Milford’s next possession, a Brand interception was returned to the Eagle one setting up another short Loveland score.
Brand retied the game later in the first with his second rushing score and the Eagles capped the first quarter scoring with a Mason Cooper 31-yard field goal to make it 17-14.
The Eagles kept pouring it on in the second quarter, first on a Brand to Davis 37-yard TD pass. A Toto Luani interception on the next Tiger possession was turned into a one-yard plunge by RB Chace Washington and a 31-14 Eagle lead. The second quarter scoring was far from complete, though as an Eagle fumble paved the way for a Loveland TD that made it 31-21. But on the last play of the half, Naylor completed a 29-yard catch and run from Brand to send the Eagles into the half up 38-21.
The second half featured trading of scores in each quarter to build to the 52-34 final. For Milford, Webster hit paydirt from 12 and four yards out, while Loveland got a Colton Endicott 37-yard jaunt and a blocked punt recovery in the end zone to round out the night’s scoring.
Milford was paced on defense by Cole Miller and Andrew Littrell with nine and eight tackles, respectively. Robby Mickler, Will Reid and Toto Luani all recorded interceptions.
After three straight weeks on the road, the Eagles finally return home next Friday night, hosting a powerful Anderson team as part of the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown.
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