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Milford Wrestling At Home With Turpin This Week
SETTING THE SCENE: The first invite of the season is in the books for the MHS wrestling team, where five Eagles finished in the top six. Up next is the first home meet on Thurs., 12/15 with the Eastern Cincinnati Conference’s Turpin High School.
A LOOK BACK: Milford sent three finalists to the podium at the Edgewood Invitational on 12/6. Senior Jimmy Murphy won the championship at 138 lbs. Murphy advanced to the finals with four falls before beating Zach Dunn of LaSalle 7-3 for the championship win.
Eagles who finished in second place include Kobey Bronaugh and Blake Miller. Bronaugh, the sophomore wrestling at 113 lbs., advanced to the finals with two falls before losing 3-6 to Cameron Neal. (Neal, of Prebble Shawnee, finished 7th last year at the OHSAA Division III State Championships, 106 lbs.). At 170 lbs., Miller did not give up one takedown before losing to fellow ECC wrestler, Brady Eckert of Turpin in the finals.
Rounding out the placers for the Eagles were senior Kyle Brady, fifth at 145 lbs., and junior Tre Spillman, sixth at 170 lbs.
Milford placed 8th of 26 teams, and tied with Little Miami with team scores of 107. Host team Edgewood won the event with 137.5, followed by Piqua. Troy and Simon Kenton tied for third, and LaSalle in fifth. The ECC’s Turpin finished in 16th place with 65.5 points.
For complete results of the Edgewood Invitational, click HERE.
SCHEDULE: The team will be back in action Thursday, 12/15 hosting conference member Turpin High School.
- Thursday, 12/15: Turpin HS @ Milford, 6:00 pm
IN THE NEWS: Community Press and Cincinnati.com’s Scott Springer previewed the Milford wrestling team. Click HERE to read the article.
POLL WATCH: Mason fell to second as Elder moved up to first in the latest Cincinnati Enquirer area coaches’ poll for week one. LaSalle, Fairfield and Harrison make up the top five; Moeller, last week’s fourth team, fell to sixth tied with Lebanon. The ECC’s Loveland held onto tenth place. Milford wrestling did not receive any votes in the poll this week, and Glen Este (2) was the only ECC program to receive votes in week one.
