SETTING THE SCENE: The final week of the 2025 regular season has arrived and with it, Senior Night for Milford. The Eagles will be looking to send its 17-member senior class out on a high note as they battle Turpin. Prior to kickoff, the following seniors will be honored for their contributions: Isaiah Carranza, Jensen Davis, Jake Dixon, Carson Donovan, Nick Freeland, Alex Horstman, David Kittrell, Spencer Larkin, Colin Lewis, Sione Lolo, Karson Long, Tyler McQueen, Ryan Rees, Hester Rush, Isaiah Smith, Zy’Mir Taylor and Gavin Weitlauf.
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The match-up by the numbers
A look at the Milford-Turpin match-up by the numbers (per game averages & conference team rankings):
Milford scoring offense (9th-16.1) vs. Turpin scoring defense (6th-25.9)
Milford total offense (10th-199.8) vs. Turpin total defense (5th-310.8)
Milford rushing offense (9th-43.9) vs. Turpin rushing defense (4th-106.4)
Milford passing offense (7th-155.9) vs. Turpin passing defense (8th-204.3)
Turpin scoring offense (4th-27.9) vs. Milford scoring defense (9th-38.2)
Turpin total offense (4th-351.2) vs. Milford total defense (10th-373.3)
Turpin rushing offense (7th-122.0) vs. Milford rushing defense (10th-221.2)
Turpin passing offense (4th-229.2) vs. Milford passing defense (3rd-152.1)
A look at Milford’s statistical leaders:
Rushing Yards: Jayden Bodley (152, 3 TDs)
Passing Yards: Jayden Bodley (1326, 12 TDs)
Receiving Yards: Joey Dahmer (502, 8 TDs)
Tackles: Jake Dixon (124)
Sacks: Sione Lolo (2.5)
Interceptions: Isaiah Smith (3)
Kicking Points: Tyler McQueen (21)
Punting Average: Tyler McQueen (41.6)
Kickoff Return Yards: Joey Dahmer (340, 1 TD)
Punt Return Yards: Karson Long (15, 0 TDs)
A look at Turpin’s statistical leaders:
Rushing Yards: Luke Mileham (612, 11 TDs)
Passing Yards: Luke Mileham (1921, 13 TDs)
Receiving Yards: Evan Overholser (662, 4 TDs)
Tackles: Brody Nickerson (103)
Sacks: Brody Nickerson/Brandon Riley (2.0)
Interceptions: Max Heis/Mac Reed (2)
Kicking Points: Addi Braun (33)
Punting Average: Henry Feltman (41.4)
Kickoff Return Yards: Brady Gillespie (325, 0 TDs)
Punt Return Yards: Brady Gillespie (86, 0 TDs)
Notable 2025 Performances
Week 1
· Senior P/K Tyler McQueen had a booming start to his senior year. In the Eagles' opener against Withrow, Tyler punted four times for an average of 49.8 yards per kick, including a career-best 59 yarder. He also placed his only kickoff of the night inside the 10-yard line.
Week 2
· In just his second varsity start, junior QB Jayden Bodley accounted for four touchdowns in leading the Milford offense to a 37-0 win. Jayden threw three touchdown passes, while rushing for a fourth. The junior finished with 130 yards passing and a team-high 45 more rushing. Junior DB Chase Gale came up big on defense, leading the Eagles with nine tackles, snagging his first career interception, and breaking up another pass.
Week 3
· Against a tough Winton Woods team, Joey Dahmer, a junior, finished with 143 all-purpose yards and his team-leading third touchdown of the season. Overcoming a slow first half, Joey finished with 63 yards receiving, including a touchdown, plus eight yards rushing and 72 yards in kickoff returns. Aiden Luley, a sophomore, tallied a season-high 11 tackles, while adding half a sack and one quarterback hurry.
Week 4
· Jayden Bodley, the Eagles' junior quarterback, had a career-night against Loveland. For the game, he completed 26-of-38 passes for a personal-high 251 yards, while matching his best with three touchdowns. Joey Dahmer, also a junior, was Jayden's favorite target at receiver. He finished with a pair of touchdowns among his seven receptions, totaling 67 yards receiving. Joey added 12 yards on one rushing attempt.
Week 5
· Joey Dahmer, a junior wide receiver, continued his stellar campaign with his third multi-touchdown game of the year. Against West Clermont, Joey snagged seven passes for 139 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including an acrobatic, leaping catch in double coverage for an 80-yard score. Jake Dixon, a senior linebacker, made history by simply matching his jersey number. In a gutsy performance against West Clermont, Jake set a school and ECC record by tallying 26 tackles, including 10 solo. He also forced a fumble. Jake is the ECC leader in tackles at the season's halfway point.
Week 6
· Against a very talented Anderson secondary, senior WR Karson Long corralled a season-high five receptions for a career-best 69 yards, including a long of 28 yards. He was also busy on special teams, returning six kickoffs for 114 yards (19.0 yard average).
Week 7
Joey Dahmer, already enjoying a stellar season at wide receiver, showed another facet of his game against Lebanon with his first career return touchdown. Already the owner of seven receiving touchdowns this season, Joey returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown against the Warriors.
Week 8
Against one of the ECC's better defenses in Kings, junior QB Jayden Bodley had one of his best performances of the season in his first year as the Eagles' starting quarterback. For the night, Jayden completed 22-of-32 passes for 194 yards, including his 10th TD pass of the year.
Week 9
Senior WR Karson Long gave Milford a spark on both offense and special teams against Little Miami. Offensively, Karson broke free for a 52-yard TD reception, finishing with three catches for a game-high 71 yards receiving. On special teams, he tallied a 69-yard kickoff return as part of a three-return for 96 yards performance.
Record Breaking Dixon: Senior LB Jake Dixon has been a bright spot for the Eagles this season. In Week 9, Dixon established a pair of new school records for tackles. With his first stop of the night against Little Miami, Dixon snapped a three-way tie with Bryce Dugan and Andrew Littrell for the most career tackles by a Milford player, moving to the top of the list at 223. He finished the night with 16 tackles and enters the regular season finale with 238 to his credit. Dixon’s 124 tackles (and counting) this season is also a Milford record, surpassing Dugan’s best of 121 during the 2017 season.
Last Year vs. Turpin
A back-and-forth battle ended in disappointment for Milford as Turpin scored the game-winning touchdown with just under three minutes remaining to pull out a 24-21 win over the Eagles. The Eagles were able to overcome a 17-7 halftime deficit to take an early fourth quarter lead, but couldn’t hold on against a pass-happy Spartan offense.
The Eagles actually got the ball back twice after the go-ahead Turpin score but couldn’t find the game-winning magic. The first series resulted in a turnover on downs, while the second wrapped on a game-ending sack of QB Luke Brand. Milford actually got near midfield with one play remaining, before Brody Nickerson’s third sack of the game.
The defeat overshadowed a second straight big game for Brand who finished 23 of 43 passing for a season-high 310 yards and two touchdowns. Carter Ings hauled in both of the TD tosses, finishing with 167 yards on eight catches.
While the Milford offense put up 363 total yards, a Turpin offense led by record-setting QB Devan Nigam put up 386. Nigam was 17 of 29 for 250 yards and three touchdowns. He was intercepted three times, including twice by first-time defensive starter David Kittrell.
The Eagles would open the night moving the ball into Turpin territory only to come up short. Turpin answered with a field goal and after another defensive stop, Nigam connected on his first touchdown to give the Spartans a 10-0 lead.
Milford finally got on the board exactly halfway through the second quarter when Brand rushed in from three yards out. The big play of the series belonged to Ings who hauled in a 43-yard reception to inside the Turpin 20-yard line.
Turpin proved undeterred by the Milford score however as they used a 10-play, 71-yard march to take a 17-7 lead with a minute remaining following a short Nigam TD pass.
It took until about midway through the third quarter until the next big play arrived and it was Kittrell trying to give Milford the momentum. Forced into action at defensive back, Kittrell stepped in front of a Nigam throw at the Turpin 23-yard line and appeared headed for the end zone when he fumbled at the Spartan four. Turpin recovered, but three plays later, Isaiah Carranza got a pick to hand the ball back to Milford.
A quick Brand to Ings 20-yard reception got Milford humming, but on a night when the Eagles went one of five on fourth-down tries, it happened inside the Turpin 20. The Eagles would continue to battle, and after a Turpin punt, Brand found Ings on a quick slant route for a 46-yard scoring catch and run late in the third to cut it to 17-14
Milford’s first drive of the fourth was a good one and pushed them in front as Brand used an inside flip pass to Ings for another TD connection, this time from seven yards out.
Turpin would seal it when Nigam found Evan Overholser for a nine-yard score with 2:59 on the clock.
Week 9 Game Summary
Turnovers and penalties plagued Milford throughout a disappointing 45-14 loss to Little Miami during Week 9 of the 2025 season. The Panthers raced to 28-0 lead and never let off the gas as they sent Milford to its seventh straight defeat.
In a match-up of 1-7 squads, Little Miami proved dominant as they churned out 277 yards rushing to run away from the Eagles. Four Milford turnovers led to 17 of Little Miami’s points, while the Eagles also rang up 12 penalties for 154 yards.
Not to be overlooked in the defeat was a record-setting night enjoyed by senior LB Jake Dixon in which he established a pair of new school records for tackles. With his first stop of the night, Dixon snapped a three-way tie with Bryce Dugan and Andrew Littrell for the most career tackles by a Milford player, moving to the top of the list at 223. He finished the night with 16 tackles and enters the regular season finale with 238 to his credit. Dixon’s 124 tackles (and counting) this season is also a Milford record, surpassing Dugan’s best of 121 during the 2017 season.
Down 28 nearing halftime, the Eagles tried to snatch the momentum with senior WR Karson Long square in the middle of the attempted comeback. First, Long hauled in a short pass from QB Jayden Bodley and raced 52 yards for a touchdown just 1:11 before intermission. Then, on the second half’s opening kickoff, Long darted 69 yards through the Little Miami coverage, finally being hauled down at the Panther seven. Bodley and Nolan Burch took it from there, first hooking up on a seven-yard TD strike and a subsequent two-point conversion.
But that would be as close as Milford would get as Little Miami RB Andrew Trapp took over. After recording three first half rushing touchdowns, Trapp added two more in the second half to give him a school record five for the game as Little Miami pulled away.
Long would go on to lead Milford with 167 all-purpose yards (96 kick return, 71 receiving). Bodley completed 13 of 26 passes for a modest 117 yards, while adding 15 carries for a net 49 yards after being sacked four times.
Milford (1-8,1-7) vs. Little Miami (2-7,2-6)
Date: Oct 17, 2025 at Little Miami
Quarter
Scores 1 2 3 4 Score
Milford 0 6 8 0 14
Little Miami 21 7 7 10 45
Scoring Summary
LM 1st-06:11 Andrew Trapp 33 yd run (Cade Wojnicz kick)
LM 1st-02:35 Camden Fox 4 yd run (Cade Wojnicz kick)
LM 1st-01:30 Andrew Trapp 4 yd run (Cade Wojnicz kick)
LM 2nd-04:12 Andrew Trapp 60 yd run (Cade Wojnicz kick)
MIL 2nd-01:11 Karson Long 52 yd pass from Jayden Bodley (Tyler McQueen kick blocked)
MIL 3rd-11:37 Nolan Burch 7 yd pass from Jayden Bodley (Nolan Burch pass)
LM 3rd-10:03 Andrew Trapp 3 yd run (Cade Wojnicz kick)
LM 4th-11:28 Andrew Trapp 11 yd run (Cade Wojnicz kick)
LM 4th-08:47 Cade Wojnicz 37 yd field goal
Top Milford Performers
Rushing Yards: Jayden Bodley (49)
Passing Yards: Jayden Bodley (117, 2 TDs)
Receiving Yards: Karson Long (71, 1 TD)
Tackles: Jake Dixon (16)
Sacks: Jack Duncan/Sione Lolo (1)
Interceptions: Isaiah Smith (1)
Punting Average: Tyler McQueen (45.0)
Kickoff Return Yards: Karson Long (96)
Punt Return Yards: None
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