MILTON — It was exhausting to seek out a lot fault in Milton’s 31-7 win over Weymouth in Friday evening’s Bay State Conference Herget Division opener for each squads.
That’s nothing new for Milton. The Wildcats are actually 4-0 with 4 lopsided wins, and look each bit the D3 state title contender a yr after dropping to Wakefield at Gillette Stadium.
But the postgame celebration was muted, despite the fact that Weymouth entered 3-0. Although it might not appear like it, there are corrections for Milton to make.
“We’ve just got to keep getting better,” Milton coach Steve Dembowski mentioned. “Week 4 of the season is nothing. Where you are right now in any poll, any stat, is really meaningless. Hopefully, we have enough maturity in the group to focus on things we can correct and keep grinding away. The league is going to be tough this year.”
Dembowski had contributions up and down the roster.
Quarterback Patrick Miller accomplished 12 of twenty-two passes for 130 yards and a landing. He additionally rushed for 30 yards and a landing. Nathan Ehui rushed for 75 yards on 15 carries. Ronan Sammon caught 5 passes for 84 yards and a landing. The protection narrowly missed a shutout, and kicker Aidan Rowley was excellent on 4 PATs, and kicked a 24-yard area objective within the fourth quarter.
Miller began on protection final yr and sat behind quarterback Owen McHugh, who’s now beginning at Williams.
“He’s a dual threat,” Dembowski mentioned of Miller. “He showed some of his legs tonight. He worked the ball around. He has a lot of ability, and he has a lot of choices to make. He’s out there making them and we’re moving the ball. He’s doing a good job, and we’re playing really good team football.”
“It’s been awesome watching those guys since my freshman year,” Miller mentioned. “They’ve always made nice decisions, good decisions. I’m trying to be like them. Coming out here with this offense, I’m trying to do what they did, winning games. Coach Dembo, what he did for our program, he made our culture a winning culture. I’m trying to do my best to take part in that.”
Weymouth had success working the ball, as Anthony Smith rushed for 107 yards on 16 carries, and Cam Aieta had 67 yards on 13 makes an attempt. The visiting Wildcats moved the ball effectively on their first sequence, however turned it over on downs in Milton territory.
Milton drove proper again the opposite approach, although, and scored on Miller’s 1-yard sneak to begin the second quarter.
Miller struck once more on Milton’s subsequent drive, as he hit Sammon over the center for a 17-yard landing.
The host Wildcats then executed an ideal, two-minute offense to finish the half up, 21-0. Miller accomplished passes to AJ Cicerone for 8 yards, Sammon for twenty-four, then picked up one other 8 together with his legs, earlier than Luke Haley scored from 7 yards out on a jet sweep.
Milton made it 28-0 within the third quarter when Harrison Hinckle ran for an 18-yard landing.
Weymouth popped in its solely rating when Dante Tordiglione caught an 18-yard landing cross from Tyler Nordstrom. First-year coach Michael Donovan had his Wildcats preventing, however couldn’t make a big dent on Milton’s lead.
Rowley’s 24-yard area objective accomplished the scoring.
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