After ending Bremond’s 49-game winning streak last season, the Milano Eagles defeated the Tigers again 25-22 in Bremond. The Eagles forced five fumbles and ran for 174 yards.
“We played pretty good offense,” said Chad Lagrone, Milano High School head football coach. “We were able to have some big plays.”
Bremond put the first points on the board halfway through the first quarter when senior running back Dalton Wilganowski scored from the one-yard line. Senior quarterback J.T. Anthony completed the two-point conversion to put the Tigers ahead 8-0.
The Eagles answered with a 73-yard bomb from senior quarterback Kathen Funburg to senior running back Christian Thurman. The Eagles also completed a two-point conversion on a Funburg pass to senior tight end Arthur Soto to tie the game 8-8.
At the beginning of the second half, Thurman scored on a 58-yard run. Milano was up 15-8, after an extra point from senior kicker Kevin Garcia.
Bremond got back in the game, when senior receiver Keke Paul recovered a goal line fumble in the end zone. The Tigers failed to complete their two-point conversion, trailing 15-14.
Less than two minutes later, the Eagles scored again on a 15-yard run from Fun-burg. Garcia made the extra point to put the Eagles ahead 22-14. Garcia made a 17-yard field goal four minutes later to improve their lead to 25-14.
Bremond scored once more when senior wide receiver Seth Kasowski caught on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Anthony. Kasowski also scored on the two-point conversion,
“Our defense did great,” said Lagrone. “We played well on that end.”
Next up
Milano will try to repeat last year’s victory against Iola this Friday at home. Both teams are 1-2 for season.
The Eagles beat Iola last year 28-7 in an early non-district matchup. Quarterback Randy Johnson, who transferred to Iola from Bryan, will lead the Bulldogs on offense and
Iola has an experienced defense with four veteran linebackers Preston Futrell, Andrew Crenshaw, Kaiden Halley and Zach Hollingsworth.
The Bulldogs are picked second in district 13-2A DII behind the Bremond Tigers and ranked 11th in the state in class 2A DII by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine.
Milano begins district play the following week on Friday, Sept. 28 on the road against the Thrall Tigers.
MHS 25, BHS 22
MHS BHS
14 First Downs 12 41-174 Rushing 35-74 7-11-0, 1TD Passing 8-15-0, 1TD 101 Passing yards 132 275 Total yards 206 4-2 Fumbles 4-2 5-29 Punts 4-36 6-50 Penalities 11-106
Score by quarters
MHS 0 8 17 0 — 25 BHS 0 8 6 8 — 22
Scoring summary
Second quarter
Bremond-Dalton Wilganowski 1 run (JT Anthony run) 6:40
Milano-Christian Thurman 73 pass from Kathan Thurman (Arthur Soto pass from Funburg) 4:59
Third quarter
Milano-Thurman 58 run (Kevin Garcia kick) 11:37
Bremond-Rykenderia Paul 20 fumble recovery (run failed) 10:38
W 8 Milano :47 7-6 -Funburg 15 run (Garcia kick) Milano-Garcia 17 PAT 4:17
DNP Bremond Fourth quarter -Seth Kasowski 9 pass from Anthony (Kasowski run) 8:16
W DNP RHS individual leaders
Rushing: Funburg 27-83-1 TD; Thurs-man 2-58-1TD; Kameron Funburg 7-17; Devonte Jones 5-16.
Passing: Funburg 7-11-0-101, 1 TD. Receiving: Thurman 2-69 1TD; Soto 2-24; Kameron Funburg 2-5; Jones 1-3.
Tackles: Kameron Funburg 12, Fun-burg 8, Jeremy Reyes 8, Danny Cloud 6, Kevin Garcia 6, Darius West 6, Ben King 5, Marquise Jones 5, Thurman 4, Alec Hernandez 3, Drew Demeritt 2, Jones 1, Brett Czajkowski 1.
Sacks: Funburg 2, Danny Cloud 1, Alec Hernandez.
Forced fumble: Jones 2, Alec Hernandez 1, Darius West 1.
Fumble recovery: Ben King 1, Jones 1, Alec Hernandez 1.
Interception: Thurman 1.
13-2A-1 STANDINGS
Team Season District
W-L W-L Thorndale 2-0 0-0 Holland 2-1 0-0 Thrall 1-2 0-0 Milano 1-2 0-0 Rosebud-Lott 1-3 0-0 Hearne 0-3 0-0 Marlin 0-3 0-0 Last week: Thorndale 36, Axtell 8; Flatonia 34, Thrall 13; Rio Vista 12, Rosebud-Lott 0; Legacy School of Sport Science 2, Hearne 0; Holland 45, Florence 8; Groesback 70, Marlin 0.
This week: Thorndale at Dawson; Holland at Crawford; Hico at Thrall; Iola at Milano; Jarrell at Rosebud-Lott; Hearne at Lexington; Marlin at Italy.
- Log in or Subscribe to post comments.