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Just now, GardenStateBaller said:

I've always appreciated and respected them. Did you watch my Q&A with their Head Coach? 

Nah, I know Boone personally. I identify with his coaching philosophy. Milton is an excellent team. A complete team. So is Hughes.

I knew Milton would have to play tonight at a high level, so did they.

Good game so far. Hughes can't let Milton get going. Two scores behind is not too deep but a score on this drove would be damaging.

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Class 5A

Milton 56, Hughes 35

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Recap: Milton set a state finals record with 671 total yards while producing a 400-yard passer (Luke Nickel), two 100-yard receivers (Ethan Barbour, Tristen Payne) and one 200-yard rusher (T.J. Lester). Nickel, an AJC Super 11 quarterback signed with Miami, was almost perfect, completing 21 of 22 passes for 413 yards and four touchdowns. Milton never trailed, but Hughes traded lightning bolts in the first half, scoring touchdowns on five straight possessions and tying the score at 21-21 and 28-28. The teams scored four touchdowns, two apiece, in 73 seconds late in the first half, which ended with Milton leading 42-35 in points and 467-397 in total yards. There were six scoring plays of 50 yards or more, all in the first two quarters. Milton scored on the opening drive of the second half, going 80 yards on 11 plays, and held Hughes to 54 total yards and no points the rest of the way.

 

History: Milton’s 671 total yards exceeded Prince Avenue Christian’s 609 in 2022 and Warner Robins’ 601 in 2020 in what are believed to be the highest previous offensive outputs in finals history. The 91 points for both teams are tied for second-most in finals history behind the 105 scored when Mill Creek beat Carrollton 70-35 in 2022. Griffin beat Carrollton 56-35 for 91 points in 2013. Nickel became the 14th Georgia quarterback to pass for 10,000 yards in his career (10,169). Milton, ranked No. 1 since preseason, won its third state title, second in a row, and completed its first unbeaten season at 15-0 while clinching multiple top-five national rankings. Hughes, a state champion most recently in 2022, finished 13-2. 

Hughes**********************7***28****0****0**-**35

Milton*********************21***21****7****7**-**56

 

First quarter

M - T.J. Lester 6 run (Alex Nover kick), 8:25

M - Jordan Carrasquillo 70 pass from Luke Nickel (Nover kick), 4:02

H - Carsyn Baker 70 run (Alex Brock kick), 3:46

M - Ethan Barbour 50 pass from Nickel (Nover kick), 1:57

Second quarter

H - Maurice Gleaton 62 pass from Christian Langford (Brock kick), 11:54

H - Baker 1 run (Brock kick), 8:55

M - Barbour 3 run (Nover kick), 5:52

H - Baker 8 run (Brock kick), 1:16

M - Tristen Payne 65 pass from Nickel (Nover kick), 1:06

H - Gleaton 65 pass from Langford (Brock kick), 0:50

M - C.J. Wiley 23 pass from Nickel (Nover kick), 0:03

Third quarter

M - Lester 6 run (Nover kick), 7:43

Fourth quarter

M - Lester 2 run (Nover kick), 6:36

 

************************************HHS*******MIL

First Downs**************************18********27

Rushes/Yards (Net)****************37/206*****37/258

Pass C/A/I************************15/20/0***221/22/0

Passing Yards (Net)*****************245*******413

Total Offense***********************451*******671

Fumbles/Lost************************2/1*******1/1

Penalties/Yards ********************5/45******7/72

Time of Possession ****************23:00*****25:00

Sacks By: No./Yards*****************0/0*******3/21

 

Rushing: Hughes - Carsyn Baker 14-115, Christian Langford 16-66, Qwantavious Wiggins 5-30, Team 1-(-2), Xavier Tiller 1-(-3). Milton - T.J. Lester 25-201, Luke Nickel 7-52, Amauri Anderson 3-7, Ethan Barbour 1-3, Kevin Maven-Winchester 1-(-5).

Passing: Hughes - Christian Langford 15-19-0-245, Jabri Jones 0-1-0-0. Milton - Luke Nickel 21-22-0-413.

Receiving: Hughes - Jovanni McGee 4-26, Jabri Jones 3-61, Chry'Shawn Sellars 3-25, Maurice Gleaton 2-127, Jeffery Taylor 2-2, Xavier Tiller 1-4. Milton - Ethan Barbour 9-139, Tristen Payne 4-109, C.J. Wiley 4-58, Jordan Carrasquillo 2-91, TJ Lester 1-11, Ryan Ghea 1-5.

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This week, Milton finished No. 2 in the final rankings of MaxPreps, High School Football America, National HSFB and Blue Star Media. The unanimous No. 1 team is Mater Dei, a California private school that has produced three future Heisman Trophy winners, most recently Alabama’s Bryce Young.

Two other polls, USA Today and Blue Star Media, haven’t released their final rankings, but Milton was ranked No. 2 in both entering this week.

MaxPreps’ Zack Poff said Milton is the best Georgia team since he began doing national rankings in 2016.

“This team was loaded with talent and had one of the best offenses in the country,” Poff said. “On top of all the talent they have a great coaching staff. They had a tough schedule and won 14 of 15 games by more than one score.”

Milton’s only one-score victory came in the season-opener, a 13-10 victory over Buford, a team that MaxPreps ranked No. 12 in the final poll. Buford is one of four Georgia teams that will finish with several final top-25 rankings. The others are Class 6A champion Grayson and 6A runner-up Carrollton.

Milton is not the first Georgia team that MaxPreps has ranked No. 2 in its 20 seasons of doing rankings. Grayson was the most recent in 2020. That was during the COVID-19 pandemic, and California teams didn’t take the field that year.

MaxPreps also ranked Colquitt County No. 2 in 2015. That Colquitt team is the only one from Georgia since the 1990s to claim a national title. The Packers got the nod that year from High School Football America.

In 2002, Parkview finished ranked No. 2 in USA Today after winning 45 straight games in Georgia’s highest class.

Milton played a tougher schedule than 2002 Parkview or 2015 Colquitt County by most measures.

“Milton’s season was as good as it gets with seven of their wins coming against teams that finished inside the High School Football America 300,’’ HSFA founder Jeff Fisher said. “While our rankings are based on our proprietary algorithm, the Eagles were a fun team to watch with an offense that was a good as any other in America. Their high-quality wins over No. 16 American Heritage Plantation, Florida’s 4A champ, and No. 20 Buford at the start of the season bolstered their strength of schedule, which is an important part of our algorithm.”

Fisher said that Milton benefited from the overall performance of Georgia, which finished second behind Texas in overall state strength.

Joe Maimone of NationalHSFB.com traced Milton’s success to its decision in 2018 to begin playing nationally renowned out-of-state opponents. Milton has played seven out-of-state teams since, beating four. The Eagles beat American Heritage 37-28 this season.

“The Eagles love to play the best, and they schedule any team anywhere anytime,” Maimone said. “Doing what their peers can’t or won’t do has been the key to their success.”

Milton’s run at a national title this season was not unexpected. Milton returned 18 of 22 starters from the 2023 team that won Georgia’s Class 7A and added a couple of major Division I prospects as transfers. Milton fielded nine seniors who signed this month with the Power 4 conference teams, the most of any Georgia team in history.


The nine were wide receiver C.J. Wiley (Georgia), offensive lineman Brayden Jacobs (Clemson), tight end Ethan Barbour (Georgia), quarterback Luke Nickel (Milton), tight end Ryan Ghea (Auburn), cornerback Dylan Lewis (Tennessee), defensive lineman Caleb Bell (Arkansas), cornerback Tyler Redmond (Tennessee) and safety Ma’khi Jones (Duke). Defensive lineman Caleb Ellis signed with Georgia Southern.

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