The Putnam County Midgets, in a Friday night football rivalry game with the Milan Wildcats, came back from a second half, 13 point deficit to win at Cal Hubbard Field, 24-21, in action heard on KTTN FM 92.3.
PC, now 1-3 on the season, and 1-1 in the GRC Eastern Division, opened the scoring on a Torqe Brundage 25 yard touchdown run late in the first quarter, with the two-point run by Grant Sands leaving the visitors up 8-0.
Milan responded to the deficit with their best play of the young season, scoring the next 21 points, on a 43 yard touchdown catch by Hunter Shaw, and back-to-back scoring runs (in addition to a two-point conversion) by Jamuel Pagan. Â The Midgets, on a 32-yard touchdown run by Brundage, late in the third quarter, cut the lead to 21-16 heading into the final quarter.
The Midgets took the lead with a fourth-quarter touchdown, and held Milan out of the end zone with just under 5 minutes remaining, on a fourth-down stop from inside of the 5 yard line, preserving the Putnam County advantage, and eventually, the road win.
While disappointed by the loss to their long-time border rival, the loss by the young Wildcats did show great improvement by Milan, benefits of a tough three-game stretch (Mark Twain. South Callaway, Princeton) to open the 2017 season. Â The Wildcats will turn around to play the Trenton Bulldogs in the Milan homecoming game this Friday night at Cal Hubbard Field, with coverage of the 7 o’clock game on Hot Country Z 101.7. Â Milan is now 0-4 on the season, and 0-2 GRC Eastern Division play. Â Trenton, coming off a 20-point loss to unbeaten Princeton, is 1-3 overall, and 1-1 in GRC East play.
