Live updates recap: Milton grinds out win over Blessed Trinity in Georgia high school football

Top-ranked team in Georgia comes out with a gritty victory on the road

Milton WR/TE Ethan Barbour is committed to play college football for the Georgia Bulldogs. / Matt Christopher

Something has to give Friday night when undefeated Georgia high school football teams Milton and Blessed Trinity meet in a crosstown battle.

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Milton is coming off a bye week after shutting out Alpharetta, and before that the Eagles beat nationally ranked American Heritage (Florida) and Buford.

Milton is loaded with Power 4 talent on offense and defense, many of whom are seniors, while Blessed Trinity has one of the best young players in the nation in sophomore edge D.J. Jacobs.

Follow along below for live updates once the game starts at Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, Georgia, with the kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.

FINAL: Milton 28, Blessed Trinity 14

4TH QUARTER UPDATES

Blessed Trinity punts on fourth and 2 with less than two minutes left. Strange.

FUMBLE! Blessed Trinity gets a gift with 3:28 left. Titans need 14 points and will try to get the first 7 from its own 35-yard line.

Blessed Trinity goes three-and-out and has to punt on fourth and long, just over seven minutes left, Milton ball on its own 35, leading 28-14.

TOUCHDOWN MILTON! Ethan Barbour makes a TD grab but gets a 15-yard penalty for spiking the ball. Milton leads 28-14 with 9:32 left, but Blessed Trinity should start with good field position.

3RD QUARTER UPDATES

END OF 3RD QUARTER: Milton 21, Blessed Trinity 14

TOUCHDOWN BLESSED TRINITY! Brooks Goodman sneaks in from 8 yards out and Milton's lead is cut to 21-14 in the waning seconds of the quarter.

What would have been a turnover on downs becomes a face mask penalty. Blessed Trinity ball inside the Milton 10 with a 1:02 left, trailing 21-7.

Big play from Ahmontae Pitts on a screen pass and Blessed Trinity is on the Milton 32, less than five minutes left. Titans trailing 21-7.

TOUCHDOWN MILTON! Luke Nickel throws a deep ball to CJ Wiley, who catches it after a possible push-off on the defender, then takes off for a 94-yard touchdown after no flag is thrown. It's 21-7 Milton, just over seven minutes left.

Milton also nearly fumbles a punt, but the Eagles take over on their own 4-yard line trying to get their high-powered offense in gear, leading 14-7 with 8:39 left.

Blessed Trinity defense starts the quarter strong, forcing a quick three-and-out. Titans start in great field position at the Milton 39-yard line, trailing 14-7 with 11 minutes left after nearly fumbling the punt.

Milton starts the second half at its own 20-yard line, leading 14-7.

2ND QUARTER UPDATES

HALFTIME; Milton 14, Blessed Trinity 7

TOUCHDOWN MILTON! Luke Nickel hooks up with CJ Wiley, who shakes one tackler and takes off for a 25-yard TD. It's 14-7 Milton with 46 seconds left.

TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Milton goes for it on fourth down and Luke Nickel's pass in the end zone falls incomplete. Blessed Trinity ball on its own 22 with 2:45 left, tied 7-7.

Big connection from Luke Nickel to Ethan Barbour and Milton is in Blessed Trinity territory, less than six minutes left, tied 7-7.

TOUCHDOWN BLESSED TRINITY! After a big interception that almost goes for a pick-six, the Titans punch it in to make it 7-7 on a QB sneak by Brooks Goodman.

TOUCHDOWN MILTON! Eagles score on the first play of the quarter and it's 7-0 Milton.

1ST QUARTER UPDATES

END OF 1ST QUARTER: Milton 0, Blessed Trinity 0

Penalties are killing Blessed Trinity. Titans go backward again and it's another punt from the end zone. Milton takes over at the Blessed Trinity 48-yard line with 42 seconds left in the quarter, 0-0.

Deep pass from Luke Nickel is just out of Ethan Barbour's reach, and Milton has to punt it right back. Blessed Trinity will try again from its own 24-yard line, 4:02 left and still 0-0.

Blessed Trinity gets one first down but then has to punt. Milton gets it around the same spot as last time, on its own 31, 5:10 left.

INTERCEPTION! Ryder Register gets a pick in the end zone and it's Blessed Trinity ball again on its own 20, 8:47 left. Still 0-0.

Blessed Trinity goes 10 yards backward on a three-and-out. It's Milton ball on its own 33 after a huge punt, 10:08 left.

Blessed Trinity starts on its own 20-yard line after a touchback.

PREGAME

Milton defers, so Blessed Trinity will receive the opening kickoff on a wet field.

Despite all of Milton's four- and five-star talent, the Eagles' offensive MVP thus far has to be running back TJ Lester.

The senior Eastern Kentucky commit has been a workhorse carrying the ball, with 393 rushing yards and seven touchdowns through three games.

Blessed Trinity counters with junior running back Ahmontae Pitts, who has 311 yards and four touchdowns on the ground through three games.

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