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Christian, Head Football Coach Milford Eagles, proud husband to my BFF Kathy, father of 3 wonderful kids, and Nonno to Liam & Graeme

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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
7 years
Proud to be an Eagle! #GoEagles
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@Tom_Grippa
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5 years
I am so proud to have coached my Milford Eagles Football team. So many great kids, so many great memories, a 9 win season, first playoff win, sweet 16 in the OHSAA Football Tournament, 17 wins the last 2 years, hope for better things to come from Milford Football!! #GoEagle !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
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So proud of my Milford Eagles we showed character, mental toughness. One more tough game to outright win the ECC #GoEagles !!!
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Milford administration, the flock, and the Milford Football family, Thanks for your support and love, Milford is a special place #GoEagles !!!
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What a great game in Milford Football history. Down 35-7, the no quit Eagles clawed their way back with 32 unanswered points and a victory for the ages!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Milford Football Nation, I want to thank you for your support and love during the 2023 season. 2023 was a special season led by a special group of seniors. They have certainly set the bar high for future eagle teams. Let’s Goooo!!! @Tom_Grippa
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Proud to be a Milford Eagle!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Grippa hitting the bullseye on the first throw, not bad for an old man@ #GoEagles !!!
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Milford Football Nation, tough loss Friday, we never quit competing and fighting, great season, we earned our way into playoffs, #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
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Congratulations to senior RB Cameron Kells for being nominated for Player of the Year at the Awards ceremony Monday evening!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
6 years
Congratulations to senior RB Cameron Kells who won the Channel 5 Beacon Orthopedic Player of the Week for his achievements against Anderson, Thanks for the memories Cam!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Great win Friday night against a good Turpin team!! 8-2, 4th seed in Region 4, home playoff game for the first time in Milford Football history. A great season but we are not finished!!!GoEagles!!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Milford Football Family, please pray for Hayden Johnson starting LB in 2017, 2018, who was in a car accident. He had surgery to repair a broken hip. He had plates and pins put in and Hayden is doing well considering the extent of his injuries.
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
7 years
So proud of the football team. We didn't play great, we need to clean things up but the Eagles showed mental toughness #GoEagles
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Great win Friday night against a good Anderson team!! Milford Football Nation, Senior RB Cameron Kells broke the record for most touchdowns in a game and he is a nominee for Player of the week. Let’s vote Cam player of the week, he deserves it!!! #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
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Milford Eagles football ranked 8th in Division 1 City Poll. Let's keep it rolling!!! #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
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Congratulations to Milford Football Player Cameron Kells for being selected 2nd All State RB and TE Connor Foster for being selected Special Mention All State!!Your performance will never be forgotten!!!GoEagles!!!
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Congratulations to Milford DE Bryce Dugan for committing to the OU Bobcats, coach Solich will love you!!! #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
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I was humbled and honored to represent Milford Football while being recognized for our 2017 achievements by the Miami Township Board of Trustees!!! GoEagles!!!
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@Tom_Grippa
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From Eagle Football Nation, congratulations to Junior TE Connor Foster for receiving a Football scholarship offer from Purdue University!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Congratulations to Junior TE/DE Connor Foster who got his first offer from UC Bearcats!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Congratulations to Dustin Laudermilk for choosing MSJU to play college football. The Lions just got better. Coach Hop, great job, you will love Dustin!!
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Congratulations to Eagle Senior DE Bryce Dugan for being selected 2nd Team All Ohio. I am so proud to have coached Bryce and he will be truly missed!!!Job well done!!! #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
7 years
So proud of my Milford Eagles, great homecoming win. Have a great weekend men!!!GoEagles!!!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
5 years
Congratulations to the following Milford Eagles for making the Southwest Ohio All Star Team. First Team - Connor Foster, Cameron Kells, Second Team - Brian Stevens, Dustin Loudermilk, Honorable Mention - Jake Ayler. So proud, GoEagles!!!
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
6 years
Nice win for the Eagles vs Walnut Hills, celebrating with my 2 favorite Eagle fans
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Coach Tom Grippa
3 years
A big Thank You to the Milford football community and the Touchdown Club for celebrating my 200th win as a head football coach. I was totally surprised and your support touched my heart!! Thanks to all my former players who reached out to congratulate me! @Tom_Grippa
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
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Milford Football Nation, Watch this: Sophomore Caleb Johns squatting 500lbs!!! Wow!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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I am so proud of my 2019 seniors. They were part of the 2 best years of football in Milford football history!!! You will missed!!! @Tom_Grippa
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Dylan Hughes for committing to Eastern Illinois University. What an awesome 2 years playing football for the Milford Eagles!! Your speed and playmaking ability will be missed and a great future awaits!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Great first day in the weight room for the 2019 Eagle football team. We had 100 Eagle Football Players buying in to our winning culture!!! So proud to lead Milford Football!!!GoEagles!!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Nice win tonight. Sometimes you have to win ugly and all the best teams find a way to win when they don’t play their best. So proud of my defense and the defensive coaches who worked hard to stop the wing-t. TEAM win tonight!! #GoEagles !!!
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Congratulations to Junior TE Connor Foster who just received an offer from Vanderbilt University. We are so proud of Connor and he is working 6 days a week to make his dream a reality!!! #GoEagles !!!
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So proud of Milford Eagle football. Great TEAM win, if we keep working we will keep eating!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Pre-season is over, the Eagles have done very well in underwear football, tomorrow we build for another championship run, Go Eagles!!! #GoEagles !!!
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👍👍to Sophomore Caleb Johns squatting 475 for 3 reps, wow super impressive!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Congratulations to slot receiver Jake Ayler who committed to MSJU. Coach Corrill will love Jake and he will pick up where the great MSJ receiver AJ Glines left off. At MSJ Jake will become a captain someday a catch 200 plus balls over his career!! #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
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A Great night for football, I’m so proud of Nate and coach Pickett!!!@ #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
4 years
I want to congratulate the following Milford Eagles for earning ECC Football Honors: 1st Team Defense, Haidyn Oberschlake, Max Ward, 2nd Team Defense Cameron Hemmert. 1st Team Offense Vince Ringland, 2nd Team Offense Brandon Edwards
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2 years
I want to thank the Milford community for your support of the 2021 Football Team!! We had an awesome flock, our 12th man, who came every week and no school in the ECC had a better cheering section!!! Wing up Flock, Great job!!! @Tom_Grippa
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
6 years
If hard work means anything, then these Eagles will soar in 2018!!!
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2017 Milford senior football players, thanks for the memories, you will be missed!!!You created a new standard of performance! #GoEagles !!!
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Congratulations to senior Milford Football Player Vince Ringland who has committed to play football at Tiffin University!!! Coach Reisert is getting an outstanding football player who I believe is one of the best receivers in Southwest Ohio!! Go Eagles!! @Tom_Grippa
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Connor Foster on accepting a football scholarship from Northwestern University!!! Coach Fitzgerald will love Connors work ethic, dedication and commitment to excellence!!! Job well done Connor!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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I especially want to thank my 2021 football family including the cheerleaders, the TDC, the Milford administration and especially our AD Aaron Zupka for honoring me after win 200. I also want to thank the Grippa family who have supported me at every game! Go Eagles!!! @Tom_Grippa
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Coach Tom Grippa
5 years
A great afternoon for the Milford Eagles Football Nation. #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
6 years
A really tough loss for the Eagles, that hurts, but it is tempered with the knowledge that we never quit and we could have won that game. If we scored I’m going for 2 and the win. So so proud of my football team tonight, our best games are coming!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Milford Football Nation, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Win the Day!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to senior LB Bailey Knox who has committed to play football at Wittenberg University, coach Finchum will love Bailey’s fire, energy and his game!!! #GoEagles !!!
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👍👍to Caleb John’s squatting 500lbs, be the best player in the ECC Caleb #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Connor Foster for being selected 1st Team !!! #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
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What a beautiful site over Eagle Football Stadium, a sign of things to come!!! #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
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Great UC Football Win!!! Best young head coach in college football in Luke Fickell!!! Maybe Luke can go help the Bengals!!! #GoEagles
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Milford Eagles senior DE Bryce Dugan who made 1st Team All Southwest Ohio DL, Senior QB Blake King 2nd Team and Junior TE Connor Foster Special Mention #Go Eagles!!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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I believe that we held our own against a great Colerain team today. We did some really good things, but there are some things we need to improve. Keep grinding and working!!! #GoEagles !!!
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The Eagles had a great 1st week of football practice. Next week we get tested against Sycamore on Tuesday and a 4 way scrimmage on Saturday!!! #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Connor Foster on signing with Northwestern University. Signing is Wednesday at 2:30 in the fly center. Connor’s best football days are ahead of him and I can’t wait to see his football development!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Eagle Football had a clean sweep this weekend, good job men, varsity 14-7, JV 13-7, Freshmen 23-20. #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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👍👍 to the 2020 Eagles working hard!!! @Tom_Grippa
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@Tom_Grippa
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Great weekend for Milford Football, clean sweep of Walnut Hills, great job men, keep grinding!!!GoEagles!!!
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@Tom_Grippa
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6 years
Congratulations Bryce Dugan on being selected 1st Team All City, you are one of the best players in Milford Football History!!! #Go Eagles!!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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If hard work means anything, these Eagles will be soaring high in 2019!!!@# GoEagles!!!
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The future of Milford Football looks really bright!!! #GoEagles !!!
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@Tom_Grippa
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👍👍for our first official practice. If effort and hard work mean anything then the Eagles will soar in 2018!!! #GoEagles
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Milford Football Nation, two big thumbs 👍👍 up to our freshmen and 8th grade football teams for being ECC Champs. Both staff, and players did an amazing job and at Milford the best football is yet to come!! Go Eagles!!! @Tom_Grippa
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Milford Football Nation, great weekend, 2-0 vs Loveland. Very proud of our football warriors, keep grinding men!!GoEagles!!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
5 years
Congratulations to Brian Stevens who is going to continue his football career at Dayton University!!! Coach Chamberlain will love Brian Stevens. He is one of the baddest dudes in the city and I’m so glad he was a Milford Eagle!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Milford Football had an awesome 1st week of lifting. On Wednesday we had 93 football players in the weight room. Great effort and intensity from a determined 2020 football team, Go Eagles. @Tom_Grippa
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Tough loss for the Eagles against a very good Princeton team. We are tough and we will bounce back, I know because I have seen our players fight through adversity everyday in the weight room and the practice field!!! #Go Eagles!!!
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👍👍to Freshman Caleb Johns squatting 475!!! #GoEagles !!!
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👍👍 to our Eagle Football Players. Over 90 players committed to Milford!!! @Tom_Grippa
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To my Milford Football Family I want to wish all, a Happy Easter!!! Go Eagles !!! @Tom_Grippa
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Congratulations to Jake Wehrman for committing to play football at Thomas More University. Great choice Jake, your best football is coming and I have no doubt that you will have a great career at TMC!!! #GoEagles !!!
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How about those Eagles!!!@ #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Great afternoon with Jimmy at the Bengals game representing Milford Football as one of the coaches of the week!!!GoEagles
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Congratulations Bryce Dugan on being selected 1st Team All Southwest Ohio DL. You are a great football player #GoEagles !!!
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Another clean sweep for Milford Football, V 39-14, JV 41-0, Fr 26-6!!!GoEagles!!!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Lucas Hardoerfer for being selected and committing to Montana University and their Forestry School. Awesome achievement!!! @Tom_Grippa
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In the 2nd annual snickers eating contest the Milford Eagles had a tie in a photo finish between senior John Hackler and junior Mark Gibson!!! Players are crushing it in the weight room and having fun too!!!@ #GoEagles !!!
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Milford Eagle Nation, nice win against Dixie, on to Kettering Fairmont. Tough game this week, we need our A game!!!GoEagles!!!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Milford Eagles Senior DE Johnny Mickler on his commitment to the University of Dayton. You have had 4 great years Johnny and you will be missed. @Tom_Grippa
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👍👍 to Tofa Luani dead lifting 545. He makes it look easy!!! @TomGrippa
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👍👍to the Milford Eagles football team, today we had 9 players bench 300 or more, plus many more who set personal records in the bench press!!! Great job!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Nate Flannery for committing to Muskingum University, Nate’s best football is in the future because of his toughness and work ethic!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Milford Football finished our youth football camp today and it was an outstanding 4 day event!Special shout out to Rikki Hardoerfer, Tara Prather, Stephanie Kemmeter, and Julie Klenk for their hard work in putting the camp together and allowing me to just coach! @Tom_Grippa
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7 years
Milford football nation, vote for Blake King for WLWT Blitz 5 Performer of the Week !!!
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6 years
Congratulations to the Winton Woods Warriors for winning the Regional Championship, go win the state!!! #GoEagles
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👍👍 to senior OT Jackson Ruesser committing to continue his football career at Mount Union, the top D3 program in the country. Jackson’s best football will be at Mount Union and we will miss him at RT for the Milford Eagles!! #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Senior DT Haidyn Oberschlake on his commitment to play football Mount St. Joseph University. You earned it Haidyn!!! I’m so proud to have coached a great student athlete!!! Go Lions and Eagles!!! @Tom_Grippa
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I was honored to celebrate Brandon Edwards signing day at Milford High School today. Brandon has committed to play football at Ohio Wesleyan University in 2020. I’m so proud and Brandon will be greatly missed at Milford!! @Tom_Grippa
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Milford Eagle Football players crushing the weight room!!! #GoEagles !!!
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👍👍to Junior Safety Max Ward squatting 365 for 3 reps weighing in at 132lbs!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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Congratulations to Milford Eagle senior RG Mark Gibson on his commitment to Washington University. Mark, your leadership and outstanding play will be missed!!! @Tom_Grippa
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Coach Tom Grippa
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80+ Milford Eagle Football Players in the weight room today, a great day for the Eagles. If hard work means anything then the 2020 Eagles will soar!!! @Tom_Grippa
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Coach Tom Grippa
6 years
👍👍to Junior Brian Stevens who I believe will be a first team all ECC selection
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7 years
Milford Football Nation, Popo of Channel 9 sports, will be at Milford football Tuesday afternoon, what an honor!!! #GoEagles !!!
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Awesome come back win by Milford's Junior High Black Team, down 32, win 34-32!!!GoEagles!!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
6 years
Congratulations to senior QB Blake King for committing to play his college football at Wittenberg University!!! They are getting an outstanding football player!!! #GoEagles
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Coach Tom Grippa
5 years
The winter and spring season is over and here are some encouraging results for the Milford Eagles Football Team. 19 players benched 275+, 13 benched 300+, and 8 benched 315+. 33 players squatted 315+, 13 405+, and 5 455+. My players are already champions to me!!!@ #GoEagles !!!
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Coach Tom Grippa
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The Milford Football program thanks Rikki Hardoerfer for all of her hard work for the Milford Football Camp!!! We had 208 campers and it was a great week of football!!!Go Eagles!! @Tom_Grippa
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