Milford gets even with South Hadley

The Milford Scarlet Hawks never forgot.

For a year, their 18-point loss in last year's MIAA Central/Western Mass. Division 1A Super Bowl against South Hadley gnawed at them.

So when they returned to begin two-a-days in August there was only one thing on their minds -- get to the postseason and take home the prize.

That mission was completed last night as the Scarlet Hawks met up with South Hadley again and payback was delivered. Milford held the Tigers to 162 yards of offense in recording a 20-0 triumph at Roberts Stadium in Holyoke.

"We've worked so hard for this," said senior running back Brian Flumere, who finished his high school career in style with 153 yards on 15 carries and a pair of touchdowns.

"Our 22 seniors deserved this. We played the same team tonight and coach [John Dagnese] told us all year to remember the feeling at the end of last year. I knew this was my last game and I wanted to go out with a bang and we did."

Flumere eclipsed the 1,000-yard plateau for the second straight season.

Milford (11-1) earned its first Super Bowl title since 1987 and its sixth overall.

The Scarlet Hawks, who had 275 yards on offense, jumped out of the gate early, taking their initial possession 56 yards with Flumere capping it with a 2-yard run to go on top, 7-0.

Milford took its 7-point margin into the third quarter and increased it with 3:34 left in the quarter when Bryant Johnson completed a 10-yard pass to Tom Kane in the back of the end zone, giving the Scarlet Hawks a 13-0 lead.

Matt Minor threw his second interception of the game on South Hadley's ensuing possession, which led to a Flumere 11-yard-scoring run with just more than a minute left in the third to put the contest out of reach.

"This is [the kids'] win," Dagnese said. "They earned every minute of it. [South Hadley] did a good job on defense but we were a little better.

"Flumere is the key to our offense. He's a tough kid. He's right there with the best of them in the state."

Division 1: Ryan Harrison ran for 155 yards and four touchdowns to send Longmeadow (12-0) to a 42-0 win over Leominster at Worcester State. Longmeadow held Blue Devil running back Jon Hernandez to fewer than 50 yards rushing. Hernandez ran for 300 yards in a win over Fitchburg on Thanksgiving.

Division 1AA: Tom Fontecchio scored on the first play of overtime for St. John's of Shrewsbury, leading the Pioneers past Minnechaug, 20-14, at Worcester State. The score was Fontecchio's second of the day. St. John's finished the season 9-3.

Division 2: Senior Emil Igwenagu rushed for four touchdowns as Holy Name defended its title with a 36-6 victory over Mount Greylock at Worcester State.

Holy Name, which beat Wahconah in the 2005 Division 2 Super Bowl, finished 12-0 and has won 15 straight.

Igwenagu finished his career with 45 touchdowns and more than 4,000 yards rushing.

Division 2A: Raphael Rivera scored from 1 yard midway through the third quarter and followed it up with a conversion run to lead Chicopee Comp to an 8-2 victory over Auburn at Roberts Stadium in Holyoke.

Auburn led, 2-0, after D.J. Kendrick blocked Keith Hart's punt that rolled out of the end zone. The Rockets (9-3) recovered a fumble on the Colts' 12 with 2 minutes remaining, but failed to score. Steve Lauren, a senior tailback, led Chicopee Comp (8-4) with 111 yards on 18 carries.

Division 3: Behind seniors Kyle Anderson and John Griffin, Oakmont Regional claimed a 14-0 first-quarter lead and went on to rout Frontier Regional, 28-0, at Holyoke.

Anderson, a quarterback, rushed for 87 yards and threw for 56, while Griffin gained 97 yards and scored three times to give Oakmont its first championship since 1984. The 11-1 Spartans are 5-3 in postseason play.

Division 3A: Worcester South finished off a perfect season, beating Dean Tech, 34-7.

Dean took a 7-0 lead before South took control. South got touchdowns from five players and Craig Shippie and Paul Lewis each ran for more than 100 yards.

The Worcester Telegram contributed to this report.