CONY SENIOR, CASEY MILLS, ANNOUNCED AS A SEMIFINALIST FOR FITZPATRICK TROPHY

By Saber Hanington 12/15/2021

The Fitzpatrick award is given by the Maine Chapter National Football Foundation to Maine’s top senior football player and is considered to be one of the highest honors in Maine football.

Twelve semi finalists were announced on December 6th, including Cony senior, Casey Mills. Who is the captain and starting tight end, defensive end, and long snapper for the Cony varsity football team.

Mills racked up 12 catches for 202 yards last season, with four touchdowns at Tight end. At Defensive End Mills posed as a dominant presence on the field with 89 tackles and eight sacks.

Awards were completely out of Mill's mind this year, including the Fitzpatrick, he said. e welcomes the honor, but said he was more focused on the team's success, he told the Rameses shortly after receiving the news.

“Team wins, celebrations, and awards will always be better than individual awards, but this is the best way I could end my high school career.”

Mills was also named player of the year in Cony’s own award ceremony in early December.

Headcoach, Mr. Lippert said, “ Casey Mills has represented Cony football, and more broadly, the City of Augusta, extremely well during his four years at Cony. Both as a dominant two way player on the gridiron and as a top notch student, Casey has raised the bar for others following behind him.”