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Home Page   Local News   Local Sports   Community Calendar   Opinion   Editorials   Columns   Letters to the Editor   Archives   News Archives   Sports Archives advertisement	Milford girls advance to D final By ERIC AHLQVIST Editor ONEONTA_Don’t wake Lorin Campbell, he’s in the middle of a great dream. The Milford girls soccer coach fulfilled part of his dream season with a 2-1, heart stopping overtime victory over his Alma mater, Downsville, on Wednesday at the Wright National Soccer Campus, sending the Lady Wildcats and Campbell to their second Section Four Class D finals appearance in school history. Milford, 18-1-2, and the second seed, will meet top seed Davenport on Saturday at the Wright National Soccer Campus at a time to be determined. ``This has been my dream for a long time, and this is our season to do it,’’ Campbell said shortly after his team and fans finished a wild celebration after the final agonizing minutes had ticked off the clock. Campbell’s team has won three straight Tri-Valley Championships and seven in his 14 years as head coach, but have never played in a Class D final. Fittingly, the first trip did not come easily. After the teams were tied at 1-1 after regulation, Milford’s Emily Brigham scored what proved to be the game-winning goal less than two minutes into the first overtime period. The junior said she benefited from a mistake by a Downsville defender and was left one-one one with Downsville goalie Monica Nuzzo. ``I knew it was a big goal, and I was a little nervous so I took my time,’’ Brigham said after the game. ``I wanted to make sure I took a good shot.’’ She did, but Milford still had over 18 minutes of game time to kill before they could advance.[an error occurred while processing this directive]