DORCHESTER – Head coach Randolph Abraham led the post-game huddle together with his mantra that his Brighton Bengals should crawl first to stroll after which stroll to run as they put together for a deep playoff run.
Timel Leviner took the proverb to coronary heart.
The 5-foot-8, 180-pound tailback battled again spasms all through the sport however tallied 139 yards on solely 14 carries to guide Brighton to a 34-12 victory over Boston City League rival Tech Boston (3-1).
The Bengals improved to 4-1 on the season but it surely wasn’t as fairly Abraham would have preferred.
“I had to be strategic with (Leviner), but he had a heck of a game, got the game ball, and our quarterback struggled and Leviner picked us up,” mentioned Abraham. “We’ve been preaching discipline and the team that makes the least amount of mistakes would win. We knew they would have an aggressive defense and we took advantage of that.”
On the primary sequence, Brighton racked up 14 performs from the road of scrimmage, together with three encroachment penalties on the Bears as James Burrell completed off the drive on a four-yard run.
A move interference penalty prolonged one other clock-killing 15-play drive as Anthony Monteiro-Pires scored the primary of his two touchdowns on a reasonably nook route move from Sahmir Morales for twenty-four yards.
Penalties gave the impression to be the demise for Tech Boston all sport lengthy with 5 encroachment penalties, the move interference which led to a rating and two late hits on punt returns that handed the ball to the Bengals deep into Bears territory.
“Not playing for two weeks really hurt us and not having that live feel and playing against competition for two weeks can drag on you,” mentioned Tech Boston head coach, Raul Brown. “I want to see what team shows up after this (loss) because our defense coordinator did a great job planning this game, our offense didn’t really do much because of penalties. If the team I’ve had all year shows up next week – we should be fine.”
The protection is what bought the Bears on the board as Xavier Landrum picked off Morales for a 30-yard interception return for a landing to get Tech Boston again in issues 14-6.
The groups exchanged touchdowns scores on the subsequent 4 possessions, but it surely was the embattled Morales who took a damaged play on fourth-and-16 to the tip zone on a 21-yard quarterback scamper to place issues away for the Bengals.
Morales completed 16-for-25 for 133 yards and an interception principally within the quick passing sport on screens to Yariel Ortiz and Quentyn Dulin on the skin.
“That run was impressive, but I wish we didn’t put ourselves in that situation,” added Abraham. “I give credit to Tech Boston, they are a good team and I don’t see them losing again this season – they put up a hell of a fight.”
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