Brighton holds off Woods Cross comeback in wild weather-delayed game – Deseret News
After a harshly disputed battle and two long weather delays, Brighton’s defense made the games when it counted the most.
Keeping an advance in a score, Brighton’s defense broke a fourth pass of Woods Cross passes for a 28-21 victory on the road on Friday evening.
“To be honest, the first (meteorological delay) the children did an excellent job and I caused them with a little speech,” said Brighton coach Casey Sutera. “The latter was all the children … They brought the music into the locker room and it pushed them to go out and finish the game.”
Brighton’s ball carrier, Cole Heemeyer, marked the defense of the woods, rushing over 150 meters and finishing with two affected. Heemeyer picked up meters in pieces with four rushes over 20 yards.
Heemeyer gave credit to the offensive line of Bengal.
“They were incredible,” said Heemeyer. “They are fighting every day and they are probably the most coherent unit of our team. Thanks to injuries, they remain strong and remain fighting and have explained everything today.
“Time tried to stop us, everything tried to stop us but the offensive line was out and played tonight.”
The two teams participated in the Friday competition with 2-0 records from the region. Playing at home and the winners of four games in a row, Woods Cross came in favor, but the Bengals took the fight to their opponent.
During the first journey of the Bengals, the quarterrier Ryce Palepoi connected with the tight set Slade Taylor on a game of 30 yards. A few moments later, Heemeyer broke out in the middle, escaped several plated and made his way to a touch of 41 yards.
The Woods Cross offensive took place three and the Bengal offer and offensive capitalized as a return of clearance of 30 yards from Dax Matheson gave Bengals an excellent position on the ground. Palepoi connected to Taylor for a touch of 10 yards and an advance of 14-0.
Halfway through the second quarter, Woods Cross finally took place with La Défense which sparked the offensive. A brighton high snap was completed with the grip that followed being recovered by Viliami Tapa’atoutai.
The quarter-back of Woods Cross Jesse Simmons consolidated turnover when he found Marcus Stepan on a touch of 14 yards
The Bengals responded with Heemeyer extending the advance at 21-7 with a diving of 3 yards just before half-time.
“I thought we were playing very well sometimes, but we had some failures to the point,” said Sutera. “We have to somehow understand these things to get to the next step and take a race for this thing.”
Brighton scored on his first possession of the second half when Palepoi struck Jayce Evans with a strike of 35 yards which raised Brighton in an advance of 28-7.
Downstairs, but not, Woods Cross returned by roaring while Simmons hit Teiyon Halbasch for a reception of a touch of 67 yards. Then, halfway through the last quarter, Woods Cross reduced the advance to 28-21 when the battle horse Tapa’atoutai marked on a diving of 5 yards.
“Hat in Woods Cross. It’s a really difficult and physical team,” said Sutera. “The coach (Brody) Benson does a fantastic job. Many teams would not have continued to fight in this situation, but it is a really difficult team and I was proud of our children and they continued to fight and fight until the end.”
