5A boys lacrosse: Brighton takes down 2-time defending champ Park Metropolis in 10-3 title win

HERRIMAN — Brighton is used to shedding to Park Metropolis in boys lacrosse.

The Miners have gotten the higher of the Bengals every of the final three years within the playoffs and have been the lone loss in an in any other case excellent season this yr for Brighton.

However Friday at Zions Financial institution Stadium was totally different.

“We weren’t scared,” head coach Christopher O’Donnell stated. “We got here out, weren’t scared and performed the way in which we felt we might have the primary time and put it collectively this time.”

The Bengals by no means trailed in a recreation the place they scored first and scored typically. Park Metropolis tied the sport briefly at 1-1 within the first quarter, however Brighton bagged three fast ones — together with a first-quarter buzzer beater — to take a 4-1 lead into the second quarter.

Goalkeeper Mason Fray allowed simply two extra objectives from the Miners for the remainder of the sport, and the offense did their half to complete with a dominant 10-3 consequence.

“I believe most individuals know the way it ended within the common season, so we had an additional fireplace lit below us coming into the evening and we simply let that gas us the complete recreation,” Fray stated. “We by no means took our foot off the gasoline pedal.”