Football Preview: Spencerport Rangers vs. Brighton Bruins
The Spencerport Rangers are taking a road trip to face off against the Brighton Bruins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Spencerport has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight defeats, while Brighton will come in with six straight wins.
Spencerport managed to keep up with Victor until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Spencerport came up short against Victor, falling 35-14. The match marked the Rangers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Brighton's game on Thursday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top against Irondequoit by a score of 14-6.
The critical scores for Brighton came from Grady Hopkin, Noah Wagner, and Gavin Parks.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Brighton's defense and their four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Matthew Heininger and Kaleb Matthews, who racked up all four sacks between them. Matthews also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Brighton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 209 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Spencerport's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Brighton, their victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Spencerport suffered a grim 34-12 defeat to Brighton in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. Can Spencerport avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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