The McKinley Macks will challenge the Brighton Bruins at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with McKinley sitting on seven straight victories and Brighton on four.
McKinley will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points back in November of 2024, then bounced right back against Health Sciences Charter on Thursday. The Macks put the hurt on the Falcons with a sharp 38-14 win. The result was nothing new for the Macks, who have now won five matchups by 20 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Brighton extended their postseason success on Friday against East/World of Inquiry. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 24-14. That's two games straight that the Bruins have won by exactly ten points.
The critical scores for Brighton came from Zack Rossignol, Leo Hopkins, and Clarence Bell.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Brighton proved: they limited East/World of Inquiry to a paltry 2.8 yards per carry. The team can thank Matthew Heininger for the heroic effort on defense: he. Brighton's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 4.1.
Brighton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Patrick Rohr and Hopkins. Hopkins got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
McKinley's record now sits at 8-4. As for Brighton, their record is now 9-2.
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