Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brighton). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat the Greece Athena Trojans 43-0. Considering the Bruins have won seven games by more than 19 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Leading Brighton to victory were Grady Hopkin and Jayden Lian. Hopkin rushed for 24 yards and a touchdown, while Lian rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Those 75 rushing yards gave Lian a new career-high.
Brighton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 345 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
One reason for the win was Brighton's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Greece Athena's QB won't forget Carmello Miranda anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Brighton pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Greece Athena, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-6.
Brighton will face off against Monroe at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Monroe knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Brighton likes a good challenge. Greece Athena does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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