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| Brighton defeated O'Bryant and Tech Boston to take home the 2017 Boston City League championship |
By Nate Weitzer (@Nweitzer7)
BOSTON - Talent has never been an issue for the Brighton Bengals over the past few seasons, but they’ve fallen just short of city glory with losses in the Boston City League tournament each of the last two years.
Yet with old rival New Mission dispatched by upstart Tech Boston in the semifinals, the path was clear for Brighton (17-5) to finally return to the top of their conference, and the Bengals did not miss their opportunity, as they blew past the Bears for a 76-64 victory on Thursday evening at Madison Park High.
“It feels great,” Brighton head coach Hugh Coleman said about the win. “We have a ton of juniors and seniors and this group has basically been together for three years. Last year we came up short, but this year, they’ve shown how much they’ve improved. It felt good or our seniors to go out this way because I’ve felt it was a few years in the making.”
