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High school soccer: In physical match, Bengals edge Hawks

Jungle Love | 12:39 a.m. April 5, 2008

Way to go Bengals!

nostradomis | 6:53 a.m. April 5, 2008

Sounds like a great game, way to go Mike. Dan R. you mentioned in the article that Alta was ranked 3rd, according to last monday's d-news poll they were ranked 4th behind Jordan, Brighton and Bountiful. What ranking poll are you refering to? Alta may be 3rd next week since Jordan go thumped by Skyline, but last week they were 4th. Bountiful beat WX in an awsome game 1-0, so Brighton and Bountiful should move up, personally I think Alta should move up also since Jordon got clobbered.

Anonymous | 7:49 a.m. April 5, 2008

I was not at the game yesterday, but I was so glad to see Brighton beat Alta. They are the better team and better sports. Alta has a majority of the Nighthawk club team and they have horrible sportsmanship both in club and in highschool. I am glad when anyone can put Alta/Nighthawks in their place. It is too bad too, because the Nighthawk boys have all the talent in the world, but their attitude and that of their club coach and parents get in the way. Brighton is a class act.

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to nostradomis | 10:59 a.m. April 5, 2008

before you act like you know whats going on check your sources. their talking about the 5a rankings. not the overall. alta was 3rd in 5a. overall their 4th behind bountiful who is 4a.

Anonymous | 11:00 a.m. April 5, 2008

he was refering to the 5A rankings that wen 1. jordan 2.brighton 3. alta 4. viewmont 5. layton. And if anyone should be moving up after this week it is Viewmont they beat #5 layton 8-2 and then freemont 4-0.

Anonymous | 1:30 p.m. April 5, 2008

Brighton does not play soccer, they play kick the ball and run as hard as you can, i thought that was called kick ball? you know, the little game elementary kids play at recess. If Brighton is such a class act why would they play just as physical and more, but whenever they got touched they would fall over like little girls? The ref even acknowledged the fact that Nielson is a flopper, even though he bought into it the majority of the time. The nighthawk players on the brighton team were exemplifying the exact same "attitude" that the alta players supposedly were.

Anonymous | 1:56 p.m. April 5, 2008

nighthawk players are a bunch of poor sports. i think brighton is a much more diciplined team then alta and alta has horrible sportsmanship. i like that brighton beat alta

axl rose | 2:00 p.m. April 5, 2008

whoever thinks the "alta/nighthawks" were put in their place is clueless. 1-0, with that fluke goal? I wouldn't consider that being put in their place at all, I would consider it sheer luck. The bengals are lucky the hawk's offense couldn't capitalize on their chances. (richard harrison)

fan of soccer | 2:59 p.m. April 5, 2008

If you were a true fan of soccer, you would know that both programs, Alta and Brighton, play a very good brand of ball. To sit here and name call either team shows YOUR lack of sportsmanship. For years coach Lee Mitchell has built programs around the atmosphere of being a family. The players treat each other as equals and go for a common goal. The same is true at Brighton. I know players on both squads from years of referee work, and I can tell you there are a lot of clss act athletes on both sides. So please put your holier than thou attitude away and recognize that Friday's game was a great game.

nostradomis | 3:44 p.m. April 5, 2008

"fan of soccer", this is all a part of the fun of competition, the game, and freedom of expression. Don't get your shorts all tied up in a knot. Chill......

side line | 9:40 p.m. April 5, 2008

Take the time to look at the pictures and videos taken by the fans, you can clearly see that Nielson was a marked player by the Alta team and the coach. You can see how Nielson was deliberately and ruthlessly fouled to hurt him or take him out of the game. He never has a chance to ---- how did you it as a silly adult --- flop? Grow up! No one wants to see a player get hurt. It doesn't matter what team we play for. Keep it clean, and stop trying to hurt the other players that you think are "floppers."

soccer fan | 1:06 p.m. April 6, 2008

Your negative comments regarding Nighthawk Soccer and Alta Soccer show your ignorance and jealousy of a dominant program for the past decade. Both Alta and Brighton are good teams and many of the nighthawks also play for Brighton. Put your past jealousies aside and try to enjoy the rest of the season.

soccer fan | 1:14 p.m. April 6, 2008

I enjoyed the game yesterday. Either team can beat the other on any given day. Way to go Nighthawks. Soccer fans recognize that you are the team beat.

fan of the game | 1:53 p.m. April 6, 2008

Would you please let us know where we can tak the time to look at the pictures and videos taken by the fans. I tried to post a request wice yesterday and it wouldn't let me. Perhaps the person monitoring this site found it offensive that I would ask.

history | 4:24 p.m. April 7, 2008

brighton's history always shows the same thing. defense oriented at the start of the season, goal oriented at the end of the season. next meeting could be 5-4. all i know is not many people are playing as strong as brighton is right now. i just hope they don't turn out like Jordadn and over look good quality teams like Hillcrest, T-vill, and Skyline. go benglas, bring it home.

Nighthawks rule | 6:28 p.m. April 7, 2008

so i just wanna know why people are hatin on the nighthawks...i mean did we beat you to many times in club? or what? our sportsmanship is fine, just because you cant handle a few words here and there. Deal with it, and if you think our coach on nighthawks got in the way of our talent you are wrong...he is one of the best coaches in the state, and the parents were behind us 100 percent so i dunno what you are talking about. the game on friday was a good game and a hard fought battle. Both teams brought their games which made the game that much more fun. And another thing i play for brighton and im pretty sure we dont have bad sportsmanship so yeah once again i dunno where you are comin from here

yesterday' is history | 7:09 p.m. April 7, 2008

night-who?

to Nighthawks rule | 7:11 p.m. April 7, 2008

is that Brighton JV?

alta fanz | 7:58 p.m. April 7, 2008

woo go alta! we'll get em next time guys. just you wait....and this time it will be 3-0, us!

i am a genius | 8:29 p.m. April 7, 2008

brighton's "strategy" of kick and run might have surprised the alta squad this time around, we'll see how different the game up at Brighton's field goes, and how each team deals with the other. . .

Anonymous | 9:08 p.m. April 7, 2008

If Alta was going to specifically mark a midfielder, they should have marked Travis Barton, he's more of a threat than Nielson. Both of them didn't do anything significant besides kicking the ball. Nielson tried to actually dribble the ball instead of merely booting it down field, and he got fouled because he thinks he can dribble the whole team.

sable | 8:31 p.m. April 9, 2008

BHS is so sick

sideline fan | 12:33 a.m. April 10, 2008

I was at the game on Friday and it sure didn't seem like the Mike Nielsen show that was written about in the article. I'm not sure if the writer saw the whole game like I did. The one goal that was scored was a very lucky goal. If it hadn't skimmed off the top of Brighton's head it would not have gone in. I am curious about all the dislike over the Nighthawk players. It seems that when any team is really good, people on other teams really take a dislike to the really good team. Maybe a little jealousy is in play here. It was a great game, and I agree that either team could win on any given day when they play each other. Keep providing us with great soccer!

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