Brighton, Leviner led by Tech Boston

DORCHESTER – Head coach Randolph Abraham led the postgame huddle with his mantra of walking first, then running as the Brighton Bengals prepared for a deep playoff run.

Time Leviner took the example to heart.

The 5-foot-8, 180-pound tailback battled spasms throughout the game but managed 139 yards on just 14 carries.

The Bengals improved to 4-1 on the season, but it wasn’t as pretty as Abraham would have liked.

“I had to be strategic with (Leviner), but he had a great game, got the ball, and our quarterback struggled and Leviner picked us up,” Abraham said. “We’ve been preaching discipline and the team that makes the least mistake wins. We knew they were going to have a strong defense and we took advantage of that.

On the first series, Brighton collected 14 plays from the line of scrimmage, including three penalties against the Bears when James Burrell finished off the drive on a four-yard run.

A pass interference penalty extended another clock-killing 15-game streak when Anthony Monteiro-Pires took a 24-yard first down on a nice corner route from Sahmir Morales.

Penalties for Tech Boston all game with five penalties, a pass interference score and two late fumbles, handing the ball to the Bengals in bear territory.

“Not playing for two weeks really hurt us and not having that live feeling and playing against the competition for two weeks can really drag on you,” Tech Boston head coach Raoul Brown said. “I want to see what our team looks like after this (loss) because our defensive coordinator did a good job planning this game, our offense didn’t do much because of the penalties.” If my year-round team shows up next week – we should be fine.

The defense got the Bears on the board as Tech Boston picked off Morales for a 30-yard interception return by Xavier Landrum to get things back to 14-6.

The teams traded touchdowns on the next four possessions, but it was Morales who took a broken play into the end zone on a 21-yard quarterback scamper on fourth-and-16.

Morales finished 16-for-25 for 133 yards, mostly on screens in the short passing game with Yariel Ortiz and Quentin Dulin on the outside.

“That run was amazing, but I wish we hadn’t put ourselves in that situation,” Abraham added. “I give Tech Boston credit, they’re a good team and I don’t see them losing this season – they put up a hell of a fight.”