High school boys lacrosse: Park City shuts down Brighton in 5A title game rematch

Park City’s Parker Jones keeps the ball from Brighton’s Ryder Horner at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights on Friday, April 3, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News While Park City’s 2026 schedule is packed with marquee, circle-worthy games, in reality, Friday’s trip to Brighton was the only one worthy of the brightest Sharpie in the drawer. The Miners have lost to Brighton in the 5A championship game each of the past two seasons, including a wild 10-9 loss a year ago, so there was no shortage of motivation in the hyped rematch.

“We look at the season as a series of building blocks. Brighton’s always a good team, always very competitive, but there was a little bit of remembering what happened in the tournament last time we played them,” said Park City head coach Michael Persky. Spurred on by another dominant defensive performance, Park City reclaimed bragging rights, for one night at least.

It held Brighton to just one goal after the first quarter, rallying for the 5-3 victory on a night with five different goal scorers. “Our defense has been playing great all year,” Persky said. “Our offense, we’ve got a lot of good pieces, we just haven’t figured out how to put them all together yet, but I thought the boys had a lot more patience in the second half than they did in the first half, and in the end that’s what allowed them to prevail.

” at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights on Friday, April 3, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News Park City’s Thomas Davis celebrates Park City’s win against Brighton in boys lacrosse at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights on Friday, April 3, 2026. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News Park City’s Parker Jones keeps the ball from Brighton’s Ryder Horner at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights on Friday, April 3, 2026.