Athletics
The 1971 Boys Soccer team under coach Clarence Mepham won the sectionals, beating rival Pittsford in the final match. Notable about that team is the semi-final match against Spencerport. The first game ended in a 1–1 tie, after four sudden-death five-minute overtimes. The next day, the teams played again, also ending in a 1–1 tie, with another four sudden-death five-minute overtimes. The two exhausted teams took a day off, and then came back for a third game, which Brighton won 3-1. The games were written about in a Scorecard item in Sports Illustrated a few weeks later. Noted Brighton graduate and professional soccer player and coach David Sarachan was the center striker for that team.
The boys lacrosse team won the 2004 sectional championship.
In the 2006 season, the boys volleyball team went to sectional finals, beaten by Victor in the final game.
The girls lacrosse team has won 12 sectional titles and 2 state championships in the past 14 years (as of 2011). John Dugan's school record setting performance of 1:55.0 at the 1989 NYSPHSAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 800 meters stood for nearly twenty years. In 2007, Mike Geary set new marks for both the 800 meter (1:54) and the 1600 meter (4:19).
Brighton's eternally modest cross country coach Steve Pulos PhD is a former track All-American at 10,000 meters, Wineglass Marathon champion (2:34), and Lilac Festival 10k champion. Steve was the individual winner of the prestigious Lilac Festival 10k road race in 1980 with a time of 30:24, although he would never personally admit to any of his running accomplishments. To put this monster run into perspective, the former American record holder at 5k, Matt Centrowicz, would win this race two years later. On top of that, Steve's time blows the doors off several later individual winners, such as Scott Bagley, Todd Reeser, and Tom Haxton (perennial Rochester road racing champion, University of Rochester All-American, and University of Chicago All-American, respectively).
In addition, Coach Pulos team's have won eight Section V Championships in track/cross country during his coaching tenure at Brighton High.
In 2006 Zack Ellis(103 sophomore) went to states placed 2nd
In 2007 two members of the brighton varsity wrestling team went to states, Joey Disalvo(215) and Zach Elis(112), a senior and a junior respectively
In 2008 Zack Ellis(119) returned to states with another senior, Matt Mahon(285) who made all-state
The boys and girls cross-country team were New York State Champions in 2004.
The Girls Alpine Ski Team won the NYS crown in 2005.
The Boys Basketball team produced a 17-3 record in 2007 and advanced into the Monroe County Tournament as the number 1 seed for the AA division. Five players were selected to the Monroe County 2007 All-Star Team (Joe Reed, Brad Cronister, Connor Dever, Dan Holtzman, Brandon Burris).
The Boys Baseball team made it to the sectional championships in 2006 where they lost to rival Pittsford Sutherland
The Boys Swim team sent several swimmers to the state competition in 2007 and again in 2010, and won sectional titles in 2012, 2011, and 2009.
The Boys diving team had the pleasure of sending diver Devin Zdanowski to the New York State Diving Championships in 2010 after taking 1st place in the 2010 Section V Championship meet.
The Boys Bowling team won its first Division III title in 2007. Also Richard Farrington made the All Section 5 composite team for states that year.
The Brighton Crew team has produced many Division 1 rowers at schools such as Annapolis, Georgetown, Princeton, Stanford, Wisconsin, and Yale. The Boys Crew team won the NYS Championship points trophy in 2005. The Boys Lightweight Four won the NYS Championship in 2005, placed third in 2006, and placed second in 2007. The Boys Double won the NYS Championship in both 2005 and 2007.The Boys Double with Henry Fitts and Aidan Marsh went to Nationals in 2007.
In 2009, the Boys Track and Field Team won their first Sectional Title. The team prevailed after trading leads with Pittsford Mendon all throughout the day. The Barons secured their title when 10th seeded Philip Cooper won the 200m by 3 hundredths of a second.
In 2011, the Brighton Barons Boys soccer team won their third sectional title after defeating Aquinas in the Class A finals 2-0. They then defeated East Aurora of Buffalo 4-0 to win the Western New York Regional title, which gave them a berth in the 2011 State Championship tournament in Middletown, NY. The Barons came up short to Maine-Endwell in the semi-finals, where they lost in penalty kicks 4-5 after they tied 1-1 in regulation. They ended the season 13-4-4.
The Boys Volleyball team won sectionals for the first time in school history (2012) and reached the State-Semis.
The Girls Soccer Team beat Aquinas (1-0) for the sectional crown. They advanced to the State-Semis for the first time in school history where they lost 1-0 to Jamesville-Dewitt.
The boys soccer team won another title in 2012, when they defeated the 8th in the nation, and rival Pittsford Mendon, after Mendon swept them in regular season play. They beat Mendon 3-1. They lost in the Regional game to Williamsville East 2-0.
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