Port Washington football breaks 50-year drought — and isn’t stopping there
On Friday, Port Washington’s varsity football team won its first playoff game since Gerald Ford was president. The Vikings (7-2) routed Plainview-Old Bethpage 40-0 in the opening round, snapping a postseason drought dating to 1976 and advancing to the Nassau County semifinals. “We’re not satisfied just because we won a game,” senior right tackle Max Eynon, who protects his twin brother, QB Harry Eynon, told The Post. “There’s no surprise on this field, and with this team that we got here. This was the goal, and we’re still going.” Brothers Harry Eynon, left, and Max Eynon stand after varsity football practice at Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. Heather Khalifa for NY Post The fourth seed has its toughest task yet waiting Saturday at Hofstra University: the undefeated and top-seeded Massapequa Chiefs, who snapped Garden City’s nation-leading 68-game win streak on the same field in September. “They’re a great team. … But it’s about us and what we do right here,” Harry Eynon added. Righting the ship The Vikings aren’t looking back half a century to the days of disco, but instead to last year, when Port Wash fell to Syosset 49-48 on
