Seaford High School Wins Nassau Title, Eyes LI Championship

SEAFORD, NY — The Seaford High School football team has been crowned the Nassau County Conference IV champions and will go on to play in the Long Island championship following a hard-fought win over Cold Spring Harbor.

The Vikings (10-1) won 14-8 on Saturday at Hofstra University's James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead. Their only loss in the season was to Cold Spring Harbor earlier in the year.

It's the school's 10th county title, according to Newsday.

"We have a really strong will and this is something we wanted very badly," offensive lineman and linebacker Tim Russell told the newspaper after the game. "We weren’t going to give in. We didn't feel good about losing that earlier game. We didn’t feel good about losing this [championship] game to them last year. There was no way they were going to want it more than us."

The team even got a shout-out from outgoing U.S. Rep. Pete King, who lives in Seaford.

"Congrats to @SeafordHSPride for winning Nassau County Conference IV football title," King tweeted. "Special kudos to friend, neighbor & legendary coach Rob Perpal."

The Vikings will go on to play Shoreham-Wading River on Saturday, a team that just beat Mt. Sinai in the Suffolk Division IV championship.

Below are photos and video highlights from the Vikings' big win.

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Nassau County Champs 2019!!!
A post shared by Seaford Booster Club (@seafordboosterclub) on Nov 24, 2019 at 6:50am PST

Kyle Phieffer recovers a fumble in the end zone as Seaford takes a 7-0 lead with 1:42 left in the second quarter pic.twitter.com/X4MSha16OP
— Owen O'Brien (@owenobri) November 23, 2019

Tom Viscio with a 1-yard TD run on fourth down to give Seaford a 14-0 lead with 6:37 left in Q4. The play capped off a 19-play, 80-yard drive pic.twitter.com/IGf5erbAfx
— Owen O'Brien (@owenobri) November 23, 2019

Richie Striano connects with Casey Reynolds for the 21-yard TD and Cold Spring Harbor cuts Seaford’s lead to 14-8 with 2:18 left in Q4 following Striano running in the two-point conversion pic.twitter.com/3dED7lX5MQ
— Owen O'Brien (@owenobri) November 23, 2019

Seaford defeats Cold Spring Harbor, 14-8, to win the Nassau Conference IV football championship pic.twitter.com/WXtx8wZ9qM
— Owen O'Brien (@owenobri) November 23, 2019

With great support from cheering, pep band, the Boosters and lots of fans, Football wins Nassau County championship game 14-8 and advances to LI Championship next weekend! Great job to everyone involved in a terrific win. Go Vikings! pic.twitter.com/QcmKuF3qQU
— Seaford High School (@SeafordHSPride) November 24, 2019

Some behind the scenes from Seaford’s win last night to claim the Nassau Conference IV championship. Gotta love this school spirit. Student section was hype all night long @SeafordHSPride @NewsdayHSsports pic.twitter.com/C29XQYqL43
— Julia Elbaba (@JulesElbaba) November 25, 2019