Nassau Conference II teams had a one-year reprieve, as Garden City dropped to Conference III last year. But with the Trojans, winners of nine straight county championships (eight in Conference II) returning to their usual conference, the power dynamic may be shifting back in their favor.

But Long Beach isn’t ready to simply hand them another title, and the Marines will get the first chance at ending Garden City’s Long Island-record 54-game win streak .

Long Beach opens its season against Garden City on Saturday. Long Beach returns a strong core from last year’s team that reached the Nassau II semifinals .

Among the returning starters are players in arguably the two most important positions in high school football — starting quarterback Charlie Conway and running back Brody Riedel,

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