For the first time in 12 years, a home playoff football game will be played in Lynbrook .

It all came down to two heroic plays from its safeties as visiting Lynbrook recorded a gutsy 14-7 win over host Cold Spring Harbor on Saturday afternoon. The victory clinched both a head-to-head tiebreaker and a top-four finish in Nassau Conference IV for Lynbrook (5-2), which will host a home playoff game in two weeks for the first time since 2013.

Cold Spring Harbor (4-3) had the ball at the Owls’ 7-yard line with the second-quarter clock about to expire. Seahawks quarterback Rex O’Connor got the snap off and was flushed out to his left. While scrambling, O’Connor noticed tight end Ben Stark open in the end zone, and he lofted up a pass across his body. However, Lynbrook safety Chris Mangier

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