Garden City planted the seeds of victory a long time ago.

The impenetrable Trojans football team defeated Baldwin 31-0 in the quarterfinals, setting a New York state record with 63 consecutive wins, which dates back to 2020, after falling to Lindenhurst in the Long Island title game the year prior.

“To be at the top of New York State is something that the program deserves,” head coach Dave Ettinger, who has won the last nine Nassau County titles and five Long Island championships, told The Post.

Garden City head football coach Dave Ettinger is pictured. Heather Khalifa for the New York Post

“We don’t talk about [the streak] a lot, but we have spoken about it the last couple of weeks because I do think it’s important for the program to achieve that.”

Attention now shifts to winning ga

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