Unbeaten LI football powerhouses prepare for first-ever battle and Kash Patel loves it

It’s been years since either the Garden City Trojans or the Massapequa Chiefs lost a football game. But one has to Saturday night at Hofstra University. The two Long Island title towns will play head-to-head for the first time in a long-awaited thriller that all eyes are on — especially the schools’ most high-profile alumni. “Once a Trojan, always a Trojan,” FBI director Kash Patel told The Post. “I played my playoff games at Hofstra as Garden City’s place-kicker, and I am proud to see the tradition they’re carrying forward.Let’s keep it rolling.
Go Trojans!” The excitement is just as palpable a few miles east off Merrick Road, added Fox News host and Massapequa graduate Brian Kilmeade. “I have never in all my years in Massapequa heard more buzz about a regular-season game than this one vs.Garden City,” said Kilmeade, a former MHS soccer player who still lives in town. “While I hope the Chiefs will prevail, I guarantee the stands will be packed — and the football will be great.” The Nassau County districts have never played each other because they are in separate conferences based on school size — the Chiefs being the larger in Conference I and the Trojans in Conference II. A recent Section VIII rule change allowed the heavyweight crossover that’s shutting down both nabes this weekend, even with an inbound nor’easter — the game is a go as of late Thursday — set to slam the island. “It’s going to be loud,” Chiefs senior wideout Dylan Milio said.
“Really loud.” Coach Kevin Shippos’ hot-handed Chiefs — Massapequa has won 25 consecutive games — have reigned historically supreme as the first Nassau County squad to win three straight Long Island titles at the team’s level. He called the upcoming iconic Saturday “something the team will remember for the rest of their lives” and is leaving them with this message: “Go out there and let it fly.” “You only get eight games guaranteed, and this ha...