Port Washington’s Eynon brothers are placing the “win” in twins.
The 16-year-old fraternal brothers, eleventh graders Max and Harry, are taking Vikings soccer and lacrosse to new heights due to their relentless dedication and even perhaps some “telepathy” between the duo.
“We might be pondering of the identical track on the similar time or end one another’s sentences,” Max, a nationally ranked lax goalie who will play for Ohio State on a full scholarship, instructed The Put up.
“Our buddies will say one thing, and we’ll have the very same response at the very same time.”
The brotherly clairvoyance pays off properly on the gridiron, too, as Harry performs quarterback and Max snaps him the ball as a middle on their 4-2 squad.
“He is aware of what I’m going to do, and I’m going to know what he does,” stated Harry, who chucked 5 touchdowns in his staff’s 38-13 win over Herricks/Wheatley final week, bringing him to 18 on the 12 months.
Max is very motivated within the trenches to maintain his bro protected, particularly after seeing Harry break his ankle on the soccer area as a ninth grader.
“I simply know I’ve acquired to guard him,” stated Max, who’s youthful by about quarter-hour and, like Harry, checks in at 6-foot-2, 185 kilos.
“He offers me consolation again there within the pocket. … I believe it positively helps that we’ve got the connection that we do,” added Harry, who has been the starter since his sophomore 12 months.
It takes two
The inseparable brothers Eynons are as devoted to their lecturers as they’re to athletics.
Harry, who enjoys math and science programs, boasts a 4.2 GPA, whereas Max, who prefers topics like English and historical past, is incomes a 3.8 GPA — and may clear up a Rubik’s Dice in simply over a minute.
“Reasonably than a rivalry, we wish one another to have one of the best grades and have one of the best alternatives going ahead,” Harry stated.
Celebrating one another’s success is a big M.O. for the Eynons, too.
Max, who has been on Port’s varsity lacrosse staff since eighth grade, was his brother’s No. 1 fan when Harry, an all-county attacker, scored his first varsity purpose as a freshman in 2024.
“He got here operating down the sphere after I scored, and we celebrated at midfield,” Harry recalled of his twin, ranked because the Thirtieth-best participant within the nation and fourth-best goalkeeper by Inside Lacrosse.
“That was tremendous particular to me,” added Harry, who can be being recruited by schools for soccer and lacrosse.
The boys credit score their late grandmother, Pina, for uplifting them to change into athletes as little youngsters, following within the household matriarch’s loyal however painful Jets fandom.
“Her love for the Jets clearly got here down on us, after which us loving the Jets translated into eager to play soccer,” stated Harry.
“Each week we’d go to her home, sit, watch, and possibly know they had been going to lose,” Max joked.
Righting the Viking ship
Max and Harry rapidly turned accustomed to heartbreak and what looks like biblical curses related to Gang Inexperienced, but it surely’s motivated them to do what feels not possible for Port Washington soccer this season.
The Vikings haven’t gained a playoff sport in at the least 40 years, a drought that predates the holding of contemporary statistics.
“We’re altering the usual, altering the tradition right here,” stated Max, who greater than something desires to have that subsequent playoff match on dwelling turf at Paul D. Schreiber Excessive Faculty.
He’s optimistic about this 12 months and 2026, because the Vikings will return just a few dozen battle-tested juniors for a final dance.
“We’ve got a tight-knit group. … We wish to get [to] Hofstra,” he added of the Nassau County title sport’s school venue.
Each brothers additionally search to avenge final 12 months’s 9-7 loss to Massapequa within the county lacrosse title sport subsequent spring.
“Anyone in our method, we wish to undergo them — get to states, win states,” Harry stated.
Up subsequent is an important dwelling Friday evening matchup with 5-1 Farmingdale, adopted by a season finale at 1-5 Hicksville the subsequent Saturday.
“We’ve acquired Max to guard me and a fantastic O-line,” stated Harry, along with his brother including, “If we do what we have to do, I believe we’ve got a very good likelihood.”
