Wave the Banner High

The MacArthur Generals flag football team has had a remarkable season, remaining undefeated throughout their campaign.

With a perfect 9-0 record, the team is aiming to secure the first championship title in the program’s brief, four-year history at Nassau County school. This year’s squad appears poised to achieve that milestone.

“The energy is always incredible. Whenever someone makes a play, whether it’s pulling a flag or catching a pass, the cheers are deafening,” said senior wide receiver and defensive lineman Taylor Garro in an interview with The Post.

“The support from our teammates and coaches is amazing, it’s almost unbelievable,” added Garro, who is set to continue playing flag football at Iona University next year.

Under the guidance of Coach Steve Fazzolari, the team has come close to victory before, particularly in the initial 2023 season. That year, they narrowly missed the championship, losing to Plainview-Old Bethpage with a score of 7-6.

Garro still has the chip on her shoulder. 

“It was devastating,” she said. “But now I think that we can finally come back and get a crack at it.”

Fazzolari is also impressed by the sweat equity his team shows — and by the fact that they aren’t letting their heads get too big for the moment. 

“One thing we stress here, what the girls have bought into, is just a next-play mentality,” he said. 

“No matter what’s going on, they just focus on the next play.”

He said that a big part of their practice routine is both doing the little things right by paying attention to detail and pushing into the territory of “being comfortably uncomfortable” when adversity comes on the gridiron. 

“The girls have played well, and then they’re not close to reaching their potential yet,” he said.

“The undefeated part doesn’t mean much to me. We want to win our last game of the year.”