Those Commack players weren’t the only ones feeling good at Diamond in the Pines on that late-April night in 2021 when they edged Newfield for the coveted crown in Suffolk AA boys soccer . A masked seventh-grade ball boy for the Cougars from that pandemic era was loving it, too.

“It was definitely like a surreal experience being able to watch them,” Brayden O’Boyle said, flashing back recently to that game in Coram. “A couple of them babysat me when I was a young kid. Being able to watch them and being just a year shy of playing with them was kind of a cool experience.

“There’s a picture of me with them after the game, so that’s kind of like a heartfelt moment.”

That ball boy has become a really good player.

O’Boyle is a senior central attacking midfielder and a D-I prospect. And he

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