Northport has faced six tests so far, some harder than others, but the Tigers have passed them all.

There’s experience with eight returning starters and 15 players back overall competing for this boys soccer team that has dropped from AAA to AA and is seeking the program’s first Suffolk crown since 1982.

It’s way early, but could this be the Year of the Tiger?

“It’s tough to say, so many games left,” coach Don Strasser said after undefeated Northport’s latest win, a 2-1, Suffolk II decision Wednesday at Smithtown West. “But, yeah, we have something special right now. I will say that. We’re playing hard. We’re playing well. We’re disciplined.

“… We’re not even at the halfway mark yet, but we definitely like what we see.”

They definitely liked what they saw in the first half. Oliver Ko

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