Coaching can be easier when you have a player like junior Justin DePietro on your team. DePietro is Nassau’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year and headlines a strong Carey defense as the team eases back into a Nassau Conference II schedule.

DePietro led Carey to the Long Island Class III championship last season and has the top-seeded Seahawks off to a 2-0 start. They’ll be tested in the season’s third week when they travel to unbeaten and No. 3 South Side for a Saturday encounter at 2 p.m.

Carey is on a 14-game win streak and South Side is looking to halt that roll.

“They have two very good running backs, and we have to slow them down,” Carey coach Mike Stanley said. “We have to limit the explosive runs.”

South Side is coming off a disappointing 3-7 season, which included so

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