In sports, the best teams are often described as a family. For Montoursville, that is much more literal description. Two sets of brothers — senior Quinn Winslow and junior Bryce Winslow, and junior CJ Lucas and freshman Liam Lucas — are doing much of the heavy lifting for the Warriors as they get ready to play their first District 4 semifinal this century.

The Winslow brothers, who have combined for 30 goals and 30 assists, have been a huge part, along with older Mason, a 2023 Montoursville graduate, of the rise of the Montoursville program.

“Obviously, there was one who graduated a couple of years ago, but they’ve all been a big part of the program. For us, the chemistry between them is incredible. Their ability to talk to each other and work together with the ball is so natural,” Montoursville coach Bryan Pauling said. “It seems like on nearly every one of our goals, one of them either scores or gets the assist. They’re such a strong bond and an important piece of what we do through the middle and up top.”

While both Winslow brothers are interested in playing college soccer, they don’t know what the future holds in terms of playing together in the future. They’ve really enjoyed playing with each other and hey know that they might be playing together for the last time during the postseason, and they’re doing their best to keep their run alive.

“It’s great. Quinn got to play with my oldest brother when he was a freshman, and now I get to play with him. I love it. I’m just enjoying every minute of it, and every game we’re pushing our hardest and making the most of our time together as teammates,” Bryce Winslow said.

For Quinn, it’s all about making memories that will last a lifetime.

“I’m going to remember being able to play with my brothers and the Lucases,” he said. “That’s what I’ll think about 20 or 30 years down the road.”

Playing together has been a long time coming for the Lucas brothers as well. And their chemistry on the field is evident.

“We’ve played multiple sports together forever, so we know each other really well. We know how we play, we know each other’s styles, and we play off one another,” said CJ Lucas, who has 11 goals and 16 assists this year.

There was a bit of an adjustment period to playing together on the varsity field, but those growing pains have gone away.

“We started off a little shaky, yeah, but once we settled in, we were able to play the one-two balls well. We kind of just know each other’s going all the time,” said Liam Lucas, who scored a crucial goal in the team’s 3-1 win over Wellsboro.

Coach Pauling thinks have two sets of brothers, especially ones as good as these pairs, is a huge advantage.

“It’s pretty unique to have two sets of brothers on the same team. They work together so well,” Pauling noted. “It’s almost like having two sets of twins, and they really do function that way.”