"I'll take [the win] when we can get it," Mike Lorback said after the victory. "He's having a tough season this year. I felt a little uneasy about people recognizing it at their field.

"It's just the nature of the business. The schools are crosstown rivals."

Some may view 300 wins as a special achievement, but Mike Lorback downplayed the accomplishment.

"It's nice that people recognize it, and I appreciate that," said Lorback, who has coached at Henderson for 23 years and previously at Conestoga for two seasons. "But it just means I've had some good players and that I've been around for awhile."

Todd Lorback, who has coached at East for five seasons and is six years younger than Mike, disagreed.

"It's a heck of an accomplishment," Todd said. "It shows you have the longevity and the high win percentage. It's a mark of his consistency of producing good teams."

Under the older Lorback brother, Henderson won the state championship in 2002 and was runner-up in 2004 and 2005. The Warriors also won District One championships in 2000, 2002 and 2004.

Henderson finished this season 8-1-1 in the Ches-Mont League Red Division and 9-6-2 overall. East was 1-11 and 1-17.

Since the Lorbacks have been coaching against each other at the West Chester schools, Mike and the Warriors lead the head-to-head series, 6-2-1.

The brothers played soccer throughout high school and college and acknowledge their father, a familiar figure in Chester County soccer circles, as a major influence. Mel Lorback was the head coach at West Chester University for more than 30 years starting in the late 1950s and received the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Honor Award for his contributions to the sport.

According to Todd Lorback, it was natural for the brothers to get into coaching.

"We had grown up around soccer," said Todd. "[Mel] won a national championship in 1961 [at West Chester University]. That was a big influence."

Mike Lorback agreed.

"He certainly was a huge influence on us," Mike said. "Soccer was big at West Chester, and we grew up playing it."

Mel Lorback died in 2004 before Todd became the head coach at East and never saw his sons coach against each other. For their mother, however, the Lorback brothers' games pose quite a problem.

"It's hard for her to watch us play against each other because she's not going to be rooting for or against one of us," Todd said. "If our dad was still alive, I think it'd be more difficult for him."

"It's tough for her to try and be neutral," Mike said. "It's hard on her."

The brothers claim there is no sibling rivalry.

"East and Henderson have had a long-standing West Chester rivalry that existed long before we were coaching here," said Mike.

Todd confirmed any rivalry between the teams is purely on the field.

"[The] East and Henderson rivalry has been going on for a long time," the Vikings coach said. "It's the kids who play."