Saturday, December 6, 2008

Streak snapped

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s longest active high school football winning streak — and fourth longest ever — came to an end Saturday in Tennessee when Hillsboro beat Maryville 10-7 for the Class 4A state championship.
Jacob Noe kicked a 20-yard field goal with 8:52 left, and the Burros (13-2) held on to hand Maryville (14-1) its first loss since Nov. 28, 2003. The Rebels came into the game as four-time defending champions and had won 74 consecutive games.
Maryville owned the nation’s longest active streak less than 24 hours. South Panola (Miss.) had its winning streak snapped at 89 when Meridian won the Mississippi Class 5A title in overtime Friday night.
De La Salle (Calif) holds the record with 151 in a row from 1992-2004. Charlotte (N.C.) Independence won 109 in a row from 2000-2007.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Must be one heck of a program they have. Hopefully those kids realize they accomplished more than most people can only dream of.

Dale Lolley said...

Deshea Townsend is a graduate of Maryville, Miss. He had a better weekend.