High school's 151-football game winning streak comes to an end

[matcom]

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The players stood in a protective, knotted mass, huge green duffel bags at their feet and drawn expressions on their faces, as still more bags came off the conveyor at Oakland International Airport.

De La Salle High School's legendary winning streak was over. The loss Saturday to the Bellevue High Wolverines in Washington state, the Spartans' first game of the season, ended a record of 151 consecutive wins for De La Salle that stretched back to 1992. No other American football team -- college or professional -- can boast such a streak.

The team faced tremendous pressure from fans and media to keep making history -- and with just five returning starters from last year, it had also faced questions about how it would play.

But Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours after the loss, some players were already taking the long view.

"It's definitely very disappointing to work so hard over the summer and try to uphold the tradition," said senior Scott Hugo, who plays center. "The fact is, adversity comes at any time. The thing that's going to establish us as a team and group of teenagers is how we handle it. That will be the real measure of the Spartans. It's not the winning or losing."

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/06/BAG0P8KHA81.DTL

[nini]

1. FINALLY

a local HS in my area played them last year.. had a few calls on their side but did deserve the win.

Now, if the dude on Jeopardy can lose too! :evilgrin:

[Champ]

2. Old news

But not sure if this was ever posted. All I can say is what an amazing streak, congrats De La Salle :toast: