Yesterday, in state playoff motion, there have been a few year-on-year streaks which had been on the road.
In Delaware, Delmar (Del.) was trying to hold alive its streak of 9 consecutive state titles, which it was capable of do with an exciting 3-2 additional time win over Georgetown Sussex Academy (Del.). The Wildcats will due to this fact tackle Wilmington (Del.) Mates College within the last on Saturday to increase its streak of state championships, to tie Shrub Oak Lakeland (N.Y.), Silver Spring Bethesda-Chevy Chase (Md.), and Watertown (Mass.) for the second-longest state champion streak in Nationwide Federation historical past.
Up the coast in Maine, Skowhegan (Maine) Space was trying to win its sectional championship, the MPA North “A” title, for the twenty third consecutive 12 months, resulting in a Saturday berth within the state last. Nevertheless, an impressed Brewer (Maine) facet shut out the River Hawks 3-0 to present itself a foothold on the state championship trophy this 12 months.
Every of those crew streaks is outstanding in its personal approach. Delmar’s is spectacular due to the depth and high quality of the crew, in addition to the way in which the crew makes use of the ball to do the work. Most years of the streak, they’ve confirmed to be one of the best crew within the state of Delaware, if not the nation. They had been one of the best and most resilient program, for my part, in the course of the world pandemic, even profitable their 2020 state last in mid-December when most different packages had brief seasons or their gamers transitioned to indoor membership hockey.
Skowhegan’s streak is multigenerational, one which noticed the crew make the state last for not solely 22 straight seasons, however 26 within the final 27 years. Head coach Paula Doughty has taken her gifted gamers, together with a number of who went Division I, and shaped them into dedicated groups who didn’t wish to be those to finish the state last streak.
For me, these two streaks may be thought of amongst the all-time most spectacular crew streaks, alongside the three that we mentioned on this weblog entry a 12 months in the past.
There are additionally others, resembling the truth that Oklahoma Metropolis Casady College (Okla.) didn’t lose a sport for 17 seasons, albeit the Cyclones performed a lot shorter seasons than most groups again within the 50s and 60s.
There was additionally the otherworldly Watertown (Mass.) unbeaten streak of 184 video games, in addition to the Raiders’ shutout string of 41 matches, the latter of which which ended a 12 months in the past this month.
Who do you suppose has essentially the most spectacular crew streak in scholastic area hockey’s 115 12 months historical past?
