Folsom's win over
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) in the Northern California Division 1AA regional playoff win marked the end of a historic run by the Spartans. A look at the numbers shows just how dominant the Spartans have been over the past four decades and why Folsom's win is so remarkable.
• The loss to
Folsom (Calif.) marked the first playoff loss to a Northern California team since 1991 when the Spartans lost to Pittsburg. That's a run of 80 straight playoff wins against Northern California teams between losses.
• Overall, De La Salle's playoff record is 107-12 since 1982. Six of the wins and eight of the losses have come against Southern California opponents, giving the Spartans a playoff record of 101-4 against Northern California opponents.
• The loss to Folsom marked the second time since 1982 that De La Salle lost a playoff game that wasn't a championship game. The other non-championship loss came against Miramonte (Orinda) 14-7 in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs in 1983.
• De La Salle's only other NorCal loss came against Monte Vista (Danville) 14-13 in the 1987 Class 3A championship game.
• Since 1979, Bob Ladouceur's first year at De La Salle, the Spartans have a record of 501-35-3. De La Salle's record against Northern California opponents is 459-14-3. The Spartans' record against non-NorCal opponents is 42-21.
• De La Salle has the following record against Southern California and various states: SoCal (including Central Section teams) is 34-11, Florida 0-3, Texas 0-1, South Carolina 1-0, Nevada 2-1, Utah 0-1, Hawaii 1-0, Colorado 1-0, Maryland 0-1, New Jersey 0-2, Washington D.C. 1-0, Ohio 1-0, Louisiana 1-0, Washington 0-1.
• De La Salle had a streak of 318 games without a loss (316-0-2) against Northern California teams prior to a loss to Saint Francis (Mountain View) in the third game of the season this year. De La Salle's next string of NorCal wins lasted seven games.
De La Salle's playoff record is 107-12 since 1982. Six of the wins and eight of the losses have come against Southern California opponents, giving the Spartans a playoff record of 101-4 against Northern California opponents.
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Alcoa (Tenn.) defeated East Nashville 45-14 in the Tennessee Class 3A state finals to win its seventh straight state championship and the 20th in school history. Coach Gary Rankin, the winningest coach in Tennessee history with 466 career wins, also won his 17th state championship — 14 of them with the Tornadoes.
Alcoa ranks No. 1 in Tennessee history for state championships and Rankin ranks 13th all-time among national coaches. The seven straight state titles is the longest active streak in the nation.
Bixby sets 11-man win streak in Oklahoma
Bixby defeated Deer Creek (Edmond) 63-14 in the Oklahoma Class 6A-II state finals last week to win its 49th straight game and break the state record for consecutive wins. Wagoner held the previous mark of 48 straight wins, set from 2014-17.
The longest win streaks for football teams of any size are held by
Shattuck and
Morrison at the 8-man level. Morrison set a 90-game win streak that ended in 1995. Shattuck topped that mark with a 92-game win streak that ended in 2009.
Shattuck's win streak is the fourth longest football win streak regardless of team size while Morrison's is the fifth longest. Pahranagat Valley holds the longest 8-man streak at 104 in a row. It ranks No. 3 among all football streaks.
Nine teams pass 800-win milestone
Prior to the 2021 season, only 31 high school football programs had won 800 or more games in their history. This year, however, nine teams have joined their ranks.
New teams over 800 wins include:
Pulaski Academy continues passing tradition without Kevin Kelley
Although Kevin Kelley no longer coaches at
Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), the Bruins have not slowed down under first-year head coach Anthony Lucas. Besides winning the Class 5A state championship, Pulaski Academy had a quarterback pass for over 4,000 yards for the 18th time, which is the most by any program in the country.
Charlie Fiser threw for 4,988 yards, which ranks seventh all-time at Pulaski Academy. With 8,049 career yards, he's the eighth Pulaski Academy quarterback to top 8,000 yards in his career.
