A total of 25 teams begin the 2023-24 high school basketball season with win streaks of 25 games or more. A few of those teams have a chance to break a state record for consecutive victories this year.
No. 1 on the list is
Dakota Valley (North Sioux City, S.D.), which has won two straight state championships and begins the year with 53 straight wins. The Panthers are just 11 games away from breaking the state record of 64 in a row by
Armour from 1978 to 1980.
Dale also has a chance to break the state record in Oklahoma. The Pirates have won 41 in a row, the third-longest active win streak in the nation, and needs 18 wins to tie
Central (Tulsa), which won 59 in a row from 1930-32.
The only other team with a chance at breaking the state record is
Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.). The Giants have won 33 in a row and need 17 to tie the state record of 50 by
Lawrence North (Indianapolis) in 2005-06.
The list of longest active win streaks also includes the state record for longest streak along with the years the streak was set.
Central Cabarrus enters the 2023-24 season with a 32-game win streak, the latest being a 65-51 win over Northwood last March in North Carolina's Class 3A state championship game. (Photo: Charles Mardre)
1.
Dakota Valley (North Sioux City, S.D.), 53
State record: Armour, 64 (1978-80)
2.
Richmond Heights (Ohio), 49
State record: Middletown, 76 (1955-58)
3.
Dale (Okla.), 41
State record: Central (Tulsa), 59 (1930-32)
4.
Southern Aroostook (Dyer Brook, Maine), 40
State record: Valley (Bingham), 101 (1997-2002)
5.
John Marshall (Richmond, Va.), 37
State record: Norton, 65 (1946-49)
T6.
Poly Prep Country Day (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 35
State record: Belleville Henderson Central (Belleville), 104 (1966-71)
T6.
Central Cass (Casselton, N.D.), 35
State record: Alsen, 79 (1957-59)
8.
Valley (Ala.), 34
State record: Tuscaloosa Academy (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), 100 (1980-83)
9.
Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 33
State record: Lawrence North (Indianapolis), 50 (2005-06)
T10.
Central Cabarrus (Concord, N.C.), 32
State record: Beaufort, 91 (1960-62)
T10.
Metamora (Ill.), 32
State record: Lawrenceville, 68 (1981-83)
12.
Coahoma County (Clarksdale, Miss.), 30
State record: Simmons (Hollandale), 80 (1992-94)
T13.
De Pere (Wis.), 30
State record: Germantown, 69 (2011-14)
T13.
Gilford (N.H.), 30
State record: Conant (Jaffrey), 63 (2005-07)
15.
Albany (Minn.), 29
State record: Edina, 69 (1965-68)
T16.
Bellevue West (Bellevue, Neb.), 29
State record: Wahoo, 114 (1988-92)
T16.
Lancaster (Va.), 29
State record: Staunton, 85 (2003-06)
T18.
Kimball (Dallas, Texas), 28
State record: Snook, 90 (1964-66)
T18.
Mesa Ridge (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 28
State record: Sanford, 74 (2014-17)
20.
Warren Central (Bowling Green, Ky.), 27
State record: Horse Cave, 65 (1942-45)
T21.
City College (Baltimore, Md.), 26
State record: Dunbar (Baltimore), 59 (1981-83)
T21.
Lake City (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), 26
State record: Lapwai, 82 (1987-89)
23.
Grand View Christian (Des Moines, Iowa), 25
State record: Pomeroy-Palmer (Pomeroy), 103 (1986-89)
T24.
Hesston (Kan.), 25
State record: Heights (Wichita), 62 (2010-12)
T24.
Lubbock Christian (Lubbock, Texas), 25
