Independence Loses to Cincinnati Elder in Overtime »
Last night, as the clock neared midnight, the streak of 109 consecutive football victories was snapped. Whether it was the fact that the Cincinnati Elder Panthers (that name just doesn't flow off the tongue) out-played or out-coached the Independence Patriots, or whether the fact that the players from the Big I had to travel much of the day Friday and face another team while they were so far away from home is irrelevant. The streak is over. For now, at least.
While this streak ends, another is still alive, for the Patriots have at least a passing chance at securing their eighth straight state championship this year, and after all, coach Tom Knotts wasn't wearing a shirt in summer practice that read 120 (or something similar) - it had a big, fat 8 on it. Though it would have been nice for the tradition to continue, it would have been another two years after this one for the Patriots to even challenge the Concord de la Salle record of 151 straight wins.
And by all accounts, it was a good game.
