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Who Will Win the WBL?


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#41 Teddy Malone

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Posted 13 May 2011 - 04:03 AM

Did some research on WBLSports.com, mainly to see how this winning streak compared to others in WBL history. I hate to mention it so prominently for fear it'll end soon, but I love doing this stuff. The only probable win streaks longer than this one were:
Defiance wrestling won possibly more than 60 straight, twice - in the late 70s/early 80s, and then again in the early 90s. Based on the standings, the 90s was 77 at most and the other one was 70 at most.
Wapak wrestling also won a maximum of 60 straight in the late 90s.
Shawnee boys tennis had a maximum streak of 61 in a row in the early 90s.
The only one I know for sure is Delphos St. John's girls basketball won exactly 54 straight before exiting the league - without ever having lost a game.
I also discovered six other possible maximum streaks of 53 at most, but that's at absolute maximum, so it's not likely those streaks were over 50 games.

This win streak is the longest in WBL history of the major sports, only Delphos St. John's is longer if you count the major girls sports too. What I think makes Defiance's streak so impressive is the fact that no one else in WBL baseball history has ever gone undefeated more than two years in a row, and most of these long streaks happen in sports that hardly anyone cares about, and one team dominates those sports. I just eyeballed it, but it looked baseball by far has had the fewest amount of undefeated champions of all the WBL sports, over the years. Also of note, no one else has ever won more than two outright titles in a row, and only St. Marys (3) and Delphos St. John's (4) have won three or more shared titles in a row, while this is Defiance's third streak of at least four shared titles in a row.

Edited by Teddy Malone, 13 May 2011 - 04:06 AM.



#42 Bigdogg79

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Posted 13 May 2011 - 11:04 AM

Very impressive streak for Defiance. I see no end right now with all the talent they attract Congratulations to coach Held. As fars as streaks go, look at Celina girls track and volleyball. I hear that the volleyball team has a very impressive record of set match wins. Most of their wins are in two sets only.

Edited by Bigdogg79, 13 May 2011 - 11:05 AM.


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Posted 13 May 2011 - 12:28 PM

Celina's girls track program does hold the record for most WBL titles in a row, out of all the sports, with 15 (next closest is 10), but I was just referring to individual games, not titles. The thing with that is, WBL teams don't have many dual meets in track. There was only one season in which a round robin schedule was played. I suppose you could count multiple wins over several teams if you finish first at a meet...but that info is not on the web site. As for volleyball, Celina has had three different runs of three straight 9-0 records in league play, so it has had several long win streaks over the years. Celina actually currently probably has a league win streak in the 30s, it has not lost a league match since 2007.







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