While the team and coaches tried to focus on their goal of another State Championship, the fans liked to celebrate the winning streak, too.

"..it's (win streak) something we don't talk about. I'm sure they know it's there, but our goal is to play as hard as we can and whatever happens, happens." -- Coach Anderson

Introduction -- a lot to talk about


The Streak
During the 1989 - 1990 season, it was also fun to talk about and admire the record setting performances by the Warriors that mounted up as the season progressed. The school scoring record took a beating as it was set, and reset several times. The team rocketed to a school offensive scoring record (88.3 average). By midseason Jason Glock had already set a new career scoring record (and he still had another season to go!). And on February 16, 1990, Glock set a new individual game record when he dropped in 52 against Schuyler. The record the team and coaches were focused on was a third consecutive State Championship. That had only been done once before in Class B -- by Bethany from 1936 - 1938. As mentioned before, the single game team record of 130 points kind of snuck up on everyone. When Wahoo defeated North Bend to complete its undefeated season, the feat went almost unmentioned (in fact no article on the game can be found in the Wahoo newspaper). But the record the public and press talked about more and more as the wins were registered was the consecutive game win streak. At midseason the Warriors closed in on the Class B record of 47. On January 12, 1990 Syracuse visited Wahoo and the Warriors registered their 47th straight win -- appropriately, the streak started after the 1988 team lost to Syracuse. The next night, Wahoo visited Fort Calhoun and secured the Class B record for themselves in the first lopsided blowout of the season over the Pioneers. One newspaper report on the achievement noted that it would take another 30 in a row to get to the state record of 78 set by Filley in 1981. The tone of the article communicated the sentiment .... “30 more in a row, yeah, right.” But by season’s end, every article written about the Warriors included a mention of the status of the win streak. When players and coaches were interviewed at season’s end questions about the win streak became even more prominent. It was obvious that Wahoo would be returning a talented team and with the win streak standing at 64, the mathematically inclined were quickly concluding that the state record was very reachable. Coach Anderson’s sentiments remained consistent. As he said when the Class B record was set, “It is a nice accomplishment along the way, but it’s not the ultimate goal.” The win streak would never become the “ultimate goal” for the Warriors, but it would grow, and the pressure would mount.

RUNNING IT UP
Class B Repeat Championships:
Bethany ('36, '37, '38)
Seward ('48, '49)
Syracuse ('59, '60)
Wahoo ('88, '89)
Only one other Class B team had won three consecutive championships -- Wahoo's goal for 1990 was the record tying "Three-Peat."

As the season progressed, more and more attention was given to the win streak. In January, Larry Porter published an article in the Omaha World Herald focusing on the current win streaks by the Wahoo boys and the Gibbon girls. By the end of the season, Wahoo moved up to #2 on the Boys list.
12/26/09