It had been 19 years — practically 7,000 days — since Aledo Excessive Faculty final misplaced a district soccer sport.

Now, it has been 0 days.

Aledo, which was realigned this 12 months from the College Interscholastic League’s (UIL) 5A to District 3-6A, fell to Martin (Arlington, TX) 35-21 on Friday, Sept. 25, ending its in-district successful streak at 136 video games.

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It was the longest such streak within the nation.

Aledo led 21-13 getting into the fourth quarter, however Martin returned a punt 77 yards to the home to open the quarter, based on the Dallas Morning Information. Martin took the lead on a 13-yard landing cross from QB Chase Devoll to WR Malik Mason and a two-point conversion by RB Julian Deloera.

The Warriors maintained management, overcoming a formidable outing by Aledo RB Wyatt Dorsey, who carried the ball 20 occasions for 210 yards and a landing.

With that, a streak that had seemingly been in place since earlier than any participant on both staff was born — Oct. 5, 2007 — was snapped.

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Aledo falls to 2-3 on the season. The Bearcats misplaced their first two video games earlier than rolling over Trinity and Granbury, outscoring the opponents by a mixed 100-7. Martin, which improved its document to 5-0, confirmed a distinct kind of energy within the fourth quarter, and has now gained extra video games than the whole lot of final season.

The world’s a a lot completely different place now than in October 2007. The No. 1 choose within the NFL draft, Fernando Mendoza, had simply turned 4. The iPhone had solely been out for a number of months. The Nice Recession had but to start. LeBron James … properly, he is nonetheless within the league.

Aledo will now set its eyes on a brand new streak. Perhaps the world will likely be simply as completely different as soon as that ends, too.

This text initially appeared on USA TODAY: Texas highschool soccer staff’s 19-year district win streak comes to finish