It was a tremendous run. Winning 120 games in a row, including four state titles, the Fairfield, Mont. girl's basketball team had the longest winning streak in the nation going into Thursday's game against rival Choteau, Montana.
The team hadn't lost since the 2010 state championship game, when all of the current players were still in middle school. Fairfield had beaten Choteau 13 times during the streak, as well as every time they'd faced off since 2005.
The girls fought hard on Thursday, but the effort wasn't enough as Choteau rallied from a seven-point deficit to earn the win and end the streak.
"All good things must come to an end," Fairfield coach Dustin Gordon told the Great Falls Tribune.
The streak was the longest in Montana history and the sixth longest girls' win streak in national history, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. Duncanville, Texas was the last to win that many games, with a 134-game streak lasting from 1987-1991.
Baskin (La.) High School had the longest streak, winning 218 games from 1947-1953.
With the streak over, Gordon said he's looking forward to being out of the local media spotlight.
"The whole thing has been weird," Gordon said. "Three or four years from now, looking back, I'll go, 'Wow!' It's been cool. It's been alright. I'm anxious for you guys [the media] to quit coming to our practice every day, quit coming to our games every time, and just refocus on what's important. And that's winning state."
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Danielle Elliot is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact her at delliot@yahoo-inc.com or find her on Twitter.
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