Lancaster Catholic girls set Pa. record, breaks mark previously held by York Catholic
Lancaster Catholic girls' basketball team set the Pennsylvania record by winning its 62nd consecutive game. York Catholic held previous mark.
Lancaster Catholic girls set Pa. record, breaks mark previously held by York Catholic Lancaster Catholic girls' basketball team set the Pennsylvania record by winning its 62nd consecutive game. York Catholic held previous mark. Check out this story on ydr.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/sports/high-school/basketball-girls/2019/03/13/lancaster-catholic-girls-set-pa-mark-pass-york-catholics-streak/3156863002/
Jim Seip, York Daily Record Published 7:31 p.m. ET March 13, 2019 | Updated 8:21 a.m. ET March 14, 2019
Lancaster Catholic's girls' basketball team won a PIAA-record 62nd consecutive game, advancing to the quarterfinals of the PIAA Class 4A bracket, with a 59-29 victory against Central Valley Wednesday night.
The previous girls' record was held by York Catholic, which won 61 straight games from Feb. 15, 2006 through Jan. 12, 2008.
York Catholic players Kelly Rhein, Ashton Bankos and Kady Schrann walk off the floor after winning a state championship during the 2007-08 season. The 2008 Irish team had their 61-game winning streak snapped during the season but recovered to win the state title and finish the year with a 34-1 record. (Photo: Christopher Glass, York Daily Record file)
York Catholic's streak is now tied for the fourth-longest known streak in state history in high school basketball, tying the boys' basketball teams for Allentown High (1944-47) and Chester (2010-12) — which also won 61 straight games. (Note, the PIAA has disputed the 1946 and '47 records by Allentown.)
The only winning streaks in Pennsylvania high school basketball history longer than Lancaster Catholic's came from the West End St. James (Pittsburgh) boys' basketball team, which won 66 consecutive games from 1950-52, and the West Philadelphia boys' basketball team, which won 68 consecutive games from 1976-78.
Led by senior Kiki Jefferson, Lancaster Catholic went 32-0 last season and won the state championship. Jefferson is a James Madison commit.
In last year's state final, Lancaster Catholic ran away from fellow District 3 squad Berks Catholic, 56-47, to complete its perfect season.
FINAL - A PIAA-record 62nd victory in a row for Lancaster Catholic, which drops Central Valley 59-29 in PIAA-4A Sweet 16.#LLsports#PaGirlsHoops@LCHS1022@CrusaderCrazy
— Jeff Reinhart LNP (@JeffReinhart77) March 13, 2019
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