Raines' Gateway football streak is historic. Is it city's longest?
Raines' win over White extended their Gateway winning streak to nearly four years. A record? First Coast Varsity Weekly goes inside the numbers.
The Raines High School football team has been on a historic winning streak against Duval County public schools, with the streak ending with Friday's 21-12 victory over Gateway Conference opponent. This 414-day streak surpasses the city's current longest active streak, which belongs to Mandarin High School, who have gone 1,771 days unbeaten against public school opponents.
The Raines and Mandarin streaks both ended recently, coinciding with major national news events: Raines' streak ended on the same day the Jacksonville Jaguars lost 35-0 to Sandalwood, while Mandarin's streak ended on the same day as President John F. Kennedy's assassination. The Raines streak was previously broken by a 1,820-day streak in the early 1970s, while Mandarin's stretch ended on the same day as their 1936 loss to Landon, just hours before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
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