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Bracket chatter: Greenfield's playoff win first for program since 2002

JR Radcliffe
jr.radcliffe@jrn.com

We looked last week at the streaks (both good and bad) revolving around teams making the playoff field at all. Some teams now have their first playoff wins in some time.

Greenfield, which hasn't won a playoff game since 2002, snapped one of the longer streaks without a playoff win this year when it downed Bay View in the first round and advanced the Level 2. Of the 112 teams still alive, only one (Royall in Division 7) will appear in Level 2 for the first time in school history. Royall won a double-overtime game against New Lisbon, 12-6, to get that far.

Longest stretches since last playoff win

D7: Royall (first Level 2 appearance)
D4: Lake Mills - 1988
D2: Greenfield - 2002
D3: Monroe - 2003
D1: Appleton West - 2004
D4: Sheboygan Falls - 2004
D6: Markesan - 2005
D3: Fort Atkinson - 2006
D3: Onalaska - 2006

Homestead continued to be the gold standard in area (and state) football, winning a Level 1 playoff game for the 18th consecutive season.

Consecutive years with at least one playoff win

D2: Homestead - 18
D3: Wisconsin Lutheran - 15
D7: Edgar - 13
D1: Kimberly - 10
D1:Franklin - 9
D6: St. Mary's Springs - 9
D2: Monona Grove - 8
D2: Waukesha West - 8
D6: Lake Country Lutheran - 8
D5: 
Amherst - 6
D5: Racine St. Catherine's - 6
D5: Stratford - 6
D3: Catholic Memorial - 5
D3: LaCrosse Logan - 5
D4: Freedom - 5 
D5: Arcadia - 5
D6: Darlington - 5
D7: Pepin/Alma - 5

Arrowhead's first-round loss to Verona marked the longest-snapped streak in this year's playoff field.


Streak of consecutive years with playoff win snapped

D1: Arrowhead - 11 (lost to Verona, 21-17)
D1: Appleton North - 9 (lost to Bay Port, 42-28)
D5: Bloomer - 9 (lost to Elk Mound, 6-0)
D2: Cedarburg - 8 (lost to Brookfield East, 38-8)
D3: Mount Horeb/Barneveld - 8 (lost to Delavan-Darien, 28-21 in OT)
D2: DeForest - 7 (lost to Waunakee, 42-7)
D3: Reedsburg - 4 (lost to Monroe, 21-0)
D7: Potosi - 4 (lost to Shullsburg, 46-0)