Letter from the Editor

Our ‘Scouting Report’ feature this month includes an interview with Mark Panella of De La Salle High School in Concord, CA. The Spartans’ Quarterbacks/Receivers coach, Panella also serves as the teams’ video coordinator. Panella has been an integral part of Head Coach Bob Ladouceur’s staff for over a decade and witnessed a good portion of what is known as ‘The Streak’: De La Salle’s incomprehensible record of winning 151 straight football games over a 12 year period. Is this record the greatest accomplishment in sports history? Clearly, as a team accomplishment, it is. Comparisons are difficult, at best, with individual achievements – Hank Aaron’s record of 755 home runs, Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points in an NBA game, and Johnny Unitas’ record of throwing touchdown passes in 47 straight games – among others. But when compared to some of the greatest team records