Area's longest bi-district winning streaks

Windthorst tops the list; some schools' totals will surprise you

Windthorst has won a bi-district playoff game in each of the past 12 seasons. Photo by Zach Duncan

In spending some time researching the past 25 years of area high school football for our project, I came across one of Jonathan Hull’s notes that floored me.

I’m a big fan of streaks, but even I didn’t realize Windthorst owned a streak of 12 consecutive seasons with a playoff victory.

But then I started trying to remember when the last time the Trojans were done after the bi-district round. And I couldn’t.

The answer is 2012 when Windthorst battled a good Anson team but came up short, 35-28. The Trojans were Division I back then – the UIL still called their classification 1A – and that was Chris Tackett’s first season as head coach.

I thought about holding off publishing this story until before the 2025 playoffs, but I didn’t want the Trojans’ coaches and the fine people in Windthorst thinking I was jinxing their team on the eve of a win-or-go-home matchup.

The area’s streak began in 2013 when Windthorst edged Forsan 20-14. A couple years later, the Trojans took down Forsan as the four seed.