A look at Hawks’ home domination

Posted Sep 29, 2009 by Adam Adkins

Updated Sep 29, 2009 at 04:31 PM

It’s been nearly seven years since the Armwood Hawks have walked off Lyle Flagg Field with their heads hung in defeat.

The last time Armwood dropped a game on the field at home was in the 2002 state playoffs, when Lakeland Lake Gibson defeated the Hawks, 17-14. Since then, it’s been mostly dominant efforts in 43 consecutive wins - on the field - at home, counting regular season and postseason games.

Here are some quick facts about the Hawks’ home win streak, which will again be on the line Friday night when the Plant Panthers travel to Seffner:

Hillsborough, Plant, Tampa Bay Tech and Middleton each have lost four times during the Hawks current home win streak, tied for the most among any school.

While each of the 43 wins have been against teams from Florida, the Hawks have defeated teams from five different counties (Hillsborough, Polk, Pinellas, Lee and Miami-Dade).

Eleven of the Hawks’ 43 consecutive home wins have been by shutout.

The Hawks’ most recent home win – a 9-6 victory over Tampa Bay Tech – was the third smallest margin of victory during the win streak, behind only Armwood’s 2004 state playoff win over Miami Washington (36-35) and 2005 state playoff win over Winter Haven (23-21).

Here is a look at the Hawks’ winning streak with opponents each year and scores of the game:

REGULAR SEASON (31-0)
2003
Hillsborough, 24-14
Blake, 34-0
King, 64-0
Alonso, 49-13
Brandon, 57-22
2004
Tampa Bay Tech, 57-19
Jefferson, 54-7
Leto, 37-16
*Middleton, 27-7
Plant, 49-0
2005
Durant, 44-0
Plant City, 42-7
Winter Haven, 42-0
Brandon, 43-0
East Bay, 24-6
2006
Hillsborough, 19-9
Jefferson, 13-6
Middleton, 45-13
Auburndale, 49-7
Eagle Lake Lake Region, 38-0
2007
Plant, 26-7
Brandon, 34-3
Newsome, 42-3
Hillsborough, 17-0
Freedom, 31-9
2008
Wharton, 51-10
Jefferson, 41-0
Tampa Bay Tech, 45-6
Plant City, 35-0
Middleton, 48-3
2009
Tampa Bay Tech, 9-6

PLAYOFFS (12-0)
2003
Dunedin, 28-10
Countryside, 46-9
2004
Cape Coral Mariner, 50-7
Miami Washington, 36-35
2005
Middleton, 44-7
Plant, 24-6
Winter Haven, 23-21
2007
Eagle Lake Lake Region, 27-6
Hillsborough, 35-0
Plant, 36-7
2008
Winter Haven, 30-14
Tampa Bay Tech, 50-20

*-Armwood had to forfeit the 2004 regular-season victory over Middleton due to using an ineligible player. The same player was later ruled eligible on appeal to the FHSAA, but the win was never restored.